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We have updated our ZOOM schedule.
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Please join us for our next Sunday service on
September 27 at 10:30 a.m.

#VOTE LOVE, #DEFEAT HATE
A National UU the Vote
Worship Service


This Sunday at 10:30 AM, join Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) leaders and musicians from around the country, including national UUA President
Susan Frederick Gray, for an inspiring
and hope-filled call to put our
Unitarian Universalist Principles into action for the 2020 Election.


***Please join us for Social Hour on ZOOM*** immediately after the Worship service
 Meeting ID: 967 8591 4824
PHONE: 669-900-6833 (then enter Meeting ID: 967 8591 4824, followed by #. When prompted for User ID, just hit # again)
Prison Holiday Gift Bags. Greeting cards for imprisoned women can be dropped off at the church office porch on Mon. 9/28 and Tues. 9/29 from 10:00 am. to 3:00 pm. This is a no contact drop off. The office remains closed.
Due to the pandemic, we can only use cards this year. These women have had no visitors since February. Let them know that they are worthy of love. For more information, please contact Joanne Michelson 559-349-3312, joannejoan44@gmail.com

Save the date! Our annual Taco Fiesta will take place on Friday, October 23, 5-7 pm. This will be an in-person, masked and socially distanced outdoor event. Food will be catered by a taco truck, with all professional safety precautions observed. Music will be provided by a mariachi band. More details to follow!
Yoga classes continue! Hatha Yoga, Monday nights 6-7:30 pm, Chair Yoga Wednesday from 12-1 pm and Friday 1-2 pm. Zoom link is the same for all classes: VIDEO: https://zoom.us/j/97768989369 Meeting ID: 977-6898-9369 PHONE: 669-900-6833 (then enter Meeting ID: 977-6898-9369, followed by #, When prompted for User ID, just hit # again)
All are welcome. Questions or concerns refer to Jenny Rohan
559-281-7972 or sarayuyoga@gmail.com.

Spend quality time with Rev. Tim. Spiritual Reflection twice weekly. Tuesdays at 7 pm and Thursdays at 11 am. This week is at 12:00 pm. VIDEO https://zoom.us/j/94599824478   Meeting ID: 945 9982 4478 PHONE: 669-900-6833 (then enter Meeting ID: 945 9982 4478, followed by #. When prompted for User ID, just hit # again) 

The Power of Forgiveness: A Spiritual Exploration for Unitarian Universalists. Tuesday Afternoon Class:
Sept 29 and Oct 6, Oct 13 , 20 from 10 am – 1:30 pm Thursday Evening Class: Oct 1, 8, 15, 22 from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Rev. Tim Kutzmark, Facilitator. Join Rev. Tim to explore the complexity of forgiveness. This five-part workshop will spark spiritual conversation and contemplation. We will examine the nature of forgiveness (of self and others), come to better understand the journey to forgiveness, consider how we (and others) forgive the unforgivable, and discover how our Unitarian Universalist faith can change our understanding and experience of forgiveness. Rev. Tim offered this class in the winter of 2016, and your first time or repeat participation is welcomed. Registration is required: https://forms.gle/YgV79usKDNzr5CrC8A required packet of related readings/reflections will be available as a PDF for you to print at home or for $20.00 for us to print and mail to you. 

Faith and Film Series with Rev. Tim Kutzmark (Second Sunday of Every Month at 6:30 pm). Registration is Requested https://forms.gle/5CoV6fHfedATDCuz8
Sunday, October 11 at 6:30 pm “Sitting Bull: A Stone in My Heart”. This acclaimed documentary will introduce you to the Sitting Bull few people know. The film-maker spent four years of research to develop an oral history, the story of Tatanka-Iyotanka (Sitting Bull) in his own words. We bear witness as one of Native America’s most famous leaders talks about his life on the Northern Plains, the Battle of the Little Big Horn and finally, his complicated views of Euro-American culture. Except for a few lines of dialogue invented for cohesion, it is Sitting Bull's first-person account of his life and times.

