Registration for the fall series of Beloved Conversations (Virtual): Within through the Meadville-Lombard Theological School is open through August 31st. Sign up here. Scholarships are available! This virtual course is meant for white people who are ready to learn more about how knowledge, hope, imagination, love, and community can come together to combat racism in all its forms. Join dozens of your UUCM peers in completing this reflective education that is a great first step towards your own growth and helping our entire congregation on our journey to becoming anti-racist. From the Beloved Conversations: Within website on outcomes: “The aim of Beloved Conversations is to underline that racial justice work (and the self-understanding and personal work that are essential to it) is the work of our lifetime, and we engage it in different ways…everyone has work to do and we will all have different learning goals and outcomes. And the learning is never done- it only shifts and changes over time.” The course includes a series of 6 virtual lessons that drop to your inbox every other week from September 10 through December 3, 2024. Each participant is also assigned to a virtual study group that will meet every other week (at a time of the group’s choosing) via Zoom to process the lessons. Please contact Karen Zais with any questions.
UUCM Midweek Message | 8/15/2024
In this week’s Question Box, Rev Lisa explores: “As a chosen faith, why do our young adults eschew “church”? I’m thinking about my own experiences with mine—whom I KNOW are partly the adults they are because of the UUCM community, but who have no desire to “go to church”. Is this just a UU thing or does it happen in every denomination/ faith tradition? Have we failed as parents or as a congregation when our young people don’t continue on as active participants? How do we know?”
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Announcing the 2024 Fall Gala (formerly the UUCM Auction)!
The 2024 edition of our annual Fall fundraiser, with the theme of “Making Space for All”, will again blend in-person and on-line bidding events to raise money for the UUCM operating budget. Join us at church on November 2nd for food, music, fun, and live bidding on donated items. You may also participate in online bidding from October 25th through November 3rd. Visit the Fall Gala website at https://charityauction.bid/uucm2024 to learn more. Your donations of items, services, and events are what enables us to raise money, so please consider making a donation using this online form. Questions? Contact Karen or Fred Hulting. (Note: Inspired by UUCM’s commitment to anti-racism, the committee has decided to stop using the word “auction” to describe this event).
Ridwell Reminder!
RIDWELL REMINDER: Keep it up Ridwell Recyclers!! Come help us with prep every other Monday at 2 p.m. We’ll be meeting next on 8/26. The next featured item is plastic caps. Please drop off all items by noon on 8/26. Always bring CLEAN and dry threads (clothes & shoes), CLEAN white rigid styrofoam, CLEAN plastic film & multilayer plastic and any lightbulbs. Remember: Ridwell now accepts empty pill bottles, save them at home for future pick ups! Please call Kathy (612-590-9606) or Sue (612-703-2297) with any questions. We love questions!!
Next Weekend: Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Wacipi
Please join the UUCM Racial Justice Team at the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Wacipi! The Wacipi, also known as a Powwow, is a vibrant celebration of Native American culture, featuring traditional dance, music, drumming, crafts, food and beverages (no alcohol) and community. A group will be leaving from UUCM at 5 p.m. on August 17 to make it in time to see the Grand Entry march planned for 7 that evening. Everyone is welcome to attend even if you didn’t previously RSVP for transportation. Please view more information about the event here and more information about the etiquette you should keep in mind while attending here and here.
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