Grounds Work Party

East Shore Unitarian Church 12700 SE 32nd Street, Bellevue, WA, United States

Join us for gardening activities on the East Shore grounds. We will be weeding and pulling ivy, pruning shrubs, and mulching with wood chips in various areas. We plan to do some vegetable and flower planting in the raised beds. We meet by the raised beds in between the Office and the Music buildings. Adults and youth (accompanied by an adult) are welcome to help out. If you would like, bring a sack lunch and come to our lunch at noon in the North Room when we can chat and discuss upcoming projects. Come for any amount of time to help out.

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Family Programs

East Shore Unitarian Church 12700 SE 32nd Street, Bellevue, WA, United States

Are you looking for a nurturing and inclusive environment for your children to explore their spirituality? Look no further than our Kids and Youth Programs! Register online today and we'll get your family connected to a peer group of kids and all our wonderful programs.

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Millennial Meetup

Are you a Millennial (born between 1981ish-1996ish)? Nicole Duff is putting together an outing right after worship in Factoria. This is just an opportunity to be social and get to know one another. If interested, please contact Nicole for more information.

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Intro to Paganism

Online Event

Do you feel a deep connection to nature and are longing to express that feeling through ritual? Are you interested in learning more about earth-based spirituality? Join ESUC member LeAnne Struble and other members of the Salish Sea CUUPS (Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans) ministry team for a journey into paganism, one of the sources of our UU faith. In five one hour online sessions with music, ritual, hands on learning, and discussion, we will explore this important perspective that encompasses both the ancient and the modern.

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Unexpected Economics

Online Event

This class utilizes economic thinking to illuminate a wide range of topics not typically understood to be economic in nature-from how we choose a mate to why we vote the way we do. If you’ve read any of the Freakonomics books or listened to the Freakonomics podcast then you will be familiar with the sorts of topics covered in this class such as Marriage as a Search Market, Terrorism as an Occupational Choice, Small Choices and Racial Discrimination, and Obesity – Who Bears the Costs? Led by Alan Carter.

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Sacred Stiches

East Shore Unitarian Church 12700 SE 32nd Street, Bellevue, WA, United States

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, and more? Would you like to teach or learn these skills? Let’s get together to have fun doing all the things that bring us joy and an opportunity to distress and build community. All ages welcome!

Fourth Wednesday Book Club: All Boys Aren’t Blue

Online Event

Join us as we read All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson. In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson's All Boys Aren't Blue explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia.

Women’s Perspective Walk: Kelsey Creek Park

Off Site WA, United States

All those who identify as women are invited to join East Shore friends for a lovely walk in the beautiful Kelsey Creek Park! Meet there (410 130th Place SE, Bellevue) at 10am to stroll and chat. Plan to stay for lunch nearby, restaurant TBD.

Seabeck 2024: Sending You Light

Off Site WA, United States

The Seabeck UU Retreat is an intentionally inclusive and multi-generational annual church retreat over Memorial Day weekend at the Seabeck Conference Center overlooking the Olympic mountains on the Hood Canal The retreat offers Something for Everyone and is a wonderful way to get involved and more connected with members of East Shore, University Unitarian and the Northlake UU congregations.

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Unexpected Economics

Online Event

This class utilizes economic thinking to illuminate a wide range of topics not typically understood to be economic in nature-from how we choose a mate to why we vote the way we do. If you’ve read any of the Freakonomics books or listened to the Freakonomics podcast then you will be familiar with the sorts of topics covered in this class such as Marriage as a Search Market, Terrorism as an Occupational Choice, Small Choices and Racial Discrimination, and Obesity – Who Bears the Costs? Led by Alan Carter.

Meaningful Movies: Living the Change

Online Event

Please join us for our free screening of Living the Change, a feature-length documentary that explores solutions to global crises we face today. Inspiring stories of people pioneering change in their own lives and their communities show us how we can all live sustainably and in a regenerative way. Directors Jordan Osmond and Antoinette Wilson weave stories from their travels together with interviews that showcase experts explaining how we came to be where we are today. From forest gardens to composting toilets, community supported agriculture to timebanking, Living the Change offers ways for each of us to rethink our approach to how we live.

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Family Programs

East Shore Unitarian Church 12700 SE 32nd Street, Bellevue, WA, United States

Are you looking for a nurturing and inclusive environment for your children to explore their spirituality? Look no further than our Kids and Youth Programs! Register online today and we'll get your family connected to a peer group of kids and all our wonderful programs.

Summer Potluck

East Shore Unitarian Church 12700 SE 32nd Street, Bellevue, WA, United States

All are invited to our annual Summer Potluck on Sunday, June 2, after the Pride Service. Entrees (both meat and vegan) will be provided, but we encourage you to bring a side dish or dessert. Stay and enjoy the community here at East Shore!

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Black Lives Matter Flash Stance: Bellevue

Bellevue - BLM Flash Stance Factoria Blvd SE & SE 36th St, Bellevue, WA, United States

Join fellow Church members and other UU Churches in solidarity after Church service for a Black Lives Matter Flash Stance in Factoria on the corner by Dacell’s Jewelers.

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Unexpected Economics

Online Event

This class utilizes economic thinking to illuminate a wide range of topics not typically understood to be economic in nature-from how we choose a mate to why we vote the way we do. If you’ve read any of the Freakonomics books or listened to the Freakonomics podcast then you will be familiar with the sorts of topics covered in this class such as Marriage as a Search Market, Terrorism as an Occupational Choice, Small Choices and Racial Discrimination, and Obesity – Who Bears the Costs? Led by Alan Carter.