Ikiru Discussion Group Wed. Oct. 21st or Sunday Oct. 25th Facilitated by Robert Mitchell. One of the great films of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, Ikiru tells the story of an aging bureaucrat, Kanji Watanabe, who learns that he has terminal cancer and determines that his final days will have meaning. Kurosawa’s film is a thoughtful meditation on life and death. Participants will receive a link to the film and will view it at their leisure before the meeting. Registration Required. https://forms.gle/5CoV6fHfedATDCuz8
Food Distribution. Please join Rev. Tim and The Social Justice Team to distribute food on the fourth Monday afternoon of the month September 28 at 2:15 pm. at Balderas Elementary. If you've not helped yet, you'll be amazed by how much fellow Fresnans need and appreciate this food. A great opportunity to be socially distanced but together, and good exercise, too! Vicki Gavel at 562.668.4712, veejaygavel@gmail.com

Generosity Team. Do you have photos of generosity toward others that the Generosity Team could use as slides during our services online and when we return altogether to our sanctuary? We are looking for photos that demonstrate the generosity of our members within our congregation and in the larger community.
Please join us for Taking A Collective Breath: Deepening our alignment with the Movement for Black Lives, a five-session series built around the elements of the BREATHE Act and created in a collaboration between Side With Love and UUSC. The webinars will explore the components of the BREATHE Act and utilize its structure as a way to focus our energies to effectively support ongoing racial justice work. Come learn and build with local and national partners who are shaping conditions to make liberation possible. This is an invitation to locate yourself in this moment as well. We each have a role to play. 
The BREATHE Act seeks to reform federal laws and eliminate funding for federal programs that criminalize Black, Muslim, and immigrant communities, reinvesting our resources in community solutions for education, health, and the environment.
October 13 4 pm PT/ 6 pm CT/ 7 pm ET
Webinar 5: Holding Officials Accountable & Enhancing Self-Determination of Black Communities
Panelists: Minister Sheena Rolle, Deputy Director Faith In Florida; Nicole Pressley, National Organizer UU The Vote and Let My People Vote Campaign.  

TEXTBANK with “UU the Vote” CampaignJoin UUs from across the country for a get out the vote textbank (instead of calling, you text) to help turn out the vote in Georgia, where turnout mattersRSVP to Get Out the Vote in Georgia on September 27, 2-3:30 pm ET. 
PLEDGE TO #VoteLove and #DefeatHate – Have you added your name to the UU Vote Love Pledge to commit to voting your values and taking actions to support others in doing the same? Rev. Tim did. Doing so affirms your commitments, invites you to upcoming actions, and sends information to make sure we all have a plan to vote.

The Wesley Food Pantry is back up and running!  They can use peanut butter, cereal, saltine crackers and tuna. Food drop off is every Tuesday and Thursday from 8:30-11:00 at Wesley 1343 E. Barstow (just west of CSUF). Go east into the parking lot and the last building; last door would be the food drop off. They continue to take checks made out to Wesley Methodist Church Food Pantry. Contact Steve Sacks at johnsonsacks@comcast.net   with questions. 
A Gift of the Sublime: Our beloved Lorenzo Bassman, Music Director, has adapted, arranged, and video recorded "Reverie on a Brahms Theme,” featuring world-class clarinetist John Yeh, the assistant principal clarinetist and E-flat clarinetist of the Chicago Symphony. Congratulations Lorenzo on this exquisite arrangement and performance. Take five minutes and be transported to a world of beauty, peace, and harmony:  https://www.youtube.com/watchv=EbEboDiBXjA &feature=youtu.be

Are You Grieving the Loss of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg? Join Rev. Tim this evening, Friday the 25th, at 7:00 pm for a Zoom Room Memory Sharing in honor of Justice Ginsburg. You’ll have a chance to share feelings and thoughts about this great loss at an inopportune time. Invite a friend from beyond the congregation to join you. CLICK HERE to join, or go to: https://zoom.us/j/94375399109 Meeting ID: 94375399109. PHONE: 669-900-6833 (then enter Meeting ID: 94375399109, followed by #. When prompted for User ID, just hit # again).

