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Sunday Services are Currently Online
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7th
10:30 am
(Arizona Time)
Sanctuaries in our Home
Led By:
Sam Kirkland
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Joseph Benesh
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While we are all in our homes,
we have found the need to find peaceful places.
UUCP's Worship Service via Zoom
Meeting ID: 970 5532 8773
Coffee Hour via Zoom
Immediately Following Service
Meeting ID: 995 3802 5240
Password: 402721
You may use a computer, tablet, or smartphone. If you are asked to install the Zoom application, say yes. Feel free to share this link with friends and family!
If you have problems with Zoom, you may view the service live on YouTube.
Or after the service, you can watch it at any time.
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Feb 7th
Immediately
Following Service
Meeting ID:
995 3802 5240
Passcode: 402721
Immediately
Following Service
Meeting ID:
928 1137 3038
Passcode: 379145
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Feb 8th
8:30 am
Katie Resendiz
Meeting ID:
912 6050 2489
Passcode: 086063
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Feb 9th
6:30 pm
Katie, Jezz & Chris
Meeting ID:
944 1700 2431
Passcode: 647963
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Feb 10th
12:00 pm
Rev. Christine Dance
Meeting ID:
924 5107 9822
Passcode: 4027
4:00 pm
Ms. Cherilyn
Meeting ID:
991 5092 8417
Passcode: 083754
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Feb 11th
11:00 am
Lynn Westmoreland
Meeting ID:
986 8502 4397
Passcode: 918283
7:00 pm
Katherine Kruse
Meeting ID:
997 2737 0395
Passcode: 001050
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Feb 12th
4:00 pm
Meeting ID:
920 8484 9174
Passcode: 036500
7:00 pm
Shoba & Jay Bastani
Meeting ID:
929 4538 8094
Passcode: 147484
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If you don’t have access to a computer, laptop, or smartphone
OR don’t want to be on video, you can simply call in to
346-248-7799 and enter the Meeting ID number.
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Adventure Tales – A Radically Inclusive Evening was by all accounts a rousing success! Thank you to all who made it happen, to all who tuned in and watched the stories, and to all who so generously gave to promote the mission and vision of this congregation.
The fun isn’t over yet! Want to hear ALL the stories? Didn’t see the show, and want to know what everyone is talking about? Click HERE: Adventure Tales and choose a story to listen to.
If you haven’t donated yet, there is still time to do so:
- Donate via - PayPal
- Donate via - Realm
- Donate via Text - You can Text UUCP$ to 73256 (select General Donation and note Fundraiser in the memo line)
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Donate via Check - Write a check to UUCP (note Fundraiser on memo line) and mail to 4027 E. Lincoln Drive, Paradise Valley AZ 85253
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UUA's Pacific Western Region Newsletter |
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Edition: January 28, 2020
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Registration is now open for UUCP's 2021 Virtual Adult Faith Education. Below is what is being offered:
- Great UU Sermons (ongoing)
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Dream Work (starts Feb 10)
- Rise Up and Call Her Name (starts Feb 16)
- UU Encounters with the Bible (starts Mar 24)
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Book Discussion Group
The Book Discussion Group will begin discussing
the next book:
Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lesson for Our Own by Eddie S. Glaude
Sunday, Feb 7th
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Vicki Myers will be our featured speaker at the next regular meeting of the Earth Justice Ministry, on Sunday, February 14 at 1:30 pm. She will speak about her "survivor" experience: "Environmental Science: Memories from a High School Experiment". Please Click HERE to Join Zoom. All are welcome!
Please advocate!! Currently, two bills especially (HB 2248 and SB 1175) need your attention. This LINK will take you to our part of the UUCP website to find information that supports your request to your legislators to OPPOSE these bills.
Eat Plants for the Planet -
Why? Get stronger and help reduce climate change by switching to more plants and less animal food. Did you know that super bowl super quarterback Tom Brady’s diet is 80% plants? To learn about other super athletes who eat mostly plants watch the movie Gamechangers.
How? Try making this HERE delicious cheezy-like sauce for vegetables or to make potato skins vegan.
