Welcome to the UUFSD Weekly Newsletter
Inspired by our UU principles, we are a vibrant, intentionally diverse congregation that models and promotes both locally and globally: love, spiritual growth, service, right relations, and sustainable living.
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Upcoming Services
We are holding a Single Service on Sundays at 10:00am
The Service will be Live-Streamed over Zoom and YouTube
July 5, 2020
"Founding Fathers and Mothers"
Guest Speaker: Larry Jones
Worship Associate: Chris Byrnes
Special Music:
"America the Beautiful",
Alisa Guralnick, vocal and Lauren Stuligross, piano
"I Am Willing" by Holly Near
"This Land is Your Land", Morgan Scott, vocal and ukelele
July 12, 2020
"White P
rivilege and Racism"
Guest Speaker: Debbie Hecht
Worship Associate: Patricia Cofre-Stone
Special Music:
"Let There by Peace on Earth", Susan Hahm and Jill Ballard, duet
July 19, 2020
"How an Atheist Prays"
Guest Speaker: Lisa Shaffer
Worship Associate: Wenda Alvarez
Special Music:
"Holy Now" by Peter Mayer
July 26, 2020
"From Love to Hate and Back Again: The Power of Forgiveness"
Guest Speaker: Barry MacIntosh
Worship Associate: Livia Walsh
Special Music:
"Forgiveness" by Bonnie Raitt
"My Father" by Four Bitchin' Babes
"Did Ye Get Healed" by Van Morrison
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Services Are On Zoom!
The service this Sunday will allow for more than one persons leading parts of the service from several remote locations. We will include music from both Chris Lehman and Katie Klaerich.
If you have a chalice at home, please feel free to bring it out and join us in the chalice lighting ceremony.
Join us Sunday at 10:00am for a spiritually
stimulating and thought-provoking morning.
Click
HERE
to link to the Zoom Service.
Meeting ID:
989 8033 8634
Password:
439327
Note: we will automatically mute your video and sound during worship services.
Should you have any problems connecting to the Sunday Service,
for help please TEXT or call Ruth at (865) 850+5362
and someone will call you back to assist.
Help is available anytime between now and Sunday.
And because video chat is new to almost all of us:
And Finally, a Note from Our AV Specialist:
The contributions of images and video content for Sunday services is much appreciated and encouraged. Those contributing please note that vertically formatted images do not work well with Zoom and/or YouTube. Please record footage
horizontally
. Many thanks!
Joe Cantrell
213-595-3023
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Pastoral Care Available after Sunday Services
After this Sunday's service, and for the foreseeable future, there will be a Pastoral Care listener available to members who feel the need to talk about concerns they might have. You will have to access the Pastoral Care listener, by phone or email, through the UUFSD Directory.
If you need help accessing the directory, please contact Tracey at
office@uufsd.org
or 858-755-9225, Monday through Friday, 9:00am - 4:00pm.
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Minister's Column
Thank you again for the opportunity to serve you, and especially for being so appreciative of my ministry. Our last worship together on June 28 was a much more emotional experience than I had expected, sadder that I am leaving, gladder that I have made a difference. I hope Reverend Jo's ministry with you will be more vibrant and long-lasting because of what we have done together this past year.
One side benefit of excellent interim ministry is that it raises the value of all professional ministers. In particular, I hope I have made more tangible the good and power of the UU Association. Usually, we have no tangible experience of the "community of congregations." As individuals, we only can be members of autonomous and independent congregations. Even our Regional and General Assemblies can seem ephemeral moments of association.
But the Fellowship of San Dieguito benefits continuously from being in covenant with other UU congregations in tangible ways, not just through identity and heritage. The Fellowship's annual dues help so many that you will never know. For example, I would not have had the possibility of serving you through interim work without the UU Association. To get affordable benefits that transfer from one job to another, to find the resources, training, and continual support for my work, and even my ability to have a dependable pension fund, all depend on the Association. Remember that you all support the community of communities and help it thrive.
Before March I had planned to do one build with Casas de Luz. COVID-19 stopped that, but my hope is that in a year or so I can return, help build a house in Juarez and then preach once more in the San Dieguito Amphitheater. Until then, "happy trails."
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Religious Education is continuing online through Zoom. Join us!
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 6:30-7 pm: Story time with Alison
Tuesdays and Saturdays, 7pm: High school youth group
Saturdays, 4 pm: Middle school coming of age group
Sundays, 4 pm: Young Adult group
For the Zoom link & password, just email Alison, our R.E. Director, at
alison@uufsd.org
or text her at 619-252-1867. We may be physically distant, but we do not have to be socially or spiritually separated. We will get through this time together.
