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Sky Island UU Church
Weekly Connections
Minister: Rev. Linda Lawrence
office hours: 11AM-3PM on Tuesdays &
Rev. Linda will be taking comp time and will be out of the office
Dec. 25 through Jan. 2. She will be available for
pastoral care emergencies only during this time.
Office, Service Location, and mailing address:
4533A N. Commerce Dr.
Sierra Vista, AZ 85635
Sunday Services: 10:30AM
Office open:
Tues. & Fri. 11AM-3PM
ph. 520-378-0197
Office will be closed December 25 and January 1.
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 This Congregation affirms and promotes the full participation of persons in all our activities and endeavors without regard to race, color, gender, physical or mental challenge, affectional or sexual orientation, class or national origin. |
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Click HERE for Important Links and Recurring Information for December
The directory for December 10 is HERE
It is password protected,and the password has been changed,
so if you need the password,
Please check your entry in the directory to ensure its correctness.
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Church emails
We are changing newsletter editors, please send any emails regarding the newsletter, calendar or the web site to the church email, skyislandchurch@gmail.comIf you send to a particular individual's email, it probably won't get in the newsletter.
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Sunday Service December 20 @ 10:30AM: The Incarnation: God & SatanAdapted from David Bumbaugh's The Education of God, this dramatic reading considers some of the afflictions of humanity while thoughtfully and humorously pondering theological questions appropriate for the holiday season. There will be no story for all ages. The children will go to their classroom after the Welcoming Song, "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer".
Service: Rev. Linda Lawrence Facilitator: Gary Lawrence Thursday December 24 @ 5PM: Christmas Eve Service for All Ages: This creative and participative re-telling of the Christmas story will delight the whole family with a few surprises. Come and sing carols, find meaning in an age-old story, and celebrate with your church community. Participants: Rev. Linda Lawrence, Carmen Griffin and you. Sunday Service December 27 @ 10:30AM: Doing the Impossible
The virtues of compassion and humility are tightly bound. Feeling connected to other people requires us to relinquish the natural beliefs that "our" world is "the" world, "our" people are "the" people, and our troubles are special. I will share some experiences from my life that have shaken my egocentricity, however temporarily.
Message: Gary Ezzell
Facilitator: Gary Lawrence
The 2nd collection is for our Emergency Assistance Fund to help those both inside the congregation and those out in the community with emergency needs. Please make checks out to Sky Island UUC with EAF notation
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Calendar
Regularly Recurring Events
1st & 3rd Sundays @ 2:30PM: Freethinkers
Every Tuesday: Dharma Buddhists @ 7PM
1st Wednesday of the Month @ 6:30PM: PFLAG
2nd & 4th Thursdays of the Month @ noon: UU Quilters
1st and 3rd Saturdays of the Month @ 10AM: Coffee House
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Irregularly Occurring or One time Only Events
Sunday December 20 @ 5PM: Rev. Tina Squire, UCC
Monday December 21 @ 4PM Cooking at GNA
Thursday December 24 @ 5PM: Christmas Eve Multi-generational Service
All events are at the church unless otherwise noted. Board meetings are open to the congregation unless otherwise noted.
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Children's Religious Education for 12/20
The children will do a Christmas craft project and also learn about the beliefs of Muslims. They will do an extension of our congregation's expression of support for the Tucson Islamic community. Instructor: Marilyn Day
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Emergency Assistance Fund
If you are in need of emergency financial assistance, the EAF is here to help members and friends of the congregation. Please contact Rev. Linda Lawrence if you find yourself in need.
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Guest at your Table
We are continuing our collection for Guest at your Table - the fund raising campaign of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. There is a sign, a collection box, and a GAYT box on the information table to collect donations. The last day to contribute is January 3. If you write a check, please make it out to Sky Island UUC with a GAYT or UUSC notation. For more information see GAYT
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Intersecting Race, Poverty and Justice: A Primer for Action in Arizona
Saturday February 27 from 1-5PM
@ Valley UU Congregation 6400 W. Del Rio St. Chandler, AZ 85226
UU Congregations from across Arizona are invited to gather for an interactive day of learning alongside community leaders representing Indigenous Justice, Latino Justice and Black Lives Matter. See the bulletin board or talk to Sharon Travis for more information.