Saul Eskin Let us wish Saul a Happy 91st Birthday!
He is recovering at home and doing well after surgery and hospitalization. Notes and cards can be sent to: Saul Eskin, 1436 W. Keats Ave., Fresno CA 93711. No visitors please.

Vespers Worship. Join Us Wednesday, September 30 at 6:30 pm for our Vespers Worship led by Dani Livesey: “Renewal, Resilience, and Carrying On” These vespers are a simple opportunity to engage in song, prayer, and spiritual sustenance with our faith community on Zoom. An opportunity for conversation and additional community will open up immediately after the vespers is over, for anyone wanting to check in. https://zoom.us/j/93503522701

Share your pride in our congregation and our continuing social justice work in the community with a blue Chalice face mask and one of our yellow baseball caps. CLICK HERE or find SHOP UU on our website www.uufresno.org. View and order on-line! All purchases include a donation to help fund future social justice activities. Additional items may be available in the future.

Please think about the Bookstore, even when we’re far apart. This week we’re mourning Ruth Bader Ginsberg, just like the rest of America. We’d be happy to help you learn more about an inspiring leader. We’re offering her autobiography, My Own Words, or a great kid’s book, Who Was Ruth Bader Ginsberg, for preorder. Now more than ever we need to remember our heroes who have passed. 62wendy@gmail.com

YouTube! Have you seen our new and improved YouTube channel? CLICK HERE to subscribe.

Food Source! If you need to find food, Central California Food Bank is a wonderful source. You can click on this link and find out locations and calendar for a distribution location near you https://www.facebook.com/1526876815/posts/10223103017753626/

Reminder: Member and Friend Directory Policy. The Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno Member and Friend Directory is a publication that is intended to assist members and friends in identifying necessary contact information to be used solely for the purpose of communicating church-related matters. Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno encourages open communication; however, endeavors without the expressed consent of the recipients are strictly prohibited unless authorized by the Board of Trustees. You may opt out of having your information published in the Member and Friend Directory by contacting the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno
559-322-6146 or aa@uufresno.org 
 
We are no longer utilizing our previous USAePay system to process credit card or EFT (checking, savings or debit card) contributions. If you would like to set up auto-payments, visit our Giving page on our website www.uufresno.org/giving, utilize our mobile app, text-to-give, PayPal, or Cash App options. You can contact the office for assistance. 322-6146 or aa@uufresno.org

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In gratitude to those who made special donations, above and beyond pledge contributions during the month of August.

Special thanks to:

Non-Pledge Donations:
Irene Buchannan * Reva & Jerome Guimont * Marcelle Pratt * Colby Morrow & Evan Shipp * Sydney Story *Celea Alfaro * Mary McDonough * Micheline & Jim Curnyn * Carry Gordon * Ida Jones * Aimee & Jack Holloway * John Livesey

We Care Fund:
Linda Smith * Valerie Johnson & Steve Sacks

Plate Donations:
Pat and George Looney Burman * Lynette Bassman * Leslie Hoyt * David Lockling * Helen & Michael Shih * Calvin Fleming * Jason Bernardi and Edward Tamashiro (Jay) * Paula Siegel & Jerry Radinoff * Tess & Greg Seay * Alicia Contreras & Steve Ordiano * Erica Howland * Vicki Gavel * Karen & Troy Polnitz * Elena Perez * Marcell Pratt * Harold Wood * Connie Jones * Leah Hanzlieck * Linda Knight * Denesse & Tom Willey * Martha Lucey * Rita Townsend * Nancy Hatcher

Minister’s Discretionary:
Colby Morrow & Evan Shipp * Denise Goldman

In Appreciation for Yoga Class:
Maureen & John Hayes

Norelma Walker Youth Library:
Denise & Sal Sciandra * Sharon & Gary Rossi * Kathy Boudinot-Johnson & Ed Johnson * Ellis Vance
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