UUCSJS Midweek Message

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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.

There will be a UUCSJS Faith Action meeting the last Sunday in October 15 minutes after the close of the service. We will meet in One of the downstairs classrooms.

Please contact Janet Longo for more information.

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!

Gina's family of origin is of Spanish/Cuban and Irish heritage. Growing up in a family of seven there were many traditional Cuban dishes gracing the table. Her abuelita aka Nana made the absolute BEST food. It was always a celebration when Nana came to town with her arroz con pollo, picadillo and morro. Every St Patty's day there was homemade Irish soda bread, ham and cabbage and we made the sweet "Irish potatoes" (from our Philadelphia side!).

October 30 will be a 5th Sunday. On this date we will be trying out a new "Stay awhile longer after service and mingle, communicate with others day" which will temporarily replace the former 5th Sunday shared meal day. We'll be doing bagels and baked goods. Those who like to bake are invited to break out their talent and bring items to share for coffee hour. Vegan, vegetarian, no gluten, regular, a recipe from a magazine, try it on us before you take it to the relatives for the holidays, etc.. Please mark items so folks know what it is. Folks can also support their local bakeries too! Please bring items to the kitchen before service and share prep / serving / warming suggestions with the Brew Crew. We have a great assortment of plates / trays to put things on. There will be the usual beverages, fruit, etc. available also.

Auction Fever!

Now that you’ve made your donations to the 17th annual UUCSJS Auction on November 12th – you’ve made them, haven’t you? – let’s discuss the types of auctions you’ll likely encounter on Auction night.

Silent Auction

The Silent Auction is anything but! It’s the largest of the auctions in that it includes events, items, services, handmade items and baked goods. It gets awfully noisy in what we call the “sanctuary.”

Let’s discuss bidding on the Silent Auction. Each item or event or service has a sheet on which you write your name and bid. Bid high, or check back, because someone may outbid you! If the bids are a fixed price, as with events, you win it when you write your name on one of the pre-numbered lines.

The “Win it now” price means that if you really, really, really want the item, you can write your name on the bottom line next to the “win it now” price and give the sheet to the table monitor. You pay that price – which is usually closer to the estimated value of the item – but that perfect item will be yours before the evening is out!

Live Auction

The Live Auction is when you get to hold up a paddle with your number to bid on something as the auctioneer calls out the offered bids. This is the big time, the main event, the show, the major leagues, the cat’s pajamas. This is when – unlike when you were in grade school and had to use the bathroom – holding up your hand could get you in serious trouble. But this is also the most fun part of the auction! Don’t dare wave to someone in the front row, or you could be the proud, new owner of a gold-plated birdcage.

Chance Auction

The Chance Auction is when you buy tickets, and then place a ticket in the cup in front of the item you want to win. Later, we call out the numbers, and if we pick your number, it’s all yours! Definitely fun for everyone!

We will have postcards available this Sunday at the UU to be signed and sent urging support for the:

Reproductive Equity Act (S2918)

This bill will protect and expand abortion access for all people here in NJ, regardless of income, insurance, or immigration status. The bill also strengthens protections for health care providers.

Please check it out this Sunday. More information will be provided at the sign up table.

Thank you!

Looking for some extra help with Coffee Hour for the next 2 weeks. Our usual Brew Crew will be elsewhere those weeks. Please see Richard Schurig for more information.

We will not be having Coffee Hour on November 6. If you linger after the service, you may find yourself accosted by a mop, broom, or duster! Yes, this will be our semi-annual Blue Jean Sunday. We have both outdoor and indoor tasks that need volunteers to accomplish. At our last BJS, Richard provided an elegant and delicious lunch - after the work was done! I hear he has quite the menu planned for November 6..... Stay for fellowship and the reward of caring for our physical Spiritual Home.

And we will need people to help set up tables in the sanctuary to prepare for the Auction!

Our deepest gratitude goes out to Nancy Watson, Jesse Connor, and Janet Longo for their contribution of flowers for our chalice table during October.

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.

“Orange” you glad that we’re having the UUCSJS Auction?!

To make a late donation, email Deb ASAP!!

dagbonar4@gmail.com

• Services
• Dinners and Events
• Items
• Handmade and Baked Goods

Please bring in any baskets you might have lying around for our Chance Auction. Thank you!

November 12th, 2022

Doors open at 6:30, Bidding begins at 7:00

When things get tough, do we lean into vulnerability and get curious, or do we self-protect in ways that move us away from our values?

Having to be the “knower” or always being right is heavy armor. It’s defensiveness, it’s posturing, and, worst of all, it’s a huge driver of bulls**t. It’s also very common—most of us have some degree of knower in us.

Check out this Brene Brown article "The Courage to Not Know" for three strategies to transform always knowing into always learning.

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.

Just for this month book club will be THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20 at 7:00 pm instead of Friday, October 21.

ZOOM at 7:00 pm is reserved for THURSDAY, October 20th.

ZOOM link: www.tinyurl.com/uucsjszoom

SEARCH by Michelle Huneven

Dana Potowski is a restaurant critic and food writer and a long time member of a progressive UU Congregation in Southern California. Under pressure to find her next book idea, she agrees to join The church search committee for a new minister, and resolves to secretly pen a memoir, with recipes, about the experience. That memoir, SEARCH, follows the travails of the committee and their candidates – And becomes its own media sensation.

Anyone is welcome to attend this meeting as this is an interesting and fun book regarding the UU minister search!

November Book Selection is THE NIGHT WATCHMAN by Louise Erdrich

Questions: morellb@msn.com

Download the pdf schedule below

Guest minister Rev Kim D. Wilson

Awe imbues us with a different sense of ourselves — one that is smaller, more humble and part of a greater wholeness. It can also be a powerful source of healing. We explore the connections between experiences of awe and altruism, a feeling of attunement with humanity and other positive effects on our mental and spiritual well-being.

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.

Click on the images for more information.

Central East Region Information- Updated for October!

Sunday Services 10 am in person and livestreamed on Facebook.

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