The Baja 4 Congregationswill highlight lay leaders from all four congregations during the months of July and August. Join us Sundays at 10:30 a.m. on UUCT's YouTubepage to watch worship. Worship will be pre-recorded, but will go "live" on YouTube at 10:30 on Sundays. You can watch it with a group then, or watch it on your own later on.

 

 

Sunday Morning: Hymns and Songs of Wholeness

Join us for the video premiere on Sunday, Aug. 30 at 10:30 a.m. 

It will be available thereafter on YouTube to watch when you can.

 

This week we reflect on the 8th Principle with worship leader, Ann Aust, Bob Gordon from UUCT, and Martha House from Borderlands UU.

 

“We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote: journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions.”

 

Join us: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCczvU-NhNhTbUp-qAIbQ4bg 

 

 

Social Hour

Join by computer: https://zoom.us/s/7025890260

Password: 483148

 

Did you know you can also phone into social hour? Yes! Simply:

Vesper Service (Live on Zoom)

Thursday, August 27, 5:30 p.m. with Rev. Bethany. 

 

Join by computer: https://zoom.us/s/7025890260

Meeting ID: 702 589 0260 

Password: 483148

 

Join by telephone (audio only): 

How to Give to the Church:

You are asked to use our credit card service (which can be reached by the link or the On-line Giving button on our website), the very easy to use Text-to-Give (1-833-361-5796), or checks sent to the office. The on-line giving gives you the option to identify the contribution and use the memo line for checks. A tutorial video on Text-to-Give is here. After setting up an initial “profile” these options are easy to use for subsequent donations.

 

Board of Trustees:

Your Board of Trustees, is working hard to focus on the mission of UUCT. Board minutes from the August 18 board meeting can be found here: https://uuctucson.org/members/minutes/79-board-of-trustees-minutes/4803-board-agenda-for-aug-18-2020.html

 

(You must log on as a member to review the minutes. If you are a member and do not have the password, please contact Mary: 

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) 

The Return of 2nd Hour

Better than Return of the Jedi!

Better than Frozen II!

Better than Godfather II!

 

2nd Hour returns to a computer screen near you every 2nd Sunday starting September 13, 2020! Join us after social hour for education, fellowship, and service opportunities with folks of all ages (yes, even YOUR age!) once per month. Workshops will be as diverse as we are: from Small Group Ministry to hospitality, from music to socializing, and from Get out the Vote events to trying new artistic techniques. Watch the Wednesday Newsletter for announcements. 

 

**Seeking Workshop Leaders**

Right now I’m building a schedule of workshops and would love to include you in the line up. What do you have to share with the world? Bring me an idea and we’ll work together to develop it! No need to worry about technical support. I’ll have assistants available to manage the Zoom, so you can simply lead.

 

If you have any questions or want to lead a workshop, please contact Jamili at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  

 

Campus Clean Up:

 

Homeless Camp Cleanup - Sat. Aug. 29 at 7 am

 

The details of the homeless camp cleanup have been finalized.  The City cleaned up 90% of the trash, now we need to finish the work. On Sat. Aug. 29, the landscape team will be hosting a cleanup from 7 am to 10 am. We will pickup the remaining debris along the west and north edges of our property. In addition we will trim and rake to improve the area.   Please join us.

 

Please wear hats and sunscreen. Bring your water bottle and a lawn chair.  Bring your work gloves, rakes, clippers, litter grabbers and small buckets (to hold the trash you collect) - anything that will help you with the cleanup.  UUCT will provide snacks and water to refill your bottles.  We will have a large city trash bin available to hold the trash we collect.

 

As always, we are looking for new members to join the landscape team to help us maintain the UUCT campus grounds. 

 

If you are interested in either the homeless camp cleanup or joining the landscape team, please contact Carolyn Valdes at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or text her at 520-820-9173. 

Ways to stay connected to UUCT

 

Meeting List: The front page of our website now lists the Zoom links for every congregational event happening online. You can list your event there by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. To book a "Zoom Room" for your group's meeting, contact me at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

 

Zoom Meetings

 

Thursdays@5:30: Live Vesper Service

UUCT Book Club

 

September's book is “Deacon King Kong” by James McBride, and we will meet via Zoom the 2nd Thursday, on September 10th at 9:30 a.m.

 

To be added to the book club email list, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

 

Join by computer: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88412604078 ?pwd=SWl0dGdyTzZrRTlYaDk1VExINnBlZz09

 

Join by Zoom app: 

Share the Plate 

 

SHARE THE PLATE for the second half of August goes to CASA ALITAS.

