FEBRUARY 6-7 2021 - 10 Lyons Plains Road Westport, CT 06880 - Phone: 203.227.7205
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2021 |
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Thank you for your continued generosity. We are always accepting lunches to support our John's Street Bridge outreach in Bridgeport. Please click here for sign-up; drop lunches off at the church noon-4 PM on Saturdays. Questions? Contact David Vita.
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DISCUSSION: HELPING THOSE IN NEED 10:00-11:30 AM |
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Domestic violence is in every community, yet it can be difficult to help someone experiencing it if you don't know how to broach the subject. Join us in learning how to recognize warning signs and what to do if you or someone you know or work with experiences domestic or intimate partner violence.
We will learn about its dynamics, and process real-life scenarios to recognize warning signs and to determine how best to help. Led by a facilitator from Domestic Violence Crisis Center, we will discuss different cultural and religious norms that impact victims of domestic violence and the unique barriers to receiving support.
This will be an active, engaging session with break-out groups and polls. Questions? Contact Wendy Levy, head of our Safer Congregations team. ZOOM HERE Meeting ID: 875 7140 7113. Passcode: 739121
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Our Service, 10:00 AM:
“Creating Beloved Community” – Rev. Dr. John Morehouse
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Together we consider the narratives we tell ourselves about our past, reflect on where we are now, remember our resiliency and begin to reimagine our futures.
Worship Associate: Gian Andrea Morresi
Click HERE for the Order of Service. Offering gratefully received at vop.tucw.org or mail in a check.
Our ZOOM link is always on the front page of the website and does not change from week to week. You can also click : HERE. Meeting ID 207 517 697 PASSWORD: 8893787678
Landline: 1 646 876 9923.
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RACIAL INJUSTICE: FROM SLAVERY TO MASS INCARCERATION
Directly after the worship service – 10:40 AM
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Please stay on after today's worship service for a profound discussion of racial injustice in today's America. What are the obscured truths of how Black people have been controlled through history? How are they relevant today?
Our multimedia program will feature a guest speaker from the Equal Justice Initiative, as well as sharing artistic performances and works, including Joan 'Lyric" Leslie, a slam poetry champion, and our own TUCW member Andy Gundell. An open mike for free-flowing discussion will follow the prepared program.
ZOOM link is the same as the worship service (see above). Please invite friends! They can log on at 10:40 if they prefer. Press release describing this exciting program in more detail is HERE.
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Next Week: February 14, 2021 - 10:00 AM Virtual Service
”Adam, Eve and Us”– Rev. Dr. John Morehouse
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CONGRATULATIONS TO GIAN MORRESI:
OUR LEADING LIGHT AWARD RECIPIENT FOR FEBRUARY
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The Leadership Development Team is excited to announce that Gian Morresi is February’s Leading Light award recipient! Gian’s service to our community is far reaching. Just a few of the many examples include his invaluable service on the TUCW re-opening committee, as co-chair of the TUCW Saturday Hikers, and as chair of the Music Committee. Gian has been an integral member of a Small Group Ministry, has volunteered time as a Visiting Steward and enriches our services with his participation in our choirs and other musical events, including, of course, Cabaret! For all of his involvement in and commitment to TUCW, Gian truly is a Leading Light. Please join us in congratulating him!
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FEBRUARY IS TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH |
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As the DVCC shares with us: Healthy relationship skills are not innate. They are learned. Youth deserve to have the skills and knowledge needed to engage in healthy dating relationships. DVCC offers a wide variety of programs to educate the community on healthy relationships, particularly young people and those in young people’s lives." To find out more, including access to a Teen Dating Abuse Parent Resource Guide, click HERE. |
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All children and youth are welcome to join us for our Sunday virtual classes. Just show up on ZOOM! Or, to find out more first, contact Nate Pawelek, our Director of Faith Formation. Information about our programming is always available HERE.
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Young Children: 10:00-10:45 AM - ZOOM Meeting: HERE
Meeting ID: 845 3792 1371 Passcode: 619683
We are gaining insights into our faith from leaders of color. So, what’s one of the ways our faith guides us into becoming a people of Beloved Community? It tells us to “Honor Our Black leaders!”
Tweens & Teens: 11:00 AM-noon ZOOM Meeting: HERE
Meeting ID: 811 8903 0576 Passcode: 029673
Environmental protection and preservation of the planet is the responsibility of every individual and community on Earth. This Sunday we will care for a real world magical creature. We will also talk about the Mirror of Erised and the Cloak of Invisibility.
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Youth Group (8-12th grade): 1:00-2:00 PM - ZOOM Meeting: HERE
Meeting ID: 842 3982 2427 Passcode: 573144
Join us this Sunday for a special “robotics” presentation from Alaap Sikri’s friend, who, because of the wonders of technology, will be ZOOMing with us from Delaware. Learn something and make a new friend.
See video invitation HERE. |
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Due to the Super Bowl, the Youth Group Bonfire is postponed until February 21 at 6:30 PM. |
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VIRTUAL MEDITATIONS - Sundays at 9:00 AM.
Zoom Meeting - click HERE ID: 870 2898 7688 Password: 068510
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Services are posted on our Facebook page and website. We offer last week's here for convenience.
"Rewriting Our Script"
Kim Warman, Intern Minister
Sunday, January 31, 2021
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PASTORAL CARE
If you are going through a challenging time or know somebody in the congregation who needs support from our Pastoral Care Chaplains, call to leave a confidential message in the PCA voice mailbox 203-227-7205 ext. 19 or email pca@uuwestport.org.
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CARING NETWORK
Our support network is available to provide tangible help for friends in need: meal delivery, pharmacy runs, grocery shopping, a regular phone call of connection. Contact a minister or coordinators Mary Jane Cross or Beth Cliff.
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ADDICTION RECOVERY
For individuals or families of our congregation seeking confidential support or information about addiction issues. Please contact our Addiction Recovery Ministry by calling 203-227-7205 ext. 19 or emailing pca@uuwestport.org
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Domestic Violence Crisis Center (DVCC)- 24Hr 888–774–2900
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The Unitarian Church in Westport is a diverse and welcoming religious community, free of creed and dogma, and open to people of all backgrounds and beliefs.
WE INSPIRE and support individual spiritual growth.
WE CONNECT through worship, music, learning, and caring ministries.
WE ACT in the service of peace and justice.
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