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UPCOMING UUSS EVENTS
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Stitch Witches
Saturday, June 27that 1 pm at Jessica's North Van Home
The Care & Concerns Team invites you to our second friendship gathering, Stitch Witches. People of all ages, genders, and rainbow identities are warmly welcomed to create hearts for our heart outreach to the people of Tumbler Ridge while we chat and snack. Beginners are warmly welcomed--we can help each other learn. Supplies will be provided. Nibble donations gratefully received. RSVP to Jessica’s email docjamm@gmail.com for directions and phone contact.
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Thank you to all who attended all of the events over the last weekend
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Important Dates of Note
Today is Juneteenth, June 19th
Juneteenth is an annual observance on June 19 to remember when Union soldiers enforced the Emancipation Proclamation and freed all remaining slaves in Texas on June 19, 1865. This day is an opportunity for people to celebrate freedom and equal rights in the United States.
June 21st is National Indigenous People’s Day
It's a time to celebrate the histories, cultures, languages, and contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples across Turtle Island. Here's a collection of meaningful resources that highlight Indigenous voices, stories, and perspectives. There's everything from podcasts and documentaries to books, performance, and cultural experiences.Explore the collection here.
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Hearts for Tumbler Ridge
Count for this week from Joy:
Heart-Makers - 76
Made by last week - 2,076
Made this week - 120
Made to date - 2,196
Goalby August 15th = 2,700
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It's concert time! Out In Harmony, the choir with the highest concentration of UUSS members, is holding a concert on June 20th.
The concert will be held at Vancouver Unitarians, 949 West 49th Avenue (at Oak). Doors open at 7:00 pm, show starts at 7:30 pm.
You can buy tickets online via Eventbrite for $20.50. Tickets at the door are $23.00. Free admission for youth under 18, and nobody turned away for lack of funds.
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From Jessica regarding the New Horizons for Seniors Program - Community-Based Project
Our UUSS congregation has an opportunity to apply— in partnership with Jessica MM--for a federal seniors-helping-seniors community grant. The CUC is generously offering to coach us during the grant application process, with a deadline of July 14. We have been invited to attend the CUC informational meeting this Sunday, June 21 at 5pm to learn more about this grant opportunity from the CUC. Jessica is hoping our congregation will want to partner with her in supporting this BEE-long fraud awareness project which she has researched and developed over the past two years. If you agree, we would not just be adding our UUSS name to the project, but also participating in community outreach and providing meaningful, supportive roles.
Very briefly, this BEE-long program is a pilot project. It would: (1) bring seniors together to record various types of scams that they observe over a 12-week period; (2) gather on a bi-weekly basis for facilitated activities designed to build friendships and discuss what, from their observations, rises to the top as the most urgent issues; and (3) teach back to each other and the wider community about the complexities of financial fraud and learn more about seniors’ needs. These seniors will then be invited to use various creative storytelling methods (comics, poetry, music, etc.) to teach back what they have learned. All throughout the project, friendship, humour, and play will be encouraged as ways to grow genuine community connection. Jessica will bring her three decades of award-winning teaching expertise to the program. Some of what the BEE-long project would be asking from our congregation is: help recruiting participants from the wider community, proving a home for our launch party and our final public celebration, and administrative, fiscal, and mentorship support. In return for that support, the grant allows up to $12,500 to come directly to our congregation for administration. Jessica would also ask for an honorarium for the professional facilitation of sessions and project management of this BEE-long pilot.
The CUC is eager to help us through the grant application process. If we receive the grant, together we would get to be part of something that could genuinely change how fraud awareness, community building, and advocacy get done in this country. Please reach out to Jessica or anyone on the planning team if you have concerns about or suggestions for this initiative.
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Activating the Canadian UU Ecosystem: Celebrating Canadian Unitarian Universalism Through the Arts June 20 12:00 pm
Dismantling Barriers: Engaging in Governance June 254:00 pm
Workshop: Projects, Partnerships & Practical Wisdom from RAMP!
June 2710:00 am
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