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Music Notes: Join the East Shore Mighty Choir
There are few things more satisfying, enlivening, connecting, grounding and uplifting than singing. This is even more true when singing in a group. Science has shown singing in a group lowers blood pressure, releases endorphins, lowers stress and even strengthens...
2023 Canoe Journey: “Honoring Our Warriors Past and Present”
More than 100 Canoes coming from British Columbia, Oregon, Washington and as far away as Alaska arrived on Alki Beach, Seattle on Sunday, July 30. Present to cheer on the arrival of the Canoe families were hundreds of allies, volunteers and curious observers among...
How Inflation Reduction Act Can Help You Electrify Your Home
Thursday, September 7, 7:00 p.m. East Shore’s Earth and Climate Action Ministry Team (ECAM) wants to share this opportunity on how you might get help electrifying your home—like replace gas furnace with a heat pump or replace fossil fuel appliances—and help cool the...
Open Invitation to come to the Bellevue City Council Candidate Forum at East Shore!
Tuesday, September 19, 7:00 p.m. As countries around the world face growing urgency to address climate change and build environmental sustainability, policy makers at all levels of government are considering various policy options. Here in Washington, state...
Congregations for the Homeless Becomes Porchlight
September 29-October 31 In 1993, Congregations For the Homeless began their rotating shelter with churches on the Eastside. East Shore is a founding member of the program. Over the past 30 years, the program has evolved and grown. This year marks a new era with a new...
Trinkets & Treasures a Success
We give heartfelt thanks to the generous donors, to more than 40 hard-working volunteers, to East Shore’s incredibly supportive staff, and to the many shoppers who made our annual Trinkets & Treasures rummage sale the most successful ever! Together we raised more...
COVID Protocols for 2023-2024
As we prepare for the return of the church program year, Water Communion, Salmon Bake and so much more we wanted to update our COVID Policies. The threat of COVID, RSV, and the flu haven’t gone away, so as we come back we also know the timing aligns with the most...
Rev. Jennifer Alviar Wins Disability Justice Sermon Award
East Shore Member Rev. Jennifer Alviar was recently awarded the EqUUal Access Carolyn Cartland Sermon Award for her sermon "The Art of Language to Liberate & Empower," which she preached at East Shore on April 16, 2023. This annual contest highlights...
New East Shore T-Shirts Coming!
The Outreach Team has been working hard to design a new East Shore t-shirt to wear at rallies, marches, East Shore outings, worship, or even just out and about. In the end, we came up with three designs. Big thanks to East Shore member Katherine Fugitt who works at...
Member & Volunteer Trainings!
As we prepare for fall, we also need to prepare for more visitors and friends coming to East Shore! Volunteers are incredibly important to making Sunday work, and I want to help. To do that I will be offering a few training sessions for those wanting to learn or...
Update Your Realm Profile!
The fall is a great time to check that all your contact information is correct. You can log into Realm and update it any time and include a photo of you and your family. During the pandemic, the companies that made the photo directories closed, so Realm is our best...
RE-Flections: Leaders Needed for RE!
Consider leading a small group of kids or youth in our upcoming school-year programs. We start September 10 and run through the end of May. Small groups with kids consist of hour-long sessions, three times a month, during worship. We have fun, talk about building up...
General Assembly 2023
From June 21-25, more than 2,300 Unitarian Universalists traveled to Pittsburgh. Among them were two of our Delegates, Grace Colton and Dave Baumgart, Board President Signe Lalish, friends Cecelia and Julia Hayes, and staff member Nicole Duff. They were joined by our...
Rev. María Cristina Suggests…
I am sharing the video recording of the Berry Street Essay delivered by Rev. Cecilia Kingman (found at esuc.org) titled “My Little Pony Was Right: Reflections of Fascisms Without and Within.” I hope you find it as challenging, illuminating, and inspiring as I did...
Nicole Duff Elected UUAMP President
At the Professional Day for the Unitarian Universalist Association of Membership Professionals (UUAMP), our Director of Membership Development, Nicole Duff, was elected President of the Board. UUAMP is comprised of both paid staff and volunteers who are serving...
Pathway to Membership
In 2020 I was able to complete a project I had been working on since I saw an inspiring workshop at General Assembly in 2019, revamping our Pathway to Membership. The idea is simple, allow people to get connected as part of the process of joining. This allows the...
New TIPS Intern to Help RE
Hi! My name is Nilla, and I am interning at East Shore this summer through the TIPS Program. So far, I have worked at East Shore for two weeks and am loving it! This past year, I have been going to school in Sammamish. At East Shore, I will work in the RE department,...
Invisible No More: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and People (MMIWP)
The MMIWP display was created earlier this year under the auspices of Carolyn DeFord, Puyallup tribal member and East Shore's Women's Perspective (WP) and Campus Aesthetics Team (CAT). “Invisible No More” is now being shared in the wider community. In April, shortly...
“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