UPCOMING EVENTS

Sunday Worship Service: The Order of Service may be found in this website’s Worship menu. 

Hollywood Bowl Tickets
Purchase tickets before April 5th to sit with Studio City & Emerson UU’s at the Bowl this summer. Contact Anthony Concepcion at ConcepTonesMusic@gmail.com for tickets. 
(See announcement in the News column on the left.) 

NO Gardening with Rev. Matthew until April 4th
Rev. Matthew will be at a Minister’s Gathering and
Family Vacation until April 2nd.

Summer Youth Camp at de Benneville Pines
Registration opens March 18th
(See announcement in News column on the left or longer announcement in the eBlast.)

Date with Death Club
2nd Monday of Each Month from 3 to 5 pm
Next Session: April 10th 
LA Public Libraries
(See flyer in News Column to the left)

Exploratory Pagan Group
Meeting on March 21st is cancelled.
NEXT Meeting:  April 4th at 7 pm

Plant-Based Los Angeles now meets ONLY on the First Sunday of each month.
Still from 3 to 4 PM on Zoom 2

Inquirers Series
Sunday, April 2nd; 12 – 1 pm
Minister’s Office & Zoom 1:
live.emersonuuc.org
Topic:  Faith Development & Small Groups

UU Pacific Southwest Area Assembly:
Living in Harmony with Each Other and Our Earth
April 21-23
UU San Luis Obispo
For more information See Camp de Benneville Pines website: https://www.uucamp.org/camps-retreats/family-camps/2023-pacific-southwest-service-area-assembly/

ONGOING GROUPS – Open to All:

Friends, please join us after our Sunday Service to share food, drink, and companionship at our Potluck Lunch. You’re welcome to bring a dish to go around, drinks will be provided. Be ready to fill out a card describing your dish. If you forgot to bring something, don’t worry – we will share.
And be sure to stick around after, we could always use a few hands to make light work.  It’s a great way to get to know people at church.

PLANT BASED LOS ANGELES
PERMANENT DATE CHANGE:  ONLY on First Sunday of each month
from 3:00 to 4:00 PM on Zoom 2*, live2.emersonuuc.org
We share recipes and answer questions about a Whole Food Plant-Based diet without added salt, oil, or sugar. Making us and the planet better one meal at a time. For more information, see the Plant-Based LA page in our Community menu. 

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE MINISTRY
Second Sunday of Each Month at 1:00 PM
In-Person at Emerson
Emerson’s Environmental Justice Ministry team meets once a month to take action for climate justice. Whether it’s local clean energy initiatives, national or global campaign projects with environmental movement partners, or writing letters to encourage voters to support environmental justice – there’s something we can each do to build a better future. Whether a new or longtime member – you are welcome and your action is needed!

For more information, see the Environmental Justice Ministry page in this website and contact co-chairs Rhonda (rhondaplankrichard@gmail.com) and Anna (annalourawagner@gmail.com) for more information.
Thanks!
Anna & Rhonda

RACIAL JUSTICE TASK FORCE
First Monday of Each Month at 7:00 PM on Zoom 2*, live2.emersonuuc.org

Over the past year, the Anti-Racism/Racial Justice group has been studying the UUA’s report as to how to dismantle racism and oppression within ourselves and Unitarian Universalism so that we can also “widen the circle” at Emerson.    (See this website’s Racial Justice page in the Community menu for more information.  Please contact LindaBeth if you would like to learn more and perhaps join us.

EMERSON BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Next Meeting: Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Emerson’s Book Group’s next meeting is March 28, 2023, at 7:30. Our fiction selection is Sea of Tranquility,  a novel of art, time travel, love, and plague, unfurling a story of humanity across centuries and space, written by Emily St. John Mantel.

Join us via: live2.emersonuuc.org
Zoom Meeting ID: 343 977 3791
Password: chalice
Or call: (669) 900-9128 and
enter ID: 343 977 3791

GARDENING TIME WITH REV. MATTHEW
ON HOLD UNTIL APRIL 4TH;
Then Every Tuesday, 10:30 – 12:30
(Weather permitting)

EXPLORATORY PAGAN GROUP
NO Meeting on March 21st. 
NEXT Meeting:  April 4th at 7 pm
First & Third Tuesdays each month at 7:00 PM
Currently ONLINE ONLY via Zoom 2*:  live2.emersonuuc.org
A chat and discussion group looking at Paganism from a UU perspective with the potential to grow into a local chapter of the Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans. For more information, see the Pagan Chat & Study Group page in our Community menu.   We are currently meeting via Zoom only.   

VEGETARIAN DINING CLUB!
1st Wednesday of the month, 11:45am – 2pm
Next Gathering: April 5th at 11:45 am
Location:  Garden Wok, 6117  Reseda Blvd., Reseda, 818-881-8886.

Contact Tracy Watson for further information.

Members and friends are invited to meet and join like-minded vegetarians and vegans as we explore the advantages of a meat-free lifestyle and to connect with friends, old  and new.   Enjoy great food and great company!  All are welcome.
Contact Tracy Watson: tracyj.watson@yahoo.com or 818-620-9451 (text or call)

EMERSON CHOIR
Thursdays from 7:30 to 9:00 PM, In-Person
A place where you can connect, listen, and sing. All are invited to participate, even those who are not currently members of Emerson’s Choir.  For more information, see the Music & Choir page in our Community menu.

SACRED CINEMA
4th Friday of Each Month
Doors Open:  7:00 pm;
Film at 7:15 pm

On the fourth Friday of each month we watch a film in the Sanctuary, and then explore its themes and meanings in Sunday’s service. 

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