• Announcements
• Notes From the Board
• Call to Action
• Connect to Our Monthly Theme
• Events This Week
• Sunday Services
• Caring Team
• Connect to Our Faith

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Email admin@uucsjs.org or call Jess at 609-965-9400 if you need assistance

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.

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 or upload it to the shared folder HERE.

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!

Time Change Survey

Tomorrow we will be sending out a survey to take the temperature of the board on changing the start time of our Sunday services. The survey will last for four weeks, and we will have paper ballots on Sunday at our services.

We are providing three options. The first option is to change the start time of our Sunday service on a temporary basis beginning in January through the end of April to 11:00 AM.

The second option is to change the time of our Sunday service on a temporary basis beginning in January through the end of April to 10:30 AM. The third option is to leave the Sunday service start time at 10:00 AM.

We have been approached by several congregants who think that the later start time might increase attendance and membership. I want to stress that if the congregation is willing to change the start time, that this would be on a temporary basis from January through April. We then would evaluate the results and begin a congregation discussion.

UUCSJS Annual Auction

The Board would like to thank everyone who supported our annual auction. Karen York has reported that the auction generated over $5,000.00 with more to come from the events that are in the future. A huge thank you to Deb Dagavarian and her team for doing an amazing job. Putting on the auction involves a tremendous amount of work, and our heartfelt thanks go out to everyone who was involved.

Marty Quish

President, UUCSJS Board of Trustees

Caring Team is looking for members who are willing to attend monthly Zoom meetings and help out when congregants are sick or suffering from hardships. Please contact Tracey Catino if you can join our confidential group.

We will have postcards available this Sunday at the UU to be signed and sent to NJ legislators 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!

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 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.

“Most of us would like to think of our personalities as relatively stable throughout our lives. But research suggests this is not the case. Our traits are ever shifting, and by the time we’re in our 70s and 80s, we’ve undergone a significant transformation… We become more conscientious and agreeable, and less neurotic… Research has shown that we develop into more altruistic and trusting individuals. Our willpower increases and we develop a better sense of humor. Finally, the elderly have more control over their emotions. It’s arguably a winning combination…”

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

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 UUCSJS Faith Action Committee will meet Sunday, November 20th at 11:15 in the Green Room.

All those who identify as such are welcome to attend Men's Group on Tuesday, November 22nd. We will have food ready at 6:30pm and the meeting will start at 7pm.

RSVP to Marty Quish to let us know if you can make it!

Rev Dr. Richard Speck

Johannes A. Gaertner said, “To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.” As we approach the holiday of giving thanks, what are we thankful for? Given the state of the world, where do we find hope that is grounded in reality? How do we live gratitude? We will explore these themes this Sunday.

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
• Helen Utts at (609) 338-3391 email: HelenUtts@aol.com
• Tony Zitelli at (201) 463-2800 email: happy85a@aol.com
• Barbara Morell at (215) 805-7599 email: morellb@msn.com

Caring Team is looking for members who are willing to attend monthly Zoom meetings and help out when congregants are sick or suffering from hardships. Please contact Tracey Catino if you can join our confidential group.

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