Want to get texts from SUUSI? Just text "@suusi2019" to 81010 and you'll be all set up!
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SUUSI Office:
828-565-2420
Minister on Duty:
828-200-5486
Star Car:
828-200-5487
Conference Staff
(lockouts, plumbing issues, etc.)
:
828-226-3292
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The final clue for the Teen Way Off Broadway theme is: Have fun seeing the
TWOB
show! Send guesses to
twob@suusi.org
. See the show Friday at 6:30 or 8:30 in the Bardo theatre.
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The Mugbook is SUUSI's photo directory of participants. If you pre-ordered a copy, you can pick it up on the first floor of the dining hall during lunch and dinner hours on Thursday. Unclaimed copies will be available on Friday at the SUUSI Store.
New this year:
Did you forget to order a Mugbook? The SUUSI Store will accept orders on Thursday. Pay for your Mugbook then and we'll have an extra one printed just for you and delivered to the store for pickup on Friday.
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Contribute to the Friday Worship Altar
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All are invited to bring a small meaningful item, perhaps something that represents the sacred, to be placed on the shared altar at the Friday evening Worship. To participate further (setup, readings, etc.) contact Rev Amy Beltaine @ 503-877-2692.
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Sleep, Noise, and Community Living
As the week wears on and people get tired, tempers can fray. Please be mindful of your noise level whenever you are in the dorms or outside dorm windows. Someone may be sleeping at any time of day or night. Keep lounge doors closed when hosting noisy activities.
If others disturb your sleep, please approach them in a manner that honors UU values. Early-rising children and late-night partiers are also members of our intentional community, so address them in that spirit.
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Find us at Community Time for a Bocce meetup and a Pair-a-Dice Life Size Turo demo. Tonight at 6 pm in the Community Time greenspace will be our last community game...and it’s an all new one to SUUSI...wiffleball. Come join us!
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Thanking Our Hosts
The staff at
WCU
works extremely hard to make
SUUSI
run smoothly. Take a moment at Community Time to sign cards to thank them! Cards will be available on Wednesday and Thursday.
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What hours is the bar open at Serendipity?
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Alcohol will be served at Serendipity from 10:30pm-12:30am. Once again this year, the bartenders are unable to accept cash. If you want to drink anything other than water, make sure you buy drink tickets ($3 alcohol, $1 soda) in advance at the SUUSI Store, the Artisans’ Bazaar, or outside Cabaret.
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Thursday night is Latin Night at the Ballroom Hour. Come Rumba, Cha Cha, Salsa, Merengue, Samba and more to contemporary Latin rhythms. We will still be playing a mix of other dances too, so you can still get in a foxtrot or waltz. So plan to join us for Latin dancing tonight from 9:30pm to 10:30.
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One More Fabulous Cabaret Evening
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Thursday night at
Cabaret
is not to be missed! Don’t miss Jamie Docherty, Greg Greenway, Steve Greenberg, Friction Farm, Melodica Mommas/Drum Daddy, Kathy Tomlin, and a host of other awesome performers. And you especially want to be here at 10:00 pm for the annual
SUUSI
Raffle drawing. Always an exciting moment at Cabaret!
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Thursday Concert Hour – School of Rock
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Always entertaining and raucously wonderful, this group of young people always makes for a fun prelude to the rest of this evening’s entertainment. Our performers come to you from their week long workshop (#212) and will provide you with an unforgettable musical experience!
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The
SUUSI
Explorers program offers you a chance to make new social connections while taking a hosted tour of SUUSI events and activities. Today’s options:
12:45pm: Friction Farm performance in the SUUSI Store
4:30pm: Community Time
8pm: School of Rock concert
Explorers and hosts meet in the chairs outside the dining hall (look for the SUUSI Explorers sign). The downstairs dining lobby is our rain location.
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If you haven’t made it to community time yet, you definitely need to come today at 4:30 to make a sun print, or play with some erupting rainbow suds. You can make a lanyard charm, help hide the SUUSI rocks, or watch a live-action game of Tsuro! If you’re exhausted from all of your SUUSI fun, you can color while you chat with your new friends by the dining hall, or just hang out and listen to the talented folks who perform at our open mic! Community time is a great place to have some fun and relax before dinner.
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Morning Worship
:
Ancestral Roots
Let us draw healing and strength from our ancestral spaces (whether we claim them through DNA, choice, or fortunate circumstance).
The Rev. Chip Roush serves the First Unitarian Church of South Bend, Indiana. This is his ninth SUUSI. Chip claims Irish and German heritage; his theological roots go through Thandeka and Richard Alpert.
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Evening Worship: Of Portals, Pathways, and Passages A Transformations Service
Each SUUSI, we gather to celebrate the arrival of new lives among us, honor the departures of beloveds from us, and strengthen the bridges crossed in the time between. Join us for this music-and-message service to consider our sacred journeys here to there.
The Rev. Amy Carol Webb is the minister to the River of Grass Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Davie, Florida. Amy first came to SUUSI as a concert performer in 1999 with her family and never looked back. Fourteen CDs, seminary, two grown sons and one grandchild later, she and Brooke return for their 20th SUUSI. Amy is an author, teacher, and carpenter, who builds bookcases not quite as fast as her household acquires books.
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SUUSI's pickup choir, the Big Sing, is your opportunity to join in harmony with others. Rehearsals are in Coulter 357 choir room, either 4:15-4:45 OR 4:45-5:15 Monday through Thursday. Try to attend at least 4 rehearsals! We’ll perform at Thursday evening for worship. Bring a black binder if you have one.