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Sunday Services are Currently Online
NEXT SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14th
10:30 am
(Arizona Time)
Making a Message
Led By:
Katie Resendiz
&
Worship Associate:
Owen Lifshitz
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UUCP's Community Kids have been on screen a lot these past few months. School on google classroom, church on zoom, socializing on facetime, we're constantly on camera, but what happens when we ask "what do you want us to know?" and give them the tools and skills to create media? Here about fame, compassion, identity, and how it feels to be heard. |
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Missed a Worship Service?
Prior Worship Services are always available to view
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Sunday, January 31st
Collective Grief, Individual Loss, and Ambiguous Loss
Led By: Rev Christine Dance
Worship Associate: Gary Ezzell
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Feb 16: Rise Up & Call Her Name / 6:30pm / Sign-up
Feb 17: Choir Rehearsal / 7pm
Feb 21: Get to Know UUCP / After Worship
Feb 23: Board of Trustee / 6 pm
Feb 24: Choir Rehearsal / 7pm
Feb 25: Death Cafe / 11 am
Feb 25: Sangha Gathering / 7pm
Feb 28: Congregational Mid-Year Meeting / 11:30am
Mar 25: UU Encounters with the Bible / 7pm / Sign-up
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Receiving Suspicious Emails |
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 scammers have been sending out fictitious emails claiming to be Rev. Christine. Please be aware of emails asking for assistance or requesting you to purchase something.
Rev. Christine will NEVER ask for money or gift cards over email. If you receive an email like this, please delete it.
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Unitarian Universalist Justice Arizona (UUJAZ) |
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Our Vision
To energize people of faith to create an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, socially just life for all those who live in Arizona.
Our Mission
To engage Arizona Unitarian Universalists in justice-making through:
nurturing congregational social justice ministries;
connecting UU activists and congregations across the state;
partnering with like-minded justice organizations;
empowering UUs to work for socially just public policy.
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Multikulti: Removing Unconscious Debris From the Soil of the Soul
Starting this week
Thursdays, Feb 4th-March 11th, 6:30-8 pm
In our present Time of Tumult, Rev. Anthony Mtuaswa Johnson offers a container and powerful methods for exploring the “Ism’s” of race, gender, class, religion and more, that challenge our culture, our communities, and our relationships. Six sessions of learning, unlearning, feeling and sharing about our differences; moving us toward creating change - in ourselves and the world around us.
This course is free to all our monthly sustaining donors. If you wish to join but aren't a donor, you can contribute a suggested donation of $10 per group meeting. There is also an opportunity to contribute to racial justice organizing at registration. If you aren't financially able to donate, join us anyway! Register here.
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Beloved Conversations: Spring 2021
Registration starts this week
Register Feb 1st - Feb 26th, course begins March 16th
Beloved Conversations curriculum developers at Meadville Lombard Theological School have responded to the need to learn how race and ethnicity shape our personal and collective lives and practices, in a virtual format. In 2020, 93 UUs from Arizona joined 1200 UUs in participating in the first half of Beloved Conversations: Within.
The first phase within focuses on the internal work that each of us needs to do as we engage in racial justice. This work is different for White folks and for Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC) and will be done entirely in race-based caucuses. You do not need to have taken the Fall session to register for Spring: the two halves of Within can be taken in any order.
Within work will include individual Lessons, using videos, music, and readings, accompanied by reflection prompts and suggested conversations with Critical Friends chosen by the participants; bi-weekly small group conversations in a Learning Pod; and larger, monthly, facilitated Meaning-Making Sessions on Zoom. You can expect to spend 3-5 hours each week.
We hope you join us to embody racial justice as a spiritual practice, to heal the impact of racism on our lives, in order to get free together. Register here.
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UU Day at the Legislature: Voter Suppression and the AZ Legislature
Monday, February 8th, 2021
As UUs, we affirm and promote the right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large. We know that democracy is at its best with the full participation of the people impacted.
Join UUJAZ to learn from former Maricopa County Attorney Adrian Fontes about what bills are being introduced by members of the legislature that would make it harder for Arizonans to vote, the history on why this is happening now, and what made this possible, and what you can do to defend democracy! Discussion to follow. Register here.
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Day at the Legislature: Gender, Sexuality, and the AZ Legislature
Tuesday, February 9th, 2021
What can we do to ensure LGBTQ+ folks cannot be fired from jobs, discriminated against in healthcare, excluded from sports, or denied adoptions because of their sexuality and gender? What will happen in Arizona if Roe v. Wade falls, considering there are anti-abortion laws already in place? Hear from our partners at Planned Parenthood Action AZ, and Equality AZ, about what you can do to defend LGBTQ+ and gender justice. Register here.
