The Worship Team needs your Christmas Prayers for the upcoming Christmas Eve Service. As you know, we are reopened and hope that Christmas Eve will be both in-person and Live Stream. In any event, it would be very helpful to have your Christmas Prayer for the World, with your name on it, to be read … Continue reading Christmas Prayers for the World
What is Share the Plate? During each Sunday service, we take a collection. This voluntarily given money is then shared between our congregation and an organization from the local community which has goals that align with Unitarian Universalist principles. This month’s Share the Plate recipient is our Microfinance project. The UUCS Microfinance project makes small … Continue reading Share the Plate Recipient for November 2021 is Microfinance
November always brings thoughts of thankfulness and one person we are definitely thankful for is, Barbara Stebbins-Boaz who’s musical, writing and relationship building skills are appreciated by all. Name: Barbara Stebbins-Boaz Position/s for Sunday Services: Celebrant, camera handler, occasional eliminator-of-confusion, singer. What do you most like about your position/s: Being useful and supportive buoys my spirit. What … Continue reading Introducing Barbara Stebbins-Boaz November 2021
Choir will be rehearsing in person! Zoom listen-in also available. Join us using this link: https://uusalem.org/choirpractice. Email any questions to music@uusalem.org. You must show proof of vaccination or medical exemption to enter the building.We will wear masks and sit with spaces between (in the congregational seating). Rehearsal Dates (at 6:30 in the Sanctuary)Oct 28Nov 4Nov 11 NO … Continue reading Choir Practice In Person Starting October 28!
Enjoy songs of Mexico played on traditional instruments as Son Huitzilín takes the stage for the second of our 9-concert series “Celebrating Diversity”. The concert will be live or live streamed at 7:00 pm on Friday, November 12.Tickets for attending in person are $20/$15 students or seniors, with a discount for a series pass. Masks … Continue reading Son Huitzilin Concert Live! or Live Streamed November 12
The Re-opening team has determined that it is safe to open our building to our congregation and the wider community. Teams and Community groups are welcome to come in starting October 23. The first in-person service will be Oct 31, with registration still required.Guidelines are in place for Sunday services and for all who plan … Continue reading Re-Opening! Links to Building Use Guidelines for Services and Groups
The Celebrating Diversity series is off to a great start! If you missed the performance of the Sarah Saul Jazz Combo, the video is available! You can still go to uusalem.org/CelebratingDiversity and get a ticket. We had many wonderful comments from listeners like “I feel like I’m in a jazz club” and other praises of Sarah’s wonderful … Continue reading Son Huitzilin Live or Online Concert November 12
The UUCS Microfinance team, supported by UUCS member donations, provides small loans for household economic activities in struggling communities. In early 2020, the Microfinance team allocated $5074 for loans to milk-producing households in the small community of Qqepa located high on the Altiplano of southern Peru. But the Covid-19 pandemic struck shortly thereafter, isolating rural … Continue reading Good News from the Peruvian Altiplano
The 2021 report from the Chijnaya Foundation on the Qqepa Animal Shed Project notes that the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the project. However the sheds will be completed in time for the rainy season in December 2021 and January 2022. See the full report below.
This Saturday, October 16, we could use help on the UUCS grounds. There are leaves to rake, invasive blackberry to kill, brush to be cleared, trees and plants to be pruned, etc. The weather looks favorable! Landscape Team members will be there from 10 am to 1 pm – all help will be greatly appreciated! … Continue reading Help with Landscape October 16, Saturday
