UUCSJS Midweek Message

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• Notes from the Board
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• Events This Week
• This Sunday
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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.

5th Sunday Bagels & Baked Goods Day 10-30-2022! Bring an appetite!!

Also looking for some help with set up and afterwards for the next few Sundays and beyond.

The Margaret Circle is meeting on Thursday, Nov 3, at 1:00pm.

We will begin in our traditional way of sharing our joys and our concerns.

Katy Cardwell is doing the program and will be playing a podcast, a segment of a BBC series called "Things Fell Apart," which traces origins of some of the current culture wars. The segment she wants us to listen to and discuss is about the origins of the culture wars on abortion. It is really fascinating, and it actually shares some common threads with the controversy happening in Ocean City regarding the health curriculum. She will touch on that that from her position as recently retired OC school counselor, and a public supporter of the health curriculum that a group of parents in Ocean City have been protesting. The podcast is a half hour long.

All women of the congregation are invited.

There will be a UUCSJS Faith Action meeting the last Sunday in October 15 minutes after the close of the service. We will meet in One of the downstairs classrooms.

Please contact Janet Longo 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

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!

Gina's family of origin is of Spanish/Cuban and Irish heritage. Growing up in a family of seven there were many traditional Cuban dishes gracing the table. Her abuelita aka Nana made the absolute BEST food. It was always a celebration when Nana came to town with her arroz con pollo, picadillo and morro. Every St Patty's day there was homemade Irish soda bread, ham and cabbage and we made the sweet "Irish potatoes" (from our Philadelphia side!).

(Like this kid did!)

Come to the

UUCSJS Auction

and go home with treasures!

November 12, 2022

UU Center

Doors Open 6:30 pm, Bidding Starts 7:00 pm

Be an Auction Sponsor! If you have a business and would like to advertise it, you can buy a page or a half page (or business card-size) ad in the Auction Catalog. Or, if you simply have a poem or a thought you’d like to share with the congregation, you can also buy a sponsorship to have your message appear in the Catalog. If you have nothing in particular to announce, you will still be recognized in the Catalog for your generosity.

Sponsorships are named after notable Unitarian Universalists:

Judith Sargent Murray $500

Abigail Adams $300

Ray Bradbury $100

Rod Serling $50

May Sarton $25

Especially if you haven’t been able to donate an Event, Service, or Item, please donate a Sponsorship. See Debbi if you’d like to buy an Auction Sponsorship!

The Board Of Trustees met last weekend for an annual board retreat. It was a productive time to get together and share ideas and fellowship. One of the many things that were discussed was how to bring more people through our doors.

Several ideas were shared and we will be looking into them as time goes on. One idea that I wanted to share with you was changing the time of our service from 10 to 11 AM. Before you start running to the exits, I wanted to convey that this is a suggestion that a few members have been talking about and wanted the board to consider. We certainly expect a lively discussion. What the board agreed to do was to have a survey sent to the members asking for their input.

Currently there are three options:

• One to change the service time on a temporary basis beginning January 1 through April 30.
• The second option to change the service time on a temporary basis beginning January 1 through June 30.
• The third option is to keep the service time as is.

In the next week or so Jess will be sending out a survey through Breeze to test the temperature of the congregation on this subject.

We always welcome any suggestions that you have not only on this topic but any topic you feel would benefit the good of the congregation.

Marty Quish

President, UUCSJS Board of Trustees

We are postponing the Blue Jean Sunday until March, 2023 in order to help the congregation focus on a successful auction. Another opportunity to serve is coming up on December 18 after the service. We will be moving chairs and cleaning the sanctuary floor to prepare it for re-polishing.

Barbara Miller for the Building and Grounds Committee

Please consider serving as a Worship Associate! You know, the person who opens and closes every Sunday service. See Colby Tippins or Deb Dagavarian if you're interested. All ages welcome, if you can read you are eligible! We need you!

Often the enemy of courage is not fear but our comfort zones. Yes, those regular routines support and structure our lives, but they can stifle and shrink them as well.

So this month, let’s bravely resist this seduction of routine. Your instructions are simple: Pick an activity that pulls you out of your comfort zone!

To help you on your way we’ve created a list of courageous, anti-comfort zone actions. Pick one or use it as inspiration to identify something of your own imagining. Here’s the link to the list: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ck3iHDKpGiJm_m5E2GDSAsUpqr1IMcTlzIqOAp3bMHo/edit?usp=sharing

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.

Download the pdf schedule below

Lay speaker Alison Maxfield

This Sermon will explore the Pagan Concept of Halloween, Native American spirituality, and rituals from Psychology to honor and heal grief. Rituals can transmute grief back into love and appreciation, while surrendering to the grieving process. Please bring a picture of a loved on to put on the communal table. After the sermon, feel free to connect to others through the pictures of love.

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
• 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

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 October!

Sunday Services 10 am in person and livestreamed on Facebook.

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