UUCSC News and Updates
Weekly on Fridays
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Unitarian Universalist Congregation of South County, RI
All are welcome!
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UUCSC does not presently have a minister. If you are in need of pastoral services please contact any member of the Pastoral Care Committee. Rev. Betty Kornitzer, UUCSC Minister Emerita, is working with the committee and if they feel professional ministerial support is needed, she will be called in. Please do not contact the Minister directly.
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This Sunday, July 11, 2021 |
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“What am I supposed to do?”
Brian Wilder
10:00 AM
A union organizer and a community organizer his entire life, Brian has frequently asked himself this question — about healthcare for all, about the rights of senior citizens and disabled people, about the earth we live on and how to protect it. He will talk about why he chose his path of involvement and stay for coffee hour to answer questions.
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Share The Plate for July: AMOR, RI Chapter |
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July 11th is Share the Plate Sunday this month.
Half of the collection at our service on that day will be donated to AMOR RI.
AMOR, Alliance to Mobilize Our Resistance (AMOR RI), is a coalition formed in January 2017 as a rapid response network to address acts of violence against individuals and local ICE raids.
If you send a check to the UUCSC please note Share the Plate in the memo line. If you donate via PayPal please select Share The Plate from the drop down selection.
Submitted by Mary Alice Kimball
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Updates from President Elizabeth Donovan,,, |
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Dear Congregants,
I am honored to serve as your president, as we navigate these unique times - using the 8 UU principles to guide us.
Rev. DL’s Separation Agreement has been signed by both parties, DL and me as Board President, and delivered. Thank you to Natalie Herbermann and Jean Burke for their patience and attention to detail in negotiating this document.
Our final piece of business regarding Rev. DL is an exit interview, scheduled for next week, with a representative of the New England Region of the UUA. DL will not be present. We are all not allowed to contact DL for two years per the covenants of the UU Minister's Association.
Also, next week, the current board is scheduled to meet with another UUA representative to discuss next step options. I hope to have a lot of information to share after this meeting.
I and others have been gathering information from other church communities and reading UUA and CDC guidelines in regard to returning to in-person services in the fall. Recommendations could still change, and any plan will have to be flexible.
The Facilities Committee is doing everything it can to make the building as safe as possible. Please help on Saturday, if you can.
The board will be discussing reopening in depth at the next scheduled board meeting on July 21. I feel strongly that we all need to gather together in-person on Sundays in the fall, and if it means we have to wear masks inside or have two services then we will. Please feel free to share your opinions at the picnic or by email, with me or any board member.
If you have questions that I haven’t answered here, please be in touch and I will do what I can to answer them.
Enjoy these summer days and come enjoy each other—tonight at 5pm!
Elizabeth
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UUCSC's BYOE (Everything!) Picnic Gathering |
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Postponed to Saturday, July 10, 2021
5-7pm in the Backyard of UUCSC
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Tropical Storm Elsa will bring rains and wind on Friday, so we will try to hold our picnic on Saturday. Another email will go out, if we have to cancel.
This is a Bring Your Own Everything event! Bring food, drink, chairs and bug spray. Celebrate summer and see your UUCSC friends. No entertainment but each other's company! We will social distance as we are comfortable. Please be respectful of each other’s personal space! Masks are not required on the grounds. Building will be open ONLY for use of the bathroom and masks ARE required in the building at this time.
Please register in advance as that makes creating the contact list easier. But registration is NOT required. Please check in when you arrive.
Questions?
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From the Facilities Committee |
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Post-Pandemic Work Party!
Tomorrow, Saturday, July 10, 2021
10 AM - 1 PM
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Come to our first Post-Pandemic Work Party to prepare our sacred space for the return to in-person gathering! There is much to do: Cleaning, sanitizing, gardening, inventory work, moving chairs in the Sanctuary, hauling stuff and junk! "Excess baggage" - free stuff to take away with you!
Bring your own rags and bucket, squeegees, etc. We will provide cleaning agents and other supplies. For outdoor work bring loppers, clippers, shovels - we need to move the compost pile and cut back some vines and other overgrowth.
- Does anyone own a carpet cleaner?
- Bring your truck to make dump runs
Questions or suggestions? Can't make it but could at another time?
**Safety measures**
We will wear masks while indoors, limit numbers of people per room,
and have a sign-in system in case of the need for contact tracing.
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Following a recent fall, our dear friend Ann Seemann was transferred on Thursday to Elderwood at Scallop Shell Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 55 Scallop Shell Way, Wakefield, RI 02879, (401) 789-3006. Visitors are welcome. Get well soon, Ann!
Submitted by Betsy Dalton
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New Church Year Committee Changes |
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The UUCSC Personnel Committee has recently received new members - starting June 2021, Clare Sartori and David Floyd will serve as committee members, and Betsy Dalton will serve as Chair for the Personnel Committee. Nick Smith and Susan Pavlow have agreed to help advise the new PC team.
Etta Zasloff takes on the role of Chair for the Communications Committee. Thank you to all who are stepping up to help as volunteers for UUCSC, with special thanks to our incoming Board members. It takes a village, for sure!
Submitted by Betsy Dalton
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Saturday, July 10, 2021, 9 AM
The Hungry Haven in Charlestown
Submitted by Will Bender
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Black Lives Matter - New Resource |
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About the Exhibit
In February 2021, the Swearer Center invited members of the Greater Providence and Rhode Island community to submit pieces of art that address the topics of systemic anti-Black racism and anti-racist resistance. These exhibition pieces represent the multifaceted histories, current realities, as well as the impact of systemic anti-Black racism on the local community and their global diasporas. The pieces also capture powerful messages and imagery related to anti-racist organizing and imagining an anti-racist future.
Click HERE to view the Virtual Exhibit.
It is also added to the BLM Resource Page.
Submitted by Betsy Dalton
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Your search for truth and meaning begins here.
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How to Submit Info to This Newsletter |
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Send announcements and news with Newsletter Item in the subject line to Etta Zasloff, Editor, at zasloff.etta@gmail.com
by Tuesday Noon each week to assure publication by Friday of that week.
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