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JANUARY 2025 WUUC NEWSLETTER
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A Chalice Challenge: Find the chalice hidden inside one of the articles in this newsletter. Click on it, record your name on the resulting Google doc, and you will be entered to win a special little gift from Rev. Dan Lillie.
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WUUC 2024 Blood Drives Impact
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Monday Morning Sister Circle
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Post-Potluck All-Ages Drum Circle
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Continuing Zoom & Hybrid Events
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Online Feedback & Suggestion Form
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Got comments on or questions about this newsletter? Please email office@wuuc.org
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January 2025 Soul Matters Theme: Story
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Passage from Soul Matters January 2025 Theme: Welcome to the Practice of Story It’s dangerous to tell yourself stories are …
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WUUC 2024 Blood Drives Community Impact
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Maltby Food Bank Donations
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Hello Compassionate Generous Community, WUUC has donated to the Maltby Food Bank for many years, and there is a grocery cart in the church lobby for your donations. Please do what you can to support the less fortunate folk in the largely underserved area of South Snohomish region.
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Winter is a time of higher need for many, particularly those who are...
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Totes to Go
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A new year has started and we can be pleased with the work we’ve done in supporting the Totes to Go program throughout 2024. Totes provides food for weekends when school meals aren’t available to students. We know that hungry kids can’t learn well, so we help to ensure weekend nutrition for kids who are at risk of missing meals. We deliver items each month throughout the school year.
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We have a number of “scheduled” donors who have signed up to bring the same items each month. Sometime after the 15th of the month, I send out a message listing the items we still need. Want to help? Watch for those e-mails and pick up some items we need. Or you might choose to make a financial contribution (WUUC with Totes on the memo line or envelope). Also, usually on the last Sunday of the month, I can use help loading everything into my car.
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Questions or comments? See me, Grace Simons or John Hartman, co-coordinators.
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Justice & Service - Sunday January 19
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This month’s collection goes to Lambert House. Since 1981 the Lambert House LGBTQ Youth Center has cared for, championed, and celebrated over 15,000 individual minors and young adults through over 500,000 service contacts. Long known as Seattle’s LGBTQ youth center, Lambert House is the only social service agency in Seattle and King County, WA, (Pop. 2.25 million) dedicated solely to LGBTQ+ youth. Its programs also draw youth nationally and internationally.
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The ASJ Committee thanks WUUC members and friends for their generous support of our monthly special collections, which take place during services on the third Sunday of every month (including, January 19th). Instructions for giving are posted during the service, and you can also donate anytime at https://onrealm.org/wuuc/give/asjts, or by sending a check to WUUC at P.O. Box 111, Woodinville, WA 98072. Please make checks out to WUUC and write “ASJ Special Collection” in the notes. Visit wuuc.org/collection.
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Super Seniors Potluck - Wednesday January 8
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Super Seniors is a group for WUUCs age 77 and above. We will meet this month on the 2nd Wednesday of the month (due to the holiday) for a potluck at 12:00 p.m. at the church. If you meet the age criteria we would love for you to join us for good food and good chatting. Questions? Contact Dottie Simpson at dottie9212@gmail.com
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GenXYZ Night - Saturday, January 11
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An opportunity for pre-retirement age adults to get together to socialize. Our next GenXYZ night will happen on Saturday, January 11 from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. If you're Gen X, Y, or Z, we'd love to have you. It's potluck style, but there's always too much food, so drop by if you have time.
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Monday Morning Sister Circle - January 13
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- Dottie Simpson
Monday Morning Sister Circle is a WUUC group which has met every second Monday from 10:00 - 12:00 p.m. We are a group of women who meet in the WUUC Library to discuss a person of interest or an essay every month. We have recently discussed women philosophers, women of action, NPR essays, spiritual essays, etc. The group is open to any woman at WUUC and we would love to have any interested woman join us. If you have any questions/would like to join Contact Dottie at <dottie9212@gmail.com>.
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Circle Lunch - Saturday, January 18
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Circle Supper is turning into Circle Lunch! We’ve switched to lunch for this month to try to accommodate people for whom night time driving is a problem or who just don’t want to stay up and/or eat late in the evening. Sign up now for Circle Supper to be hosted by Hilarie Cash on Saturday, January 18 from 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. The signup sheet with be sent out via the announce email list or you email tevina.flood@gmail.com.
If you've never been before keep reading...
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Pop-Up Blood Drive - Monday, January 20 - Wednesday, January 23
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The giving continues in the January blood drives!
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Questions? Reach out to Dewey Millar (assisting BloodWorks NW). Photo ID & appointments required...
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Men's Breakfast - Saturday, January 25
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- Brad Hull
Men of all ages gather to converse and eat breakfast on the fourth Saturday, at 8:30 a.m. at the Hagen's Supermarket in Woodinville. Eat breakfast, drink coffee, talk about guy stuff. It's the most fun you can have on a cold, wet Saturday morning.
Information/RSVP: Brad Hull, bkhull@gmail.com
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Post-Service Potluck - Sunday, January 26
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A potluck in the sanctuary after the service the last Sunday of the month.
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For those with limited transportation, a potluck just after service is much easier to manage than a special trip to someone’s home like with our circle suppers and lunches.
