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UUCW E-News
This Sunday, February 21, 2021 - 10:00 AM
"How Will Churches Survive the Pandemic?"
The Rev. Suzelle Lynch

Pressure from the COVID-19 pandemic is everywhere – on small businesses, on food producers and providers, transportation companies, and especially on our healthcare systems and personnel. And its impact on our communities of color – especially women of color - cannot be underestimated. But how are churches and other religious communities doing? Let’s explore together. 

Lovely music provided by Ruben Piirainen, Music Director.
CHURCH LIFE
The Embracing Each Other -
Embracing Our Future
Pledge Drive has begun!

Save the Date & RSVP: March 6 – 6:30 to 7:45 pm Pledge Celebration with great musical performances.
Make Your Financial Pledge Now – it’s easier than ever!
New This Year: Pledge Prize Drawing
Submit your pledge early to increase your chances of winning!

Click below for all the details!
How has your life changed because of the pandemic?

Tell us YOUR story…
Staying COVID-safe has challenged all of us this year. We’re longing to reconnect with our beloved UU Church West community. The Journal of Our UUCW Pandemic Year is here to help. 

Share your experiences – answer a question or two – and send us photos of yourself! We’ll gather everyone’s stories in the Journal and share them with our beloved congregation. 
Send your pandemic year photo(s) to photo@uucw.org
UUCW Member Lynn Kapitan shares her story of how the pandemic has changed her role in her granddaughter's life.
The New 2021 Directory
is Almost Here!

The updated directory will be sent out to Members on REALM by Monday. Watch for this email that will include a printable document.

If you have any questions, contact Vicki Banville, Church Administrator.

Team-Workers Needed

The Worship Ministry Team is seeking people who are interested in being Worship Leaders -- those are the volunteers who work with our awesome pulpit guests. The team provides training and mentoring, the UUCW staff help with the "technical stuff," Rev. Suzelle is ready with ideas and resources. Come build community with fellow members and join the fun! Contact the Worship Ministry Team.
Registration for Virtual GA 2021
is Now Open!
General Assembly (GA) is the annual meeting of our Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). Participants worship, witness, learn, connect, and make policy for the Association through the democratic process. Anyone may attend. The 2021 UUA General Assembly will be a 100% virtual event. Let’s reach record-breaking attendance June 23-27, 2021!
Need a Caring Presence?

Lay Pastoral Care at UUCW is provided by a group of trained lay leaders whose mission is to offer comfort and support to members through compassionate listening.

Lay Pastoral Care relationships are built on trust with a respect for confidentiality.
UUCW Nominating Committee
Seeks Candidates

Each year at this time the Nominating Committee begins seeking a slate of candidates for the board, nominating committee, and endowment committee, to be installed the following June at the annual business meeting. This is a great opportunity to serve your UU congregation, make new friends, and use your leadership skills. 
The Endowment Committee May Have the Funds You Need

Do you need financial support for a good UUCW cause? The Endowment Fund Committee disperses earnings annually to committees in the congregation. The Committee is now accepting grant request proposals until March 1, 2021. Click below for the application form. If you have any questions, please contact Linda Weitzer. Thank you.
Share Joys & Concerns in Tuesday's Spirit Lifter

Enter your Joy or Concern with the link below and choose whether you'd like them shared in Tuesday's Spirit Lifter email message or shared privately with Rev. Suzelle.
LIVING OUR VALUES
New Day Rising
Conference National
Saturday, Feb. 27, 11 am - 8 pm
Join a continent of UUs as we explore the next steps in creating Beloved UU Communities. Sponsored by the UUA Congregational Life Staff Group, this workshop helps identifies your congregation’s Next Faithful Steps in Changing White Supremacy Culture.

Learn what congregations are working on, and how it might apply at home.
Social Action Team Announces
"Racism in America: Speaker Series"

The United Methodist Church of Whitefish Bay is sponsoring eight presentations on the history and societal impact of race in America. This series will be offered on-line each Thursday through March 18 at 7 pm. Join Curtis Marshall, Public Health Consultant as he speaks on ”Restorative Health Equity and Reparations: The Intersection” on February 25th.
February’s Split the Plate Supports PEARLS for Teen Girls

PEARLS for Teen Girls is improving quality of life and strengthening our community one girl at a time by empowering young women with self-development tools, guidance and support to strive for better, brighter futures. During these pandemic times, PEARLS has expanded its virtual programming and increased the ability to reach girls and provide leadership opportunities to students.
FELLOWSHIP & LEARNING
Animals in Winter, published by HarperCollins, is ready for families to read along a new trail on the UUCW grounds through early March. It starts near the East entrance of the church building and follows a path onto the “East Property” and back. Maps are at the trail’s start. Please be prepared for only “partially-groomed” trails, especially with fresh snowfall.

Questions? Contact Dave Cicero, DLRE. Send photos of your story adventure to Kelly Bognar.
Beloved Conversations: Virtual Last Call!

Embody racial justice as a spiritual practice along with other UUs. Registration for Spring ’21 ends soon.

Contact Dave Cicero, DLRE, now for registration details and to be included in a UUCW Learning Pod.
Online UUCW Chair Yoga 
Tuesdays at 10 am. Led by Rev. Dr. Monica Cummings, of Bradford Community Church UU (Kenosha)

“Rev. Monica is a great yoga instructor.” - Jan S.

Register HERE for an hour of self-care and connection – of mind & body, and with fellow practitioners.
$10/single session; $35/calendar month (5 Tuesdays in March!); $75/10 sessions (no time limit!)

Questions? Contact Dave Cicero, DLRE.
Men's Breakfast Zoom Group

Join the conversation on current events, religious philosophy,
good movies, vacation spots, seminal books, and more.

Tuesday, February 23 at 8 am

Contact Jerry Kashmerick
to receive a Zoom meeting link.
VIDEO OF THE WEEK
A message from Rev. Suzelle Lynch (click picture to play)
Next Sunday, February 28, 2021 - 10:00 AM
"Where We Meet (Real Change Happens)"
UUCW Pledge Drive Service
with Rev. Suzelle Lynch

At UUCW, we often say that every member of our congregation shapes the community we all share. As we bring our gifts and our needs to the church, it changes, and we change too. This on-going process of creation and change is spiritual and practical; it’s the result of our kinship, our relationship as dancers in the same pattern, stars in a constellation, cells within a living being – and it’s worth celebrating!
Come as you are - leave inspired!