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Day at the Legislature: Racial Justice and Incarceration and the AZ Legislature
Wednesday, February 10th, 2021
Racial justice means dismantling systemic racism, in not just ourselves and our communities, but defeating policies that keep structures of white supremacy in place. From the budget to criminal (in)justice, hear from our partners at Mass Liberation AZ and the ACLU of AZ about the bills in play that attempt to move us towards a more racially equitable AZ, and those that perpetuate racism. Register here
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UU Day at the Legislature: VIRTUAL
February 15th, 9 am - 12 pm
UU Day at the Legislature is a tradition that's been around for years, even pre-dating UUJAZ. Hundreds of UUs from across the state come to the Capitol to voice our values to our State Legislators. This year, to keep everyone safe, DATL is going VIRTUAL! We have scheduled incredible partners and amazing speakers... and it's not too late for you to join us. Register here.
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DACA Clinic: Volunteers Needed
2nd & 4th Saturdays
@ First Church UCC Phoenix, 12-4 pm
DACA is back! and UUJAZ is proud to be partnering with Keep Phoenix Together to empower Dreamers by assisting them with their DACA application. This life-changing immigration policy was recently reinstated by court ruling, and your support can help give Dreamers the tools to apply for deferred deportation under DACA. Volunteers are needed at the Keep Phoenix Together clinic. Anyone who can spare a few hours on a Saturday afternoon can help, no special language or legal skills necessary. Sign up to volunteer here.
If you cannot volunteer, you can also donate to the scholarship fund for DACA applications and renewals. Dreamers pay $495 every time they renew and your financial support makes this possible. Donate here.
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Book GroUUp
3rd Fridays, 12-1:30 pm
What legacy will you leave your beloved: your children, grandchildren, congregation, community, and/or country about how you worked to dismantle systemic racism during your lifetime? What will you bequeath to your beloved? What is your hope for their future, for Beloved Community?
Join Rev. Tina Squire and Steve Kraynak on the third Friday of each month for a justice-centered book discussion from the perspective of our Unitarian Universalist values. Here we will use reading, conversation, and writing to answer these questions.
February 19, 2021: Discuss The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
March 19, 2021: Discuss Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
April 16, 2021: Discuss BREATHE – A Letter To My Sons by Imani Perry
May 21, 2021: Read aloud our own letters we've written to our Beloved.
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The Hearth: A Sacred Space for BIPOC UUs
February 24th, 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Come sit by The Hearth and share your heart. In this space for Black, Indigenous, and Persons of Color (including Mixed/Multiracial or Transracially adopted folx), we will share, support, and learn together as we journey towards spiritual wholeness. Register here.
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Race Matters and the
Supreme Court
Tuesday’s March 9th, 16th, 23rd
4-5:30 pm
As UUs, we recognize the existence of many realities and even more so, how those realities are interwoven. The connection between law and race is one of these ever-present truths. Join Political Science Professor and UU, Howard Tolley for three 90 minute sessions examining the impact of race, political ideology, legal principles, and personal preference on the selection of Justices and the decisions they reach.
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Love & Justice: Abolition and Alternatives to Policing
Every first Wednesday, 6:30pm
UUs proclaim that no one is outside the circle of love, therefore, our goals are also abolitionist goals. Join UUJAZ team member Thoi every first Wednesday of the month in actively resisting the systems of policing and incarceration while building relationships and community with other passionate UUs in Arizona.
Register for our next meeting, February 3rd, here.
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Trans Inclusion in Congregations from Transforming Hearts Collective
UUJAZ is thrilled to provide access to this online course on radical welcoming for all AZ UUs, thanks to a generous grant from the UU Funding panel. This course on transformational culture shift counts towards your annual Welcoming Congregation renewal. Contact us for your free login code (usually $125 per person) to explore this course at your own pace, or create a group at your congregation to take it together!
Sedona UU - Starts Feb 19th - Contact: Carolyn Kavanagh
Granite Peak - Scheduling soon - Contact: Lena Hubin
Surprise UU - Scheduling soon - Contact: Juliet Gustavson
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