All Website Updates from UUSS

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All Website Updates from UUSS

July 18, 2016

Our Whole Lives Sexuality Education

UUSS will hopefully offer the Our Whole Lives Sexuality Education program for two different age groups in the 2016-2017 RE year. Classes for children in grades …

July 14, 2016

Games Night Tomorrow! 7-15-16 @ 6 PM

Have An All-American Blast at Games Night! Friday, July 15 at 6:00 – 9:00 PM Sophia Fahs Classroom Featured Game: Wits & Wagers Potluck Theme: All-American

July 13, 2016

RE Mosaic Materials needed!

On August 21 and 28, the RE ArtWorks project will be making mosaic stepping stones. The goal will be that each young person makes one to …

July 9, 2016

American River Parkway Stewards

Record Crew of 17 Out To Clean The UU Parkway Mile!

Just part of our July 9 record of 17 UUs, out to clean up UU's adopted mile of the Parkway today are, from left to right: Larry Shaw, Joe Turner, Sarah Turner, Shirley Paulson, Eric Ross, Cassandra Sove, Linda Brandenburger, Laura Berard, Roger Olson, Tamara Olson and Mojde Noroozi. Not able to stay for the photo, but also participating, were Nancy Gilbert, Margaret Licha, Patricia Pratt, and Don Thornberry. And, Lucas Cahn-Evans is below; Dave Dawson is behind the camera.

Hi, All, Three cheers to each of the 17 spirited folks who came out to clean up the UU mile of the American River Parkway this …

July 8, 2016

UUSS Art Committee presents

The Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento presents Manzanar An exhibition of the artwork of David Peterson, Rebecca Jaggers, and Woody Hansen. Exhibit dates August 5 to …

July 7, 2016

Welcome Kits from UUSS found their way to a new Family

World Relief Director, Joy Justus expressed gratitude to UUSS for our generous donations of Welcome Kits and cash to supply new apartments for arriving families. Here …

July 6, 2016

Welcome New Trustees

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Welcome to VP Margaret Wilcox and Members at Large – Kathy Bernard, Elizabeth Pataki, and Sally White. Thank you for offering to serve our Congregation! And a fond farewell to …

June 30, 2016

It’s not too late to get started reading our July Book

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Our “Challenging Books for Challenging Times” summer reading for July is The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson. This epic, beautifully written masterwork chronicles one …

June 25, 2016

An All-American Games Night 7-15-16 @ 6:00 PM

Have An All-American Blast at Games Night! Friday, July 15 at 6:00 – 9:00 PM Sophia Fahs Classroom Featured Game: Wits & Wagers Potluck Theme: All-American

June 25, 2016

Refugee Welcome Kit Success!

Thank you so much to all who donated and helped to make our Refugee Welcome Kit event such a success. Not only were we able to put …

June 25, 2016

We Are Family @ Games Night!

It was an all-out feud between The Hope Family and The S.O.B. Family… all in good fun though, as can be seen in the photos below. All in all, …

June 22, 2016

RE Summer Solstice Yoga

All in thanks to UUSS yoga teacher: Paige Labrie!

June 22, 2016

2016 Camp Photos!

June 21, 2016

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I (Dirk) will be available at church from 12p to 8p on June 28th for help with your group’s pages, posting on the site, etc. Hit comment if you’d like to schedule a specific time.

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June 19, 2016

Lost and Found!

Feedback has been good. All Ages Camp 2016 was a hit! Mark your Calendar for 2017 June 9, 10, and 11 we’ll do it again! Lost …

June 18, 2016

New page with information about our Zazzle store. You can now purchase items with our sculpture logo which makes a contribution to the church.

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June 16, 2016

Join us for Family Feud! (Fri. 17th) @ 6 PM

Join us for an evening of fun with your UUSS family on Friday, June 17 at 6:00 PM in the Fahs Room! Featured Game: Family Feud …

June 16, 2016

Build Welcome Kits After Service – Sun. June 19

Please stick around after service this Sunday to help assemble Refugee Welcome Kits. We have many supplies, and each kit will help a new refugee family set up …

June 15, 2016

Build for Unity — invitation to UUSS for an interfaith Habitat project

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From my June 12 sermon “Beyond Religion”: This brings me to a telephone call I received recently. Jeff VonKanel, the publisher of the Sacramento News & Review is a member …

June 13, 2016

Walking the Walk UU Justice Summit & Camp–July 16-19

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–Held at the Jesuit Center of the Sierra in nearby in Applegate, California. Register now for UU Justice Ministry of California’s multi-generational justice conference, bringing together justice-seeking UUs and …

June 13, 2016

UUSS Misc.

Love.

We are all a part of the human family.

June 12, 2016

Board of Trustees

Finishing Strong for the Fiscal Year–

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Our Board, ministers and staff hope to end the 2015-16 UUSS fiscal year without a deficit in our operating fund, and that goal is in sight! Do you have a …

June 11, 2016

American River Parkway Stewards

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UU Parkway Mile Cleanup Job Well Done Again!

June 11, 2016 UUSS Parkway Cleanup Crew: From left, rear: Karen Hirsch, Toby Olson, John Abbott, Larry Thomas
Larry Shaw, Don Thornberry, Cassandra Sove. Front row from left: Betty Crockford, Nancy Gilbert, Lloyd Crockford,
Margaret Licha, Barbara Gardner.

Here’s a hearty “Huzzah!” to a wonderful crew of folks who showed up today to clean up the UU mile of the American River Parkway! With so …

June 10, 2016

Religious Education

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RE Labyrinth Day

June 10, 2016

Walkin' Boots

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Evening Hike, Sunday June 12, at 7 PM, Johnson-Springview Park, Rocklin

Hike at Johnson-Springview Park, Rocklin Sunday June 12, 2016 at 7 PM Join the Walkin’ Boots on a gentle 2-mile walk at Johnson-Springview Park in Rocklin. …

June 9, 2016

Service Auction

Added a NO PHOTOS version of the auction recipes for printing w/ less ink…

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June 9, 2016

All Ages Camp

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Firewood!

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I worry about a lot of things to make sure the All Ages Camp is a RAGING success and one of them is that we all need to bring firewood …

June 6, 2016

American River Parkway Stewards

Shall We Gather At The River? UU Parkway Mile Cleanup This Saturday

Inexplicably I awoke this morning with the title line from the old gospel song “Shall We Gather At The River” in my head. Pretty strange for …

June 4, 2016

Board of Trustees

Shared Offering Recipient in June

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In June we give half of our Sunday offerings to the local chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, which champions research and invests in advocacy and public education. It makes …

June 4, 2016

UUSS Misc.

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A sad loss even if you didn’t know Thelma White–

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Thelma White passed away last week after a series of strokes in recent yeras and a recent fall. She was 90 years old and had lived in a series of …

June 3, 2016

Adult Enrichment

Men, the Feminine, and the Unmaking of the Patriarchy

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Explore the resolution of gender conflict and how men and women can grow into a relationship of inclusion and love at a presentation by Dennis Pottenger, a psychotherapist and member …