May 30th, 2021
Religious Exploration/Education
May's Theme is Story
Hello Families,
Let us gather our courage for the shifting times ahead. And let us take deep breaths and feel proud of what we have made it through so far. In life there will always be challenges, so let us build on our courage, strength, resilience and faith to take us through to the next chapter of our lives.

I hope you find inspiration in some of the stories below. Stories of courage, of overcoming obstacles, of doing the hard work of relationship building. Blessed be.

And for your convenience, all past newsletters can be found here on the UUCSC website
A Time for All Ages
What If Nobody Forgave?
This week, I tell the story of a town where people carry their grudges around in large, heavy sacks on their backs. They even carry the grudges of their parents and ancestors, getting heavier with each generation. How can they ever find a way to put these burdens down?
Stories for RE
Picture Books
Check out this amazing booklist for the month of May and the theme of Story. Over 100 titles for all ages!
The Wall, by Eve Bunting. This is a lovely, touching story about a boy and his dad, visiting the Vietnam Memorial and finding the boy's grandpa's name on it.
Drum Dream Girl, by Margarita Engle is the awesome true story of a girl in Cuba who broke the rule that girls can't play drums and followed her dreams.
A Princess of Great Daring, by Tobi Hill-Meyer. This is a story of a transgendered girl coming out to her friends. They jump into a make-believe game where Jamie gets to be the princess.
Song of the Week
Keep On Moving Forward
by Emma's Revolution

This is my anthem this week. We're at the beginning of a big change in our congregation and I have been holding everyone in love, wishing for compassion, understanding, deep listening and open hearts.

We will keep on moving forward. Together.
Soulful Connections
Join in our Collective Storytelling Game!
We have started passing around a collective story! I started it and now families are adding to it, one by one. It's not too late to join us!
If you'd like to be emailed the story, as it grows, please sign up here! Or respond to this email and tell me you're interested.
I can't wait to see how the story evolves!
Sunday Offerings
Zoom and In Person Gatherings!
As our congregational year winds to a close, we are so excited to have a series of in person gatherings as well as one more Zoom gathering. Below is the calendar for our last Sundays of RE this year.

Zoom Gatherings!
We have one more Zoom gathering planned for this year. It will be a goodbye party on Zoom on June 20th at 9am. We hope to see our whole Zoom crew there so we can play some games and say goodbye for the year. Here is the link to join!

In Person Gatherings!
Please register for any in person event you plan to attend.

May 30th: 10am Family hike at Fisherville Brook Audubon Refuge! Register here. for the hike.

June 6th: 10am Multi-gen worship service will be a bridging ceremony. We hope you will all join us on Zoom to support our kids who are moving up to a new school next year or who moved up during the pandemic!

June 13th: 3pm RE at the beach! We will be walking down to Rome Point, which has a beach full of sand, rocks and shells, perfect for beach art! Register here for the beach!

June 20th: 9am Zoom goodbye party. 10am Zoom worship service is our Flower Communion. We hope you will join us for this special end of the year tradition.
Pictures from the week
Another wonderful day together in the backyard of RE last Sunday! Thank you to the three families who joined us and made such a special time together.
We took care of the pea bed again, weeding, watering and trellising.
Look closely and you can see the sunflower sprouts popping up from the seeds we planted last Sunday! Devie is helping to water them :)
We made a new bed for sunflowers and Star-Elizabeth and Declan helped to plant seeds and water them.
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