UUCSJS Midweek Message

• Announcements
• Notes from the Board
• Caring Team
• Call to Action
• Events This Week
• Explore Our Monthly Theme
• This Sunday
• Last Sunday
• Connect to Our Faith

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.

Sunday, June 26, 2022 we will share a live stream of the UUA General Assembly Sunday Worship Service. This is the largest annual gathering of UUs joining together in worship. This powerful, communal worship experience will stream at 12:30pm Eastern not our usual 10am Sunday gathering time! You can join us to watch together in the sanctuary (at 12:30pm) or for free at home.

Plan your Sunday experience accordingly!

Is there a working electric typewriter down in the rear of your closet or up in your attic that can be donated to ESWA?

One of their 2 typewriter's right-hand-margin can't reset and the other typewriter doesn't type the letter 'g'!!!

Please let Colby T. or Denise O. know if you have an electric typewriter to donate!

Thanks so much

Our First Quarterly Road cleanup was cancelled due to rain. We'll try again for a road cleanup on July 10th. Starting on June 19th there will be a sign-up sheet in the back of the sanctuary for those who want to be notified by email prior to the cleanup and also if there is a cancellation. Contact Nancy Watson for more information. Thank you for your participation!

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

Please speak with Colby if you wish to bring an arrangement of your choosing to our chalice table for a Sunday Service.

Email: colbytippins52@gmail.com or call/text 609-442-0967

We would like to hear from you -

What organizations do you support? Where do you volunteer?

Our members and friends are making a contribution to their local communities and we want everyone to know about it!

Did you know the Safonof Family snuggles cats and walks dogs at the South Jersey Regional Animal Shelter? Or that they are members of the Vineland Regional Dance Company, a non-profit arts organization that provides low cost and free dance programs and performances to the local South Jersey area, local public schools, and area nursing homes?

Whether you donate your time or your treasure, as part of UUCSJS or as an individual, please email admin@uucsjs.org and give us the details! We want to support you and what is important to you. And others might want to join you too!

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.

We will be meeting on Friday, June 17th at 7:00pm by ZOOM (www.tinyurl.com/uucsjszoom) .

All are welcome to join the discussion !!!!!

THE ADDRESS BOOK by Deidre Mask

This book is a deeply-researched dive into the surprising histories and meanings that lie behind the seemingly mundane way we name our streets and number our houses and buildings. Powerful insight into the ways these addresses not only structure our lives but function as a tool to classify and track people, reflecting the divided of class, race and power.

Diane Dreby will lead discussion.

Begin your day with a reflection on blessings and carry it with you into the rest of your day. It’s that simple!

To guide you, we suggest you use the numerous wonderful videos listed below. Pick a different one each morning. There are enough to last you an entire week.

But watching/listening to it is only half of the practice. The key part is to pay attention to when that blessing video pokes its head into your day. Look out for moments when it re-enters your awareness and needles you to notice something, think about something differently or connect a couple of dots. Think of watching these videos as a way of putting on glasses that will hopefully cast the rest of your day in a whole new light.

Videos:

• A Blessing for It All
• On Seeing Ourselves as a Blessing
• Queer Morning Blessings
• On the Blessing of “Real Things”
• Blessed Are the Unemployed, Unimpressive, and Underrepresented
• On the Blessing of Each Ordinary Moment
• Blessed by the Moon
• In Praise of Tomorrow, Sabrina Benaim
• Blessing For Sound, David Whyte

Theresa McReynolds, Guest Speaker

We come together once again to turn the wheel. To celebrate the longest day of the year. We are part of nature’s cycle. We have planted the seeks of our own changes and to grow, we must accept even the passing of the sun.

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.

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.

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
Facebook: facebook.com/uucsjs
Twitter: @UUCSJS