Sociocracy workshop
Sat, October 5, 1:30-3:30

John Braithwaite Community Center, Harbourview Room, 145 West 1st St., North VancouverThis workshop will be facilitated by Leonie Smith, founder of The Thoughtful Workplace and co-founder of Necessary Trouble Collective (with catherine strickland) and a certified Sociocracy trainer. Leonie has decades of experience working in and with non-profit organizations helping them to integrate principles of inclusion, accessibility and nonviolence.

This workshop is free for all UUSS members and we strongly encourage you to participate, even if you are not currently in a leadership position in the community. Our ability to adopt and integrate the principles of Sociocracy into how we govern ourselves - inclusion, equity, decentralization, empowerment and consent - relies on all of us learning and participating to our fullest ability.

If you have any questions, please reach out to catherine.

This will be an in person and remote event. You can register on the website.  Zoom link

Join other UUSS members as we take a field trip to Vancouver Unitarians on Sunday, Oct 6th. 
We will be attending the worship starting at 11 am featuring Dr. Roxy Manning, author of "How to Have Antiracist Conversations" in dialogue with Rev. Shawn Gauthier. 

Then, after the service, many of us will be participating in Roxy's 3 hour workshop "Antiracist Conversations: Dismantling Racism with Fierce Compassion". In this workshop we will learn practical tools and strategies to foster meaningful dialogues about race and systemic oppression.

You can learn more and register for this free workshop by clicking the link below. This will take you to the VanU page with additional information about the workshop and the registration form.

We hope to see you there!

INTO CIRCLE MEALS!

Joy Silver is once again inviting us all to participate in potluck lunches and dinners once a month in each other’s homes.  All you have to do is fill out the survey.  Joy will organize the lunches and dinners from four to six guests.  The more participants, the more circulation and opportunities for new folk to know us.

Carpooling can be arranged.

Any offerings to host a Potluck Dinner in October?  Your choice of date.

UUSS SAVE THE DATES

NEXT MONTHLY SERVICE
Sat October 19th at 5:00pm
Celebrating the sacred circle of life - The interdependent web of all existence after death

NEXT MONTHLY SERVICE
Sat October 19th at 5:00pm
Celebrating the sacred circle of life - The interdependent web of all existence after death

UUSS Craft Workshop
Sunday, Dec 1 @ 10:30am
Mollie Nye House, 940 Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver
This is a crafting experience for all ages open to members and friends of UUSS.

Are you interested in joining a book club? Last year a group met to read Karen Armstrong’s book Sacred Nature. Some book club suggestions:

1. Heather Cox Richardson’s Democracy Awakening

2. A literary fiction book club with a different book each month

3. A book, or books, related to our 8th principal such as White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better

4. A book, or books, about nature and/or environmental issues such asSacred Nature

If you would be interested in participating in a book club and/or have a suggestion for a book that you think would be a good starting point, let Cara know. We can have more than one group and can meet virtually or in person.

Second UUSS Monthly Gatherings start in November!!

Sunday, Nov 3, 11:00am -1:00
Mollie Nye House, 940 Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver

This is a gathering for connection and conversation. This month's theme: We’re supposed to be a “welcoming community of spiritual seekers”.  Spiritual seekers?  What on earth does that mean to you?  A short presentation by John Slattery followed by small group discussions. Soup lunch to follow. RSVP so we know how much soup to have on hand!

Congregational Conversations

Pastoral Care for Lay Led Congregations
Friday, October 25 @ 10:00am

Open to everyone, this session will focus specifically on the unique challenges of pastoral care when there is not full-time professional ministry available. What are your strengths? What help do you need? Where can help be found? What creative options have you tried? more info.

Communications Needs & Resources
Wednesday, Nov 20 @ 10:00am

Deciding Together 
October 5 @ 10:00 am 

The Decision Making Exploration Team is inviting your input on how the CUC makes decisions nationally at Annual General Meetings (AGMs). more info.

• Provides a brief overview of the current process, the report’s recommendations, and an opportunity to provide feedback.
• Maximizes available time for participant input.

Connect and Deepen
Saturday, Oct 26 @ 1:00pm

Connect & Deepen is an online community for adults interested in meaningful reflection, conversation, and shared ideas for living our values. This is a welcoming space that encourages spiritual as well as philosophical exploration, with an eye to putting these explorations into action. more info.

SOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

Did you know that almost 300 congregations are hosting a UU Climate Justice Revival!

On September 28-29,congregations will host UU Climate Justice Revivals to collectively reimagine a spirit-filled and liberatory future. Through conversations, worship, and advocacy, congregations will work together to realize climate justice and collective liberation in our communities. Congregations will receive everything they need to host a revival in their communities, including discussion guides and materials for all ages, training, worship resources, and advocacy actions designed to transform our communities through climate justice.

At the Revival, congregations will:

• collaboratively create  representation of the challenges of climate change
• Identify a vision for a flourishing future and actions we can take to make that vision a reality
• undertstand their role in the interdependent ecosystem of creating climate justice and collaborative liberation

Full Moon Gathering
October 17, 2024  4- 5pm 

Let's gather to honor the Hunter Supermoon! Register here