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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...
Trinkets and Treasures Returns!
Trinkets and Treasures is our annual church sale that benefits the Friendship School operated by our Unitarian partners in the Khasi Hills of India. East Shore's members have always been so generous in helping us run the sale and contributing items to be sold. We’re...
Seabeck 2023: A Success!
Seabeck 2023, our annual Memorial Day weekend retreat, was an amazing success with 165 folks in attendance from East Shore UC, University UC and beyond. I served as Dean, the nominal leader of a team of a dozen or so leaders who organized a weekend full of activities...
Rewiring America
The Earth and Climate Action Ministry Team (ECAM) wants to spread the GREAT news about the potential benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) passed by federal government in July of 2022 to reduce America’s carbon emissions by 40% by 2030! One aspect of the...
Clara Barton Sisterhood honors Barb Clagett and Milly Mullarky
At the East Shore Women’s Perspective Margaret Fuller Tea on May 7, 2023, Barb Clagett and Milly Mullarky were honored as new members of the Clara Barton Sisterhood. This award by the Unitarian Universalist Women’s Federation (UUWF) was created in 1979 to honor UU...
Gathering of the Eagles
This past March during the visit of Lummi Nation’s House of Tears Carvers to East Shore, Freddie Lane invited our church members to come to the 3rd annual Gathering of the Eagles (GOTE), May 21 – 29. In response, five ESUC members volunteered to help out at this...
Installation of Rev. Dr. María Cristina Vlassidis Burgoa!
On Sunday, April 23, 2023, East Shore Unitarian Church officially installed their new settled minister, Rev. Dr. María Cristina Vlassidis Burgoa! You can see parts of the Installation at esuc.org, but here are some selections. Relive the day here. The Welcome by...
Welcome Reverend María Cristina
It was a blessing on our East Shore hike day To know you in a more personal way Nueva Ministra de nuestra iglesia Reverenda María Cristina You snapping photos, we walked at the back Sharing some of our lives along the track A fresh first trillium shyly peeking through...
2023 General Assembly
June 21-25 General Assembly is the annual gathering of Unitarian Universalists, where we conduct business of the Association, explore the theological underpinnings of our faith, and lean fully into our mission and principles. Please join us Wednesday, June 21 through...
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