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Regular Church Office hours are Monday - Thursday, 9 AM - 3 PM

12 August 2026

This Sunday at Shadow Rock: 8/16/2026

9:00 am

• Childcare is in the Blue Room.
• Adult Education with a coffee hospitality cart in Smith Hall.

10:00 am

• Spiritual Play Ages 3-8 in the Turquoise Room.

10:15 am

• Worship in the Sanctuary.
• We offer closed captioning for people with hearing impairment. Turn closed captioning ON with your device.

11:15 am

• Sermon Reboot in the Narthex.

A Message from the Board President

Greetings, SR Family,

Please mark your calendars for Sunday, August 23. Our candidate for settled pastor, Rev. Dr. Tim Tutt will preach during worship. Following the service, we will hold a congregational meeting to vote on whether to call him as our next settled pastor. This is an important moment in the life of our church, and we hope you will join us.

The day before, on Saturday, August 22, we will host an Open House at 10:00 a.m. in the Narthex. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet Rev. Dr. Tutt, get to know him, and ask questions ahead of Sunday’s vote.

Rev. Dr. Tutt is an ordained United Church of Christ minister whose ministry has included pastoral leadership in Austin, Texas, and Bethesda, Maryland, as well as nonprofit leadership and consulting. His background reflects a deep commitment to faithful preaching, public theology, justice, and compassionate presence within the life of a congregation. Here is the link to his profile. 

Thank you to everyone who stopped by last Sunday to greet our Bridge Pastor, David, who begins his ministry with us on August 30.

Linda Merritt

President

Upcoming Youth Educational Opportunity

Dear Shadow Rock UCC,

Greetings from the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Phoenix. I am writing to introduce an upcoming educational opportunity for youth in grades 8 and 9 and to invite your congregation to share this information with interested families.

Our Whole Lives (OWL) is a comprehensive, age-appropriate human sexuality program co-published by the Unitarian Universalist Association and the United Church of Christ. It has also been recently adopted by the United Methodist Church. The curriculum is designed to support informed, responsible, and values-based decision-making. It addresses human development, relationships, personal skills, sexual health, and society and culture in a structured educational setting.

We recognize that congregations approach youth programming in different ways, and we offer this invitation in a spirit of respectful collaboration. If this opportunity seems potentially relevant for families in your community, we would be grateful if you would share it with the appropriate parents, caregivers, or youth ministry contacts. Our poster Our Whole Lives (OWL) | Grades 8 - 9 | 2026-27 may simplify advertising.

We would also be glad to provide additional information about the program’s format, schedule, facilitators, registration process, and parent or caregiver communication so that interested families and leaders can determine whether it is a good fit. You can find more information on our website: phoenixuu.org/owl.

Thank you for considering this request and for the ways you support youth and families in your congregation. We appreciate your partnership in helping connect families with educational opportunities that may be meaningful to them.

If you are interested in learning about other OWL opportunities, please let me know and I can add you to our Google Group. We do plan to offer a class in the spring for Kindergarten and Grade 1.

Sincerely,

Janet Nash

OWL Coordinator

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Phoenix

owl@phoenixuu.org

NOTE: The Parent Orientation, scheduled for Aug 23, does not have many registrants. If we do not get a sufficient number of registrants, the class will be cancelled.