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UUFSD Office Closed on Monday, July 6th
The UUFSD Remote Office will be closed on Monday, July 6th for the 4th of July Holiday. We will return on Tuesday, July 7th.
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Join UUFSD Book Clubs with Zoom
Sundays, July 12th and July 19th, 5:00pm-6:30pm
The Racial Justice Book Club will be discussing the non-fiction work by Ibram X. Kendi,
How to Be an Antiracist
(2019). Simply not being racist isn't enough. Racism is centered in bad policy, not bad people. Kendi employs history, science, and ethics to describe different forms of racism and how to build an equitable society.
Since we will be discussing the topics brought up by the book, we will divide this book into sessions:
July 12th -- Chapters 7-12
July 19th -- Chapters 13-18
Zoom Meeting Link for July 12th
Meeting ID: 977 5713 0420
Password: 384343
Zoom Meeting Link for July 19th
Meeting ID: 954 0902 2234
Password: 405464
Monday Evening Book Club
July 13th at 6:30pm
The Monday Evening Book Club will be discussing the contemporary novel,
The Immortalists
by Chloe Benjamin (2018). If you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life? It's 1969 in New York City's Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. The Gold children—four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness—sneak out to hear their fortunes. The prophecies inform their next five decades.
Zoom Meeting Link for July 13th
Meeting ID: 963 7400 2394
Password: 014054
For information on UUFSD Book Clubs please email Cathy Leach-Phillips at
bookclub@uufsd.org
. You may also call or text 650 224-1974.
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UU The Vote!
July 5th and 12th via Zoom, Following Virtual Coffee Time after Services
Worried about our Election during COVID? You should be!!
Voter turnout may be fine in California and solidly blue and red states that both parties are ignoring as already determined.
But voter participation will face significant obstacles in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Florida and North Carolina, Texas and Georgia. These are purple states without a history, funding or ability to conduct a fair mail-in-ballot election. They lack the resources to buy the necessary equipment or hire the necessary people to convert to a mail-in election.
With unprecedented numbers of mail-in ballots and insufficient resources it won’t be possible to count all the ballots by the federal statutory certification deadline. Without a change in the law, the Gore v. Bush precedent, which states that the certification deadline cannot be extended to allow for a more proper count, will apply. State legislators will usurp power and choose electoral college representatives themselves, stating it is simply not possible to do a proper count/recount of all mail in ballots in the time necessary and that they believe that voters really did vote for ______. And, to top it all off, coronavirus will subsequently skyrocket in urban minority areas with long lines at the polls.
All of that presumes that USPS receives the funding it direly needs to stay afloat and deliver mail-in ballots. Right now, USPS is heading toward bankruptcy in mid-fall, just before the election.
Laura Colban (lauracolban@gmail.com) is looking to form a group to work on this nonpartisan issue. This group should be broad, and include people outside UUFSD. It will be an interfaith coalition, as churches are allowed to work on nonpartisan issues. We will divide into groups to attack the various dimensions of this considerable problem. I hope you will attend and will invite your friends, both at UUFSD and beyond. Come prepared!! Before attending, please read at least one of these articles:
We will meet on both July 5th and July 12th, immediately after the Virtual Coffee Time.
Time: Jul 5, 2020 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 956 9585 0574
Password: 633194
Time: Jul 12, 2020 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 983 7488 0619
Password: 949622
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Environmental Action Task Force Meeting
Wednesday, July 8th from 6:00-7:30pm
Catch up with old friends, and discuss a few current issues.
Here’s our agenda:
- Check in
- Relationship with other UU climate groups. EATF has agreed to coordinate virtual events with First Church and Chalice, so that all of us can have a bigger audience with less effort.
- Discuss our relationship with Social Justice. Chalice’s environmental group is separate from Social Justice, and First Church’s climate group is technically under Social Justice, but they only meet together annually. Both recommended separating.
- We have one potential event, a panel on Zero Waste, but we’d like to gauge interest and get help finding additional panelists. Right now, we only have the title “The Zero Waste Family.”
Time: Jul 8, 2020 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 946 4577 0931
No password needed
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Notice of UUFSD Board Meeting via Zoom
Wednesday, July 15th, 1:30-3:30pm
If you have concerns or issues you would like added to the agenda, please email
board@uufsd.org no later than Friday, 10th.
