IN THIS FLASH:

• Save the Date! Rev. Alex's Installation Approacheth
• This Sunday, April 10, 2022, at 10:30 AM - "Awakening Compassion"
• Links for Attending Virtually, links to Last Week's Service, and a NEW way to share Joys & Concerns
• Pledges are still arriving - have you sent yours?
• Transforming Hearts
• UU Orientation
• UUers To the Rescue
• Calendar Links
• End Note: George Washington Carver on Compassion...

SAVE the DATE!!

There will be a celebratory reception following the very special April 24 Service when Rev. Alex will be installed. To help with our planning, we’re asking you to please let Guy know by phone or email if you are likely to attend. Write office@uucgt.org or call the office 231-947-3117. Feel free to call anytime; leave a voicemail, please, if you don't get an answer. (This way you can call outside of office hours if that is what's convenient for you!)

Sunday April 10th, at 10:30 AM:

At UUCGT and Online:

"AWAKENING COMPASSION"

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A Healthy Congregations Service

Led by Rev. Alex Jensen

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Coordinated by Mary Anne Rivers

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Members of the Healthy Congregations Team will reflect on moments and discoveries around awakening compassion.

If you're joining us online...

Attend via YouTube here.

Visit with each other and with us in the Virtual Social Hall here.

• Remember: if you miss a Service, they are almost always recorded! You can view last Sunday's Service, "Poetry, Music, & Art" right here.

From Rev. Alex:

A New Way of Submitting Joys & Concerns!

We are changing up our way of sharing Joys and Concerns in our service! Instead of sharing your Joys or Concerns in the Zoom Virtual Social Hall chat before the start of the service, we invite you to share weekly using this online form: https://forms.gle/k1L7NynkwpamWynx7.

Please share your Joys or Concerns BEFORE Sundays at 9:00 AM to ensure that your sharings are included in that Sunday's service. You can also share by writing in the book in the Sanctuary before the service starts up until the prelude. The Joys and Concerns shared after 9:00 AM will be included in the following Sunday's service. Please contact Rev. Alex if you have any questions.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

• As noted above in our latest re-opening guidelines, UUCGT has not forgotten kids and youth! Children who are vaccinated may attend services in the sanctuary.

• The next dedicated RE program for children and their families is Sunday April 10. An e-mail was sent to families; so far we've had no response! For more information, contact Betsy Hammerberg, dre@uucgt.

Pledges Still Arriving!

If you've not made yours, please know we'll be grateful if you do, no matter when.

Click on the image right to go to a downloadable Pledge Form!

TRANSFORMING HEARTS

We are so excited about the interest and support we've received for our Transforming Hearts program here at UUCGT! We will be hosting a series of discussion sessions at UUCGT in the Sanctuary based on each of the six Transforming Hearts modules in the course. The discussions will be weekly on Tuesdays from 5-6 PM. We encourage you to view each session and module at home before the discussion, though you are also welcome to participate even if you haven't had a chance to view the material.

The schedule is as follows:

• Tue., Apr. 12th: Session 1, Intro. to Beloved Community & Welcome as a Spiritual Practice
• Tue., Apr. 19th: Session 2, Gender & Our Faith Community
• Tue., Apr. 26th: Session 3, Unpacking the Gender Binary
• Tue., May 3rd: Session 4, Trans Experience & Spirituality
• Tue., May 10th: Session 5, The Role of Culture in Trans Exclusion
• Tue., May 17th: Session 6, Creating Culture Shift

We encourage you to enroll in the full Transforming Hearts program online, using the following steps:

• Visit https://transforming-hearts-collective.teachable.com/p/transgender-inclusion-in-congregations/?product_id=60%205700&coupon_code=UUGRANDTRAVERSE.

• Scroll down to view the selected option for Groups & Congregations for $500. It should be crossed out and say “Free”. You do not need to purchase this program!

• Click the “Enroll” button underneath the part that says “Free”.

• Click “Signup with Email” and input your name, email address, and password. You are now enrolled in the course!

We look forward to delving deeper into this enriching program with you and our community!

Members and Future Members:

UU ORIENTATION IS COMING!

UU Orientation on April 17th. Want to learn more about the UU religion, our UUCGT and the path to membership? 

Following services at 11:30, in the Sanctuary, we will meet to discuss all things UU and answer your questions. Meeting to last about 90 minutes.

Contact Chris at chrislautz7777@gmail.com or 860-884-7741 to reserve your spot.

Are you, or do you know someone, interested in more information or becoming a member of UUCGT?  This orientation gathering is for you and for them. Please share with anyone who might like to know about this.

UUers TO THE RESCUE!

The UUers to the Rescue group has been a success. Please jump in and join us Mondays at 4 on Zoom —

Go to

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83663820965?pwd=RmZrZE56NysyaUczRlQrSlF4ZWt5Zz09

and enter the passcode 889013.

We talk about anything and everything as we all look to find ways to live with transitions and upheavals in the world around us, whether right up close or across the globe.

THE CALENDAR

The UUCGT calendar for the week may be viewed and/or downloaded by clicking on the "mini-calendar" image on the left. It is also available on our website at https://www.uucgt.org/calendar/

PLEASE NOTE: The Staff meet every Wednesday from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM. The office will always be closed during this time.

End note...

"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these."

- George Washington Carver