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Board Seeking Counsel on Priority Areas

October 22nd, 2022 by

This past summer, the Board set three priority areas for our attention this fiscal year. Those areas are:

Reconnecting our community in-personCaring for volunteersRecommitting to anti-racism work at UUCPA

Of course, the Board cares about all aspects of UUCPA, but these three areas are getting some extra attention … read more.

Board Member of the Month – October 2022 (Heather)

October 22nd, 2022 by

Meet Your Leaders! 

Did you know that our community is led by an all-volunteer Board of Trustees that meets monthly? Anyone is welcome to attend our meetings and learn how UUCPA is governed. In an effort to make the Board more accessible to the entire community, … read more.

Phone problems? Please persist!

October 21st, 2022 by

We were having some troubles with our phone system at UUCPA this week, so if you have encountered any difficulties in getting through, please try again next week or email us now. Staff email addresses are all here.

In particular, the … read more.

Graphic of numerous Unitarian Universalists in various candid and portrait shots, with the text "Unitarian Universalist Association Article II Study Commission." UUA logo and a photo of a chalice.

UUA’s Article II Commission Releases Draft

October 21st, 2022 by

Principles revised with an eye to what is “inspirational, memorable and poetic, inclusive, welcoming, and explicitly anti-racist”

For two years, a commission of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) has been reviewing Article II of the association’s by-laws, which is where the principles, purposes, and sources of … read more.

BYO Halloween Fair Trade Chocolate – Free Samples this Sunday

October 15th, 2022 by

Free samples of Fair Trade chocolate will be available on the UU The Vote table this Sunday!

Action Council will not be selling fair trade chocolate this year, so you will have to buy your own (BYO) for trick-or-treating.  However, we have done the research for … read more.

Forum Topics for November 2022

October 15th, 2022 by

The Forum meets from 9:00 to 10:15 Sunday mornings. Here are the Forum topics for November 2022:

11/6 The fishing industry and the status of fish in the world – Katherine Pering and Cecil Bridges11/13  How the South won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing … read more.

Spotlight on: Web / Weekly Update content updating

October 11th, 2022 by

I’ll be posting frequently about ways to connect via volunteering. Why? Because alongside small groups, volunteering is usually the fastest, surest way to feel like you are really a part of a community. The key is to choose something that you enjoy and that fits … read more.

Brown Bag Books book list Nov ’22 – Apr ’23

October 9th, 2022 by

The Brown Bag Books group meets via Zoom, year-round (except in July and August) on the first Tuesday of each month from noon to 2 pm. Monthly sessions are always lively and enjoyable, everyone brings a sense of humor.

Book selections for November 2022 – … read more.

UUCPA Member, Bear Capron’s book launch party, Oct 29

October 9th, 2022 by

Bear Capron has published a memoir, Easy to Love, and UUCPA is the place for the launch party! To get RSVP information, contact Bear Capron from the UUCPA directory or email uucpa@uucpa.org to ask for Bear’s contact info.

There will be music, hors d’oeuvres, and of course … read more.

Text about This Here Flesh reflection group, with the cover illustration from the book: what looks like both a set of lungs and the roots of a tree, in gold

Buy the book and save the date

October 4th, 2022 by

Reflection Group: This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us, by Cole Arthur Riley

Beginning on November 2 and continuing until just before she leaves on sabbatical, Amy will be leading a reflection group on the book This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, … read more.