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Volunteers wanted for some light housekeeping work on Sunday April 24th after Service.

• Some dusting and wiping down of various parts of the building inside. No heavy work!!
• Some light work outside...removing downed branches, etc.
• UUCSJS will provide all cleaning materials.
• Bring masks, Playtex household style gloves, protective eye wear..Dress comfortably.
• Lunch and light beverages will be provided.

Contact Richard Schurig for more information.

Currently, we are aware of a need for tutors of English for Afghan refugees. This can be done in person (at a local library) or on zoom.

Drivers are also still needed to transport people to appointments. If you can help, please reach out!

Please contact Deb Dagavarian if you have any questions or to volunteer.

Volunteer to be a worship associate! Contact Colby Tippins today!

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

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.

From the Pandemic Response Team:

The Pandemic response team has received notification from the NJ Public Health dashboard that the COVID 19 transmission risk in our area is now in the "yellow" zone due to increasing cases reported. The Pandemic Response Team has recommended to the Board that we resume mask requirements beginning this Sunday, April 24, 2022. The Board will make a final decision before Sunday morning but please be prepared with a mask when you arrive at UUCSJS on Sunday morning.

We will still be encouraging social distancing and other safety measures, including an updated health and safety pledge.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation! Please contact any member of the Pandemic Response Team with any questions.

Melissa Hutchison, Karen York, Jeff Taylor, and Janet Longo

On April 24, May 1, and May 8, four possible sign renderings, to be utilized on route 575, adjacent to our congregational sign, will be on display in the back of our sanctuary.

Members will be asked to vote for two options.

On May 15, after the service, a talkback session will occur regarding the two options selected by our membership. The purpose of the meeting is to address any questions or concerns regarding the two choices. A proposal consisting of the two choices will be voted on by our membership on June 12 at our annual congregational meeting.

Below are three sign renditions. The fourth sign option, which is not pictured, would be just like the sign with six lines EXCEPT the first line would have larger print and the fifth line (love is love) would have smaller print.

Janet Longo (on behalf of the Signage Committee)

There are still a few spots left in the Utts Wine Tasting Auction Event scheduled for April 30, 2022 at 5:30pm. The Paul and Helen are still working out the details of the menu and wine choices but if you would like to join them, and didn't win a spot at the Service Auction, contact Paul Utts today! They would be happy to have you.

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 speaker Michael Cluff

Not all awakenings are caused by blissful epiphanies. Sometimes they come at inconvenient — or embarrassing — times. This week, Michael will talk about some of the things he’s learned from the mistakes he’s made.

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.

This exercise invites you to embody your ability and responsibility to awaken others. There is a heaviness to our days. Covid, racial trauma, political division, looming climate catastrophe cast a shadow of grief and fear even on our most happy of days. Describing it as a “glass half empty” feeling doesn’t even begin to describe what many of us are wrestling with.

And so the work of reawakening hope becomes the job of all of us.

In her powerful poem, What to Tell The Children, Rachel Kann asks us to focus our hope-inspiring efforts on those younger ones who we are handing our world to. In doing so, Kann also challenges us to awaken ourselves.

Awaken to what we’ve done - or not done - with our time here. Awaken to what we’ve learned, for better or worse. Awaken to the new way of being and loving and living that must be built.

But how exactly will the poem awaken you? Each person’s response to this powerful poem will be unique. Each of us will receive a different message of comfort or challenge. Each person’s insight will be their own.

Figuring out that unique message is the goal. That’s all this exercise is. It’s that simple, and that big.

So, carve out a morning or evening to soak in Rachel Kann’s poem in video form. Maybe take it in more than once. Make it a meditation. Reflect on it using whatever discernment practice feels best to you: journaling, jotting down thoughts, drawing images, creating a poem or painting of your own in response.

Below you'll find the link to the poet reading What to Tell the Children.

(From Soul Matters)

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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• Intergenerational Spring Seminar
  
• Video Engagement Strategy with Peter Bowden, Sponsored by the UUA
  
• General Assembly News including Choir Registration, Workshop Previews
  
• Spring for Change in 2022: A Season of Sacred Activism
  
• UUMAC 2022 - UU Mid-Atlantic Community in person at DeSales University
  
• A full calendar of CER Events
  
• News from the UUA

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