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THIS WEEKEND
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TOMORROW
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Sociocracy workshop
Sat, October 5, 1:30-3:30
John Braithwaite Community Center, Harbourview Room, 145 West 1st St., North Vancouver
This 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
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SUNDAY
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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!
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ALSO on SUNDAY
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Soul Matters are small groups that meet consistently on a monthly basis to companion each other on our individual journeys of discovery and growth. We do this using a packet of materials researched by a group of highly skilled UU professionals. The method used is deep listening as taught by the Quaker teacher and activist Parker Palmer. The method promotes a “heart” over “head” experience, and a chance to get to know our fellow group members on a very deep level. Small groups are a time-proven way to increase connections in spiritual community. And you may just find that the practice of deep listening translates well into more meaningful interactions in other areas of your life.
This year’s monthly themes are The Practice of….Invitation, Deep Listening, Repair, Presence, Story, Inclusion, Trust, Joy, Imagination, Freedom. But regardless of the topic, I find myself surprised at what I discover about myself through this process.
Soul Matters groups are starting up again. There is plenty of space. Current groups that meet in-person on the third Wednesday morning, a weekend, and on Zoom on the fourth Monday evening are all seeking and welcoming new participants. And new groups either in-person or virtual are always possible. Please let Anne Mayall know of your interest or questions. Email annemayall51@gmail.com, or call or text 778-686-3643.
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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.
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UUSS SAVE THE DATES
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NEXT MONTHLY SERVICE
Sat October 19th at 5:00pm
Celebrating the sacred circle of life - The interdependent web of all existence after death
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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
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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 as Sacred 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.
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