Valentines for YOU! "Love is the Spirit of this Church" - See article in E-vents
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Meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of each month,
5:30 -7:30 pm.
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OUTDOOR EVENTS DURING THE PANDEMIC
The Board has approved policy and protocols for hosting outdoor events at UUSP during the pandemic. Events need to be sponsored/hosted by a church committee and follow a set of COVID19 protocols. The interior courtyard and back playground and picnic areas are available. Paul and Sarah Craig expect to resume hosting of outdoor YouTube worship service viewing later this winter/early spring.
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Sunday Morning Women's Discussion/Covenant Group
9:15-10:15am
February 14: What Does "Beloved Community" Mean to You?
February 21: What's in Your Backpack?
February 28: What's on your "Beloved Community" Playlist?
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Pastor Jack's Morning
Discussion Group
February 14: 9:15am
Via Zoom
Discussing Source #2 from which the UU tradition draws in our search for truth and meaning: the prophetic people influencing our lives. Have there been prophetic people – ancient or current - in your life? By the way, what’s a prophet?
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February 15: Contemplative
“Periods of Growth” from novelist Alice Walker
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Noon Zoom Cafe Check-In,
February 16 (Tuesdays only)
Luncheon Check-In -
UUSP’s mid-week opportunity to check in with one another and with our wider communities in the news.
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Contemplative Meditation Readings
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Adult Religious Studies
Zoom Discussion
February 17 - 10am
Chapter 2 of John Buerhrens’ Universalists and Unitarians in America: A People’s History,
(More information in the Religious Education Area below)
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Pastor Jack's Weekly Message |
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Dear UUSP community,
We are mid-week in greatly significant Congressional discussions. Many listen for every word; many prefer a media-digested version; many avoid the news like the plague. I’m mainly in the middle, fearing over-exposure and complete avoidance. But I’m grateful to the full-exposure people for identifying subtleties and to the minimum-exposure people for conserving needed strength.
In the meantime, UUSP has started a year of preparation for a new minister. May you give close attention and clear articulation to what you feel is needed. We’ve done well these past years emphasizing friendship and spiritual growth - empowering many to also serve the larger community. If you continue the work of spiritual growth, I believe you will continue growing as a trusted cherished part of the world.
As always with appreciation for you,
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Wednesday Zoom Adult Religious Studies
Religious Studies Discussions
February 17 (10am)
We’ll be meeting only at 10:00 a.m. Hope you can join us.
Chapter 2 of John Buerhrens’ Universalists and Unitarians in America: A People’s History, which covers 1815-1848, the period often called the American Renaissance, with people in Universalist and Unitarian traditions pressing forward on numerous liberation fronts – abolition, education, environment, race, gender, faith and spirituality –bringing a new understanding about humankind and our place in existence.
The Zoom link will be sent out Tuesday. Contact Pastor Jack if you have questions or don't get the link on Tuesday
On the 3rd Wednesdays, we’ll forego a meeting so folks may attend the African American Heritage Association monthly presentations.
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Sunday Children's Religious Education:
February 14 at 11:30 am on YouTube.
February's Theme is
"Beloved Community"
Our faith is an expansive one. Historically, we UU’s disagreed with those who believed that only Jesus was the way to get to heaven, and instead, we asserted that all people have goodness in them and God would ensure that all humanity was welcomed into God’s love.
That’s why we have “Universalism” in our name, Unitarian Universalists. The Universalists believed in “universal salvation” or universal goodness. This call of universalism was a call to continually expand our love to wider and wider circles until all of humanity (and the natural world) is embraced. So, what’s one of the ways our faith guides us into becoming a people of Beloved Community?
It tells us to “grow your love beyond boundaries!”
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What? - You aren't receiving it the
RE Weekly Newsletter?
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Click below for this weeks newsletter. |
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Don’t forget our covenant groups continue to meet monthly, these days mainly on Zoom. We currently have eleven covenant groups in the congregation with over 100 people participating. A Covenant Group is a group of 10 or so people who gather regularly (at least monthly) to share and converse about how life is going for the individuals in the group and often for our wider circles of life. Contact Pastor Jack for help to join a group.
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Building a Community in a
Pandemic E-vents
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Valentines for YOU!
"Love Is the Spirit of This Church."
On Valentines Day, Sunday, February 14, UUSP will have a special goody bag for you! All you have to do is let us know if you want to pick it up at a church drive-through 12-1 pm, OR if you'd like us to deliver it to you that afternoon.
Please sign up by emailing Susan Burnore or call 770-480-0200. Just let us know how many bags you'd like, and whether you will pick up or have us deliver.
We'll be putting together the bags soon, so please contact us!
Your UUSP Cupids,
Lise Beane, Ellen Hays and Susan Burnore
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UUSP South Food Bridge
WANTED: Non perishable ready- to- eat high protein snacks/meals. Not high sugar. Pull top cans easy to open (ideal).
Tuna, cheese, peanut butter & jam cracker combos, protein bars or cereals, fruit cup, Vienna sausage, sardines. NEW: Sanitizer & wipes
Please drop off your donations at one of these locations by 11am on Wednesday, February 17th
Four donation drop off locations
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Gay Brueler & Billy 6220 14th Ave S, Gulfport
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Dani Skrzypek & Deb Robinson 6051 3rd Ave. So, St. Petersburg
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Karen & Dave Coale 111 26th Ave NE, St. Pete
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Virginia & Cal Fox 4562 14th Ave N., St. Pete
Pictured: Jane Bunker with donations at Carla Bristol’s
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STAY ALERT:
We are entering the FAST lane!
Explanation: The Pinellas County Commission has backed down from its promise of funds for Affordable Housing for Low-Income Families. It has also retarded the development of a much-needed One-Stop Service Information Center for dangerous mental health emergencies. And, it continues giving Pinellas County citizens thousands of life-inhibiting arrest records for simple misdemeanors by under-utilizing Civil Citations. These are the three concerns our 40-congregation interfaith coalition is addressing.
FAST Rally is March 8 (via Zoom) to hear the research and strategies we hope to follow. Our big Action is March 22 (via Zoom) to ask County officials to explain and change their intentions and practices.
Click below if you would like to be put on our UUSP/FAST contact list and/or get the Zoom invitation for the March Events.
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Save the Date: February 27, 2021
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Thank you for your interest in
Unitarian Universalist Church of St. Petersburg!
Stay Safe and Stay Well!
Kelli DeGraw,
part of your Communications Team.
Feedback and suggestions are welcome
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Our UUSP staff members will continue their duties safely, cautiously to the fullest degree possible.
Thank you, Cathy, Jeanay, Jon, and James, And many volunteers!
During this challenging time, may we remember that we need to pay close attention to how everybody is doing and how we can help.
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Our mission is to be an inclusive, evolving religious community
that inspires spiritual and intellectual growth to make our world a better place.
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Unitarian Universalist Church of St. Petersburg
727.898.3294
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