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Social Generosity Offering: May 2022

Each month, UUCM gives away the full amount of its offering to an organization doing the work for love, equity, and justice in our world.

Eleven UUCM youth (and seven adults) will be going to Harlan, Kentucky this year for the Appalachia Service Project trip, working to make homes in the Appalachia region warmer, safer, and drier. Our group is getting ready to go the week of 7/2-9. We’re expecting the trip to cost about $9500, so we need your help! There are several ways you can contribute to the trip. Click here for more details and contact Brian Zais with questions. Your gifts will help make this trip a reality!

How to Donate: You can donate online using a credit card at bit.ly/giveuucm. You may also mail a contribution to UUCM at 2030 Wayzata Blvd E, Wayzata MN 55391. Simply make your check out to “UUCM” with “Social Generosity” in the memo line.

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From the Board: May 2022

Each month, a member of the board will share a reflection on the Soul Matters monthly theme. The theme for May is Nurturing Beauty. This month’s post is offered by Janna Sperry Sundby. 

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” –Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Reviewing this quote made me pause.  I recently and unexpectantly lost a dear friend. He was beautiful and I did not know he was suffering.

He was a talented designer, developer, film maker, guitarist, singer, a joyous friend, a good cook, and great father. I hired him to create my first website back in 2000. He was thoughtful in helping me understand the process and I subsequently hired him to work with on websites for my clients. He could be loud, loved to use foul language, and loved his home country of Madrid Spain. Continue reading →

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UUCM Mid-Week Message 4/27/22

This week’s message offers … [static] … We interrupt your regular Wednesday programming to bring you this special message!

UUCM member Brian Zais shares the inside scoop on this summer’s Appalachia Service Project (ASP) youth trip and how you can show your support. After watching the video, click here to learn more and contact Brian with any questions.

You are also invited to view an introduction and link to April’s UUConnectMonthly newsletter, below the video message. 

ASP Mid Week

Click on the picture above to view this special ASP message.

April UUConnectApril 2022: UUConnect Monthly

We are privileged to share this edition of The UUConnectMonthly newsletter.   The Getting to Know UUs section features Rebecca Fobes and Rob Papke. In the Creative Expression section, discover books and music related to Awakening, this month’s Soul Matters theme. Read about UUCM members and friends’ recent guided tour of sacred sites at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers, led by Reverend Jim Bear Jacobs through the work of “Healing Minnesota Stories.”

Grateful to connect with you,
Stephanie Siewert and Lori Arnold – uuconnectmonthly@uucmtka.org

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Terracycle Collection

A Climate Justice Team Initiative
In an effort to continue reducing what goes into the waste stream, you now have an exciting new opportunity to recycle! Bring your snack bags (potato chips, pretzels and the like), candy bar wrappers and blister packs to church. There is a Terracycle box located by the Social Justice table in the community room for you to deposit your items. Let’s see how fast we can fill it up! Questions? Ask Sue Asinger.

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Anti-racism, the 8th Principle and Article II of the UUA By-Laws

Fred Hulting, Board President

Article II Study Commission A Conversation on Covenant Banner (1)The UUA is currently reimagining Article II of its By-Laws. This is the article that contains the formal statement of our seven UU principles. As part of this effort, the Article II Commission is seeking to include stronger language on anti-racism and anti-oppression. UUCM has an opportunity to engage and influence this work, consistent with our stated commitment to anti-racism and the actions that have been led by our Racial Justice Team. Continue reading →