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.
Together with our Khasi Unitarians partners in NE India, we at East Shore strive to achieve a strong partnership based on mutual understanding -- one that is grounded in love and thoughtful listening. Still at times it can be challenging to put aside our own American experiences to truly listen. The members of East Shore’s partnership ministry team will share our pathway toward better understanding.
What do we do when a win feels like a loss? - Finding the strength to build power after winning the race.
Molleen Dominguez is a writer, teacher, and minister living in California. She holds a Master’s of Divinity and Certificate in Spiritual Direction from the Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University. Her spiritual practice is heavily informed by the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.
I started out in Unitarian Universalist Ministry believing that the groundwork for justice had been done. I believed that Dr King and the civil rights legislation of the 1960’s had secured the future for the American people. Well, it is time to take the rose colored glasses off. Join us as we take a look at the progress our nation has made and a closer look at where we have missed the opportunities to change ourselves, our congregations and maybe this nation of ours.
As Unitarian Universalists, we see our justice work as living out our values into the world. We covenant that "service is our prayer." What might it look like to create a justice spiritual practice?
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.”
This year COVID has hit India very hard, and our Khasi friends now need our support more than ever. We’re holding our second annual virtual fundraiser,
PartnerPALOOZA II to celebrate your contributions to support the teachers and students of NE India. We count on you to give what you can to this powerful and meaningful partnership.
In sermons and newsletters we often see references to our Unitarian Universalist "faith tradition” and some UU’s end their letters and emails with the words “In faith.” But faith in what? This sermon will be a summation of Bill’s reflections on that question and along the way he will introduce Roy G. Biv, whom he first encountered as a teacher in East Shore's RE program.
Join fellow UU activists for our Black Lives Matter Flash Stance in person in Woodinville Stance on the corner of 175th and Garden in front of the Woodinville Jamba Juice. We gather in solidarity with Black, Brown, and Indigenous People of Color. Flash Stances start conversations, and then carry those conversations on. We will be social distancing and ask that everyone wear a mask. All are welcome-join us in this important work! Learn more about Flash Stances here on KBCS.
How do we think about work? How is it different from play? What is the nature of our (mostly) volunteer labor at East Shore. Board President Mike Radow and Rev. Furrer will explore these matters with the awesome participation of Eric Lane Barnes.
Reverend Furrer will lead this traditional service... virtually! Bring some water so you can visualize pouring it into the communal bowl.
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.
Using stories from her (Snohomish) and other native traditions, storyteller Pameĺa Čəlalákəm will crack open the wisdom found there. Songs and celebration in the spirit of early harvest amid ecological crisis.
Everyone is invited to attend one of several online Cottage Meetings which will take place during the last two weeks of September. We will use breakout rooms in the meetings to ensure small enough groups so that everyone will get a chance to participate. Participants will discuss with others in their group what they believe are the strengths, needs, and aspirations of our church community. There will be a representative of the committee to facilitate and take notes.