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Saturday, Nov. 12th

UU Center

Doors Open at 6:30,

Auction Begins at 7:00

AND - The evening of the Auction, we need people to bring snacks or drinks. Snacks should be finger-food only (that can be eaten on a napkin without tableware). Drinks include sodas, wine, and cold beer.

To have your announcement placed in the Midweek Message, please send an email to admin@uucsjs.org by Noon on Wednesday.

Planning a special event? The Communications Team can help. Visit https://uucsjs.breezechms.com/form/42685e for more information.

Book Club will be meeting Friday, November 18th at 7:00 on ZOOM (www.tinyurl.com/uucsjszoom)

THE NIGHT WATCHMAN by Louise Erdrich

Based on the extraordinary life of National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich’s grandfather who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington D.C., this powerful novel explores themes of love and death with lightness and gravity and unfolds with the elegant prose, sly humor, and depth of feeling of a master craftsman.

Everyone is welcome to join the meeting. Betsy Searight will lead the discussion.

Questions: morellb@msn.com

The Faith Action Fall Issues Conference will be held on November 12, a Saturday, at the Morristown UU Fellowship between the hours of ten and two. It takes about an hour and 41 minutes to get there. So we would have to leave at eight. Hopefully we would arrive in time for coffee served prior to 10.

You will get an overview of all task force activities and then attend one in-depth task force breakout session of your choosing. Lunch is included. You can also attend this conference via Zoom. Registration is free. Just go to UU Faith Action.org and look for Fall Issues Conference registration. We have all task forces covered with the exception exception of criminal justice reform and reparations, but you’re more than welcome to join an existing committee. They are environmental justice, gun violence prevention, immigration justice, and reproductive justice. All you have to do is attend one zoom meeting once a month and report back to us the last Sunday of the month. Hoping you are interested.

Janet Longo

Gina is excited to invite the congregation to our Nov 27th "Share a beloved recipe, share your heart" service. A service where we will be Recipe Sharing and cooking up some joy, good music and thankfulness at the UU!

Gina is inviting all congregation members to please share a beloved or favorite "recipe" for the upcoming Nov 27 service!

You can email your recipe to: music@uucsjs.org

Please keep it to a maximum of one recipe per person, feel free to include a short explanation of what makes it beloved (if you like). Even if it's only because it's your favorite dish to eat! It can be sweet or savory or both!

Please send your recipes in NOW! ...and/or no later than Nov 19th! and Thank you!

Through ESWA's organization different communities come together from students, business owners, clergy, low-income workers and others to hold the distribution of holiday foods to their members to help close budget gaps.

Please bring in your donations up until November 20th and place in the bin in the foyer.

Collecting turkeys, hams and fresh and frozen meats of all kinds. Sides include stuffing potatoes, sweet potatoes, gravy, etc. Desserts like pumpkin pies. Staple foods to include cereal, rice, beans, nuts and raisins. Also collecting Christmas toys at a later date. Speak with Colby with your questions.

Drivers are needed to distribute the Thanksgiving food baskets from noon til 8pm on Nov 22nd.

(poverty is a difficult life so please, pitch in),

Clothing donation collections are suspended for immediately. We will resume at some point in the new year. Thanks to all who participated!

Please speak with Colby if you wish to bring an arrangement of your choosing to our chalice table for a Sunday Service. Use your creativity!

Contact Colby Tippins call/text: 609-442-0967.

Click on the graphic below or visit the calendar at uucsjs.org for more information on events and meetings.

CLICK HERE to reserve the Zoom Room or to add your event to the calendar.

Lay Leader Cynthia Grzywinski

Between 1692 and 1693 the tiny village of Salem, MA bore witness to a tragic and shameful chapter in American history – The Salem Witch Trials. An event leading to the conviction and execution of 19 innocent people, mostly women, accused of witchcraft, a crime punishable by death. What role did conspiracy theories, easily spread falsehoods, play in the mass hysteria that led to the travesty at Salem in 1692? Can these theories be blamed for fanning the flames of countless other acts of mass societal injustice, such as the McCarthy hearings from the mid-20th century (The “Red” Scare) or the January 6, 2021, Insurrection (The Big Lie)? It’s been over 300 years since the witch trials. Have we learned anything?

PLEASE NOTE: This service will be in person at UUCSJS and streamed live on our Facebook page. A recording will be available later in the day on our YouTube Channel.

*Masks are currently optional at UUCSJS.

Contact a member of the Caring Team

Team members can provide you with support during/after an illness, a death in the family, or other loss or hardship. They can find you resources, run errands, or provide meals in time of need.

Reach out to:

• Tracey Catino at (609) 674-8721 email: Traceysnaps@msn.com
• Denise O'Meara at (610) 316-7495 email: denome53@gmail.com
• Helen Utts at (609) 338-3391 email: HelenUtts@aol.com
• MaryLou DeMaria-Berhang at (201) 247-5635 email: MLberhang@gmail.com
• Tony Zitelli at (201) 463-2800 email: happy85a@aol.com
• Barbara Morell at (215) 805-7599 email: morellb@msn.com

Here you will find ways to learn about and connect with our faith and opportunities to connect with other UU's from outside our congregation.

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Central East Region Information- Updated for November!

Sunday Services 10 am in person and livestreamed on Facebook.

Email: admin@uucsjs.org
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Location: 75 S Pomona Rd, Egg Harbor City, NJ, USA
Phone: (609) 965-9400
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