Feed Your Spirit and Grow Your UU Identity! Are you looking for ways to live your faith and grow as a UU beyond what happens at our church? The Unitarian Universalist Association, UU Ministry for the Earth, Side with Love, Soul Matters, local organizations and many more groups provide fantastic ways to live your faith values. This post offers adults and families faith formation opportunities that will connect you with the wider UU world and our local communities. Check back often as this post will be updated when new opportunities come about.
UU Theological Grounding for Climate Justice – October 16 7pm EDT – UUs have been at the leading edge of climate action for decades, but how does our faith call us to the work of climate justice? Join the Green Sanctuary 2030 Community for a watch party of the UU Theological Grounding for Climate Justice Fireside Chat with UUA Pres. Sofía and UUSC Pres. Mary Katherine Morn. How does your faith call you to this work? Join the conversation! Green Sanctuary 2030 Community Meetings provide shared learning and mutual supports for UUs transforming our congregations through climate justice. Register: https://bit.ly/4gA5o8o
UU Ministry for the Earth Monthly Full Moon Gathering – October 17, 2024 7pm EDT – 8pm EDT – This full moon is the Hunter Moon, historically a time when people would begin preparing for the winter – hunting and storing food. As we prepare for the election and brace ourselves for more climate-related natural disasters, this will be a time for community care and eco-chaplaincy. Bring a writing utensil and paper. Register here: https://forms.gle/cSa21E28uGeB299x6
Planned Parenthood of the North Country Potsdam Equal Rights Rally in Ives Park – October 19 3-5pm EDT – Equal Rights Rally to educate our Potsdam and surrounding community about voting YES for PROP 1 on the back of their NY ballot in November. Join us to stand up for equal rights by ensuring no New Yorker is discriminated against for their sex, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, national origin, pregnancy or pregnancy outcome, and last but not least reproductive health & autonomy which includes abortion. Learn more at https://www.facebook.com/PPNOCONY
Mosaic’s Fostering Belonging and Liberation Fall Conference in Bethesda, MD, Friday, October 18 – Sunday, October 20, 2024. The National Fall Conference will be a dynamic, multi-platform gathering for congregational teams and individuals engaged in the work of building multicultural communities with love at their center. Over two and a half days, participants will share in collaborative conversations, innovative workshops, and gain invaluable insights from community leaders within Unitarian Universalism and beyond. Participants will leave with renewed hearts and spirits, with new Mosaic tools in hand, ready to support and inspire others to foster belonging and liberation. You can learn more and register here. If you are a youth and interested in attending, you can! We have a youth track! Learn more and register as a youth.
Soul Matters Shamanic Journeying – Begins with an Introductory Session on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 6:30-8:30pm EDT. And then meets monthly on second Tuesdays 7-8:30pm ET from November to February This monthly-meeting small group explores our monthly themes through shamanic practices. Led by UU minister and shamanic practitioner, Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, participants learn and practice in the tradition of Core Shamanism, using a safe and ethical method of steady drumming that helps your mind shift into a more meditative state. Register and pay here: https://www.soulmatterssharingcircle.com/shamanic-group.html
UPLIFT Transgender/Nonbinary+ Monthly Gathering – October 22 at 5pm PT / 8pm ET – Join the UPLIFT monthly gatherings focused on trans, nonbinary, and other not (completely or at all) cis UUs. Join us to connect with other trans/nonbinary UUs and co-create support and community across our faith. All you need to bring is yourself (and other trans/nonbinary friends, if you’d like)! NOTE: This space is intentionally multi-generational. Learn more and register at the UUA website.
UU the Vote Phonebank – Tuesday, October 22, 2024 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM ET – Join UU the Vote, Texas UU Justice Ministry and Faith in Texas as we call voters in Texas leading up to the November election. Learn more here. Register here: https://secure.everyaction.com/ivqkt_EakEGoG9_bu_cJOA2
The Nudge – Second and Fourth Thursday from 5:00-6:00pm ET in Gunnison Chapel at SLU- At some point, everyone feels a nudge in their being. The Nudge is an Interfaith Dialogue Group responding to the nudge/s in our spirit. Committed to belonging and inclusion, persons of all spiritual/religious traditions and those of none, are welcome to gather as we seek to deepen spiritually by exploring important life questions, values and ideas. The Nudge will explore various contemplative spiritual practices like meditation, centering prayer, and labyrinth walking, to nudge our spiritual imaginations into centering, asking big questions, exploring wonder, making meaning, listening to our inner voices, and awakening our spirits. Take a sacred pause and JOIN US on a journey of self-discovery.
Mind, Body, and Heart Retreat Day on Oct. 26th from 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM (EDT) – with the Insight Institute is hosting an online retreat which is based on the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program by Jon Kabat-Zinn. The retreat is offered freely on a sliding scale ($0-$75) no questions asked. Click here to register.
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