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We Are Unitarian Universalists
We are brave, curious, and compassionate thinkers and doers. We are diverse in faith, ethnicity, history and spirituality, but aligned in our desire to make a difference for the good. We have a track record of standing on the side of love, justice, and peace.
We have radical roots and a history as self-motivated spiritual people: we think for ourselves and recognize that life experience influences our beliefs more than anything.
We need not think alike to love alike. We are people of many beliefs and backgrounds: people with a religious background, people with none, people who believe in a God, people who don’t, and people who let the mystery be.
We are Unitarian Universalist and Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Humanist, Jewish,
Muslim, Pagan, atheist and agnostic, believers in God, and more.
On the forefront of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer inclusion for more than 40 years, we are people of all sexual orientations and gender identities.
We seek to welcome you: your whole self, with all your truths and your doubts, your worries and your hopes. Join us on this extraordinary adventure of faith. Get involved!
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THIS WEEK’S CHURCH CALENDAR
Monday – December 16
Tuesday – December 17
11am – Noon Truly Mindful Meditation
Tina will be present. All are invited to try different forms of meditation together each week. You don’t have to have attended before to try this out!
12:30 – 2:30pm Tina’s Office Hours
Please make an appointment so you won’t have to wait.
6pm SIUUC Gardening Forum
Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/94884266239
Phone: 1 253 215 8782 ID: 94884266239
If you would like to be included in the Garden Forum weekly email synopsis and email discussions, please contact Edna at skyislandchurch@gmail.com.
6:30 – 8pm Dharma Buddhists Meditation
Wednesday – December 18
8am Meditation
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/97417456265
Phone: 1 669 900 9128 ID: 97417456265
6 – 7:30pm Wondering Wednesdays
Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/99892265318
Phone: 1 669 900 9128 ID: 99892265318
Come join us for Wondering Wednesday at 6pm on Zoom, where we are always wondering how everyone is doing, and catch up on the latest in the SIUUC Community. Feel free to pop in for some friendly conversation and maybe a chuckle or two.
Thursday – December 19
11:30am Men’s Luncheon. Contact Pat Aronna if you plan to attend.
Friday – December 20
11am – 3pm EAF
1pm – ??pm Board Games
For all Zoom meetings, if you need to call in by phone you can call 1-253-215-8782.
The meeting ID is the last 11 digits of the corresponding link.
RECURRING MONTHLY ACTIVITIES
9am First Friday – First Friday Hike
11am Second Friday – Church Ladies Lunch at the Country House Restaurant.
11:30am Third Thursday – Men’s Luncheon. Contact Pat Aronna if you plan to attend.
11am – 3pm Third Friday – EAF
1pm – ??pm Third Friday – Board Games
12pm Third Sunday – Board of Directors meet at the church following Sunday Service.
10:30am Fourth Tuesday – Sunday Services Committee. All those interested are welcome to attend.
10:30am Fourth Sunday 2nd Collection
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New Things To Do at Sky Island UU
SERVICE FOR DECEMBER 15
“Yule with a Druid”
This week’s entire service, not just the sermon, is best described as offering “Yule with a Druid.” Our very own member, Keeta Bonfield, will describe the rituals she grew up with. If you have questions for her, or a tradition that you have celebrated this time of year, which you’d like to describe for us, come prepared to talk at one point in the service. Keeta says, “Druids like to learn,” so we want to hear about your holiday observances as well.
In-Person and on Zoom:
Phone: 1-253-215-8782
Meeting ID: 989 1828 0553
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REV. TINA’S WEEK
This past week was full of helpful meetings. I went to Tucson last Friday with a group from church who learned how to use the AED (automated external defibrillator) donated to us by the Gootter-Jensen Foundation to respond quickly in case of sudden cardiac arrest. The equipment came with a DVD, which we will show after church early in 2025, so that more of us are comfortable using it in an emergency. Last Saturday I attended a multi-faith meeting at Southside Presbyterian Church in Tucson for clergy to explore ways churches can work with migrant-led groups. The group Paisanos Unidos spoke to us about steps they are already taking to prepare themselves for deportations: having wills, powers of attorney prepared and accessible so that their children and cars have a place to go if the adults are taken. Sunday I preached at Mountain Vista Unitarian Universalist Congregation, meeting new BAJA 4 folks and reconnecting with ones with whom I trained to teach Adult Our Whole Lives.
