UUCSC News and Updates
Weekly on Fridays
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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
All are welcome!
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This Sunday * October 25, 2020 |
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9:00-10:00 AM
10:00 AM
The Particular Power of Samhain, All Hallows Eve, and Halloween
Rev. DL Helfer
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We will meet in Zoom coffee hour at 11:00 AM. |
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Religious Education/Exploration (RE) |
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This Month's Theme is Listening
This week's RE Newsletter is HERE!
Those who are older than us, our elders, have many years of experience and listening to
their journeys helps us to navigate our own. We also honor our ancestors and the wisdom and life they have passed down through the generations.
-- Lee Cowan, DRE
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A Virtual Time for All Ages
Listening to Our Elders and Ancestors
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Listening to a Special Grandma |
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A virtual RE Gathering on Sunday mornings
9:00 Kid time!
9:30 Parents sharing circle: share your joys and concerns as parents.
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The UUCSC families with young children are VERY busy during the Pandemic. Elizabeth Donovan reached out to them for their stories. Read responses from the Avizinis, the Grants, and the Magidows HERE. If anyone else (young or old!) has a brief blurb, pictures to share or is interested in being interviewed for a longer piece please contact us.
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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
Mini- bios will return next week.
If you would like to be featured in a mini biography, contact Elizabeth Donovan at elizdn@hotmail.com. Please share your story! You matter!
Read all of Our Stories here.
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We know that real community protection does not criminalize us or our neighbors. This UUA article is in response to concerns and questions raised around congregations facing harm for living their values.
A digital resource that envisions the end of policing as we know it, replaced by something more beautiful and peaceful.
Calling the police often escalates situations, puts people at risk, and leads to violence. Sometimes people feel that calling the police is the only way to deal with problems. But we can build trusted networks of mutual aid that allow us to better handle conflicts ourselves and move toward forms of transformative justice, while keeping police away from our neighborhoods.
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for all the resources that have been listed here in the past few months.
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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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If You Missed The South Kingstown Candidate Forum from T.A.S.K., it was recorded.
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From the Peace Dale Museum of Art and Culture |
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Digging the past on Manisses
Recent archaeological investigations on Block Island have provided evidence for 7,000 years of Native American occupation. On Thursday, November 5 at 7:00 p.m., Jay Waller, senior archaeologist at The Public Archaeology Laboratory, will talk about some of the highlights of recent archaeological discoveries that are contributing to our understanding of Manissean Indian life. To register for the Zoom presentation, send us an e-mail at pdmoac@aol.com.
Submitted by David and Mary Fulton
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Get Out the Vote *Adopt a Swing State
No matter where you live, you can directly support the work of organizers, volunteers, and candidates in the six key battleground states that will be most important to delivering a progressive win in 2020. Click HERE to help save America.
Submitted by Johnnie Rodriguez
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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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Need a reminder? Access the FAQ's here.
To get into or update your Membership Directory information,
Submitted by Etta Zasloff
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Communications Committee At Your Service! |
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Are you, or anyone you know, still having difficulty with these things? Feel like you are missing out, but don't know where to start?
- ZOOM meetings?
- UUCSC website?
- UUCSC weekly newsletter?
- UUCSC online directory and CTRN app for your Smartphone?
- UUCSC Facebook page?
If so, the friendly folks of the Communications Committee want to help. Please contact Betsy Dalton at 401-529-8733 or elizabethmdalton@gmail.com. We'll figure out how to help you, even in person, if needed. Let's keep communicating!
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How to Submit News and Updates |
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by Tuesday Noon each week to assure publication by Friday of that week.
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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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