Enjoy a little sneak peek into the magic of nature and this Sunday's Spring Equinox service with "Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches" by Mary Oliver shared by Rev. Dawn in this week's Minister's Midweek Meditation.
You can catch up on past Minister's Midweek Meditations on the YouTube Playlist and don't forget to join us Friday at 7pm for Evening Lenten Vespers for UUs.
Spring: Nature's Commitment
-Rev. Dawn Fortune
The spring equinox marks the changing of the seasons, the time between the depths of winter and the height of summer. Nature offers us so many ways to celebrate and observe the turning of the wheel of time. With this new season, what might we commit to?
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.
Our annual stewardship drive is now underway!
The theme of “Keep the Faith” calls attention to the last year when we were faced with unexpected uncertainty and challenge, we responded collectively with creativity, resilience, caring, and commitment. We can’t imagine all that is ahead for this community, but if we continue to “Keep the Faith”, I am certain we will continue to find a bold new way forward.
A stewardship pledge is making a commitment to the future of the congregation. Each family has to determine their own capacity to give. We ask you to make a financial commitment in advance to help us with the planning for the year ahead. Each and every gift is important to us.
Below are links to three different stewardship documents:
1) Our case statement about the pledge drive with a letter from Rev. Dawn, the goals, and suggested giving tables.
2) A sign-up form to attend a conversation about the future of UUCSJS.
3) A pledge card - if you are ready to record your pledge in support of the 2021 to 2022 programming year.
Thank you for your voluntary generosity and your faithful and ongoing support of our congregation.
In fellowship,
Karen York, stewardship chair
Case Statement
Conversation Sign-up
Pledge Card
Meeting of the UUCSJS Board of Trustees
Lenten Vespers
Tune in for a contemplative half-hour service! Visit uucsjs.org to learn more about the Friday Evening Vespers.
Book Club
Book Club will be meeting on ZOOM on Friday, March 19th at 7:00 pm using the UUCSJS link.
All are welcome.
TELL ME HOW IT ENDS (An Essay in Forty Questions) by Valeria Luiselli
(This book replaces Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli originally listed for March)
“Valeria Luiselli’s extended essay on her volunteer work translating for child immigrants confronts with compassion and honesty the problem of the North American refugee crisis. It’s a rare thing: a book everyone should read.”
-Stephen Sparks
This should be a very interesting and enlightening discussion of a difficult subject. Judy Pereira will be leading the discussion.
April selection: Ghosts of Harvard by Francesca Serritella
Questions: morellb@msn.com
Showing Up For Each Other's Mental Health
Do you or someone you love have lived experience with mental health problems? Today about 20% of the adult population are diagnosed with a mental health problem. Yet, even now it is often viewed through the lens of intolerance, ignorance, and fear.
The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair are pleased to host UU Rev. Barbara Meyers for the workshop “Showing Up for Each Other’s Mental Health”
This online Zoom presentation and discussion will be held on Saturday, April 17, from 1:00 – 3:00 pm with a 10 minute break in the middle.
Rev. Meyers is a UU community minister with a mental health ministry based in Fremont, California, and President of the Board of the UU Mental Health Network.
In this workshop, Rev. Meyers will:
- Share stories from her mental health ministry
- Show the importance of spiritual resources and the importance of peers.
- Discuss the impact that COVID-19 is having on mental health, and what we can do to mitigate the impact on our lives.
- Talk about avenues to further this focus and this work.
- Talk about the work of the UU Mental Health Network and its recent survey of UUs.
Saturday, April 17 1:00 – 3:00 pm.
Donations of $20 a person are welcome but not required.
Please register here: https://tinyurl.com/y7dxqzxk
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Jersey Shore
Email: uucsjsadmin@gmail.com
Website: www.uucsjs.org
Location: 75 S Pomona Rd, Egg Harbor City, NJ, USA
Phone: (609) 965-9400
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Twitter: @UUCSJS