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UUCP’s Choir Is Rehearsing Again!
UUCP’s Choir has started rehearsing again! If you’ve missed singing with others, please join us. We rehearse every Wednesday night in the sanctuary from 7:00 – 8:45pm, and we sing in service about twice each month. All ages, voices, and experience levels are welcome. Email any questions to Music Director Benjie Messer at benjiemesser@phoenixuu.org.
Phone Banking for “Save Our Schools” & Other September Activities
September 6: Instead of the previously-scheduled Zoom phone bank, we encourage folks to join Save our Schools in their Tuesday Phone Bank on September 6, at 6:00pm AZ time. Call friendly voters to talk about the critical importance of voting for Public School Proud candidates in the upcoming elections. This outreach is critical to winning
Share the Plate: Arizona Food Bank Network
Our Share the Plate Recipient for September is the Arizona Food Bank Network (AzFBN), known for its programs that bring fresh produce to food banks. AzFBN is a coalition of 5 regional food banks and almost 1,000 food pantries and agencies, all working to address hunger. AzFBN amplifies the work of their members by raising
Tech Needed: iPhones & iPads
The kids need your old phones! The teens at UUCP have undertaken an amazing project to make UUCP more accessible and they need some gear to finish it out. Do you have an old iPhone or iPad you aren’t using anymore? We need 2-3 devices and are hoping our community can help us out. Please
Milkweed for Monarchs
Let’s help monarch butterflies increase in numbers! They need milkweed plants as the only food for their caterpillars. So we will plant some and sell others to families in our congregation, Desert View Learning Center, and the Early Education Cooperative Preschool here at UUCP. We are targeting November for the sale, but would like to
Adult Classes Beginning in September & October
UUCP is offering four adult classes beginning in September & October: Great UU Sermons facilitated by Roy Miller – starts September 8 Forgiveness: A Spiritual Commitment for Our Time? facilitated by Vince Waldron and Sam Kirkland – starts September 18 Living by Heart facilitated by Donna Featherston – starts October 4 UU Evolution facilitated by Gary
Children’s Ministry Orientation & Training
Interested in participating in a nationally recognized Children’s Ministry program? Want to learn more about why Kids at UUCP seem so special? Join us for our annual orientation and training, open to ANYONE who wants to know more about how they can be more for the kiddos of our congregation! Zoom Meeting ID: 885 5121
Petition Locations for “Stop Voucher Expansion”
Looking for a place to sign the “stop school voucher” petition? Here’s a list of locations around the Valley where you can sign.
Help Children’s Ministry!
Can you come to UUCP a little early and give us a helping hand? We need to move things upstairs, we need help putting things on shelves, and we need help hanging things on walls. An hour of your time will make a HUGE difference in our children’s UUCP experience. Please join us Sunday, August
Register for Children’s Ministry Programs!
Please complete this quick form to reserve your spot in specific Fall 2022 Programming: Children’s Ministry at UUCP: Program Registration Our current offerings are: Imagination Celebration—(in person) All ages invited (5-13 focus age) to stretch their creative brains and explore themes of Place, Character, Innovation, and Hope (August 14 – September 25). Sundays after worship.
“Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know”
The Book Discussion Group will meet on Zoom at 11:45am on August 28 to discuss the Introduction and Part One of Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know by Malcolm Gladwell. Part One, “Spies and Diplomats,” includes Chapter One, “Fidel Castro’s Revenge”, and Chapter Two, “Getting to Know der
Maryland School Needs Tutors—Can You Help?
Many thanks to all of you who made donations of school supplies or funds to purchase them for beginning of the year at Maryland School. In addition, our community partnership with Beatitudes Campus and Church of the Beatitudes provided a back-to-school luncheon for all the staff as way to encourage them in their commitment for
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