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Wiffleball at Community Time
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Join us on Thursday at 4:30 pm at Community Time for an all ages game of wiffleball! Never played? It is easy to learn and play, requires little to no physical fitness, and is lots of fun for kids and adults! Hop in for a short while or stay for the whole game, all are welcome!
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There will be tours of the Teen Dorm for parents of 13-year-olds on Thursday at 2:30 and 5:15 in Scott Residence Hall. You’ll have a chance to meet the Teen Directors, see the dorm, and get your questions answered. All parents and guardians of 13-year-olds are invited to attend.
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Look for
SUUSI
Promises… prompt cards on the tables in the dining hall during Wednesday dinner, and downstairs through Thursday lunch. Each color card has a different prompt. Place completed cards in the blue Nurture Box at the bottom of the dining hall stairs. Look for cards in
CACHE
and
Serendipity
, and in all the dorms by Tuesday mid-day, with collection boxes in each location.
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Pair-A-Dice Prizes!
If you are a "key holder" competing for achievement badges and prizes in Pair-a-Dice, please note that we will tally all of the points at Noon on Friday. Winners will be posted in Pair-a-Dice and can pick up their prizes that afternoon. The winner of the t-shirt game and the SUUSI Cards game will also be chosen at that time. So, turn in your t-shirt guesses and your completed SUUSI cards by Friday morning.
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Environmental Sensitivities
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Are you or someone you care about one of the many who are somewhere on the spectrum of environmental illness? This can range from being more and more reactive to fragrances, to having scary reactions to wi-fi or radar, to being supremely challenged to find a safe place to live or safe air to breathe, and to being shut out of most activities of daily life.
As a UU who's effectively excluded from church life because of chemical and electromagnetic hypersensitivies, Laura Ingram is interested in finding allies to raise these issues in our denomination. She would like to meet others at 4:30 on Thursday in the chairs outside the dining hall.
If you can't come to this meet-up but want to be connected, please text 510-390-0020 or email
Lcingram@aol.com
.
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Tarot Readings with Rev Amy Beltaine
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Physio-Divina is a term Amy has coined to describe techniques for finding your spiritual direction that operate beyond (or without) words. Amy performs Physio-divina through Tarot for spiritual discernment and growth in Balsam 171. Text 503-877-2692 for appointment. There is no fee for this service.
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Unitarian Dungeons & Universalist Dragons
Who wants to play Dungeons & Dragons at SUUSI? More importantly, are you interested in running D&D at SUUSI? If you would be interested in playing D&D next year, send and email to pair-a-dice@suusi.org. Let us know if you are looking to learn or are an experienced player. Would you want to play a one shot or an on-going campaign? If you are a Dungeon Master interested in hosting/running a game next year, join us for a brainstorming/planning session for SUUSI 2020 in Pair-A-Dice (the Balsam crossover lounge on the 4th floor) on Friday afternoon at 3p. If you can't make it to the meeting, drop us a line at pair-a-dice@suusi.org and let us know your experience level and what you would be willing to do. C'mon, roll the dice!
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Cutting Back on Food Waste
Have you seen the amount of uneaten food that gets sent back to the kitchen bound for the garbage? Even though WCU has a great composting program and it's tempting to try all the food options, it's healthier for our planet to be more mindful about the amount of food we take and don't consume. Tips: If you're not that hungry, ask the servers for a small serving size. Don't let the time waiting in line justify taking more food than you will actually eat. Help your kids figure out a reasonable portion size, especially if they're not used to serving themselves.
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Sacred Spirit
Sacred Spirit means the inherent light within all.
That which is holy.
Sacred Spirit means within me, the spirit of nature,
the spirit of love a higher power.
Laughter, joyfulness, togetherness.
Sacred Spirit means inner voice and inspiring guide.
We are all connected in ways we might experience
in the future or not, but it is there.
Sacred Spirit means our conscience, our universal voice.
The force that guides us to make good choices that doesn't destroy.
Connecting on a deeper level with people and nature.
Sacred Spirit means wholeness, love, kindness and caring.
--
Collaborative Writing by Writers from Carolyn Sant Angelo’s Sacred Spirit Writing Workshop
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Submit NUUS items
online
or email them to
nuus@suusi.org
. NUUS items go up online throughout the day, but the deadline for the next day’s print and email NUUS is 1pm.
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Morning Worship: Rev. Chip Roush,
Bardo Theater,
9-9:45 am
SUUSI Store open,
Blue Ridge Conference Center,
9:30 am-6:30 pm
Artisans’ Bazaar open,
2nd floor University Center,
9:30am-6:30pm
SUUSI Promises discussion,
Blue Ridge 270,
10am-12pm
SUUSI Store singing & signing: Roy Zimmerman, 12-1pm
SUUSI Store singing & signing: Friction Farm, 1-2pm
Community Time,
Central Plaza,
4:30-6pm
SUUSI Store singing & signing: Bill & Eli Perras, 4:15-5:15pm
Open Recovery meeting,
Balsam 271,
4:30, pm
SUUSI Store author signing: Phoenix Harmony, Eli Perras, Stephen Wing, 5:15-6:15
Evening worship, Rev. Amy Carol Webb,
Bardo Theater,
7-7:45pm
SUUSI Promises discussion,
Blue Ridge 270,
8-10 pm
Concert Hour: School of Rock,
Coulter Recital Hall,
8:15-9:15 pm
Cabaret,
Coulter Recital Hall,
9:30-12am
Serendipity Ballroom Hour: Latin Night,
3rd floor University Center,
9:30-10:30 pm
Serendipity: Lookin’ Sharp & Swanky,
3rd floor University Center,
10:30-1am
CACHE: Too Cool,
Illusions Café, University Ctr,
10pm-1am
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