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Sky Island UU Church Info
Celebrate the Season
After the Christmas Eve service on December 24, there will be time to visit with members and friends while partaking in some festive refreshments. There will be hot spiced punch and cider, hot chocolate, coffee and tea to sip & holiday cookies and other finger desserts to eat. We'll provide the beverages; you bring your favorite munchies to share and a good time will be had by all.
Reminder
We keep finding doors unlocked and the heat on in the Community Room and/or the Sanctuary. Please if you're the last one leaving the building, take a few moments to make sure both thermostats are off and all the doors are locked even if you didn't turn the thermostats on or unlock the doors. However, if a freeze is expected, turn the heat to 45. Please keep the doors to the Sanctuary closed if you're using only the Community Room so as not to waste heat warming up both rooms.
Bio for 12/27
Gary Ezzell works as a medical physicist at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, where he provides technical support for radiation therapy treatments. He first joined a UU congregation in Michigan in 1997 and has been an active member of the Phoenix congregation since 1999.
Contemplative and Embodied Worship Experiences from 7-8PM on the 2nd Wednesday of the Month Starting January 13.
Are you looking for a way to deepen your spiritual life? Rev. Linda Lawrence and Rev. Tina Squire will lead this series to introduce a few spiritual disciplines from a variety of religious backgrounds. More information to come.
Imagine Sky Island Poetry Anthology Now Available for Sale
This beautiful book features 22 Sky Island Writers and over 100 poems. Price is only $20 and proceeds benefit Sky Island UUC. Books are located in the Community Room. Please make checks out to Sky Island UUC with a Imagine notation.
Calling all Prose Writers
Now that the poetry anthology
Imagine is a reality, it's your turn. The materials you submitted in 2015 are safe in the files of Chris Braswell.
Garbage/Recycle Cans
Please leave the tan garbage can and the blue recycle can on the sidewalk with rocks on top of them to keep them from turning over in the wind. No need to pull them out or put them back. Please do not roll them on to the rocks where they overturn easily. The garbage truck and recycle truck can pick them up from the sidewalk as long as they are at least 3 feet apart.
We Now Have a Brita Water Pitcher
Can be used for making coffee or refilling your individual drink containers. So save the ocean from plastic, reduce the use of fossil fuels, reduce carbon footprint, keep water from being removed from drought stricken areas by using filtered water instead of buying plastic bottled water.
Yellow Cards
The yellow visitor cards are now located at both entrances. Greeters, please hand them out to 1st time visitors. Facilitators, please remove mention of the cards in
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Ministry is All That We Do--Together.
"Ministry is that quality of being in community that affirms human dignity--
beckons forth hidden possibilities, invites us into deeper, more constant reverent
relationships, and carries forward our heritage of hope and liberation." Gordon McKeeman
The above words remind us that all we do in this beloved community is ministry.
We minister when we agree to serve on the Board, and we minister when we
clean up after coffee hour. We minister when we serve on one of the committees,
and we minister when we take the time to warmly welcome visitors, or when we
share a hymnal with the person standing next to us, or comfort someone who has experienced a loss. We minister when we spend hours of time at home planning Religious Education classes for our children or planning a Sunday service, and keeping track of our finances. We minister when allow someone in the community to minister to us. Let us be grateful to one another for the gift of our many kinds of ministries. And when our efforts are imperfect (are any efforts
perfect?), let us remember to see this as an opportunity to deepen our reverence
for one another and for the efforts that are made. We are all ministers.
Mark Stonebraker, Alan Boles, Burl Schultz and Patricia Burr
Committee on Shared Ministry
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Stewardship Quote
"All our lives we are in need and others are in need of us." - George Odell
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