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Post-Potluck All-Ages Drum Circle
- Sunday, January 26
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Come at 12:30 on the 4th Sunday of the month and get into the flow of some seriously joyful rhythm-making at the far side of the Sanctuary. A variety of hand drums will be provided, but you are beyond welcome to bring your own. There will also be small percussion provided—shakers, tambourines, even a cowbell. You needn't have drummed before! For more information, call Barbara Brachtl.
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Golden Girls Lunch - Thursday, January 30
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- Stephana Ditzler
All ladies are cordially invited to join the Golden Girls Thursday, January 30 at 11:30 a.m. for lunch and fine conversion at BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse. The address is 7211 - 166th Ave NE, Redmond. We will be eating together at a table in their back room busily getting to know each other better. Watch for the RSVP request closer to the date. Questions? Contact Stephana Ditzler, ditzlers@gmail.com
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Continuing Zoom & Hybrid Events
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Dear WUUC, The pandemic has been hard on all of us. Engaging with our shared community is more important than ever. To that end, we encourage all folks who plan, develop, or coordinate WUUC events to carefully consider including people who may not be able to participate in person by offering hybrid or online options whenever possible. Training and/or help with setting up virtual/hybrid events is available. Please contact May Killorin, Office Administrator, for assistance.
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WUUC Online Feedback & Suggestion Form
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Dear Community, WUUC is committed to providing the best experience possible for all our congregation members, friends, and visitors. We encourage you to participate in our continuous improvement by submitting constructive suggestions regarding our church, our services, or even our website. Tell us your questions, comments, or concerns. Your feedback is a valuable part of our program. What can we do to grow and become a stronger and more welcoming faith community? Appreciation and positive feedback are also very valuable … What’s working well for you? What do you like about WUUC? Your suggestion will be reviewed promptly and considered for possible further action. You may use this link to submit your suggestion online. Anonymous feedback is permitted.
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Alternatively, you may send your suggestion in an email directly to the Board at board@wuuc.org. Thank you for your input.
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Seeking connections?
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WUUC offers numerous opportunities to get to know one another, delve more deeply into spiritual topics or just gather for song or conversation. If you're seeking connections, the first place to try is here.
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Numerous Zoom & in person meetings are held each week, including opportunities to grow our spirits and opportunities to connect for fun and entertainment. Please check the calendar link above for the schedule. Contact office@wuuc.org or your facilitator if you need the Zoom link to a meeting.
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JANUARY BIRTHDAYS!
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We get the list Birthdays from the realm database. Please make sure your birthday is updated on the database so we don't miss you. If you don't want to display your birthday let May know by emailing office@wuuc.org.
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Bobby Villasenor - January 2
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Allen Mietzner - January 4
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William Rockenbeck - January 14
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Kathleen Gertler - January 19
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Johnna Ebanks - January 23
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Erik Mietzner - January 23
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1/5 - Building the World We Dream About (BWWDA)
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By Participants and Facilitators in BWWDA
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As UUs, we want to build the multicultural world of beloved community that we dream about. The Building the World We Dream About program offered this past fall at WUUC, sought to interrupt the workings of systemic racism and transform how people from different racial and ethnic groups understand and relate to one another. Our group created space for open conversations to better understand our own ethnic and racial identities and journeys as well as develop practical skills we all need to navigate an increasingly multicultural world. At this service participants and facilitators will share insights and learnings as well as content inspired from the program curriculum and experiences.
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Meeting ID: 940 3686 1969
For audio only, call: 253-215-8782
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1/12 - Hope? Really?
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Our culture leads us to be suspicious of other people and expect them to be uncaring and self-seeking. Several current authors say that’s off-base and harmful. What’s more, we can do some things to resist.
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Reverend Grace Simons Bio: Rev Grace Simons is Minister Emerita of the UU Fellowship of Stanislaus County (CA), and also served High Country UU Fellowship in Frisco, CO. Before beginning her ministry, Grace was a Peace Corps Volunteer and long time Jr High Science teacher and track coach. Grace has served as a UU Ministers Association coach and as a member of the Pacific Northwest District’s Transition Team. She preaches occasionally and served the Evergreen UU Congregation during a period of crisis. She and her husband David have two adult children and four grandchildren. Grace coordinates the Totes to Go program here at the church, sings in the choir and generally tries to be helpful.
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Meeting ID: 940 3686 1969
For audio only, call: 253-215-8782
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1/19 - The Infinite Story Part 2
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By Chuck Fowler and Jane Flood
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What do we Believe and Why? Chuck Fowler and Jane Flood will invite the congregation to continue the discussion of our infinite stories that we began in August.
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If you'd like to listen to part 1 from Sunday, August 18 the link is here.
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Meeting ID: 940 3686 1969
For audio only, call: 253-215-8782
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1/26 - Practice The Practice
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By Reverend Deanna Vandiver
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Together we can learn to care and how to care, making the web of life and love tangible and well-tended as part of our spiritual practice and ever unfolding faith formation.
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Rev. Deanna Vandiver (she/they), lives with her partner on the land of the Coastal Salish people known as the Suquamish, “the people of the clear salt water" and is an auntie to many beloveds across an ever-increasing span of generations. Deeply grateful to the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond (pisab.org) for shaping their core understandings of how systemic racism dehumanizes all of us, Deanna finds sustaining joy by the water and magical possibilities in every glue stick, garden, and collaboration. Deanna serves as Director of the UU College of Social Justice and Director of Justice Education for the UUSC.
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Meeting ID: 940 3686 1969
For audio only, call: 253-215-8782
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WUUC Facebook and SoundCloud Accounts
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