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Unitarian Universalist Congregation of South County, RI
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Sunday Offerings : April 18, 2021 |
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Do not ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
~Howard Thurman
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Clear Skies Ahead:
How Mutuality Heals our Shared World
Live on Zoom with Rev. DL
Today’s service is an invitation to wholeness, individually and together.
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Coffee hour follows directly after the service at the same Zoom link.
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The Earth On Turtle's Back
In honor of Earth Day, we have a story from Valerie Stephens of Umbrella Arts in Concord MA. She tells an Onondaga creation myth as a beautiful reminder of the wonder and sacredness of our planet home.
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Parent Discussion: 9:30. Let's start with how we are remaining connected to the Earth and her care.
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ANNOUNCEMENT -- This Sunday!
A congregational vote on the 8th Principle will take place via Zoom following the Coffee Hour in the same Zoom room THIS Sunday, April 18. Mark your calendars! Feel free to reach out to Jean Bowen (Social Justice Chair), Natalie Herbermann (Board Chair), or Rev DL if you have questions. What is the 8th Principle?
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An Invitation for Connection.... |
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Let's grow sunflowers!
~Staying connected by creating beautiful pollinator gardens~
You may pick up your seeds from the front porch of UUCSC anytime during the month of April!
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For the rest of this congregational year, all worship services will be live on Zoom on Sunday morning. 10am! |
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Spiritual Enrichment
April's theme is Becoming
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Find a friend and share your five pictures with each other!
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Five Pictures of Becoming
Find five pictures from key moments in your life. What do you see in the wholeness of the pictures that you may not have noticed before when looking at them all by themselves? How do they tell the story of who you are? How does each picture still live in you? What message or invitation do they have for the “emerging you”?
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From Last Sunday's Service... |
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Mwangi Gitahi, a local resident and activist with the group TASK (Toward an Antiracist South Kingstown) and a member of the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous People of Color) Advisory Board, spoke Sunday on his commitment to social change. He asked that this quote from MLK's book Stride Toward Freedom on "agape love" be shared with the congregation.
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"Agape is disinterested love. It is a love in which the individual seeks not his own good, but the good of his neighbor (1 Cor. 10-24). Agape does not begin by discriminating between worthy and unworthy people, or any qualities people possess. It begins by loving others for their sakes. It is an entirely "neighbor-regarding concern for others," which discovers the neighbor in every man it meets. Therefore, agape makes no distinction between friend and enemy; it is directed toward both. If one loves an individual merely on account of his friendliness, he loves him for the sake of benefits to be gained from the friendship, rather than for the friend's sake. Consequently, the best way to assure oneself that love is disinterested is to have love for the enemy-neighbor from whom you can expect no good in return, but only hostility and persecution." (Chapter 6, pg. 93)
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The Auction continues through this Sunday, April 18 at 11:59 PM. So get those bids in now!
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A Thanks for Jan/Feb Share the Plate |
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Writing these profiles during the pandemic shutdown has been a great way to get to know some of you better. Thank you for sharing your stories with me and the whole congregation! As we slowly emerge from our Covid cocoon I am going to continue the project but on a less frequent basis. I am in need of some volunteers to be interviewed! Please give me a call at 783-1362 or elizdn@hotmail.com. EVERYBODY has an interesting story. - - Elizabeth Donovan
Read all of Our Stories HERE.
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Coming in May
Global Day of Action and Solidarity
Protest at Chase Bank, Wakefield, to Defund the Line 3 Pipeline Project in Minnesota
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What is it?
Line 3 is a proposed pipeline expansion to bring nearly a million barrels of tar sands per day from Alberta, Canada to Superior, Wisconsin. It was proposed in 2014 by Enbridge, a Canadian pipeline company responsible for the largest inland oil spill in the US. Enbridge seeks to build a new pipeline corridor through untouched wetlands and the treaty territory of Anishinaabe peoples, through the Mississippi River headwaters to the shore of Lake Superior.
Submitted by Taylor Ellis
Climate Action Rhode Island
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Why oppose it?
All pipelines spill. Line 3 isn’t about safe transportation of a necessary product, it’s about expansion of a dying tar sands industry. Line 3 would contribute more to climate change than Minnesota’s entire economy. Minnesota’s own Department of Commerce found our local market does not need Line 3 oil. We need to decommission the old Line 3 and justly transition to a renewable, sustainable economy. Line 3 would violate the treaty rights of Anishinaabe peoples and nations in its path — wild rice is a centerpiece of Anishinaabe culture, it grows in numerous watersheds Line 3 seeks to cross. It’s well-past time to end the legacy of theft from and destruction of indigenous peoples and territories.
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