UUCSJS Midweek Message

• Connect to the Monthly Theme
• Minister's Midweek Meditation
• Notes from the Board
• Announcements
• This Sunday
• Last Sunday
• Events This Week
• Connect to Our Faith

What forms of childhood play have lasted into your adulthood? What has enabled that? What makes you especially grateful for it?

Your assignment this month: Go on a playdate!

Ask your partner or friend to go on a “play date.” What makes up that play date is up to you. That’s half the fun! And half the exploration. By deciding together what to do, you might discover something entirely new about how your partner or friend defines play and fun.

While you need to figure it out for yourself, here are some ideas to spark your imagination: Get lost on purpose, axe throwing, a mini road trip, giving paddle boarding a try, hit the golf driving range, fly a kite, play cornhole, mini golf or better yet frisbee golf.

Click on the images below for more on this month's theme.

While Rev. Dawn is off, you can catch up on past Minister's Midweek Meditations on the YouTube Playlist.

Contact a member of the Caring Committee!

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

UUCSJS can send three voting delegates to the UUA’s General Assembly. No one has yet volunteered to represent UUCSJS. If we send no delegates, we have no vote on decisions about how Unitarian Universalists should act. This year, there are two candidates for the presidency who have different ideas about what the UUA should do.

This year, GA is a 100% virtual event. It will occur online from June 23-27, 2021. Attending is very convenient. Delegates can attend dozens of interesting workshops, too.

If too few volunteers enroll, I will attend. I would much rather share the opportunity. Please, contact me, Kit Marlowe (krismarlowe@verizon.net), if you would like to represent the congregation.

Respectfully submitted,

Kit Marlowe

Board President

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.

Our first Cleanup Day is this Saturday, June 12. Let Barbara Miller know if you will be coming to this one or the next one on June 19 by using the form linked below or email bcmillermusic@gmail.com.

Thank you, if you have already signed up.

Please bring your own drinking water to minimize traffic in the building.

Here are some reminders if you will be working outside:

• One of the jobs is brush removal. You will need gloves and pants and insect repellant (if you use it)
• We need a saw for small tree removal, shovels for removing saplings, and pruning tools

The UUCSJS Board of Trustees will meet Thursday, June 17, 2021 at 6:30 pm. All are welcome to attend.

Join Zoom Meeting

Online:

www.tinyurl.com/uucsjszoom

Meeting Number

224 677 6604

Passcode

306591

By Phone:

1-929-436-2866

Have you read a poem lately that you were awed by, or do you have a favorite poem that you love? Maybe you write poetry yourself and would like to read it to an audience. Deb Dagavarian is putting together a Sunday service on August 22 on poetry.

You can pre-record yourself on your phone and Jess will put it together with others for the service. This is a great chance for someone who doesn’t enjoy speaking in front of others to participate in a service. You don’t even need to be a member of the congregation to do this! All ages are welcome.

And feel free to select more than one poem, especially if you wrote it yourself.

Please email or text Deb soon with the poems you'd like to perform: dagbonar4@gmail.com or 609-233-8470.

-Rev. Amy Petrie Shaw, Guest Speaker

Unitarian Universalism doesn't come with a holy book or creed. Today we're going to talk about building religion and having it your way.

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!

Click on the graphic below or visit the calendar at uucsjs.org/calendar for more information on events and meetings.

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

Heartfulness Meditation on a new day!

Updated schedule:

• Mondays at 6:25 pm
• Wednesdays at 6:25 pm
• Thursdays at 7:25 pm
• Fridays at 7:25 pm
• Saturdays at 7:00 AM

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2219690745?pwd=dDlsdzZITEtqeXJOT1Q2bFVWcHJTUT09

Meeting ID: 221 9690745, Passcode: 123

Contact: Tanuj Harshe at (609) 457-1527

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

Email: uucsjsadmin@gmail.com
Website: www.uucsjs.org
Location: 75 S Pomona Rd, Egg Harbor City, NJ, USA
Phone: (609) 965-9400
Facebook: facebook.com/uucsjs
Twitter: @UUCSJS