UUCSR Weekly Newsblast
Week of February 4, 2022
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"If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together"
— Lilla Watson
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SUNDAY
FEBRUARY 6, 2022
10:30am
On Zoom Only
NO LIE CAN LAST FOREVER:
It’s called the Civil Rights Movement not the Civil Rights Project. The struggle for what is good, and right, and just is always a thing in motion, and sometimes it seems interminable. The old Spiritual song tells us, “You gotta move when the spirit says move.” But what if the Spirit stops speaking? What do we do then?
ORDER OF SERVICE:
To view the order of service click HERE
SERVICE LEADER: Rev. Bev Spears
WORSHIP ASSOCIATE: Judy Withee, Bill Stayton
MUSIC: Roger Corman
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Era Capone. Please email Era if you have a young one wanting to join: dre@uusantarosa.org
MILESTONES: If you have any milestones you'd like to share with the congregation, please send them to: laychaplains@uusantarosa.org by Friday evening.
SHARE THE BASKET: Saturday breakfast Share with our neighbors.
Use the GIVE NOW button here or on UUCSR's website.
Zoom service only this week.
To join, click on the button
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HONOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH
by Supporting a Black Business
UUCSR congregants often ask the Diversity Team what they can do to directly make a difference in fostering racial and economic justice. One important way is to support Black-owned businesses.
Financial stability is the true key to economic empowerment. In recognition and celebration of Black History Month, the Diversity Team enthusiastically invites you to support this local Black-Indigenous owned business in Sonoma County:
The Earthseed Permaculture Center and Farm.
The Earthseed Farm is the first Afro-Indigenous, all Black-owned Retreat/ Education Center and Permaculture Farm in Sonoma County. Its mission is to: “employ restorative practices rooted in Afro-Indigenous legacies to live in right relationship with our Earth and more than human kin, while healing generations of historic harms.” EOCF is a member of the Black Permaculture Network of Afro-indigenous people who have come together through the practices of permaculture, agroecology, natural living, and care of the earth.
Earthseed is a working farm that also:
· Promotes cross-cultural dialogue and education around permaculture design within diverse communities.
· Provides culturally relevant and hands-on learning opportunities for diverse communities around permaculture design.
· Serves as an informational hub to access best practices, training resources and current events in the field of permaculture design.
· Provides educational and leadership opportunities for educators, activists, students, and community members currently underrepresented in the field of sustainability.
Please visit their websites to learn more about this Sonoma County, Black-Indigenous owned business and how you can support Earthseed Permaculture Education Center and Farm.
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IMPORTANT DATES:
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Calvin Simons' memorial MARCH 6, 2:30.
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Sid Gordon's memorial MARCH 19, 2022
- SRJC Chamber Concert Series At the Glaser Center Friday, March 11, 2022, 7:30pm. SRJC Chamber concert series presents theTelegraph Quartet. The rescheduled Trio Celeste will be Sunday 4/3/22 at 4pm.
- Annual Women's Retreat is returning! April 29-May 1, 2022. Watch for more details to follow.
Reminder to use the calendar available on our UU Santa Rosa website to find more information.
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BOOK GROUP
The Book Group will meet on Thursday February 10th from 4-6p.m. on Zoom.
The book is Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy.
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LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!
A Board of Trustees task-force is looking at the various tools the congregation uses for communicating different types of information. We would really like to get your ideas and opinions by filling out a short survey about which tools you use (calendar, focus list, newsletter, etc.). This survey is anonymous, but you will have the option to include your email address if you wish.
Here is the link to the survey :
We will collect responses until Feb 13.
Thank you for your participation!
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FOR OUR NEIGHBORS
CLOTHING AND TOILETRY DONATIONS:
Thanks for all of the donations. Items that are often asked for by our neighbors that we’ve run out of are:
- Sleeping bags or blankets
- Men’s and women’s underwear and t-shirts
- Gloves, mittens, and head beanies
- Lotion
- Shaving kits (razor & shaving cream)
Many thanks to all of you. Our homeless neighbors are very grateful.
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YOUR BUILDING NEEDS YOU:
Hello members, as you know, we are still on a search for a sexton. We need your help to keep our building safe and working.
- If you have knowledge to be able to turn the heat up, please be sure to turn it off again before you leave. This will help keep our costs for PG&E down especially while we are in the building less.
- Remove trash from the room that you use, especially anything that is perishable.