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Screening of “The Condor and the Eagle” via Zoom
Thursday, July 16
th
, 5:30-7:00pm
The UU Cluster has joined together to sponsor a screening and discussion of "The Condor and the Eagle." This UU movie, premiered in October 2019 at the Woodstock Film Festival, was selected by 28 world-renowned film festivals and has won 8 awards including Best Environmental Documentary at the 2019 Red Nation Film Festival.
SYNOPSIS: Indigenous environmental leaders embark on an extraordinary trans-continental adventure from the Boreal forest to deep into the heart of the Amazonian jungle to unite the peoples of North and South America and deepen the meaning of “Climate Justice”. The Condor & The Eagle documentary offers a glimpse into a developing spiritual renaissance as the film four protagonists learn from each other’s long legacy of resistance to colonialism and its extractive economy. Their path through the jungle takes them on an unexpectedly challenging and liberating journey, which will forever change their attachment to the Earth and one another.
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Introducing our Newest UUFSD Members!
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Joe and Christina (Germani) Killian-Benigno
are the proud parents of Luca (6) and Rosie (3). Joe is a special ed teacher and Christina words as a pediatric nurse practitioner in hematology/oncology. Christina’s pastimes include reading, swimming, playing violin, service, social justice and anything involving animals. Joe spends special time enjoying being a dad, music, the outdoors, social justice, service and traveling. They are pleased to have their children grow up in a community that respects and teaches about all religions and that has values congruent with theirs. Welcome Joe and Christina!
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Kim Caldwell
has worked 22 years in human resources, training and management development in the San Francisco Bay area. She is married to Rich Caldwell and the couple has two grown sons, Lucas and Tyler. Kim loves the outdoors and loves to hike, walk, and play tennis. In addition to these interests, she enjoys good food, volunteering for environmental work and dog rescue. She comes to use from Cheryl Close as they grew up in the same neighborhood and are good friends. Kim is glad to be back in the San Diego area. Welcome Kim!
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Kathy Flannigan
has been "hovering" around the UU Fellowship for a couple years, and finally made the commitment to join right before the pandemic hit! Born and raised in Detroit, she's now lived half her life in Encinitas. (Quite a contrast.) She's been married to her husband Mickey for 36 years. He's a Detroiter too, though they met in L.A. Go figure. Kathy is a Social Worker with a private psychotherapy practice in Encinitas. Her household contains her, Mickey, and their three cats - Pablo, Frito, and Dottie. She looks forward to a future time where she can connect with people without using Zoom. UUFSD has continued to impress her with the kindness of its people and the positivity of UU values. Welcome Kathy!
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Eman Elshaikh
came to the US with her family from Egypt six years ago. She is the mother of Dana (5 yrs) and Tamim (13 mo). Eman is an engineering graduate (mechanical) and is now in a master’s program for supply chain management. She blogs and has a Youtube channel where she discusses parenting, books, nutrition and lifestyle. Other hobbies include walking, reading, and photography. Eman did not feel at home in the US until she started attending UUFSD. She finds the people here share her values and she enjoys the community that is here for her and her kids. Welcome Eman!
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Wednesday Mindfulness Meditation Group
The Mindfulness Meditation group offered by Livia Walsh each Wednesday morning will be offered via Zoom from 9:30-10:30 instead of in person attendance. If you would like to participate on any given Wednesday please send Livia an email on Tuesday evenings and she will send you the Zoom link. When the coronavirus is no longer a threat this meditation group will continue in person at Livia’s home in Encinitas and may also include zoom participation. Notification regarding this plan will be offered at a later date. Contact Livia at:
livwalsh1@gmail.com
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Friday Morning Buddhist Meditation Group
10:30-11:45am via Zoom
The Friday morning group continues to meet every week 10:30-11:45am via Zoom.
We are currently reading In Love With The World, by Yongey Mingyor RInpoche. Everyone is welcome.
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THE RULE ABOUT CONTACT
The members of the UU Ministers Association all hold to a something called the
Guidelines
for
Conduct of the Ministry
. In article 3, "Responsibilities and Expectations Among Colleagues," section G, "Departing Ministers", and in paragraph 3, you will find these words:
- "There should be no intentional or ministerial contact between a departing minister and members, staff or clients of congregations they have served until there can be a covenant expressed in a Letter of Understanding between predecessor and subsequent ministers."
For more information and the full article click
here.
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The July 2020 Issue of Quarterly Dialogue Magazine is Now Online!
