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UU’s CLIMATE JUSTICE MOVEMENT CHAPLAINS ARE HERE FOR YOU!  SPIRITUAL CARE SESSIONS AVAILABLE
FOR INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS

Unitarian Universalist Ministry For Earth‘s Climate Justice Movement Chaplain Intern, Chelsea McCoy, a seminarian with lived experience in social movements as a Black woman, is offering interfaith spiritual care and chaplaincy for our UU Ministry for Earth community from now through June 2026.  Chelsea is available to meet 1-on-1 or with small groups such as your congregation’s Green Team. Click here to schedule a session or to meet with Chelsea to learn more.

UUMFE’s Acting Director, Rev. Lauren Levwood, and our team of UUMFE Movement Chaplains, are also working alongside Chelsea to co-facilitate a weekly drop-in Climate Grief Support Group on Fridays from 1-2pm ET/10-11am PT over Zoom beginning February 27. If you are concerned about the state of our world, worry about how current events are intersecting with climate disturbance, are a parent or grandparent concerned about the coming generations, or a young adult with anxiety about the future of our living world, this drop-in Climate Grief Support Group will provide a space for you to process your experiences with others in a ritualized, trauma-informed, and mindful way.
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Hollywood Bowl Concerts, Picnic & Fellowship:  The most magical time of year is here, and no I don’t mean Christmas…it’s summer under the stars at the Hollywood Bowl! Join your UU friends and family from Emerson, Chalice and Studio City for a picnic, fellowship and world class concerts in the iconic Hollywood Bowl amphitheater. For more information, email Anthony Concepcion at musicdirector@chaliceuu.org and connect with Leslie Reuter for information on the prior years’ UU concert going experience, since Leslie attends the Hollywood Hollywood bowl outings organized by Anthony every year. The deadline to contact Anthony to express interest is 3/15/2026, payments are due 3/18/2026.

6/20 8pm Opening Night: The Best of Broadway
7/4 7:30pm July Fourth Fireworks w/The Beach Boys
7/16 8pm Mozart & Brahms
7/17 8pm The Music of ’69
7/18 8pm Blues Traveler-Gin Blossoms-Spin Doctors
7/24 8pm Smokey Robinson & Gladys Knight
8/9 7:30pm How to Train Your Dragon in Concert
8/14 8pm Al Green
8/19 8pm Herbie Hancock Celebrates Miles Davis
8/20 8pm Celebrating Gustavo: Beethoven 9
8/21 8pm Celebrating Gustavo: Dudamel’s Playlist
8/22 8pm Celebrating Gustavo: Foo Fighters w/LA Phil & YOLA
8/23 8pm Celebrating Gustavo: A Musical Legacy
9/3 8pm Amadeus in Concert
9/4 8pm Maestro of the Movies: Tribute to John Williams
9/8 8pm Los Angeles Ballet w/LA Phil
9/10 8pm Ravel, Debussy & Saint-Saëns
9/11 8pm Fireworks Finale: OneRepublic
9/27 7:30pm Jon Batiste
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West Valley Food Pantry Needs Our Help! Our food banks and food pantries are under strain as they work hard to provide much-needed food to those who would otherwise go hungry. Will you please reach into your pocketbooks and contribute either funds or food to the West Valley Food Pantry, which Emerson has supported since it was founded. You can bring food to church and place it in the basket located near the chancel. See below for a link to donate funds and a second link with the most-needed food items.

Donate money to West Valley Food Pantry:
https://form-renderer-app.donorperfect.io/give/west-valley-food-pantry

List of most needed food items to West Valley Food Pantry. Pop tops are preferred when available: https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1pPDWCzk3QqEchyp2gD9uzG659qL0iah6/mobilebasic

The requested items are:
Peanut butter (No bigger than 16 oz.)
Pouch/canned pop-top chicken or tuna (canned is accepted)
Canned salmon
Low sodium soup
Pasta
Beef Jerky
Protein Bars
These items are needed to provide sustenance and nutrition to those in need.

Please: NO expired or opened food items.  NO items that are not shelf stable.
The pantry receives a limited amount of veggies, fruits, meat and bakery items from the LA Food Bank, but these will have to be spread out to so many more families. Food items can be brought here to our sanctuary for delivery to the pantry.
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The Pacific Southwest Assembly is scheduled for April 24-26 at Pacific Unitarian Church in Rancho Palos Verdes and hosted by Camp de Benneville Pines.  The assembly is a unique creation of workshops, music, and keynote speakers.  See the website https://www.pswassembly.org/ for more information and to register.

Leslie Reuter and Christi Kelly are Emerson’s delegates to the Assembly, and will present on “Sun Day”, about combating climate change with solar energy, on Friday evening, in case you  missed the presentation here at Emerson. Please see either of us with any questions. We would love to organize a group to attend from Emerson.
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Emerson UU Board Meetings:
(All Welcome)
1st Tuesday of Each Month at 6 PM
Everyone is invited to attend via Zoom 1
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Dear friends in Unitarian Universalism,
 We’re excited to share ways Unitarian Universalist Animal Ministry (UUAM) can support your congregation in living out our shared values of justice and care for all beings. For nearly 40 years, UUAM has been a home for animal-loving UUs, offering education, resources, and community that connect our faith to the interdependent web of life. Throughout the year, UUAM offers virtual programs on a wide range of topics—from interdependence topics and pollinator protection to animal advocacy workshops. Recordings of previous workshops are available on our website.  Upcoming events include: 

  • “Embracing Interdependence” workshop
  • Rev. Jennifer Channin on DefaultVeg food policies
  • Author Gail Eisnitz on her factory farming investigative work
  • Beth Joy Borris and other chefs’ plant-based cooking classes

Visit the website for more info!
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UUA is thrilled to announce the launch of The Woodlands, a new all-ages virtual pastoral care program for trans people and their families, which began this September.

The Woodlands is a monthly online gathering designed for trans children, youth, and adults—as well as the parents and caregivers of trans people. Each session will begin with a shared message and grounding ritual, followed by breakout rooms tailored to different communities within our circle, and we come back together for a release. Sessions will be about an hour and a half.

Each breakout room—co-facilitated by two chaplains—will offer space for meaningful check-ins where we can honor our grief, celebrate our joy, and support one another. The spirit of each room will reflect the people within it.

Register Here
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Are you in need of a tranquil mountain retreat?

Are you searching for a place where you can commune with nature and find the solitude of a mountain glen?  Do you long for the warmth of a welcoming community of peers? Maybe you want to participate in art, music, yoga, theater, or games and other activities in a mountain top setting?

Camp de Benneville Pines is your place! Camp de Benneville Pines welcomes a year-round community of campers of all ages for three- to seven-day camp and retreat sessions. Camps include Youth Camps, Theme Camps for Adults, Family Camps including church retreats sponsored by our affiliated Pacific Western Region Unitarian Universalist Congregations, and others.

For more information, see the De Benneville Pines website (https://www.uucamp.org/)