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2021 Jun 27 | Summer #1

Upcoming Online Worship

Sun Jun 27, 12:00pm ~ “Until Love Wins” Sunday Morning Worship at the 2021 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association

We will not hold our usual 10:00am service so everyone can attend the annual GA Sunday Worship together AT NOON. The service will be led by the First Universalist Church of Minneapolis, and will include a collection to benefit MICAH: Milwaukee Inner-City Congregations Allied for Hope. We will share the GA livestream in our regular worship Zoom room so we can greet one another and use our chat to share comments. View the order of service here.

We invite everyone to join us at a pre-worship Coffee Hour starting AT 11:15am in our usual coffee hour Zoom room.

Sun Jul 4, 10:00am ~ “Juneteenth: And How Are the Children?”

~ Rev. Petra Thombs

The title of this service is a Masai greeting, which causes us to check the pulse of the society. Is it well with us? If it is well with the children, then it is well with us. Well, is it?

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After worship, join our Virtual Coffee Hour

or phone in (audio only): 929-436-2866 · Meeting: 336 956 2210 · Passcode: 468468

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On the Journey

Click here for the June issue of On the Journey: “Justice”

Messages from Ministry

From the Religious Educator

Information about summer camps is in our announcements doc online here. The RE Council is busy at work preparing for 2021-2022 RE. Stay tuned for updates! Families and volunteers, please keep an eye out for a survey in July. Your input is needed as we continue planning. If you already know you would like to volunteer in RE next year, Tracy (cuucwptracy@gmail.com) would be delighted to hear from you!

Congregation & Community News

2021 Ware Lecture & Discussion

UUA General Assembly Ware Lecture: Stacy Abrams & Desmond Meade, Sat Jun 26, 7:00pm

CUUC Follow-up Discussion, CUUC Coffee Hour Zoom

Each year, the Unitarian Universalist Association president invites a distinguished guest (or guests) to address the General Assembly as the Ware Lecturer. This year we are excited to have as our two distinguished Ware Lecturers political leader Stacy Abrams and criminal justice advocate Desmond Meade. If you have registered for GA, view the Ware Lecture, then join us for discussion afterward. Contact: Jeff Tomlinson (jefftomlinson8@gmail.com)

From Refugee Resettlement

Meet the Ghafoori Family, Sun Jun 27, 2:00-4:00pm, Turnure Park, White Plains

The Refugee Resettlement social justice team invites members of the congregation to meet the Ghafooris, the most recent Afghan refugee family we have been supporting. The informal gathering will be in Turnure Park, on Lake Street near North Broadway in White Plains. This is a “fair weather” event; we will reschedule in the event of rain. Please RSVP to Robin Rocchi (robinandal@verizon.net).

No A Tempo Concert Mon Jun 28

Adam Kent will return with his bi-weekly half-hour virtual piano concert on Fri Jul 2 at 3:00pm. Tune in then! bit.ly/A-Tempo-With-Adam

Neighboring Congregations

The Unitarian Church in Westport will offer a webinar about health inequities, their origins, and what can be done to address them, including what audience members can do. "Racial Health Inequities" will take place on Monday, June 28 at 7pm. The program's guest speaker will be Rev. Robyn Anderson, Director of the Ministerial Health Fellowship. This event is free and open to the public. Advance registration is required.

Nurture Nature Show

Nurture Nature Show, Thursdays through Jul 8, 4:00pm, Webinar Zoom 1991 and Facebook Live

Revs Joyner and Garmon present the “Nurture Nature Show” on Facebook Live (through One Earth Conservation) and Zoom (Webinar 1991). They highlight topics related to understanding other species; human relationships to life around us; and how to connect more deeply to nature, human and other. Come join our 20 minute live program where we share ideas and take questions from viewers.

Caring & Sharing

If we can help you or someone you know in our congregation, please reach out to our June primary caregivers: Robin Rocchi (917-656-6830, robinandal@verizon.net), or backup Janet Giewat (914-617-2137, bean1a2@aol.com). You may also contact the CUUC office (admin@cucwp.org).

June Share the Plate: Interfaith Council for New Americans of Westchester

This month we donate half our non-pledge collection to the Interfaith Council for New Americans of Westchester (ICNAW), a coalition of local congregations that welcomes refugees resettled into our area. ICNAW has provided financial and logistical support to three resettled families locally and hopes to welcome a fourth family this year. It is critical that all Afghans who worked for the US be granted their Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) and be allowed to enter the US before the military withdraws by Sep 11. Learn more about the issue in this NBC New York report, or contact Robin Rocchi (robinandal@verizon.net) or Jane Dixon (lilrhodie@gmail.com). Mail checks to CUUC with the memo "Share the Plate - Refugees" or click here to pay online, and select "Share the Plate."

Online Offering

To make your offering or donate to our Share the Plate online, use our PayPal button here. Or go to our website, cucwp.org and click "Donate." You may also click on the chalice picture at right.