Our theme for the July 2020 quarterly magazine is "The Times They Are A'Changing." We rejoice in selecting and welcoming our new Settled Minister, Rev Jo Green, and look forward to her arrival in August. Our joy is tempered by the wave of the Covid-19 epidemic raking our country and the world. And, we are coming to grips, as a nation, with the racial injustices in our Justice system.
Yes, "The Times They Are A'Changing." Our July Magazine features our joy in Getting to Know Rev. Jo as she joins our beloved community family. We reflect on "Racism in America: A Nation on the Threshold of Change, The Legacy of George Floyd." And, we look into "Covid-19, Congregational Life in the midst of physical distancing and virtual connections."
Click
here to see the latest issue
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The Phone Tree Continues!
We are continuing to reach out to our UUFSD community through our UUFSD phone tree.
Our health care professionals are telling us we are far from over this pandemic and COVID numbers are on the rise in California and elsewhere. Our phone tree has been a meaningful way to keep us connected and reaching out during this time of worry and isolation.
If you have any questions or you are not receiving calls and would like to be receiving calls, please contact Kelly Kelsoe at
kelsoekelly@gmail.com
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Our UUFSD "Garage Sale"
is Still Going Strong!
Come join the fun and turn your unwanted items into funds for the fellowship!
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Introducing the UUFSD-Bay Item of the Week!
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A Note from Our Generosity Sunday Committee
Generosity Sundays began around 2003 at the urging of our then minister Rev. Dr. Kathy Fuson Hurt. She shared the success of several other UU churches donating their Sunday service financial offering one Sunday a month to a worthy non-profit organization involved in some form of social justice work. We have always been a generous community and continue this giving tradition.
I encourage any of you who are affiliated with or know of an organization with 501(c)3 (non-profit) status to invite them to apply for financial support from UUFSD. The application is on our website,
uufsd.org
in the Social Justice menu.
Livia Walsh, Generosity Sunday coordinator
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Pastoral Care for Our Elders
The Pastoral Care committee is developing ways to enhance our support for our older members who may experience challenges or have needs our community can address. Many of our elders no longer attend services but are still part of our community.
If you know of a member of our UUFSD community who is an elder - especially one who lives alone, or is in an assisted living or care facility, please contact Livia Walsh at
livwalsh1@gmail.com.
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Flowers to Share
Dear Fellowship,
On Saturday mornings flowers will be in buckets in our driveway from 10:30am-12:30pm at 146 Five Crowns Way, Encinitas.
Please come and take some to enjoy. We are not taking them to the Fellowship on Sundays during this CV-19 crisis. We would ask that people just take one bunch or plant but don’t take the buckets!
Please do not call or email Livia or Irv about this. Thank you.
Livia & Irv 💐
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Calling all Bakers!
THANK YOU for your response so far! Last week's donations were amazing.
Let’s keep them coming!
UUFSD would like to bring some joy to the homeless while everyone is sheltering in place. On Monday and Friday we will deliver baked items to the homeless parking shelter.
If interested, please bake items (cookies, muffins, bread, brownies, etc) that can be individually wrapped. Just put them outside my front door (604 Santa Helena in Solana Beach) by 4:30pm on either Monday or Friday and they will be delivered to very grateful people. If you would like a pickup, just call or txt 858-254-2008 and leave by your front door.
Let's provide help for people that are living in their cars.
Kathy Faller and the Social Justice team
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Monthly Call To Action – July
Affirm justice for all by contacting your US Representative and thanking them if they signed on as a co-sponsor of the Act. (US Representatives Mike Levin - 49th District and Scott Peters - 52nd District are co-sponsors of the Act). District 49 - Levin- (202)225-3906/(760)599-5000; District 52 - Peters - (202)225-0508/(858)455-5550. If you have a different US Representative, find out if they are a co-sponsor of the Act at
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7120
. If they are not a sponsor of the Act, ask them to join as a co-sponsor
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Your Good News for the Weekend
"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does!" William James
First-of-Its-Kind Study Finds
Shining a Red Light
Through the Eyelid for 3 Minutes Per Day Can Boost Failing Eyesight
20 Wolf Cubs Born in Zoos
Successfully Integrated
into Wild Packs to Be Raised As Their Own and Diversify the Gene Pool
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Note for those who use the Le Port School parking lot on Sundays
: the gate code is 253
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Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San Dieguito
1036 Solana Drive, Solana Beach, CA 92075
Phone: 858-755-9225
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