UUCSJS Midweek Message

• Minister's Midweek Meditation
• Announcements
• This Sunday
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• Events This Week
• Connect to Our Faith

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.

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.

The Caring Team is looking for members who help members in the following ways: send cards, make phone calls or visit with members who need support after an illness, death in the family, or other loss. Caring team members must keep members’ confidential information private. Some members could help support others by running errands or providing meals in time of need. Contact Tracey Catino or email admin@uucsjs.org to join the Caring Team. Whether you have a little bit of spare time or a lot, we welcome any amount of help.

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 (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.

-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.

See what you missed if you weren't able to join us!

Resources recommended by Theresa McReynolds:

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

Visit the RE Virtual Learning Lab at http://uucsjs.org/childrens-re/

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.

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.

Here you will find opportunities to connect with our larger faith and other UU's from outside our congregation.

Click on the images for more information.

Sunday Services 10 am on Zoom at tinyurl.com/uucsjszoom

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