UUCSJS Midweek Message

• Announcements
• Call to Action
• Connect to Our Monthly Theme
• Events This Week
• This Sunday
• Last Sunday
• Caring Team
• 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.

Picky eater?

Get the little rugrat to the

17th Annual UUCSJS Auction

and buy him/her some homemade goodies!

Donate or buy a Sponsorship now!!

November 12th, 2022

Doors open at 6:30, Bidding begins at 7:00

Sponsorships for the Auction!

Do you want to thank someone in the congregation publicly?

Do you have a business you wish to advertise?

Do you want to acknowledge the work of some congregation members?

Then buy a UUCSJS Auction Sponsorship!

Your message will appear in the Auction book.

Sponsorship Levels

Judith Sargent Murray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500

Abigail Adams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $300

Ray Bradbury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$100

Rod Serling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 50

May Sarton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25

Find Sponsorship forms on the Auction table.

The RE youth are celebrating Banned Books week all month long. Want to check out a banned book? Interested to know which banned books the youth found on the RE shelves or around their houses? Come downstairs to the RE Library and check out our display and even borrow a book to take home with you!

UUCSJS has installed an FM listening system in the sanctuary! This will make our services more accessible for people having trouble hearing at our services. We now have six receivers with headsets that are hygienically covered with disposable earpads. We also have one electromagnetic neck loop for use with hearing aids that have a magnetic telephone coil. The system is expandable if there is the demand. If you would like to have your own personal unit set aside for you, David Weesner can fill you in on the details.

We will be moving the large panels used during the pandemic out to the storage shed. Our target date for this is September 25. Please let Richard Schurig know if you can stay about 30 - 45 minutes following the service to help with the moving. We will also be moving some extra chairs from the sanctuary into storage downstairs. You can send a text to Richard at 609.328.0514. Thanks in advance for your consideration

On September 25, immediately after the service, we will have a meeting concerning Faith Action. The meeting will be held in the library.

A number of us have been attending the task force meetings on the state level. We will discuss what we’ve learned and what action we want to take. Task force meetings consist of criminal justice, environmental justice, gun violence prevention, immigration reform, and reproductive justice. If interested, just go to faithaction.org. You will find an email associated with each task force. Once you send the email you will be notified of meeting times and zoom link. There you will find a wealth of information associated with each task force.

Janet Longo

Mark your calendars for the next road cleanup for Oct. 16, 2022. We will clean the west sides of Pomona starting from UU. We'll not go near the current construction site by Stockton. Join us 8:30am to 9:30am. Supplies and safety gear will be provided. Contact Nancy Watson for more information.

If you have any previous knowledge (or not) about how to video our Facebook services for our viewers (or you are interested in learning something new) please inquire with Colby (609-442-0967) so we can establish a network of backup people to call upon - possibly at the 11th hour!

We will continue needing some kind of arrangement each Sunday on our chalice table. Please sign up with Colby for any Sunday you foresee being able to bring *anything* artistic from your garden particularly during the fall and winter months. Vases are available. Be creative!!

On the last week of each month arrangement contributors are acknowledged in the midweek announcements!

Contact Colby Tippins call/text: 609-442-0967.

Are you looking for more connection to our UU faith? Want to connect with other members of UUCSJS?

Each month we dig in, explore, learn, and grow in our UU theology through a monthly Soul Matters theme. The theme runs through all areas of ministry from worship, to children's religious education, our family faith at home program, our social media and website, and even our monthly FUUN events! We now have the opportunity to extend this exploration and growth through small group ministry!

Groups are forming now and options are available to meet in person or online. If you are interested please add your name to the sign up sheet in the back of the sanctuary or you can email Jess for more information: religiouseducation@uucsjs.org.

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.

Presented by Lay speaker Theresa McReynolds

The time of harvest, of thanksgiving and joy, of leave-taking and sorrow. Day and night are equal, in perfect balance. And we give thought to the balance and flow within our own lives as we practice gratitude for the bright spots of the year, clearing the way for a new beginning.

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.

Download the pdf schedule below

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.

Click on the images for more information.

Check murraygrove.org for a full calendar of events.

Join us on September 27, October 25, and November 15 for these interactive, 90-minute workshops on local congregational climate action.

Click on the image below for more information.

Central East Region Information- Updated for September!

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