Join Rev. Dawn as they share an Ash Wednesday Vespers Service - Live event tonight at 7pm or on-demand viewing at the link below. Rev. Dawn will create a new Vespers Service each Friday evening through Good Friday.
Rev. Dawn is available for pastoral care appointments Wednesday through Friday 10am to 3pm. Please email minister@uucsjs.org to schedule an appointment.
The 8th Principle
-Rev. Dawn Fortune
“We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote: journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions.”
Join us to explore what it means to devote an entire denomination to the eradication of institutional racism within and without our movement, Sunday at 10 am at www.tinyurl.com/uucsjszoom or call in to (929)436-2866 then enter: 2246776604#, 0#, 306591#. Make sure to update your Zoom software before Sunday morning so you aren't late to church!
Information on upcoming services can be found HERE.
For those hearing-impaired, pdf copies of Rev. Dawn's sermons are available on our website at the link above. Also, entire services are uploaded to our YouTube channel each Sunday afternoon where Closed Captioning is available.
Board Meeting
*Please note - this meeting has a different link than worship. Click on the link above or navigate to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83080329579?pwd=bysrWVd0TysxWEMrQnZSdHB6MS9MQT09
Or
Join by phone
Dial:13017158592 enter meeting 83080329579# then passcode 306591#
February Meeting of the Book Club
The book club will meet Friday, February 19 at 7pm on ZOOM to discuss In the Country of Women by Susan Straight.
Susan Straight’s memoir traces the immigration and history of the women who came before her three daughters. A moving tribute to ancestors. In the Country of Women is a book about resilience and love that beautifully celebrates the American immigrant story.
Barb Morell will be leading the discussion and all are welcome to join. Contact Barb or email uucsjsadmin@gmail.com for more information.
March's Book Club pick is Tell Me How it Ends by Valeria Luiselli.
Special Event - Vocal Activist Melanie Demoré
Vocal activist Melanie Demoré is coming to New Jersey UU congregations! She will be presenting a Zoom workshop on February 24 from 7PM to 8:30PM.
The event is being sponsored by our congregations in Summit, Montclair, Morristown, Princeton, and Cherry Hill. Melanie DeMore has been a formidable presence onstage at such noted venues as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, international folk music festivals from Europe to Cuba to New Zealand. She has shared the stage with some of the world’s most notable musicians and political activists from Gloria Steinem, Odetta, Pete Seeger, and Judy Collins to Ed Asner, Holly Near, Ronnie Gilbert, and Ani Di Franco.
There would not be a charge for congregants to register, but there will be one (or more) organizations listed to receive donations from attendees.
One group we will link to is:
Here you can read more about what to expect, from a recent event in Milwaukee.
Biography
Melanie DeMore's website describes her this way:
She’s traveled the world, was a founding member of the Grammy-nominated vocal ensemble Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir and is constantly amazed by her life. But nothing is closer to her heart than bringing people together wherever she is to experience the healing power of music. Whether she’s performing solo, leading stick pounding workshops, doing residencies with choirs all over the country, or teaching Sound Awareness to sixth graders, baby boomers, or senior citizens, one thing is certain: her mission is to make sure you unlock the key to experiencing yourself in all your Glory and return home with the very same excitement and passion for living that she herself has. When she comes your way, her energy will charge the very air you breathe like a meteor shower, so get ready to rise up!
LAST CALL!
Opportunity for Brief and Painless Participation in a Sunday Service!
Have you read a poem lately that you were awed by, or do you have a favorite poem that you love?
Maybe you write poetry yourself and would like to read it to an audience.
Deb Dagavarian is putting together a Sunday service on April 11 on poetry. The theme for April is “Becoming.”
You can pre-record yourself on your phone and Jess will put it together with others for the service. This is a great chance for someone who doesn’t enjoy speaking in front of others to participate in a service. You don’t even need to be a member of the congregation to do this!
All ages are welcome.
And feel free to select more than one poem, especially if you wrote it yourself.
Please email or text Deb soon to get added to her list. For more information, email uucsjsadmin@gmail.com.
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Jersey Shore
Email: uucsjsadmin@gmail.com
Website: www.uucsjs.org
Location: 75 S Pomona Rd, Egg Harbor City, NJ, USA
Phone: (609) 965-9400
Facebook: facebook.com/uucsjs
Twitter: @UUCSJS