Youth Ages 15-18, let’s eat!
Join us for a purely social dinner together, a chance to hang out, talk, and laugh.
Please register to receive restaurant location and details!
Author: Tech UUCP
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“The Future of Us”
Rev. Julián Jamaica Soto is a Unitarian Universalist minister, and activist for racial, trans/queer, and disability justice. They wrote Spilling the Light: Meditations on Hope and Resilience in 2019, which quickly became a favorite source for chalice lightings, meditations, poems, and prayers for UUs across the world, and is heading towards its 5th printing. Rev. Soto has served on the Journey Towards Wholeness Transformation Team, the Presidential Search Committee, the Creative Council at enfleshed, and as Interim Senior Associate for Justice Education at the UU College of Social Justice. They have worked in parish ministry, interim ministry, and hospital chaplaincy with veterans, and their public theology practice has truly made them a “Minister’s Minister,” beloved by religious professionals. Soto lives in the Pacific Northwest, and seeks to serve the mission and values of Unitarian Universalism, along with the healing of the world.
This fundraiser supports the work of Unitarian Universalist Justice Arizona (UUJAZ), engaging UUs in Arizona in social change, putting our values into action.
Date: Tuesday, October 17th
Time: 5:30pm doors | 6:00 start time
Location: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Phoenix, 4027 E Lincoln Dr, Paradise Valley, AZ 85253Register at uujaz.org/register
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Reggie Watson Memorial Service
A memorial service for Reggie Watson will be held on Thursday, August 31, at 5:00pm AZ time in the Sanctuary and on Zoom.
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“Starting Point”
Bring your gifts and interests to our community.
“Starting Point” is a four-hour gathering designed for people new to UUCP. You can share your own background and interests and learn about the many ways we engage with each other and the wider community. That can involve doing, (e.g., volunteering) and sharing/listening (e.g., small group discussions).
Starting Point includes an opportunity to discuss an interesting question and experience how our Small Groups foster meaningful sharing and connection. We will also briefly discuss the membership process, but the focus is on getting connected.
Our next gathering will be in person, Saturday, October 7, from 9:00am to 1:00pm on the UUCP campus. Please register below.
Register
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“Get to Know UUCP”
Get To Know UUCP is an opportunity to meet with members and (usually) the minister to learn about our community and its programs.
Join us in person in Room 11 at noon after the service.
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Help Us Support Maryland School’s Garden
Our participation in the community partnership to support Maryland Elementary School has been growing for many years now. Among the activities that have prospered is the school garden. We have provided supplies and volunteers so that hundreds of students could participate in instruction and hands on experiences to learn about the interdependence of plant and animal life and our role in this as humans, from putting a worm in the garden box and watching it disappear to picking lettuces to make a salad or turnips for vegetable soup to serve the class.
The school is planning to expand the whole outdoor education model and involve the entire faculty and all students, encouraging and mentoring them to spend more of their learning time outside in all areas of the curriculum. We are supporting this ambitious project through Share the Plate during August 2023 by helping purchase additional tables and benches for use in the outdoor classroom areas. Research shows and many stories are told about how being in nature impacts the well-being of all humans, and particularly children. You have probably experienced this yourself.
If you have time during the day, enjoy kids and gardening, please consider joining the garden team which meets regularly with classes on Thursdays and Friday. Please email Cathy Kim at maryland@phoenixuu.org to let us know of your interest, get more info, or ask questions.
You can also donate directly to the UUCP-Maryland School Partnership fund.