UUCSJS Midweek Message

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• Call to Action
• Caring Team
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Living the Twelve Steps

Tracey Catino

Growing up, Tracey Catino was surrounded by alcoholics and other kinds of addicts. She spent over twenty-five years in Al-Anon, recovering from the effects of addiction in her family members. Tracey will share her experience, strength and hope through the lens of the 12 steps of recovery.

Bio: Tracey Catino has been a member of UUCSJS for over 13 years. She grew up in Philadelphia in a working class Irish Catholic neighborhood in the 1970’s where there was a church on every other corner and a bar across the street. She went to college in Lancaster, PA, where she became a single mother of her son, Nick. Tracey moved to south Jersey to be close to family while she raised her son. Tracey has been a high school English teacher for over twenty years and a principal for five years. She currently lives in Linwood with her husband, Bill, and daughter, Kassidy.

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.

Reading is never enough, but it is part of helping white people get clearer about the work that must be done. Make some time this month to continue the on-going work of keeping de-centering work at the center by engaging this essay by Bayo Akomolafe.

Dear White People

http://www.whatisemerging.com/opinions/dear-white-people?fbclid=IwAR21oFQO2cqaWFfVlxGr5wNoJopBCWI-qUZX1F1z5R4SIo3hfoIoLMuKRj0&utm

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.

Soup sale will be returning Sunday, January 29th.

It has been a while since we have had this fund raising event and this time proceeds will benefit our own UUCSJS !!!!!!!!

We need your help.

We need you to make your delicious homemade soup, and using the containers provided by the front entrance, to fill and return by January 29th. Soup can be frozen.

Soup will be for sale before and after service on the 29th. If making soup is not for you, we welcome bread or other baked goods to add to the sale. This has been a fun way to share our culinary skills in the past and hopefully will be again.

Questions? Text:

Barb Morell 215-805-7599

Janet Longo 609-226-6596

To have your announcement placed in the Midweek Message, please send an email to admin@uucsjs.org by Noon on Wednesday.

On Sunday, Feb 12, following the service, we are inviting our newcomers to a gathering where we will get to know each other better and share some things about the congregation. After we introduce ourselves, we plan to talk about the following:

• Some bits & pieces from our proud history
• How our congregation actually works.
• Our current social outreach
• Ways one can become involved in the congregation.
• How one becomes a member

A light lunch will be served, and childcare will be provided. Invitations have gone out to those who we think might be interested. After we know how many of these invitees are coming, we will plan where the meeting will be. We will keep this meeting to 90 minutes. Anyone who would like to attend should contact our Administrator at admin@uucsjs.org.

The next Margaret Circle meeting will be held on February 2, 2023 at 1pm in the Sanctuary. We will have a one book exchange and a 2-3 item accessory swap (scarf, jewelry, belt). Please come prepared to share one inspirational nugget with the group. Baked goods will be served.

We will hold an important workshop for all Worship Associates, and people who are considering becoming a Worship Associate, on Sunday, February 19, after the service. Worship Associates who have served for years, as well as newer ones, should attend this session. For anyone who wants to see what is involved, please also attend. This will NOT be a lengthy meeting.

Let's give a large shout out to Janet Longo for her many contributions to our chalice table. In case you haven't noticed, Janet is an artist with a flare in arranging weeds, pines, misc. winter greeneries and wooden artifacts in the most creative ways. Thanks so much, Janet. Hope you keep it coming!!!

Others are certainly encouraged to sign up to bring floral or other arrangement to grace our chalice table.

Let Colby know ahead of time or text 609-442-0967 to schedule your arrangements.

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
• Helen Utts at (609) 338-3391 email: HelenUtts@aol.com
• Tony Zitelli at (201) 463-2800 email: happy85a@aol.com
• Barbara Morell at (215) 805-7599 email: morellb@msn.com
• Janet Longo at (609) 748-8608 email: jilportnj@comcast.net

Caring Team is looking for members who are willing to attend monthly Zoom meetings and help out when congregants are sick or suffering from hardships. Please contact Tracey Catino if you can join our confidential group.

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.

The Article II Study Commission has completed its two year study. They submitted their report (PDF 26 pages) to the UUA Board of Trustees at their meeting held on January 20, 2023. The report includes the Study Commission's recommended revisions to Article II.

Article II of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Bylaws, Principles and Purposes, is the foundation for all of the work of our UUA and its member congregations and covenanted communities. It is the covenant to which all of our congregations and covenanted communities pledge themselves when they become members of our UUA.

Click HERE to read more.

Sunday Services 11 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

Mailing Address: PO Box 853, Pomona NJ 08240
Phone: (609) 965-9400
Facebook: facebook.com/uucsjs
Twitter: @UUCSJS