Worship and Special Announcements

The Baja 4 Congregations

will again be sharing ministers during the month of October, to bring you wonderful, collaborative worship. Join us Sundays at 10:30 a.m. on UUCT'sYouTubepage 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, October 11, 2020:Won't You Be My Neighbor? With Rev. Sam.Join usat 10:30 a.m. for the video premiere on YouTube:

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

 

It will be available thereafter on YouTubeto watch when you can.

 

 

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

Password: 483148

 

Did you know you can alsophoneinto social hour? Yes! Simply:

 

 

2nd Hour returns to a computer screen near you every 2nd Sunday! Join us after social hour for education, fellowship, and service opportunities with folks of all ages (yes, even YOUR age!) once per month. Find alist of the workshops and descriptions here.

 

Join by computer: 

Meeting ID: 702 589 0260

Password:483148

 

Join by telephone (audio only): 

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 checkssent 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.

 

The UUCT annual meeting will be held at 11:30 am on Sunday, Nov. 1 on Zoom. The link will be the same link as the usual 11:30 am after-service social hour. The annual meeting will replace the social hour.

Please plan to attend! We have important issues to discuss and vote on as a congregation. Contact the office if you need the meeting password:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

 

3rd Tuesdays @ 7pm: Board of Trustees

Topic: UUCT Board Meetings

UUCT Board of Trustees meetings are open for all to attend except during special Executive sessions. Agendas are published under the Meeting Documents for the Board. This required the member login.

 

Join Zoom Meeting

 

Here are the minutes of the last meeting:

 

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

Rev. Bethany at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

 

 

Thursdays@5:30: Live Vesper Service

 

Circles of Trust for Unitarian Universalists are coming to UUCT, beginning the week of October 19. These ongoing small groups will run through the end of May. Each Circle of 8 people will meet either once a month for 2 hours, or twice a month for 1½ hours, over Zoom. Modeled after Quaker teacher and writer Parker Palmer’s Circles of Trust, now in wide use all over the world, the groups will be facilitated by UUCT

Affiliate Ministers and experienced lay leaders.

 

 

A UUCT Fundraising subcommittee is excited to offer a unique Thanksgiving Day opportunity. You and your family and friends are invited to support the church financially, enjoy a gourmet Thanksgiving dinner, provide a holiday gift to staff and their immediate families, and participate in a communal prayer of gratitude.

 

More details and sign ups to follow!

 

 

2nd Hour returns to a computer screen near you every 2nd Sunday! Check out the UUCT Website for class descriptions and zoom links or check out the Sunday Morning email!

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..  

 

The UUCT Book Club has selected the books for October and November so

that participants will have time to acquire and read the books. We are

not ready to meet in person and will continue to use Zoom. We meet

online the 2nd Thursday of the month at 9:30am.

 

The book for our October 8th meeting is "Interpreter of Maladies" by

Jhumpa Lahiri.

 

The book for our November 12th meeting is "The German House" by Annette Hess.

 

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

 

ZOOM LINK:

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

 

OR

go to: zoom.us

select: Join meeting:

 

Meeting ID: 884 1260 4078

 

If you are new to UUCT, or a current member looking for more ways to connect with other members, check out our online Volunteer Interest Form. The new form gives you a quick way to learn more about UUCT interest activities and volunteer opportunities. Joining an interest group or volunteering is a great way to increase socialization and contribute to the greater good.

 

To get more information and/or sign up for an interest group or volunteer, complete the online Volunteer Interest Form.

After you submit the form, you’ll be matched up with the lead contact person who, in turn will reach out to you with more information.

 

https://uuctucson.org/newcomers/volunteer-interest-form.html

 

Our Share the Plate donation for the first half ofOctoberwill go toCafe Justo

 

Café Justo is a coffee grower cooperative based in Salvador Urbina, Chiapas, Mexico. We market a pure, organic coffee which is grown, harvested and marketed in the spirit of justice. Our goal is to provide incentives for people to remain on their family lands.

Our business model is simple and optimizes the profit for the growers. The coffee is harvested, cleaned and prepared for shipping in Salvador Urbina, Chiapas.

The beans are then transported to Agua Prieta, Sonora. In Agua Prieta the coffee is roasted, ground and packaged for shipment to our customers.

 

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.

The Social Action Committee is sponsoring vigils in front of our church each Tuesday morning from 8:00 to 9:00. We have dozens of signs covering current topics which align with UU Principles. We also encourage the sincerity and creativity of home-made signs. We are supporting causes UUs believe in and advertising the values of our congregation. Please don a mask and join us.  

 

The Social Justice Council, chaired by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., meets on the 2nd Saturday of each month at 9am.  All are invited to participate.

Join Zoom Meeting

 

Meeting ID: 823 1979 8034

Passcode: 483148

Join by telephone (voice only): +1 669 900 6833, Meeting ID: 823 1979 8034

 

Second Military Style Raid in Two Months: Border Patrol detains 12 people receiving care at humanitarian aid station.

 

Arivaca, AZ: After sunset on October 5th, US Border Patrol entered No More Deaths’ humanitarian aid station Byrd Camp with a federal warrant for a second nighttime raid in two months. Volunteers were held for 3 hours while 12 people who were receiving medical care, food, water, and shelter from the 100+ degree heat were detained. (Photo credit to the Tucson Sentinel:http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/)

 

Dear Friends,

 

We keep talking about November 3rd... but in Arizona ballots drop October 7th. That means... this is it. Our last chance to do whatever we are called to do for this election cycle, to UU the Vote.

 

The biggest thing you can do? Talk to people. Your friends and family, your knitting circle and mahjong group, your old high school friends and the neighbor you wave at when you get your mail. You can ask: "Do you have a plan for how to vote? Do you know where to drop it off, mail it, or vote in person? What are you most concerned about in this election?"

 

Studies show that these one-on-one conversations, termed relational organizing, are five times more effective than any other form of voter turnout.

 

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

 

Travel in Place! Even this year where we aren't physically visiting our neighbors, we can learn, explore neighboring faiths, and have some fun building our own community.

 

Who: Youth ages 12+

When: Sundays

Where: on Zoom, meeting ID 571-636-4277

 

 

 

**Sunday Oct 11 is our first "Watch Party." We'll watch a worship service from another UU congregation starting at 12:15pm, and then stick around to discuss it after. EVERYONE is welcome to join, whether you attended the prior session or not.

 

Join the Baja 4 families in POPs, a video-based, at-home curriculum grounded in Unitarian Universalism and designed for parents and caregivers of children ages 2-5. By engaging with POP videos, parents and caregivers will come to understand their child's spiritual development, to build rituals that support this development, and to see themselves as spiritual teachers.

 

Each month,

 

All activities are optional and free for Baja 4 families!

 

Questions?

 

Register!

Then, register with Baja 4! You'll get the password for videos after you register.https://forms.gle/ZVmNfUY1vR4kgKNw6

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.