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Holiday Happenings at East Shore
Dear friends, We want to invite you to join us this holiday season. Whether you are looking forward to the joys of the season with music, pageantry, and presents or you are struggling with the weight of the expectations, we have an offering for you. Join us for...
Sacred Stitches Arts & Crafts Group
Are you interested in participating in an arts & crafts group at ESUC? Do you have an unfinished project that you would like to finish while connecting with the community? Do you love to sew, quilt, knit, crochet, embroider, paint, do calligraphy, make jewelry,...
2024 RE Volunteers
As we gear up for the start of RE classes on Sunday, January 7th, 2024, we are reaching out to our wonderful community with an exciting opportunity! Our UU students, children and youth, have thrived in our classes, finding a sense of belonging and growth among...
Thank You From Congregations for Kids
Dear Friends, Thank you so much for your very generous donations of backpacks valued at $225 to the 28th annual Congregations for Kids’ Good Start Back to School project. Your help made it possible to provide students from low-income families in the Bellevue School...
Earth and Climate Action Ministry (ECAM) Launches Church-Centered Climate Action Program
This year, the Earth and Climate Action Ministry Team (ECAM) plans to partner with our Minister, Rev. Maria Cristina, our Staff, and interested church groups and individuals as we: LISTEN TO their ideas, concerns, hopes to take care of the earth. We’ll encourage...
Invitation to Collaborate on an Our Whole Lives (OWL) Course and Training Opportunity
I hope this message finds you in good health and high spirits. I want to extend an invitation for feedback regarding the Our Whole Lives (OWL) programs and consider an opportunity to either teach an OWL course or become a trained OWL facilitator. Teaching an OWL...
Porchlight Thanks You!
YOU made a difference! THANK YOU! East Shore has just participated in our 29th year of serving homeless men at ESUC through PorchLight – formerly: Congregation for the Homeless (CFH). This program is part of the year-round rotating shelter program giving the men a...
Giving Tree Starts November 8
The season of gratitude and giving is upon us. The exciting news is that we are able to continue our traditional Giving Tree supporting 6 local agencies. These agencies need our help more than ever and families need our support as they struggle to make life “normal”...
Attention Civic Activists
There is an opportunity for you and one other to represent ESUC in the Bellevue Police Interfaith Advisory Council. The Bellevue Police Department (BPD) has seven councils on which it seeks advice on ideas and concepts. We were represented by Reverend Elaine and Aisha...
Hope Grows Here: Mission Fund Drive 2024
We, bearers of the dream, affirm that a new vision of hope is emerging. We pledge to work for that community in which justice will be actively present. We affirm that there is struggle yet ahead. Yet we know that in the struggle is the hope for the future. We affirm...
Welcoming Congregations Banner Defaced
Beloveds, We are so saddened and disappointed to share with you the news of the defacing our Welcoming Congregations banner. Recently, someone cut out the letters LGBTQiA+ from our banner. It is heartbreaking to all of us. We want to take a moment to send special care...
East Shore Unitarian Church Services West of the Lake!
Where? Murano Senior Living Center, 620 Terry Ave. between James and Cherry. They have a large wall TV screen in their first floor card room and Zoom the ESUC services. Valet parking is free when visiting a resident. You will be visiting Betsy Gelb, an ESUC...
New Ways to Support P-Patch
P-Patch now has some new ways for people to make their donations for the produce table. Have you noticed the produce table outside the foyer after services? P-Patch ministry shares fresh veggies and fruits from our campus and home gardens. People make donations for...
Successful Bellevue City Council Candidates Climate & Environmental Forum
East Shore’s Earth & Climate Action Ministry team thanks all six Bellevue City Council candidates—John Stokes, Paul Clark, David Hamilton, Mo Malakoutian, Janice Zahn and Betsi Hummer--for participating in a panel discussion at the Climate & Environmental...
Jacob Johns Brings Indigenous Perspectives to COP28 in Dubai – A Call to Action
Earth and Climate Action Ministry (ECAM) and the Indigenous Connections Team invite you to University Unitarian Church in Seattle and Northlake UU Church in Kirkland for a presentation and Q&A offered by Jacob Johns. Jacob is part of an international effort to...
Lummi House of Tears Carvers Totem Pole Stop at East Shore
On the last day of August, East Shore was again honored to welcome the Lummi House of Tears Carvers. The occasion, the one stop they made in King County, marked the day they set out on their Leonard Peltier Totem Pole Journey to Washington DC where they were scheduled...
Water Communion & Ingathering Potluck
As the seasons change we want to welcome everyone back to East Shore this September! On Sunday, September 10 we will celebrate this community with our annual Water Communion and Ingathering Potluck. At 10:30 a.m., we gather to give thanks for having access to drinking...
Fall Programs for the Family
What a gorgeous summer we have had, full of fun memories outside in nature, and meaning-making inside ourselves and our communities. We've been connecting with a lot of you throughout the summer, building community in summer camp and in RE. We're so proud of our youth...
“I come to East Shore to be with warm and open hearted people, who care about the world and work to reach out and heal as many people both near and far as possible.” -Amanda Strombom