RE Weekly Newsletter  June: Family

FIND US ON INSTAGRAM Follow us here! . PARENT RESOURCES Learn more about Soul Matters curriculum guides . JOIN OUR RE FACEBOOK PAGE Here . With things how they are, how are we taking the time to be in gratitude? Give someone a compliment. Just a few words can change the rest of someone's day. Tell them they have a bright smile or a great sense of humor. Who did you compliment today? What did you say? How did they react? How did you feel afterwards? Don't forget! Our Friday Night Picnic is always a place to give! Contact Sabine for more information W E L C O M E UU Friend "How is your altar space looking? This practice in creating one is best done on a regular basis, over a lifetime but today is as good as any day to begin. In the course of your ordinary tasks, pause for a minute. Take a deep, slow breath. then bring your awareness to any number of small miracles that take place around you all the time. Small miracles include breath itself, a bird perched on a fence, a sleeping baby, leaves , flowing water and dreaming. Take a moment to ponder. Take a moment to wonder. Ideally, considering these small miracles should become a daily practice, a brief pause that grounds and refreshes us in the middle of every day routine. Leave out a sticky note. After awhile, you won't need the prompts."

Caring & Connected Newsletter We are continuing to send out the e-newsletter  “Caring & Connected”  to help sustain our UUSP community during uncertain times. Click  here  to read it and learn “how can I help?” and "how can I stay connected?” during the church closure.  -  Sharon Winters , from the Communications Team

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Ms. Jeanay & Ms. Trish Sabbath Space Family Worship Week Three Using Your Chalice Home: Not Just for Sundays or Family Worship Besides using it for Sunday morning as the focal point for Sabbath worship, consider • using your altar to begin your day. It can be something as simple as lighting the chalice and reading a poem before or after breakfast. • Or try it as a bedtime ritual, closing the day together. • And each person can always visit it whenever they feel the need to center themselves. Ms. Trish's & Ms. Jeanay's Last Sunday Lesson June 14th Lesson Subscribe to our RE YouTube Page!! RE Classes K-12th Grade - YouTube Hello and Welcome! Please take the time to sit and follow the lessons with your children and youth. There are many activities you all can do right at home. Read more www.youtube.com Week 3: Creating Connections to Others in Our Chalice Home Preparing to Add Family Photos, Drawings, and/or Symbols:  This week we will place photos, drawings or symbolic tokens of family members into the Chalice Home. As UU’s, we celebrate the amazing uniqueness and diversity present in families, extended families, and the beloved family members we call pets. Our pictures/drawings/symbols serve as a reminder that we are nourished by all the wonderful unique qualities of our family members. The goal is to place a picture, drawing or object on the altar that captures something that is unique about each family member or captures each family member’s unique love/passion. With all these extra photos, drawings and symbols added, your Chalice Home may stop looking so artfully arranged, and begin to reflect the jumbled mix of family presence. That’s great! Celebrate the imperfection. Remember, it is your Chalice Home and will look as unique as your family is! Family Worship Sabbath Space Week Three Music Playlist for the family home

Calendar Connections

HISTORY OF PRIDE MONTH " On a hot summer’s night in New York on June 28, 1969 , police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club in Greenwich Village, which resulted in bar patrons, staff, and neighborhood residents rioting onto Christopher Street outside. Among the many leaders of the riots was black, trans, bisexual woman, Marsha P. Johnson — leading the movement to continue over six days with protests and clashes." -continued "The message was clear; protestors demanded the establishment of places where LGBT+ people could go and be open about their sexual orientation without fear of arrest. Pride Month is largely credited as being started by bisexual activist, Brenda Howard. Known as, “The Mother of Pride,” a year after the Stonewall Riots, Brenda organized Gay Pride Week and the Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade. This eventually morphed into what we now know as the New York City Pride March, and from where parades and marches across the world evolved." Source

Juneteenth day celebrates and symbolizes the end of slavery in the United States. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862. Marcus Garvey created the RBG flag for people of color in response to a song that rattled the south. He was the founder and first President-General of the  Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League  (UNIA-ACL, commonly known as UNIA), through which he declared himself Provisional President of Africa. Ideologically a  black nationalist  and  Pan-Africanist , his ideas came to be known as  Garveyism . This day in history... Juneteenth It was not until June 19, 1865 that all slaves were finally freed. That concluding event was when General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas with his troops and issued Order Number 3 which finally freed the last of the slaves.  The formal end of slavery was marked by the passing of the 13th amendment of the constitution.

