by May Killorin | Jul 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
WUUC’s ‘Totes to Go’ program is off to a great start for the 22 –23 school year! We had such a strong response for September that we covered quite a lot of October’s needs as well. Thanks so much to everyone who has supported this effort!
Just as a reminder, Totes to Go is a program that supports students who may be at risk of missing meals over weekends when school meals aren’t available. We support fifteen students at Maywood Hills Elementary in Bothell. We don’t actually know who they are. The school identifies the kids and distributes our food items. Each Friday, backpacks are filled with an assortment of the items we provide; some – like milk – every week, others – like peanut butter – once a month. We collect 12 different items and deliver them to the school at the beginning of the month.
We are now beginning to gather supplies for November. Please put your donations in the baskets across from the kitchen. The deadline is Sunday, October 30th. I will send out a reminder about mid-month, but you can check on our needs any time by going to this link.
Questions or concerns? Contact Grace Simons or John Hartman
by May Killorin | Jul 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
Hello WUUC Blood Drive Team,
Well WOW!!! The results at your pop up blood drives are always wonderful, but this week, the Woodinville community turned out in mass! You had 144 donors coming thru your doors to help save lives. Thank you so much for supporting our community and Pacific Northwest hospitals in this way.
We are set to be with you again November 28-30, and already you have an incredible 70 donors booked with appointments! November is a great month for gratitude and giving in so many different ways! If you hear from folks who want to join the party in November, please share this link, Book a November Blood Donation Appointment at WUUC so we can fill the rosters to capacity!
In support of Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month, take 10 minutes to listen to this story from our Bloodworks 101 Podcast, and know that with each day you open the doors at WUUC for blood donors, you are helping parents and patients! https://bloodworks101.buzzsprout.com/775991/11356312-in-the-names-of-their-children-christine-o-connell-s-cancer-moms-s4-e2?t=0
Have a Good Weekend,
Karen Chernotsky
Community Engagement Liaison
Bloodworks Northwest
by WUUC | Jun 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
At this years General Assembly we had WUUC representation both online and in person. Pictured are four of the in-person attendees Jan Radoslovich, Bridget Laflin, Jane Flood (delegate) and Rev. Dan Lillie. May Killorin (not pictured) also attended in-person.
Our remote attendees included:
Kermit Sprang (delegate), Carol Taylor and Pam Green. Linda Sherry was planning to attend in-person as a delegate, but was unable to attend due to illness.
More reflections of GA to come in our next newsletter from our WUUC representatives who attended GA both remotely and on site.
by WUUC | Jul 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
By Dan Lillie
Hello WUUC!
I am honored that you are considering co-ordaining me to Unitarian Universalist ministry. The act of ordination happens just once for a minister. It is the moment when a congregation (or sometimes more than one!) affirms a minister’s call to a lifetime of service to the living tradition of Unitarian Universalism. The last congregation I served, the First Unitarian Church of Albuquerque, has voted to ordain me on Oct. 4, and it would mean so much to me if you, the WUUC community, would be willing to co-ordain me along with First Unitarian.
To learn a bit more about Ordination, I offer an adapted excerpt
from the UUA’s Ordination and Installation Handbook, edited and updated by Rev.
Erika Hewitt:
Ordination is one of the most
important traditions of our faith. A congregation’s decision to ordain someone
represents the congregation’s faith in, and support for, the ordinand’s
ministry… In the Unitarian Universalist tradition, the ritual of ordination
also allows the minister to use the title of Reverend. As a formal recognition
of entry into service as a Unitarian Universalist minister, ordination offers
an invitation to individual and communal transformation, as well as an
opportunity to serve our faith in the world.
She continues:
Ordination is the culmination
of years of discernment, study, and formation in preparation to serve. After
completing seminary, an internship, and the fellowship process, the ordinand is
finally welcomed into the ranks of the Unitarian Universalist ministry,
“commissioned to make the practice of our faith their life’s work and accept …
that lifelong charge” (quoting Rev. Adam Robersmith). Unitarian
Universalist ordination services… affirm and celebrate… [a] person’s ministry.
I want to thank you for taking this request into
consideration. An Ordination is a joyous occasion. I was moved by the warm
acceptance I felt from you during Candidating Week, and I hope that we can
continue what we started then with a celebration of the good ministry we will
do together in the years to come. You have already called me as your minister;
now, will you consider ordaining me?
Warmly,
Dan
