Upcoming Virtual Worship Services
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Sunday, July 26, 2020 at 10:00 AM
"Destroying the Towers to Create a New World"
Rev. Dr. Lynn M. Acquafondata, guest preacher
(Children's worship at 9:30 AM)
Sunday, August 2, 2020 at 10:00 AM
"Drinking from the Wellspring of Our Faith"
Rev. Libby Moore and Rev. Tina Simson, guest preachers
(Children's worship at 9:30 AM)
Meet us
online
(live-captioning also available there)
or if you do not have access to the internet, call 646-876-9923,
and use meeting ID #5852719070
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Gratitudes, Joys and Sorrows
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Even though the Caring Stewards are taking a break, virtual connection is still available through our
Pastoral Care phone line (585-270-0851)
or
email
. Rev. Bob, Rev. Shari, or a minister-on-call will be monitoring both.
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This Week's News and Reminders
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Are you between the ages of 18 and 35 and looking for spiritual connection with your peers?
The UU Young Adult Group
is meeting over Zoom on
Friday, July 24 at 6:30pm
. If you are interested, please email
Jenna
.
Join us for Elder Tree this Saturday, July 25, at noon
. Our featured guest this Saturday is
Roberta Buckle
. Please let
Libby Moore
know if you’d like to tell your story some Saturday
.
Noontime Connections
will also continue on Tuesdays and Thursdays through the summer months in the church’s
Zoom room
.
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Are you new to First Unitarian? Did you discover us through our online worship services and want to learn more?
Please join us for UU 101: An Introduction to Unitarian Universalism and First Unitarian Church
, this
Sunday, July 26 at 11:30am
. We will be meeting through this
Zoom link
. We will have an hour to talk about UU faith and what opportunities you have to connect with our community. No need for prior registration, just join us through the link provided. Our next offering will be on August 9. For more information about First Unitarian and our membership classes contact
Shannan Foos
.
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Want to delve deeper at First Unitarian?
Take part in Starting Point, an in-depth look at Unitarian Universalism, First U history, our community, and your own personal beliefs
. It will be a virtual meeting over Zoom. The date is
Saturday, August 15 from 9:30am-3:00pm
. This class is for newcomers and seasoned members alike! This is the required class for those interested in joining Soul Matters groups. Please contact
Shannan Foos
, Membership Coordinator, to register.
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The Criminal Justice Ministry invites you to join a virtual town hall on solitary confinement in New York State
and the movement to end this racist and deadly torture this
Thursday, July 23 from 6:30-8:00pm
. Come learn from the leaders of the #HALTsolitary campaign, who have themselves survived solitary or who have family who have suffered in solitary. Topics at the town hall will include: solitary in New York State, the HALT Solitary Confinement Act, ways to get involved and specific actions steps that can be taken right now, and how the movement to end solitary confinement ties into a broader movement to dismantle the entire incarceration system. To register for the town hall,
click here
.
The Criminal Justice Ministry is also looking for new members!
For more information, please contact
Penny Townsend-Quill
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UUtheVote
invites you to register for
It Starts with Faith: Summer Organizing School
. This school is for social justice leaders with all levels of organizing experience. This free six-session program is a collaboration between UUtheVote and the UU State Advocacy Network and starts on
July 29
. All sessions are from
7:00-9:00pm
. To sign up,
click here
.
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From the Landscape Garden Team:
Is that Kale growing in First Unitarian front courtyard planters? Yes it is! In addition to kale you will find collards and bush zucchini among the flowers. The church’s front planters are growing vegetables for
House of Mercy
in the city of Rochester. Dave DiNapoli, the House of Mercy’s food manager, has informed us that they feed 300 people a day at their homeless shelter. The front planters and The UU Dig community garden will be supplying House of Mercy with fresh vegetables each week.
If you are growing a vegetable garden this season and have extra bounty to share, the Landscape Team would be happy to deliver it to the House of Mercy on Saturday mornings.
Contact Megan Meyer (
585-734-5082
) a day or so in advance and drop off your veggies from 9:00-10:00am in the cooler at the community garden located on Nunda Blvd. One of the volunteers will drive it down to House of Mercy along with the produce harvested here at church.
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The Greater Good committee is seeking a member of the Elder community to join our committee.
Our Greater Good Charter assures that we have diverse representation from our church community. Members work together with the committee to evaluate and select which submissions form community organizations will ultimately be voted on by children in RE. If you are able and willing to take part in this important process please
email
or call
585-432-0346
, Include the best way to contact you in your message.
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We are so looking forward to welcoming
Rev. Margalie Belizaire
as our new second minister next month!
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Have you checked out the new Church Directory? It's online and called
Simple Church!
It's the place you can update your own information, track your pledging, and look up other church members contact information. Here's how:
Your User Name is your name
with a period separating your first and last name
, (for example, Jane.Doe) Then click “Forgot Password” and a password will be sent to the email we have on file for you, allowing you to login.
This should enable you to sign on regularly. You can check your profile, pledge, and look up basic (address, etc.) information of other members of our congregation. You can even upload a photo of yourself so others can put a name with a face!
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Missed a recent worship service?
Check out First Unitarian’s
YouTube Channel
(and while you’re there, please click on subscribe!), where you will find recordings of recent Children’s Worship and regular Sunday Worship services. We will upload new videos weekly.
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New to Zoom, or have a technical question about how it works?
Please call our Zoom Help Hotline: 585-250-0610, Wednesday-Friday between 2:00-5:30 PM.
We can talk you through it!
Have a newsletter submission?
Send it to
announcements@rochesterunitarian.org
. Deadline is each
Tuesday at 10:00 AM
. The newsletter will continue weekly through the summer months.
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