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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!

If you are interested in having input into our Sunday services for the coming year, please come to a meeting of the new Worship Committee this Sunday after the service.

We are meeting in the Library Sunday May 1, 2022 at 11:30 am.

Talk of starting back up with Coffee Hour is brewing. Looking for volunteers to help with set-up and afterwards. No food just yet. Coffee, tea, hot chocolate and light beverages. Creamers and other items will be supplied. We will continue to go by CDC and UUA guidelines but folks feel that we are ready..

Contact Richard Schurig via text to 609-343-2540 or at Sunday Service. Look for the sign-up sheet!!

Recycling:

Solid Plastic:

ACUA accepts number 1,2 and 5 plastics of all shapes and sizes including "clam shell" containers. Please be sure to check the triangle on these items. Remove the closures on bottles and jars as 99% of the tine these items are not in the number category for recycling. . Closures and all other types of plastic, known as rigid plastic, can go into the white container next to the recycling bucket. Some coffee cup lids are #5's! Please make sure items are empty as the cleaner the recyclables the more valuable they are to the program. Remove metal lids from jars, too!

Paper and Cardboard:

Must be clean and can go in with plastic and glass. No pizza boxes! Contaminated and or wet paper and cardboard gets rejected at the ACUA as wet paper and cardboard grow mold, are not available for resale to industry and ends up in the landfill !!!

Plastic Bags:

As New Jersey finally hits the no more plastic bag stage of life in May some bags may appear. and other items, ie: bottled water wrappers, shipped items, and other forms of sheet plastic can go in the large cat food bag under the table located with the recycle bins and refuse containers. There is no telling how long Shop-Rite will continue to collect and recycle these. Over the years they have done a terrific job at helping to keep plastic bags out of the waste stream and getting the plastic back to industry for re-use in other durable items.

Tea bags and the tags can go into the compost container on the counter

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.

Masks are REQUIRED inside UUCSJS.

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

Thank you to all who helped with Blue Jean Sunday! Your dedication and spirit are very much appreciated!!

Barbara Miller & Richard Schurig

Margaret Circle will meet on Thursday, May 5, at 1:00. Last month the program was our thoughts and feelings to various questions about the things that are important in our lives. The group decided to continue with these questions for May, as it was a meaningful conversation for all. Margaret Circle members will be hanging one of Arlene Yacka’s paintings in the library. It is a pair of bluebirds, donated to Margaret Circle by her son.

Study of Dragonflies and Damselflies – Saturday, May 21

Offered by Mike Hannisian and Nancy Watson, both nationally known experts and photographers on this subject, and members of our congregation.

• The first session of the day , from 10:00 to 12:00, held at the UU Center, will be an illustrated introduction to the subject.
• The second session will be from 1:00 to 3:00 - a field trip at a small pond in Port Republic. Wear boots and bring small focus binoculars if you have them.

You may select each session singly or select them both. Cost is $25 for each, and $40 for both.

To purchase one or both of these everts: Contact Betsy Searight, or visit the signup sheet in the back corner of the Sanctuary and follow the instructions.

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)

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

Guest Speaker - Theresa McReynolds

Where sweet desire meets wild delight. The time between the Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice. A Wedding of the Sun God Bel and the Mother Earth. Let’s come together to Turn the Wheel.

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.

It’s one of our most powerful paradoxes: Acknowledging death, awakens us to life. Here are a number of resources to help guide you through reflecting on death, one of the oldest awakening practices there is:

• Reasons to Remember Death
• How to use the thought of Death
• Life & Death
• What will your verse be?
• A 97-Year-Old Philosopher Faces His Own Death
• Other People
• After Life
• Memento Mori

(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

Sunday Services 10 am in person and livestreamed on Facebook.

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