November 9-13, 2020 - 10 Lyons Plains Road Westport, CT 06880 - Phone: 203.227.7205
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Click HERE for registration for Sunday morning 9:00 AM in-person services.
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EXPO SHOWCASE: SAFER CONGREGATIONS |
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This week we share a message from our Safer Congregations Committee. Do you know what they are doing for us? You will after watching this!
Remember, EXPO 2020 is on the homepage of our website, or you can click to see it HERE .
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DEALING WITH THE BLUES THIS HOLIDAY?
Please join us this Friday Nov 13, 5:30-6:30 PM
The Safer Congregation invites you to attend this helpful hourlong seminar this Friday evening. See prior SOUNDINGS for full info. Questions? Contact Rev. John or Wendy Levy.
ZOOM room HERE Meeting ID: xxxxxxxxxxxx
Password: xxxxxx Landline: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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CONNECT FUNDRAISER: WE'RE GETTING CLOSER!!
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Great news! We have are getting closer to reaching our goal of $10,000! Please help us with the last remaining monies - or help us go even beyond our goal! Wouldn't that be fabulous? We finish this weekend.
Our technical improvements will strengthen our live streaming and digital capabilities while enabling our congregation to CONNECT and engage in these unprecedented times.
To give, go to vop.tucw.org, or simply send a check to the church, and put CONNECT in the Memo line. Please give today as you are able. Questions? Contact Sam Somashekar.
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ENJOYING OUR MUSIC BUT MISSING OUR HYMNAL IN YOUR HANDS? |
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If you would like our hymnal (Singing the Living Tradition) at home to access all of the readings or to sing along - even in harmony? - with our singers, we suggest you contact the UUA Bookstore to order one for yourself. It's easy to do! CLICK HERE. Questions? Contact Rev. Ed.
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OUR #BLM MOVIE GROUP MEETS NOVEMBER 11, 7- 8:30 PM |
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Our next gathering of our #BLM movie group is this Wednesday, November 11, and the movie is TIME, a Sundance Award winner which The New Yorker favorably reviewed. Click on the photo to see the trailer.
Questions? Contact Beth Cliff or Sudha Sankar. Join us on ZOOM, HERE. Meeting ID: xxxxxxxxxxx Passcode: xxxxxxxxxxx
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ANTI-RACISM TRAINING
Organized by Temple Israel, with Rev. John as one of the facilitators.
Five Tuesdays, 8:00-9:00 PM, Nov. 17 & 24, Dec. 1, 8 & 15. via ZOOM
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This course will follow Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s pioneering model of anti-racism education. We will explore our own assumptions and behaviors, and will develop strategies for dismantling racist attitudes, systems and structures.
Our goal will be to re-orient our own world view and to build habits that lead us to actively confront and combat racism on a regular basis. We all want to turn our homes, schools, institutions and community into anti-racist spaces. Let’s begin here.
Participants are asked to register for the entire series, and advanced registration is required. After registering, participants will receive a confirmation email which contains information about joining the meeting on ZOOM. CLICK HERE to register. |
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•ONGOING PROGRAMMING THIS WEEK •
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Mondays 6:30-8 PM via ZOOM Buddhist Practice Group Nina Nagy Let Nina know you are attending.Teachings offered on a donation basis.
Tuesdays 8-9 PM , Nov. 17, 24; Dec 1, 8, 15. Anti-Racism Training. Organized by Temple Israel. Must register in advance. See above. Rev. John.
Wednesdays: 7-8:15 PM The Power of Now Jim Francek; 7-9 PM Is Mysticism Where Science and Religion Meet? Bart Stuck and 7-8:30 PM (Every other Wed; check calendar) #BLM Movie Night. ZOOM HERE. Beth Cliff Sudha Sankar
Thursdays, 4-5 PM Talking Circles. ZOOM HERE. Jim Francek
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Our complete calendar is always on our website. Click HERE for quick access.
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ZOOM Information for All TUCWomen Gatherings: Meeting room: HERE ID: xxxxxxxxx
Password: xxxxxxxx. Landline: xxxxxxxxxxxx
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• Tapping Circles Every Monday in November. 7:00–8:30 PM
• Sacred Circles with Grandmother Nancy Tuesday November 10 and 24. 7:30-9:00 PM
• Virtual Potluck: Join us from the comfort of your own home for conversations with old friends and new. Friday, November 20, 7:00 PM on ZOOM. Contact Eileen Belmont
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Black Lives Matter Meeting: This Friday, Nov. 13, 7-8:30 PM
Where do we go from here? Our discussion will include programs for ending police violence, K-12 educational projects to face racism, and creating a conference on ending systemic racism.
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PASTORAL CARE
If you are going through a challenging time or know somebody in the congregation who needs support from our Pastoral Care Chaplains, call to leave a confidential message in the PCA voice mailbox 203-227-7205 ext. 19 or email pca@uuwestport.org.
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CARING NETWORK
Our support network is available to provide tangible help for friends in need: meal delivery, pharmacy runs, grocery shopping, a regular phone call of connection. Contact a minister or coordinators Mary Jane Cross or Beth Cliff.
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ADDICTION RECOVERY
For individuals or families of our congregation seeking confidential support or information about addiction issues. Please contact our Addiction Recovery Ministry by calling 203-227-7205 ext. 19 or emailing pca@uuwestport.org
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The Unitarian Church in Westport is a diverse and welcoming religious community, free of creed and dogma, and open to people of all backgrounds and beliefs.
WE INSPIRE and support individual spiritual growth.
WE CONNECT through worship, music, learning, and caring ministries.
WE ACT in the service of peace and justice.
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