Thursday I made it to the “chaplain’s breakfast” to which all clergy in Cochise County are invited once a month. We learned of a fund SSVEC pays to St. Vincent de Paul to cover utility bills for indigent people and the working poor, a good supplement to what our Emergency Assistance Fund does. We also learned about an evening with a holocaust survivor that will be held at Buena High School next week (see announcements below). Later on Thursday, I met on Zoom with Sacred Earth: Common Ground, a group organizing a day of storytelling and sharing among three different churches in Sierra Vista, ours is one, in February of 2025.
Rev. Tina’s Office Hours will be on Tuesday this week from 12:30 to 2:30. Please make an appointment so you won’t have to wait.
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Mindfulness Meditation
Come for mindfulness meditation each Tuesday from 11am – noon at the church. We take turns leading it, but don’t feel that you have to.
Come and try it out, no experience necessary.
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Wondering Wednesdays
Come join us for Wondering Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. (local time) on Zoom, where we are always wondering how everyone is doing, and catch up on the latest in the SIUUC Community. Feel free to pop in on the rest of us for some friendly conversation and maybe a chuckle or two.
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Caring Corner
Joan Owen, whom you may not have seen often during worship but who frequently helped as an office volunteer – updating our calendar in the office, for example – just started on hospice last week. She would love to have visitors but asks that you call first. Her phone number is 360-316-6826.
If you have a joy you’d like to share or a sorrow you’d like people to hear, please send an email to skyislandchurch@gmail.com
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Pacific Western Region News
Pacific Western Region Newsletter for September 2024
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Winter Solstice Worship
December 19, 2024
8-9pm ET | 7-8pm CT| 6-7pm MT| 5-6pm PT
The longest night of the year is a time we drop into stillness, honor the dark, release the pain and struggle of life. We also embrace the light of strength and courage. This year, UU Ministry for Earth (UUMFE) partners with the UU Service Committee (UUSC) and UU College of Social Justice (UUCSJ) to bring you worship and stories from partners in Kiribati where climate justice is culture justice and disability justice.
Our guest speaker is Rev. Manish Mishra-Marzetti, UUSC Board of Trustees Co-Chair and Senior Minister of the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
During the service, we will collect an offering which will be shared between UU Ministry for Earth and the people of Kiribati. You can donate then or now by noting “Winter Solstice” in the memo line.
Recurring ZOOM Links
For all Zoom meetings, if you need to call in by phone
, you can call 1-253-215-8782. The meeting ID is the last 11 digits of the corresponding link.
, you can call 1-253-215-8782. The meeting ID is the last 11 digits of the corresponding link.If you are a Zoom user, and it’s good to see some of you on Sunday mornings or on one of our various topical meetings, please check for updates. When you open Zoom, somewhere on your screen there should be a zoom.us entry. For me, it’s on the very very top of my screen on the left. When you click on that, there should be a drop down menu with a number of options. One of them should say “Check for updates…..” and that’s what you want to click on. Since Zoom seems to have an update almost every week, you might be a bunch of weeks behind. Let’s all get current!
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Wednesday 8AM meditations and phone in information is: HERE
or copy and paste: https://zoom.us/j/97417456265
phone: 669 900 9128 #97417456265
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*Wondering Wednesday Zoom Meetings: 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 998 9226 5318
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+13462487799,,99892265318#
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Sunday: @ 10:30am Church Service
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/98918280553
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*Sunday Social Hour at 11:30AM is:
or copy and paste: https://zoom.us/j/97380861311
phone: 669 900 9128 #97380861311
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NOTE NEW TIME
Garden Forum Tuesdays at 6PM:
Join Tuesday Zoom Meeting:
https://zoom.us/j/
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