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February 2023 Connections
The Monthly Newsletter of UU Miami
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Covenantal Love
Sunday, February 5
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Hybrid: on campus (Sanctuary) & Livestream on YouTube
Rev. Tom will share his thoughts on Love and Covenant as the center of our faith.
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Programs for Children & Youth | |
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Child Care for infants & toddlers always available during Sunday Service
Waves & Reefs (ages 4-11)
Sessions this month will be on 02/12 & 02/19
Activism in Action: Social Justice & Leadership for Teens (ages 12-17)
Session this month 02/19
Teens are invited for a workshop on LGBTQ+ Advocacy, a needed area of community work. Participants will explore what it means for UU Miami to be an affirming congregation and honor our legacy of “Siding with Love.”
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February Worship Theme
The Path of Love
Sunday Services at 11:00 a.m.
In Person in our Sanctuary
and Livestreaming on YouTube
Lunch available after services, except for January 1, for a donation of $5
Our Social Justice Partner this month:
Survivors Pathway
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Be My Valentine
Sunday, February 12
Author Philip Roth wrote: "The only obsession everyone wants: ‘love.’ People think that in falling in love they make themselves whole? The Platonic union of souls? I think otherwise. I think you’re whole before you begin. And the love fractures you. You’re whole, and then you’re cracked open." Rev Tom will explores romantic love.
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Agape: Unearned Love
Sunday, February 19
Enfleshed wrote: "Love cannot be bought or sold; it does not make a profit…
Love embraces everyone, every creature, every creation.
It knows us intimately. It holds us collectively.
Love transcends every boundary that seeks to confine it…
It does no harm.
It only sets free."
Rev. Tom explores what it means to love and be loved without having to earn it.
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Modern-Migration - Doing it the "Right Way" in times of Crisis
by Amanda Harris
Sunday, February 26
I'm Amanda Harris, and I've been practicing law since 2009. My specialty is humanitarian immigration, specifically asylum, human trafficking, and appeals. I've been honored to work with asylum seekers from Central America, Mexico, Angola, DR Congo, South Africa, Syria, and beyond. My cases have been heard in asylum offices and immigration courts across the country through the last 3 presidents and their administrations. I'll be talking about how people come to the USA, apply for asylum, what it's like going through the system, and sharing a few of my client's stories. I hope to explain how immigrating the "right way" is more complicated than it was just 75 years ago.
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Intergenerational Program
February 5
10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
David T. Kennedy Park
In collaboration with our Young Adult group, RE families and friends are invited for a morning of environmental service at David T. Kennedy Park.
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Social Justice Committee
February 5
12:30 pm - 2 p.m. via Zoom
Hybrid: Emerson Room & Zoom
Jeneeva Claus from PACT will speak. She will share with us about being a new member of the staff team and what relationships mean in working for Social Justice.
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Building Your Own Theology
February 12
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Hybrid: Emerson Room & Zoom
We will consider Exploring Equanimity in Threshold Space in the book “Trusting Change” by Karen Hering
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Parent's Night Out
February 17
6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Youth are invited for an evening of fun, games, and pizza to allow Parents and Caregivers an evening on the town. Please RSVP by Feb 12th by emailing Carly at [email protected].
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Social Justice Book Study
every 4th Wednesday (02/22)
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
via Zoom
facilitated by Rev. Tom
Persuasion: Convincing Others When Facts Don’t Seem to Matter by Lee Hartley Carter
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Drum Circle
every 4th Sunday (02/26)
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
on campus (Emerson Room)
Martha Capo will lead a drum circle in the Sanctuary. Anyone who wishes to join is welcome, no drumming experience needed.
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Conscious Aging Group
every 4th Tuesday
(02/28)
on campus (Emerson Room)
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
facilitated by Rev. Tom
We are exploring the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual aspects of aging. Reverend Tom is facilitating this group.
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Weekly Spiritual Practices | | |
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Saturdays 9:30 -10:00 a.m.
via Zoom
with Rev. Tom
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Community Activities on Campus | |
UU Miami members attend Free! | | |
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Lunch Volunteers Needed
Willing to offer a Sunday after the service lunch? You could do this as an individual, family, team, committee, group. Please sign up on the list in the kitchen. It can be as simple as pizza with a salad or sandwiches and chips or as extravagant as you wish. If you are interested, but it would be financially difficult, don't let that stop you, just contact Rev. Tom ([email protected]).
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On Jan 8, UUMiami families and friends joined together to rid our campus of a serious scourge and honor Ruth Trencher.
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Our YouTube channel, you will find past services, short reflective pieces (less than 10 minutes). Connect with our UU Miami livestream at 11 AM EST on Sunday mornings.
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UU Miami is committed to promoting a culture of inclusivity & anti-discrimination as noted in our bylaws: “The Congregation declares & affirms its special responsibility to promote the full participation of persons of any race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, ability, affectional or sexual orientation, age, language, citizenship status, economic status, or national origin in all of its activities, without requiring adherence to any particular interpretation of religion or to any particular religious belief or creed. As a Welcoming Congregation, we dedicate ourselves to intentional practices of Right Relationship- in language and in action- that promote equity, diversity, and inclusion for all.” | |
UU Miami: A Spiritual Hub for Progressive
Thinkers & Doers in Greater Miami!
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