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Sunday Services are Currently Online
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21th
10:30 am
(Arizona Time)
Are You An Apocaloptimist?
Led By:
Rev. Christine Dance
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Worship Associate:
Gary Ezzell
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The definition of an Apocaloptimist is someone who knows it's all going terribly, but still thinks it will turn out okay. Given everything, why are we so hopeful? I don't know, but we are.
UUCP's Worship Service via Zoom
Meeting ID: 945 8781 3250
Coffee Hour via Zoom
Immediately Following Service
Meeting ID: 995 3802 5240
Password: 402721
Get to Know UUCP via Zoom
Immediately Following Service
Meeting ID: 978 2968 3264
Passcode: 428835
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!
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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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Poder in Action is an organization led by youth, womxn of color, and immigrants that builds power to disrupt and dismantle systems of oppression and determine a liberated future for people of color in Arizona. Our programs are based on members’ lived experiences with injustice, especially within the criminal and immigration systems (crimmigration). This Share the Plate donation on behalf of UUCP would support our work as we grow our leadership development programs, focused on supporting people impacted by these systems to attain the skills and knowledge necessary to learn how to organize and build power within our programs:
- Youth Poder: Preparing young people with skills and knowledge to organize their communities.
- Barrios al Poder: Investing and providing undocumented women with the knowledge and skills to organize their neighborhoods.
Interested in learning more about Poder in Action?
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Community Health, Safety Training & Phonebank with White PAWS & Poder in Action
For the last several years, community partners like Poder in Action have led us in activism to reduce police violence, and yet in 2018, the New York Times called Phoenix the deadliest police department in the country.
As UUs, we have a unique opportunity to engage in a narrative shift with our peers in Phoenix. We can take the time to explain the Defund message, and to talk about the programs that bring true community safety: mental health care, affordable housing, job training, treatment for drug users, and solutions for homelessness.
Join AZ PODER, White People Against White Supremacy, and UUJAZ, for a Community Health and Safety Training & Phonebank. We will be calling white, 45+-year-old, high-propensity voters, that lean liberal, and score high in compassion. Reaching 15,000 voters between now and May 1st means we have the best chance possible to move 5% of the Phoenix PD budget into community programs when the city budget goes for a vote in June.
Training and first phonebank begins
Friday, February 26th, 5-7 pm
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Programming February 21st - February 26th
Enter Meeting ID & Password
or
Click on the Activity Title to Join
ALL Programming is in Arizona Time Zone
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Feb 21st
Immediately
Following Service
Meeting ID:
995 3802 5240
Passcode: 402721
Immediately
Following Service
Meeting ID:
928 1137 3038
Passcode: 379145
Immediately Following Service
Meeting ID:
978 2968 3264
Passcode: 428835
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Feb 22nd
8:30 am
Katie Resendiz
Meeting ID:
912 6050 2489
Passcode: 086063
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Feb 23rd
6:00 pm
Broad & Rev Christine
Meeting ID:
959 0652 4221
Passcode: 002180
6:30 pm
Katie, Jezz & Chris
Meeting ID:
944 1700 2431
Passcode: 647963
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Feb 24th
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
7:00 pm
Benjie Messer
Meeting ID:
953 0097 9968
Passcode: 812013
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Feb 25th
Lynn Westmoreland
11:00 am
Meeting ID:
986 8502 4397
Passcode: 918283
Katherine Kruse
7:00 pm
Meeting ID:
997 2737 0395
Passcode: 001050
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Feb 26th
K thrUU 5th Grade
4:00 pm
Meeting ID:
920 8484 9174
Passcode: 036500
Poder in Action
Training & First Phonebank
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Register Here:
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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 in the Meeting ID number and numeric passcode.
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Congregational Mid-Year Meeting |
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Sunday, February 28th
immediately following service
Our mid-year update on the business of the congregation—the budget, goals, and other general business of UUCP.
Meeting ID: 994 2498 2437
Passcode: 798166
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Nominating Committee Announcement |
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Each year, the Nominating Committee seeks out willing members to fill the following year’s open positions in leadership. We are seeking candidates to fill two positions on the UUCP Board of Trustees, two positions on the UU Foundation Board, and three positions on the Nominating Committee. (Learn what’s entailed in each position by clicking on the blue links.) Are you interested in getting more involved in leadership at UUCP? Or is there another member you would like to suggest to us? If so, please fill out this form.
