Tickets for Spring Concert “Why We Sing”
UU Church of Studio City
Saturday, April 18, 7:00 PM, Sanctuary
The program promises to do more than uplift and inspire; it will bring together two UU communities. The concert features the combined UU Church of Studio City and UU Santa Monica choirs, talented vocalists and instrumentalists including Darius Campo and Ryan Humphrey as well as compositions from both John Bergquist and Saunder Choi. Tickets are on sale now and are expected to sell out between our combined audiences. If you plan to attend, be sure to come early!
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Difficult Words: A New Faith Development Class (via Zoom):  Emerson is invited to join Arizona UUs and friends to attend this online, discussion-based course — a partnership of UUCP and UUCT, facilitated by longtime UUs Gary Ezzell (Phoenix) and Vince Waldron (Tucson).

Certain words can be “difficult” for UUs because they have associations or connotations that we find troubling, perhaps because they were important in religious traditions that we no longer follow.  Among those discussed in earlier versions of the class are: Worship, Faith, Spirituality, Church, Holy, Religion, Prayer, Sin

Dates/Time: Three Thursday nights (7-8 pm); April 30, May 7, May 14

Registration:  No registration required (!) but please help us plan by emailing if you intend to join us for one or more sessions:  AFD@phoenixuu.org
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2 Online Classes from OCUUC:
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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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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.