- Please lock any rooms you have used and, if you are the last one in the building, be sure to lock up all exterior doors as well.
IF YOU ARE REALLY READY FOR SOME FUN...
We will be having a work day next Saturday, February 5, from 9 am to Noon. Please come and help if you can safely do so. In view of the Omicron strain of Covid, we want everyone to be fully vaccinated, preferably also with a booster shot, and to wear a mask, preferably an N95. I will bring some extra N95's. We mostly work as individuals, but occasionally come together briefly, so we should wear masks all the time, even outdoors.
Thanks to Jim Wolfe and Bruce Hope, and perhaps others that I don't know about, who have been working on their own, and getting a lot of important work done.
I hope some of you will be able to come and help!
Thank you!
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or phone 707-433-3351
This week's Volunteer Needs:
- Tuesday- Roll the trash cans out to the street (approximate time commitment: 30min) or bring them in on Wednesday.
- After 2/11/22 or when we return to live service, we will need an office volunteer to copy and fold the Order of Service. This would happen on a Friday after noon or anytime Saturday. (approximate time commitment: 1 hour)
- The UUCSR Flower Committee is looking for new members!
The Flower Committee is a creative circle of UU community members who wish to share with the congregation the gift flowers. We would love a few new friends to assist us in this wonderful task. Time commitment will be 1 to 2 weekends per month.
No flower arranging experience needed! Training is being planned for March. Training will also be provided by shadowing veteran members.
Flowers are not required either. The committee has retired member or two who shares their gardens or donations from UU community members.We have a small budget to reimburse flower purchases. We have simplified the schedule and the number of arrangements.
Flexibility towards the busy lives of our volunteers is our first priority. Come on Saturday, or a little early on Sunday and make something beautiful once or twice a month. Or even a few times per year.
Text or call Mary Keefe at 517-281-5700 or email mkeefe22@sbcglobal.net.
Talk to a flower committee member at church, Mary Keefe, Liz Larew, Heather Gori, Mary Michael, Stacie Sincheff, and Noah Keefe-Reitzell.
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30 DAYS OF LOVE 2022
MONDAY, JANUARY 17- MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14
30 Days of Love is an annual celebration of Side with Love that runs approximately from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Day in January through Valentine's Day in February.
It's an opportunity to collectively nourish our spirits, deepen our understanding and understanding, and take action on our UU values for collective liberation.
30 Days of Love will share a menu of activities for people of all ages to ground, grow, and act together for justice—in the categories of Read, Watch, Act, Listen, and Worship.
- Week One: January 17-23 Reproductive, Gender, & LGBTQA+ Justice
- Week Two: January 24-30 Democracy & Racial Justice
- Week Three: January 31-February 6 Decriminalization & Racial Justice
- Week Four: February 7-14 Climate Justice
For more information and to sign up to receive text alerts:
Follow on Side with Love on Facebook for livestreams, discussion posts and updates!
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MESSAGE FROM HAT
(Health Advisory Team)
UUCSR PANDEMIC POLICY
(UPDATED 1/20/2022):
Our congregation will observe the current mandate from Sonoma County Public Health to avoid gatherings of over 50 people; Sunday services are on Zoom at least until the expiration of this mandate on February 11. The County mandate does allow some flexibility for groups of 12 people or less.
The Health Advisory Team considers that the following policies will protect our congregation and staff and still comply with the letter and spirit of the County mandate:
1. We will continue the policy of requiring verified current vaccination or negative testing within 24 hours for entry into the facility. Your compliance with this has been fantastic.
2. Those preparing or performing Sunday service may number up to 12 and may remove masks when speaking or singing, and continue to maintain 6 feet of social distancing.
3. All small groups who wish to meet in-person will keep attendance under 12 per group, with verified vaccination or test status, distancing and masking. Group leaders please use the list on the office door to date and initial for all attendees to allow contact tracing if needed.
4. N95 or KN95 masks are recommended for all in-person events and will be provided for staff.
5. Religious Education may meet in groups of 10 or less for kids over 5 who are vaccinated and masked, and kids 2-5 masked. Contact Era Capone (dre@uusantarosa.org) for details.
6. Please report any COVID illness to our administrator as this information will help the Health Advisory Team to assess effectiveness of our preventative measures. This will remain confidential if desired.
~Health Advisory Team
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Email to: announcements@uusantarosa.org or click on the announcements button below.
THANK YOU!
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