VirtUUal RE: October 9, 2020
Welcome to the October theme of Deep Listening
This week in the Soulful Home packet we focus on the segments Around the Neighborhood and At Play. Check out this week’s video for a short synopsis.
If you haven’t received your Soul Kit yet, look in your mailbox this weekend.
UU Kids Connect
A free virtual gathering of UU kids K-8 from around the country and Canada! This program started as a summer camp and was such a success that they are continuing with monthly virtual gatherings. Click here to register.
Registration Time
Although we might not be having in-person RE on Sunday mornings yet, it is important to know who wants to connect – whether virtual or not. By registering, we can ensure that you get information on all programs and events for all ages this year. Sign up here!
Many Ways to Connect
All Families:
Fellowship – Sunday after worship – Join the virtual coffee hour zoom where parents and families can meet and greet in their own breakout room!
Halloween Campfire (weather permitting) – October 24 at 5:30-7:30 pm. Wear your costume, enjoy some s’mores, and maybe share a scary story or two! Sign up here.
Parents on the Porch – Pre-Election Support – October 25 at 8:30-9 pm – Grab your favorite beverage and join other parents on the porch – virtually – to share concerns and thoughts on the upcoming election and our monthly theme of Deep Listening. Sign up here.
Pre/K Kids and Families – POP (Parents of Preschoolers)! October’s materials are available here. The password is YouGotThis2020 (case sensitive.) This UU-based program is to be used all month long. Do whatever fits your family’s schedule. We’ll have a parent’s virtual gathering on October 26 at 8 pm to share our experiences. Sign up at here. Zoom info will be sent via email closer to the event.
1st-5th Kids and Families – Thursdays, October 15 at 4-4:45 pm – Sign up here.
6th-8th Families – Popcorn Theology Online – Sunday, October 11 at 9:30-10:30 am – Sign up here.
High School Youth – TBD – Look for emails with details!
For Adults
UCE Forum – Sunday, October 18th at 10 am
Of, By, and For the People: UU’s 5th Principle
Leader: Jim Kepler
The UUA is not a religious denomination. It is an association of autonomous congregations that are democratically governed, and mutually committed to principles derived from a variety of belief sources. We’ll discuss members’ democratic rights and obligations.
Click here to join the Zoom meeting. Meeting ID: 983 5136 0044 Passcode: 789218
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Visions of God
Tuesdays at 7-9 pm via Zoom
Facilitated by UCE members Bob Mesle and Dan Solomon.
This class aims to help people explore a range of important visions embracing or rejecting “God,” and to share personal journeys with each other. We hope class members will learn some new ideas, clarify familiar ones, make new connections, and enrich in their own thinking.
The question, “Do you believe in God?” is not productive unless we can get some clarity about what a person mean by “God.” But for us, the question certainly raises interwoven questions of both REALITY and VALUES. It asks about what exists and how the universe works. Talk of “God” also raises important questions about what values “God” stands for and what feelings are invoked. Geneticist and religious naturalist, Ursula Goodenough, notes that religion is about both “What is, and what matters.” –i.e., truth and ethics. Religions, including atheistic secularism, propose visions of reality coupled with claims about how we should treat each other given those beliefs. This class will explore how some concepts of “God” engage us in those reflections.
Click here to join the Zoom meeting. Meeting ID: 828 7766 5260, Passcode: 934455. One tap mobile +13126266799,,82877665260#,,,,,,0#,,934455# US (Chicago)
For more information, See the Adult RE page on the UCE Website, or email dan.solomon.45@gmail.com.
Christ for UU’s
Tuesdays, Nov. 10, 17; Dec. 1, 8, 15; 7:30-8:45 PM,
All sessions will be via Zoom.
Facilitated by UCE member Amy Pooley.
- What can we as Unitarian Universalists learn from reading the New Testament?
- Who was Jesus and why does he matter?
- How can getting in touch with our Unitarian and our Universalist roots help us rethink the Christian message and even understand it in a new way?
Join us in discussing these questions and more on five Tuesdays in November and December. The course will be based on readings from the New Testament and the recent Beacon Press release “Christ for Unitarian Universalists.” We welcome you to purchase a copy of the book here to follow the course’s reading schedule, but the discussion will also be accessible for those who have not done the reading and would simply like to show up to share and listen.
Amy Pooley has been a UU for over a decade and a Christian for just a few years. She has a love for our faith’s Unitarian and Universalist roots. She is a graduate student in Counseling and she and her wife Ruth are the moms of a toddler.
If you’re interested in attending, please click here to RSVP.
Contact Amy Pooley at amycpooley@gmail.com if you have questions.