UUCSC News and Updates
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Unitarian Universalist Congregation of South County, RI
Rev. DL Helfer, Minister
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Staying Connected While We're Apart
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UUCSC Virtual Office Hours
Susan Rogala, Congregational Administrator, can be reached at 783-4170 or by e-mail HERE,
working virtual office hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, 10am-3pm, Thursday 12-5pm.
All UUCSC staff members continue to work virtually; click HERE for details.
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This Sunday Service
September 13, 2020
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Welcome back to Ingathering and Water Communion Sunday! You can view the video worship service on the front page of the UUCSC website on Sunday morning by 10 am.
Each week, coffee hour by Zoom will be held from 11-11:30 (even if the service ends before then). You will find the link below the sermon on Sunday.
Coffee hour will include a brief all group format, followed by breakout groups for reflective conversation.
THIS week, please have some water and a water receptacle handy (during coffee hour) for our first-ever virtual water communion
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Be sure you are prepared to sing along during Sunday services. Arrange to borrow a hymnal by emailing Elizabeth Donovan at elizdn@hotmail.com
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UU Principles Reimagined
This is a virtual course to be held on Zoom for UUCSCer’s wishing to learn about the basis of these oft referred-to principles. Why is this where we focus? How do we understand them in these times? For anyone struggling to make sense of our changing world, from a UU perspective, this is for you!
This will be run as an 8-week course, every Tuesday evening, 7-8 pm, from September 29-Nov 17th. This is not a drop-in; if you join, please plan on attending each week.
Rev. DL Helfer
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An advance discussion of the proposed amendments to the Bylaws will be held on Zoom, THIS Sunday, September 13, 2020 at 6 pm. Again, members will receive the invitation three hours prior at 3pm.
Please plan to attend the Annual Business Meeting on
Sunday, September 27, 2020, at 11:30 AM via Zoom.
Submitted by President Natalie Herbermann
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Equal Exchange Products for Sale
Delivered Right to Your Door
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Organic Coffee and Tea Blends
Chocolate Bars
Dried Mango
Virgin Olive Oil
Submitted by Rosemary Galiani
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Blackberry banana bread This recipe makes one loaf
1 cup of sugar
1 ½ cups fresh blackberries
2 bananas, mashed with a fork
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
1/2 tablespoon vanilla
1 cup of all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease loaf pan with cooking spray or butter. Beat sugar, blackberries, banana, vegetable oil and egg with an electric mixer or vigorously by hand. Beat in vanilla, set aside. In a second bowl, whisk together flour and baking soda. Pour blackberry mixture slowly into flour mixture and blend with a spoon until just moistened. Pour batter into loaf pan and bake one hour or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing it from the pan. You can even wrap this bread and freeze it up to 3 months!
Other ideas: For extra moist bread, add 1-2 Tbs. plain Greek yogurt, or even an extra banana. I like to use a 9” square pan instead to make more of a breakfast-cake style.
Submitted by Betsy Dalton
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New church year - new column! Share your ideas on activities, crafts, books, accomplishments, and yes, even recipes that are helping you to be happier at home. We invite you to share a special Life at Home experience with your UUCSC friends and help us all to grow together.
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Everyone Has a Story
Betty Bogutt has done a lot of writing since she retired, fulfilling one of her desires - to lead a creative life. Here she writes her own addition to "Our Stories." .
If you would like to be featured in one of these mini biographies contact Elizabeth Donovan at elizdn@hotmail.com.
Read all of Our Stories here.
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The acclaimed 15 story series, “Unrighteous Traffick”
by Paul Davis in 2006 is available free online.
"Enlightening the current conversation with knowledge of the past."
Submitted by Johnnie Rodriguez
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In part 2 of episode #8, NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell, sits with Emmanuel Acho to continue their Uncomfortable Conversation with a Black Man. Emmanuel asks Commissioner Goodell if players will be punished for taking a knee during the National Anthem.(10 minute video, Part 2)
Submitted by Etta Zasloff
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UUCSC Racial Justice Group. We meet weekly on Mondays at 7 pm.
We are learning, growing, acting.
All are welcome!
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Do you love being outside? Do you love doing things to help your community?
You may be interested in volunteering for Hope's Harvest!
Hope's Harvest is a state-wide non-profit food gleening initiative. Gleening is collecting the extra food left in the fields after harvest and distributing it to those in need. Led by founding director Eva Agudelo, Hope's Harvest works with farms throughout RI and SE Massachusetts to gather the near 35% of fruits and vegetables that typically would be left unharvested for many different reasons. The organization depends completely on volunteers to pick, pack, and deliver food to food banks and other agencies across RI. Find out more and register to become a volunteer at Hope's Harvest website.
Submitted by Betsy Dalton
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September * RI Heritage Month
The RI Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission has organized a month-long Virtual Celebration, filled with celebrations and activities from the richly varied cultures of RI. Every Saturday in September at 1:00 pm, a 60-minute RI Heritage Celebration will feature “RI Heritage Highlights” from cultural performance groups, heritage museums, cultural organizations, hands-on activities like crafts, cooking and more! READ MORE
Submitted by Betsy Dalton
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To get into or update your Membership Directory information,
Submitted by Etta Zasloff
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