This month’s column from the Healthy Congregation Team will focus on Covenants. You may have heard about the church’s Covenant of Right Relations, which the congregation created and approved in 2005: https://bbuuc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/BBUUC-Covenant-of-Right-Relations-.pdf This covenant is published in the church’s annual report and is referenced at the beginning of each annual meeting, to remind people of how we hope to … Continue reading HCT December 2020
COVENANT OF THE HEALTHY CONGREGATION TEAM OF THE BUCKMAN BRIDGE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH Created October 27, 2019 We covenant to be guided by the BBUUC Mission, to be accountable to our BBUUC Covenant of Right Relations, and to live as best we can our Unitarian Universalist Principles. Discretion and confidentiality are hallmarks of our work … Continue reading HCT Covenant
It is December, and we are waiting. My husband and I are waiting to hear when our son will be able to return to in-person school. All students in Seattle public schools are engaged in remote learning. Some students with disabilities are eligible to receive in-person services if their teaching team decides it is necessary … Continue reading Minister’s Message December 2020
Nationalism, Religious Intolerance, and the Future of Interfaith Coalitions Conversations on religious intolerance across the globe. A discussion on current political leaders using religion and religious sites to demonstrate power. The discussion includes recent events which demonstrate examples of religious intolerance. Including the conversion of Turkey’s Hagia Sophia from a museum to a mosque, Christian … Continue reading Nationalism, Religious Intolerance, and the Future of Interfaith Coalitions
Coming In January, a writer’s retreat workshop From the High Hill: Odyssey Writing for Elders. Marilyn Jones, Chris Jarman Facilitators There is a central quality which is the root criterion of life and spirit in a [person], a town, a building or a wilderness… The search we make for this quality, in our own lives, … Continue reading A writer’s retreat workshop
Welcome to POP! Parents of Preschoolers What is POP? POP content is hosted here: jlshattuck.com/monthlycontent (Password: YouGotThis2020 -case sensitive.) POP (Parents of Preschoolers) is a … Continue reading Welcome to POP! Parents of Preschoolers_November 2020
Soulful Home for Parents & Families: What Does It Mean to Be A Family of Healing? Find Your Packet Here: https://www.soulmatterssharingcircle.com/uploads/9/4/5/0/94501751/sh_1120_healing.pdf The best description of healing I ever heard had to do with healing being not a matter of reaching a fixed state called “cured” or “healthy,” but rather engaging in a dynamic and multi-faceted … Continue reading Soulful Home for Parents & Families: What Does It Mean to Be A Family of Healing?
Family Religious Education, Sundays, 10:00-11:00 am The Whole Family is invited to attend together and connect via Zoom for Family RE. Prepare to find the sacred and the silly as we walk this road together. For the month of November, we’re exploring the many ways our UU faith invites us to become “A People of … Continue reading Family Religious Education, November
Pizza with the Simpsons, D’oh God! November 13th, 6:30-8:00 pm PLEASE NOTE- WE WILL NOT BE MEETING ON NOVEMBER 27th. Friday night is traditionally pizza night for a lot of folks. So, grab a slice or whatever else is on the menu and join us for RE with a twist as we study the religious … Continue reading Pizza with the Simpsons, D’oh God! November 13th
Faith Development For All Soul Matters: What Does It Mean to Be A People of Healing? Find Your Packet Here: https://www.soulmatterssharingcircle.com/uploads/9/4/5/0/94501751/sm_2020-11_sg_healing.pdf Jewish teaching includes frequent reminders of the importance of a broken-open heart, as in this Hasidic tale: A disciple asks the rebbe: “Why does Torah tell us to ‘place these words upon your hearts’? … Continue reading Soul Matters: What Does It Mean to Be A People of Healing?
