UUCSJS Midweek Message
May 5, 2021
Contents
- Minister's Midweek Meditation
- Announcements
- This Sunday
- Last Sunday
- Events This Week
- Connect to Our Faith
Minister's Midweek Meditation
While Rev. Dawn is off, you can catch up on past Minister's Midweek Meditations on the YouTube Playlist.
If you are in need of assistance, please contact Tracey Catino our Caring Team Leader or email admin@uucsjs.org.
Announcements
Planning a special event? The Communications Team can help. Visit https://uucsjs.breezechms.com/form/42685e for more information.
Join the Caring Committee!
May Book Club Pick
A BURNING by Megha Majumdar
“A BURNING” is an illuminating story of India’s politics, social oppression, and discrimination. Megha Majumdar shows how Hindu nationalism is similar to white supremacy, The novel has three narrators who are each a part of oppression.
Jesse Connor will monitor the discussion.
Book Club will meet Friday, May 21st at 7:00 pm on ZOOM (www.tinyurl.com/uucsjszoom) and anyone can join in whether you have read the book or not.
June meeting will pick books for next year and discuss QUICKSAND by Nella Larson which is available on LibriVox site as a free audiobook to download or stream.
Questions? Email Morellb@msn.com
General Assembly Delegates Needed
General Assembly (GA) is the annual gathering of Unitarian Universalists. We conduct the business of the Association, explore the theological underpinnings of our faith, and lean fully into our mission and principles. Participants worship, witness, learn, connect, and make policy for the Association through the democratic process.
This year, General Assembly is a 100% virtual event. It will occur online from June 23-27, 2021!
UUCSJS normally certifies three voting delegates to GA. Contact Kit Marlowe (krismarlowe@verizon.net) if you would like to represent the congregation. To attend as a non- delegate, visit https://www.uua.org/topic/general-assembly/ga-registration.
This Sunday
Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
-Rev. Amy Petrie Shaw, Guest Minister
Mothers help to shape the lives of their children. For good and bad, it’s a role that never ends. We recognize today all those who share the responsibility for shaping another human life.
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 the sermon 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.
Last Sunday
Listening to Today's Prophets
Recommended Learning List
Michael Singer,
- The Untethered Soul
- The Surrender Experiment
- Living From a Place of Surrender
Byron Katie
- The Work
- Loving What Is
Eckhart Tolle
- The Power of Now
Lesson: How to live an authentic life
Gary Zukov
- The Seat of the Soul
- The Dancing Wu Li Master
Lesson: Compassion
Brian Stevenson
- Just Mercy
Misc.
- Carolyn Mace -Anatomy of the Spirit
- Michael Beckwith - Hello Eternal Loving Presence (HELP)
- Richard Bach - Illusions, Jonathan Living Seagull, One
- Aldous Huxley - The Island
Movies & TV
- The Wallflower
- The Irregulars
- Lucifer
From others in our community:
- Karen Zindell: Books by Brene Brown and Marshall Rosenberg
- Dennis Bohn: This Ted Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/emily_quinn_the_way_we_think_about_biological_sex_is_wrong?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare
- Barbara Miller: Hardwiring Happiness by Rick Hanson and The Mayo Clinic Handbook for Happiness: A Four-Step Plan for Resilient Living by Amit Sood
Children's Religious Education
Events This Week
CLICK HERE to reserve the Zoom Room or to add your event to the calendar.
Margaret Circle
Margaret Circle will meet on Thursday, May 6, at 1:00. We will meet at the pavilion by the water at Port Republic rather than on Zoom, rain or shine.
The topic will be presented by Kim Trotto, and will be as follows:
“What was it like to keep house in the middle ages or the Victorian era? That is, if you were a not a fine lady with servants to do your bidding? We’re fortunate to have modern conveniences in our homes but many of these are relatively new. Cooking and cleaning in the past could be very laborious, yet women found ways to make work easier and used methods of caring for their families that still work well. In the Margaret Circle presentation for May, I will discuss the lives of mainly rural women since most people did live and work in rural areas until the late 19th Century. My source materials are the BBC living history series Victorian Farm and Tudor Monastery Farm and the works of historian Ruth Goodman, a specialist in historical housekeeping.”
All are welcome to attend what promises to be a very interesting meeting. Contact Betsy Searight or email admin@uucsjs.org for more information.
Connect to Our Larger Faith
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Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Jersey Shore
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