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Children, Youth & Other Living Things

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Celebrate our children and youth and the programs that support and nourish them at the congregation. We’ll hold our annual high school senior bridging, volunteer recognition, and the Flower Communion together on this special Sunday. The Flower Ceremony is one of our beloved Unitarian Universalist annual rituals that celebrates beauty, human uniqueness, diversity, and community. Originally created in 1923 by Unitarian minister Norbert Čapek of Prague, Czechoslovakia, the Flower Ceremony was introduced to the United States by Rev. Maya Čapek, Norbert's widow.
Please bring a flower to have with you in the worship service and have it with you online. We will bless the flowers, offer gratitude to the beauty and diversity of nature in human, animal, and plant forms.

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Book Discussion: How to Avoid A Climate Disaster

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The Earth & Climate Action Ministry and Citizens Climate Lobby/Bellevue invite you to a virtual book discussion group: June 10 & 24th, 5:00-6:30. Join us to discuss and learn more about Bill Gates latest book “How To Avoid Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need”. "In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical-- and accessible—plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe.” We'll invite some guests who can speak to possible solutions and offer hope! Let's learn how we can fight on behalf of the planet! Come share your thoughts with us!

East Shore Ruins… Immigration

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From the Boarder Wall to Dreamers fights in the Supreme Court, Immigration has played a big part in our political discourse. Adam will show us why a wall won’t really stop immigration and how Border Patrol violates EVERYONE’s civil rights.

Fourth Wednesday Book Club: On Tyranny

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The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. On Tyranny is a call to arms and a guide to resistance, with invaluable ideas for how we can preserve our freedoms in the uncertain years to come.

Pay it No Mind: The Life and Times of Marsha P. Johnson

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Join us as we present "Pay It No Mind - The Life and TImes of Marsha P. Johnson". This event is offered by the ESUC Welcoming Congregations Renewal Committee as part of our Welcoming Religious Education Program.

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Cooking with Amanda: Vegan Desserts

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Join Amanda in her kitchen! Amanda Strombom, president of Vegetarians of Washington and co-author of the Veg-Feasting Cookbook, gives simple, plant-based cooking classes, for people who want to reduce their consumption of animal foods and increase the amount of wholesome plant-based foods.
These free classes are about one hour long. Register online beforehand and the Zoom link will be sent to you via email. The class will be suitable for all ages over 12 years, although younger children are welcome to participate too with parental supervision.

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My Favorite Universe

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In My Favorite Universe, the astrophysicist who directs the nation's most famous planetarium takes you on a spirited and intellectually engaging journey through the cosmos and all its history, from before the Big Bang to the most likely ways in which Earth, and perhaps the entire universe, might end.

East Shore Reads: Breathe

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

The UUA has chosen Breathe: A Letter to My Sons by Imani Perry (Beacon Press, 2019) as the 2020-21 Common Read. Emotionally raw and deeply reflective, Perry's book challenges society to recognize Black children as deserving of humanity. She shares her fear and frustration for her African American sons in an increasingly racist atmosphere in which white people at times seem irredeemable. However, as a mother, feminist, writer, and intellectual, Perry offers an unfettered expression of love—finding beauty and possibility in life. She exhorts her children and their peers to find the courage to chart their own paths and find grounding and inspiration in Black tradition. The New York Times calls Breathe “an elixir of history, ancestry and compassion, which, together, become instruction…a parent’s unflinching demand, born of inherited trauma and love, for her children’s right simply to be possible.”

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Outdoor Religious Education for Children & Youth

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

Beginning September 12, we will have in-person RE from 12:00-1:30 p.m. twice a month, which will allow families the opportunity to log into service before coming to RE. Children will be grouped by grade (K-3, 3-5, MS & HS). Classes will be held outside and masks required for everyone. Volunteers are required to be vaccinated. While children are in RE, parents are welcome to sit in the class or visit with other parents on the North Room patio. If you child is not feeling well, or if you have been notified by your child's school of an outbreak, please do not bring your child to RE that Sunday. Children MUST register before attending their first RE.

Meaningful Movies Bellevue: Invisible Hand

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Please join Meaningful Movies Bellevue for the first film of our 2021 - 2022 season. We will be screening Invisible Hand for free! We will also be joined by a guest speaker immediately afterwards, so grab a drink and snack and get ready for a full 2 hour event.
Invisible Hand is the world’s first documentary film on the Rights of Nature Movement. Executive Producer, Mark Ruffalo, states “You hear time and time again that a corporation has the rights of a person. The idea that Nature has no rights whatsoever is absurd." This “paradigm shifting” story raises questions about the fate of capitalism and democracy and asks us all to consider the perspective of “Who speaks for Nature?" Invisible Hand documents front line communities that are providing a blueprint forward.

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East Shore Reads: Winners Take All

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Join us for a conversation about Anand Giridharadas' book Winners Take All. Most people recognize that the global reach of corporations, technology, and free markets have not brought their promised benefits to the vast majority of Americans and others in advanced countries around the world. Yet we continue to ask for solutions from these entities and systems. Giridharadas questions the assumptions and the approaches of the elite in charge, exposes how efforts toward change maintain the status quo, and offers a thought-provoking perspective for people who want to move the world in the direction of change.

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How Digital Technology Shapes Us

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Join Alan Carter for his latest class on The Great Courses. The class examines the effect that the internet and other digital technology has on our brains, politics, children, sleep, social lives, money, dating, etc. The class will start on the 19 and run for 12 evenings.

Meaningful Movies Bellevue: Kiss the Ground

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Kiss the Ground reveals that by regenerating the world’s soils, a farming process called “regenerative agriculture,” we have the potential to stabilize the climate! Soil is part of the solution to all our climate-related problems because of its ability to draw carbon from the atmosphere. By regenerating the soil, it’s possible to provide an abundance of food and restore ecosystems around the globe. Watching Kiss the Ground will inspire us all to get involved in ways that can rehabilitate the planet and heal ourselves in the process!

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Join the Fourth Wednesday Book Club in October to read Endurance: My Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery by Scott Kelly.

All Ages Halloween Party

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

Join the East Shore RE students and Volunteers for a Halloween Party. Come by East Shore on Sunday October 31 between 12 and 2 for games, music, and fun. Try your hand at an apple grab; Play a Halloween Bingo Game; Enjoy a warm drink; Come dressed in costume; and Get a chance to trick or treat! This event is open to everyone.