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Unitarian Universalists
of the Salish Sea
Weekly Update
December 20, 2024
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TOMORROW!!
Saturday, December 21 at 5:00
St Margarets Cedar Cottage,
1530 E 22nd, Vancouver
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Come gather around the solstice fire, to share stories and songs to help weather the winter. Join us for all-ages stories both silly and serious, and to explore the power of storytelling as a tool for learning, survival, building shared identity, and having fun.
This service will take place indoors, at St Margarets Cedar Cottage, with food and fellowship to follow.
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Coming up in the new year
January Sunday Gathering: "Exploring spirituality through literature -
what is your holy book?
Sunday, January 5 at 11:00am
Molly Nye House, 940 Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver
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This is a gathering for connection and conversation. January's theme: Exploring spirituality through literature-what is your holy book? You are invited to bring a book that has shaped your spiritual journey or simply spoken to you in a profound way.
Soup lunch to follow discussion. Please RSVP to Barbara.Moore@vch.ca so we know how much soup to have on hand!
While the purpose of this gathering is to provide in-person connection, we understand that some homebound folks may also want to participate. If you are unable to attend in-person, please contact Barb (see above) to receive a zoom link.
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Also coming up in the new year - we need your review!!
We will be looking for your input on the following:
- final logo
- UUS Convenant
- Vision and Mission statements
Please watching your email and also the Member section on the website for the surveys.
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Christmas Donations
Bring Easter Eggs!
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To get a 2024 tax receipt, make sure you submit your donations by Dec 31st. Please use our new email address for eTransfers, visit https://uusalishsea.ca/Donate for up-to-date instructions.
from Ryan Guenther, Treasurer
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Happy Holidays, everyone!!
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CONGREGATIONAL CONVERSATIONS
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Connect and Deepen
Saturday, Dec 21 @ 1:00pm
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Calls to Action
Support The Emissions Cap: Send a Letter Before January 8
The federal consultation on the emissions cap gives us one more chance to tell our government to make the emissions cap stronger and to implement it now. Don't let our voices be drowned out by fossil fuel lobbyists - send a letter before the consultation period closes on January 8!
Send a letter
You are invited to join an Antiracism Learning Circle this winter/spring. It’s on Zoom, so you can join from anywhere! First Unitarian in Portland is the organizer. The first Circles start the week of January 16th.
Full descriptions, schedules & registration information are HERE.
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Canadian Wellspring
2025 Cohort
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Love at the Center: UU Values and Covenants is a transformational program that will explore the enduring love that is at the core of Unitarian Universalism. You will explore the related values and covenants through the lens of abiding love, building community, acting in faith, rooting in growth, and transforming in love.
As a part of the Canadian religious professionals cohort, we will also be exploring the interplay between Love at the Center and our CUC theological statements: 8 Principles, 6 Sources, and 5 Aspirations. By having this conversation in a heart and spiritually centred structure, we hope to come away with clarity and inspiration on how to lead these conversations amongst Canadian Unitarians and UUs.
The 11-session “Love at the Center: UU Values and Covenants” originally grew out of the work of the Article II Study Commission. It has grown to encompass resources and reflections that will allow each of us to nurture our values and share our experiences and stories to explore and strengthen our faith.
The facilitators for your program are Revs. Arran Morton and Samaya Oakley. We will be meeting on every second Monday (skipping May long weekend) January 13th through Jun 9th at 1:30pm for 2 hours on Zoom.
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Our UUA has created a number of images to celebrate and lift up our new UU values. They have also encouraged UUs to use their creativity to create and share other images and graphics to bring our new values to life.
Inspired by these imaginative efforts, our own Soul Matters membership director, Susan Arnold, recently created an image to express her excitement about our new UU values. It is rooted in the idea of love manifesting itself in the world through the other six values. And she is generously sharing her image with all UU congregations to use in any way that is useful!
You can download her main image and its variants by going to the Members Page on our website. Here is the direct link: https://www.soulmatterssharingcircle.com/values-graphics.html
You will notice that Susan has created three versions of the image, so be sure to download them all.
You do not have to credit Susan or ask permission to use the images. But if you want to send Susan a thank you, you can email her at susan@soulmatterssharingcircle.com
Finally, here is how Susan describes her vision for the image:
"Inspired by our faith's bold embrace of loved-centered values that will lead us into the future, I kept thinking about the idea of a flame of love with the values as the light spreading out into the world. This graphic grew out of that idea. It's my small attempt to support our faith's effort to bring more love to our world, which is desperately needed right now." -Susan
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Check the calendar on our website for more events!
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