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MARCH 2021 WUUC NEWSLETTER
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Winter Sun by Anja from Pixabay
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A Chalice Challenge: Find the chalice hidden in this newsletter (not the one above). 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. Last month's winner: Karen MacKenzie.
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In This Issue:
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Got comments on or questions about this newsletter? Please email office@wuuc.org
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Theme: Commitment
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by Karen Warfel from Pixabay
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By Linda Sherry
(adapted from Soul Matters, March 2021)
Huge payoffs come when we keep our commitments. Maintaining loyalty to healthy habits not only lengthens our lives but enriches them. Faithfully following through on our relationship commitments allows us to fully realize ourselves, as well as increases just about every metric of happiness, meaning and success out there. And keeping the …
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Minister's Musings
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Shifting from Like-Minded to Like-Hearted
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Dear WUUC Community,
I’ve been thinking an awful lot about this divided country we live in, and how the divides and polarization seem to be happening at every level; certainly, we see it at the national level, in our congress and senate. It’s happening at the state, county, and municipal levels, too. So it would be silly to think that …
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The View from RE
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Hug Your Little Superheroes!
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By Bridget Laflin
Director of Religious Education
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This pandemic has been hard on everyone, but parents and students have a unique set of struggles. And as we are recognizing a year since lockdown began, it seems that right now things seem even more difficult. I want you to know that you are all amazing, both the kids and the parents who are doing their best. YOU ARE ALL SUPERHEROES!
The following …
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Community Starts in the Kitchen
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Our WUUC annual pledge drive is underway. Visit www.wuuc.org/cooking for all the details and pledge now!
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WUUC Congregational Game Night
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Junior Youth Group will host a WUUC Congregational Game Night on Saturday, March 27 from 4-5:30 p.m. on Zoom.
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This event will be open to the whole congregation and friends with games for adults and youth. The event will be free, but the youth will accept donations for Lambert House as part of their social justice work for the year.
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Nonfiction Book Club -- Spring 2021
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Join us on Saturday, May 1 at 7 p.m. for a meeting of the WUUC Nonfiction Book Club, hosted by Alaine Davis and Lindsay Rogers. We will discuss "How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain" by Lisa Feldman Barrett. Depending on what the world looks like then, we may meet on Zoom or in person. RSVP to Alaine, …
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Notes 4 Earth
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Finally, Some Good News on Climate Change
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By John Hartman
After more than four years of waking up almost every morning to news that Trump had signed another Executive Order negatively impacting the environment or reading about another species about to go extinct, I thought you were ready for some good news on climate change.
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So here it is. Most people believe that climate change is happening. …
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Pamela Denchfield, Meriaten Long & Donna Johnson
"Poetry is so important because it helps us understand and appreciate the world around us. Poetry's strength lies in its ability to shed a 'sideways' light on the world, so the truth sneaks up on you. No question about it. Poetry teaches us how to live." -- Alice Osborn
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Poets like inaugural poet Amanda Gorman speak truth, power …
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ASJ Update
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Next Up: Serving JUUstice
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by Cora Goss-Grubbs, ASJ Co-Chair
Sunday Special Collections
January’s Advocates for Justice special collection raised $425 for NAMI Eastside. The National Association of Mental Illness is a community-based non-profit organization committed to improving the quality of life for those impacted by mental illness through advocacy, education, and support. Our next special collection, during the service on March 21, will go to JUUstice Washington, …
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WUUC members and friends contributed $2,135 to our Helping Hands Fund during our 2020 Christmas Eve service and in the month after. Because of the many dire needs in the age of Covid, Rev. Dan Lillie decided to split the receipts between our Helping Hands Fund, a discretionary fund administered by Rev. Dan, and Compass Housing Alliance.
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Thus, $1,067.50 will go to Helping Hands to assist individuals and families in need, and $1,067.50 will go to Compass Housing Alliance, which provides permanent, supportive, affordable housing and emergency services for those experiencing homelessness and income instability in the Puget Sound region.
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Thank you all for your generosity!
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Numerous Zoom 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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UPCOMING SERVICES
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Commitment, Community, Conflict, 3/7
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– Reverend Dan Lillie
Disappointment and conflict are an inevitable part of belonging to a community. Knowing this, what does it mean to commit to a community? Rather than trying to avoid conflict, how can we engage it in a healthy way that calls us back into relationship and back into covenant?
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For audio only call: 669-900-9128. Meeting ID: 986 9136 9540.
Password: 659909
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The Commitment Tool Box, 3/14
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– Reverend Dan Lillie
Communities of committed people are powerful, but they don't happen without the right tools. Let's explore what it takes to build communities of commitment; commitment to each other, to growth and transformation, and to a common purpose.
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For audio only call: 669-900-9128. Meeting ID: 986 9136 9540.
Password: 659909
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The Power of We, 3/21
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– Reverend Laura Shennum (Pulpit swap with Cascade UU Fellowship) When we look to nature, we can see examples of how one item gets stronger when it is grouped together with others, such as water, sticks, rocks, and animals. What does it look like for Unitarian Universalists to harness their power of we? How do we use this in our work to address social justice issues in our faith and our communities?
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For audio only call: 669-900-9128. Meeting ID: 986 9136 9540.
Password: 659909
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The Living Tradition, 3/28
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– Reverend Dan Lillie
We Unitarian Universalists sometimes call our shared faith a "Living Tradition." We received our ideas, our world, and our lives from our ancestors and will ultimately pass everything on to future generations. How does keeping them in mind affect how we live now?
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For audio only call: 669-900-9128. Meeting ID: 986 9136 9540.
Password: 659909
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