Unitarian Universalists of the Salish Sea 

Unitarian Universalists
of the Salish Sea

April 3, 2026

UPCOMING UUSS EVENTS

Healing Together 

Hello Beloveds,

Many of us still carry trauma and distress from the experiences that led us to leave NSUC. And while this resulted in us creating our wonderful UUSS community, we continue to be impacted and possibly limited by these experiences. 

Please join us for a Healing Together session on Saturday, April 18th from 2 pm to 4 pm at St. Margaret's Cedar Cottage. This event will offer us an opportunity to share our stories and be witnessed as well as offer some tools and practices that can help us process our unresolved impact. The session will be lead by Lindsay Hindle, Casey Stainsby and catherine strickland.

Next Saturday Service directly following the Healing Session on   April 18th at 5:00pm
"Nourishing Nature"

We can experience spiritual healing through our engagement with nature, not just with our minds but in our bodies and hearts. As we nourish and help to heal our earth we are in turn nourished and healed. The love and connection we feel in community is enhanced by our connection to the interdependent web of life and can sustain us in hard times. Please join us as we practice healing ourselves and the earth through song, story and engagement with nature as we approach Earth Day. 

Updates from your Planning Team

The Planning Team meets every 3rd Wednesday of the month gathering status from all of the other teams (circles soon?) and monitoring the administrative aspects of helping keep UUSS going.Here are some updates from the last meeting on March 26:

• We are working on getting UUSS to be a charitable society.  We have submitted our packet after much work to the CUC and are awaiting their feedback
• This is Casey's last month with us for her practicom. Her last planning team meeting with us is next month.  She has been primarily working with Worship Team and Sociocracy and most recently helping with the Healing Journey planned for April 18th.
• Cares and Concerns will be scheduling another Stitch Witches event to make more hearts in support the Heart Ministry.  The target is 2400 hearts to be delivered to Tumbler Ridge.
• For Social & Environmental Justice, Robyn has been representing us on two different projects that focus on one where different agencies opposing federal government funding for pipelines: BC Climate emergency campaign and Mother Tree Leaders Program, organized by Sierra Club.
• Financially, we are running a good balance to cover expenses.
• In Communication, Ryan and Cynthia welcome James as a major contributor to our services. Enews has changed its format a bit in the last few week's for better accessibility. We currently have 55 Facebook followers and 140 Instagram followers.  Please use our hashtag @uusalishsea when posting.
• Metro UUs are starting a chaplaincy support committee for all metro congregations who have chaplains and maybe not enough people to form support committees for chaplains. 
  
  

UUSS AGM will be held after the June Service on June 20th.

NO GATHERING THIS SUNDAY
due to the date falling on
Easter Sunday

There is a Metro UU cross border support Google group just starting up. For anyone interested in joining a discussion about how we can support UU's in the States, especially our LGBTQ+ friends, please contact Cara.

SOCIAL JUSTICE

Join the Metro UUs Ecochallenge! The Team is named Metro-Van-Unis - JOIN the team!

From 350.org: Demand powerlines not pipelines 

From Amnesty International : Urgent action - Call Call on the US to drop charges against journalists for doing their job.

From Action Network: Tell Carney to join other leaders in opposing Israel's  inhumane Prisoners Execution Law.

From LeadNow: Tell our Canadian Pension Plan to stop funding ICE

HAPPY APRIL FOOLS FROM CUC!
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“Unitarian Universalists: The MUUsical”
Coming to a Congregation Near You

Congregations are in for a treat this spring with the CUC’s national service. Starting April 2, 2026, a recording will be provided to all congregations who request it of the smash Broadway hit: “Unitarian Universalists: The MUUsical.”

“Unitarian Universalists: The MUUsical” was written by a group of musically gifted UU young adults who hoped to give Unitarian Universalism a publicity boost similar to that which “The Book of Mormon” gave to that faith.

In keeping with the living tradition that has long guided UU’s, the musical puts a fresh spin on old classics. Audiences will find themselves singing along with “The RuuM Where It Happens”, a spoof of the song from “Hamilton”, about the hidden world of UU board meetings, and “Oklahoma”, which has been rewritten as a gospel tune featuring the choir of Tulsa’s All Souls Unitarian Church, one of the world’s largest UU congregations.

While the recording of the musical is being provided to congregations free of charge, tickets for live performances are hard to come by: seats for the Broadway show have been packed for months.