Join us for a day-long event to fortify ourselves and our community so that we can forge forward in the fight for justice and liberation! Schedule of events: 12:30 -  Opening the Circle - BLUU and 360 Council 1:00 -  Mindful Meditations Embodiment practice - Denise Graves 2:00 -  BLUU Berries and BerrY Youth - Children and youth programming +DJ SHEj Q'Dee 3:00 -  East meets West: Blended African Religions & Shamanism - Carla Gates 4:00 -  Herbal Healing and Medicine - India Harris 5:00 -  Spoken Word and Open Mic - Hosted by Team Sankofa 5:45 -  Rhythm, Contemplative Movement & Storytelling - Minevra 6:00 -  7:00 DANCE PARTY! - DJ Neeek Nyce 6:30 -  Let the Circle be unbroken: A word of send off with Team Sankofa

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WHEN IS THE SUMMER SOLSTICE? In 2020, the June solstice is Saturday, June 20, at 5:44 P.M. EDT. This date marks the official beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, occurring when Earth arrives at the point in its orbit where the North Pole is at its maximum tilt (about 23.5 degrees) toward the Sun, resulting in the longest day and shortest night of the calendar year. (By longest “day,” we mean the longest period of sunlight.) At the June solstice, the Northern Hemisphere receives sunlight at the most direct angle of the year. Source

Greetings! Please join us in thanking UUSP Board President Steve Benton and Vice-President Susan Burnore for their past year of service as your board officers. Both will remain on the board as at-large members. Steve and Susan served graciously, joyously and generously, devoting an enormous amount of time and energy to advance the work of our growing congregation. We also thank "retiring" board members Morgan Gresham (past president), Sabine von Aulock and Tom Archibald for their many years of service on the board, leaving their mark with significant impacts on buildings and grounds, religious education, and communication. Although "retiring," they will continue to be active in our community. We also thank Tammy Boudreax for her third term of continued service! At the June 11 board meeting, the board elected incoming board president Michael Killoren and vice-president Cynthia Patterson - and welcomed new board members Karen Ann White (former clerk), Cynthia Patterson (returning to the board after a respite), and Dave Mapp, appointed to fill a one-year term vacated by Tom Archibald. We also thank and welcome Treasurer Paul Craig and Assistant Treasurer Harry Saurs for another term.

Healthy Resources

K-12 Creative Virtual Art Show Creative Conquests K-12 Virtual Art Exhibition "This virtual exhibition highlights some of the innovative and unique artworks created by K-12 students at home through digital learning art instruction in the final quarter of the 2019-2020 school year during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kudos to the creativity of all of the students in visual arts courses and their art teachers for persevering through this very challenging time -  especially  without classroom art supplies!"

Please review this website for your local food locations for Pinellas County Schools. Schools are providing food pick ups during the summer time! Times of pick-ups have changed so please review the link to see the new times!

Unitarian Universalist Church of St. Petersburg is not affiliated nor a sponsor of the community events posted on our UUSP RE e-newsletters. The information is derived from PeachJar.com, The Parent's Guide Magazine and City of St. Petersburg Events page, PlayLargo.com and various applications for family engagement strictly for informational purposes only. The information posted is not for profit or for monetary gain unless specified to contribute to a fundraiser in whereas the donations are to UU and/or UUA affiliates such as UUSC. If you have any questions or concerns about this statement, reply to this email. Stay Connected! Friend Jeanay Johnson here. I am the Religious Education Coordinator at UUSP. This newsletter is put together by me using family based resources from SoulMatters and many more. If you have any submissions for the RE weekly newsletter, please submit your information to email  me  by noon every Tuesday to have it posted to the newsletter for Friday's e-print.

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