 

Casa Alitas, (through Catholic Community services) is a program serving migrant families who have left their home countries to escape violence and poverty. Casa Alitas provides care, shelter and help to reunite them with family members in the U.S. The present pandemic has caused many problems for those incarcerated, and in limbo. 50% of them have become infected with the COVID19 virus. Casa Alitas continues to help many through quarantine once released from detention centers, and helps look for sponsors if they have no family here. There is a desperate need.

Please go to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.

 

How to donate

Checks with “STP” in the memo line can be mailed to the office. Online donations can be made using our credit card service: credit card service On that donation page you will find an option for Share the Plate.

 

 

SHARE THE PLATE COMPLETES THE CIRCLE

The Social Justice Council, (SJC) is happy to share this news with you, about UUCT's donations for our Share the Plate recipients for July.

 

SECOND CHANCE TUCSON, (providing employment opportunities for people overcoming a prior conviction, to establish a prosperous future), and NO MORE DEATHS each received a check for $272.50! Both non profits were delighted, and express their gratitude to UUCT.

Cafe Justo Coffee

Sales - and delivery - of Café Justo coffee are continuing. This Social Justice Council (SJC) project benefits small-scale, shade-grown organic coffee growers in Chiapas, Mexico. Please contact Sue Watts for more information: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

EGGSELLENT Volunteer Opportunity Kicks Off!

 

Our first hard boiled egg delivery for Casa Maria soup kitchen took place Tuesday August, 25. UUCT members brought their carefully boiled and chilled eggs to church early morning August 25th. Together, we collected nearly 29 dozen boiled eggs! They were transported to Casa Maria and received by a very grateful Brian Flagg. They will be distributed to the hungry and homeless the same day. Many thanks to all of the Eggbringers: Bob Gordon, Judy Jessing, Julie Olson, Margot Garcia, MaryHolly Allison, Marjorie Stark and Gail Ringer, Alma Byrd, Margi Magruder, Matt Conrad, Aston Bloom, Rex Graham, Sue Watts, and Mary Beth Ginter.

 

Our next EGGSELLENT Opportunity will be September 29th. Stay tuned for details. We have made a commitment to Casa Maria for a delivery of hard boiled eggs the last Tuesday of every month.

 

 

Beloved Conversations: Meditations on Race and Ethnicity, a curriculum for exploring the role of race/ethnicity in individual and congregational lives is going virtual as of September 1, 2020. It is intended for UUs seeking to embody racial justice as a spiritual practice. 

 

Participants will work at their own level of experience in race-based caucuses, with a critical friend, in bi-weekly learning pods and monthly "meaning making sessions." The teaching and learning materials are based on the best practices of multicultural and arts-infused education. The program is positively reviewed by over 140 congregations who have participated to date.

Registration opens September 1. Beloved Conversations begins online in October. 

 

We are close to having 20 members of UUCT participate in September, which will afford us a 20% discount per person on the tuition of $150. Scholarships are also available. Please ask if you have any questions.

 

For more information about Beloved Conversations, see the Meadville Lombard website: https://www.meadville.edu/fahs-collaborative/fahs-curriculum-catalogue/beloved-conversations/ or email questions to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

For questions about group discount registration or scholarships contact Steve Kraynak: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

 

 

UU the Vote with UUJAZ

Tuesdays 6-7pm

Join UUJAZ's UU the Vote Coordinator Casey Clowes for an hour of engagement. Each week will rotate through education on the issues, visits from guest partners, training on deep canvassing conversations, and phone/text banking "action hours."

 

 

To learn more about UU the Vote, and other happenings at UUJAZ, please visit our website: uujaz.org. 

Join the UU Quest

 

It's live! A summer filled with Activities and Challenges around the 7 +1 Principles. The best part is that it isn't limited to UUCT Families, so, invite family and friends from around the country to join!

 

Check out the website: https://dreuuct.wixsite.com/uuquest

 

Over the coming weeks, I'll be posting more Challenges and Adventures! Keep an eye on the RE Newsletter for details. If you don't get the RE Newsletter or have other questions, contact me.

RE at Home Resources

Are you interested in "doing church" at home? I am collecting resources for at home religious education both on the Parenting Club facebook page and in a google drive. The folder is available to everyone! You'll find activities that take 5 minutes and one that take 5 days, so you're in control of how much time you spend on RE.