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Navajo Nation
continues to need our support
In the midst of snow and really cold temperatures, a heaping pickup truckload of food, cleaning, and health supplies arrived in Holbrook for our Navajo Nation neighbors at the beginning of February, thanks to the generosity and efforts of our UUCP congregation. Gratitude abounds in a situation of continuing COVID infections, lingering long term effects, difficult infrastructure, long distances, scarcity of supplies, long lines. Many thanks to all those who were able to contribute cash, supplies, shopping to this effort. We look forward to hearing about a new effort they have begun in response to a need to improve nutrition: baking their own bread, for which we sent up ingredients. Don't we wish we could help test the results!
Many thanks for your assistance – spreading care and concern is a small way we can help provide an antidote to a spreading virus.
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Support Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Phoenix by shopping at AmazonSmile
Did you know that you can generate donations while shopping for no extra cost? Simply start your shopping at smile.amazon.com/ch/86-0188971 to confirm "Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Phoenix" as your charity of choice, and AmazonSmile will donate a portion of your eligible purchase price to our organization.
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Civic Engagement Announcements |
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Rev. Christine announced on Sunday just how egregious some of the bills before the AZ Legislature are. If they pass, they will severely limit voting access, take more money from public education, target our LGBTQ siblings, allow loaded guns on public property and limit women’s reproductive rights. Do you want to make a difference? Learn to use the RTS system in a one-to-one Zoom session with one of us! Email us at civicengagement@phoenixuu.org and we’ll schedule time with you.
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SB1452 (see this for details), despite a history of strong public opposition to private school vouchers, proposes a massive expansion of the voucher program. The bill has passed in the Senate and now goes to the House. Now is the time to contact Speaker Bowers, who has the power to either let it proceed to the House or hold it. Urge him to keep it from moving forward! rbowers@azleg.gov AND/or 602-926-3128.
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Earth Justice Ministry Announcements |
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The Earth Justice Ministry has been busy helping with the Sierra Club Environmental Day at the Legislature 2/3/21. A synopsis with links to various resources is on the UUCP website, click HERE to view. The link will take you to the Love Letters to the Earth, where you will be able to watch th e video of people reading their letters.
It also says to write your own letter and send it to Doug Bland. But first, please send your letter (and video) to EJM at uuejministry@gmail.com
so we can archive them on our website too and use them in services at UUCP.
Eat Plants for the Planet - Why? You can help improve the soil by composting the discarded parts of the fruits and vegetables you eat. And, sometimes, you can actually cook with those pieces and parts that you normally discard. Please read Anne Lackey's article on "Composting" which you will find at this LINK on the UUCP website. How? You might try the recipe for "Curried Apple Soup" at this LINK on the UUCP website too. It makes a stock of the discarded peelings of some ingredients. Bon Apetit!"
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Sunday Services are Currently Online
NEXT SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28th
10:30 am
(Arizona Time)
Conversations with our Youth
Led By:
Rev. Christine Dance
&
Worship Associate:
Carrie Lifshitz
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Rev. Christine and several of our youth will have conversations on what theological topics are important to them. |
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Missed a Worship Service?
Prior Worship Services are always available to view
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Sunday, February 14th
Making a Message
Led By: Katie Resendiz & Children's Ministry
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Feb 28: Congregational Mid-Year Meeting - 11:30 am
Mar 10: Choir Rehearsal - 7 pm
Mar 11: Great UU Sermons - 3 pm
Mar 11: Sangha Gathering - 7 pm
Mar 14: Earth Justice Ministry Meeting - 1:30 pm
Mar 17: Choir Rehearsal - 7 pm
Mar 23: Board of Trustee - 6 pm
Mar 24: Choir Rehearsal - 7 pm
Mar 25: Death Cafe - 11 am
Mar 25: Sangha Gathering - 7 pm
Mar 25: UU Encounters with the Bible - 7 pm - Sign-up
Mar 28: Get to Know UUCP - After Worship
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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
Still time to join!
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 has started
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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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, March 9th, 5-6:30 pm AZ time, 7-8:30 pm Eastern
- Tuesday, March 16th, 4-5:30 pm AZ time, 7-8:30 pm Eastern
- Tuesday, March 23rd, 4-5:30 pm AZ time, 7-8:30 pm Eastern
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 Emeritus and UU, Howard Tolley, for three 90 minute sessions examining Supreme Court caselaw involving slavery, native American rights, racial discrimination, segregation, mass incarceration, the death penalty, affirmative action, rights of protesters, and qualified immunity for law enforcement personnel. In this course taught through UUJAZ and UUJO, Tolley considers 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,
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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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