Note: Our "This Week" emails may be a bit longer than usual, as we are shifting the written announcements in our Order of Service to this email!
Tuesdays | Drop-In Discussion: Not So Fast, Utopia Boy!
Many of our discussions have been about solving the world's biggest problems, like war, overpopulation and the climate crises. But human beings are flawed. We will continue to struggle against the ills of the moment, but cannot resolve them. Hank Stone and Eileen Fernandez will offer their different perspectives. Drop-In Discussions are back with a virtual spin! We are meeting on Tuesday night, from 6:30-7:30pm. Contact
DropInDiscussion@uuroc.org
for the Zoom link!
Wednesdays | Midweek Meditation
First Universalist Church will be hosting Midweek Meditation services with Rev. Lane and Rev. Michelle on Wednesdays from 11:30am-Noon. Just a brief time to connect for deep breathing, meditation, singing, and silence. Look on the
First Universalist homepage for details and a link!
Sundays | Coffee Hour after Service
First Universalist Church will be hosting their usual MOCHA coffee hour after each of our Zoom Sunday Services! Find the link in our weekly email with the worship service link, or email
office@uuroc.org
for the link (
please do not email for the link after the service has begun on Sunday, it may not be responded to in time
).
Small Group Ministry Openings
The small groups have decided to meet on Zoom through the summer, to gather for sharing and spiritual companionship. The Thursday evening group meets every other Thursday from 7-8:30pm, and has two openings available. If you are interested, please email Rev. Michelle at
edu@uuroc.org as soon as possible as we want to settle in new members by the June 25 meeting.
2020 General Assembly | June 24-28
Regarding this year's General Assembly this month, the UUA has voted enthusiastically to hold the conference online: More than 2,000 people had already pre-registered before this period of physical distancing. If you are interested in becoming a delegate, please contact Joy Leccese for more info. Email
coachingjoy@gmail.com, or
office@uuroc.org.
Calling All Musicians!
As we begin summer services on June 28, we are asking YOU to share your musical gifts. All voices and instruments are welcome. Participants should be able and willing to share their music from home. This can be done live over Zoom, or in the form of a pre-recorded performance. If you are interested and need an accompaniment track our music director can record one in advance. Please contact our Music Director, Brock Tjosvold, at
music@uuroc.org
for more information.
Help Our Summer Garden!
Call for garden watering. The front garden is blooming and we will need waterers starting in July. Please contact Sarah at
garden@uuroc.org
.
June 1 to July 31 | RAIHN Matching Donation Fund
Help support families in need! While congregations are closed due to COVID-19, RAIHN* is still supporting houseless families including housing some in a cost-efficient motel. Funds are needed to
support the effort. An anonymous donor will match up to $3000 in gifts to RAIHN made between June 1 and July 31. This will be a tremendous help to families in need. Please consider a
donation. To donate online, go to the uuroc.org website and click on the donate button at the bottom of the homepage. In the “write a note” section under the donation amount please write “
RAIHN First Universalist”. Checks can also be made out to First Universalist with “
RAIHN First UU” on the memo line. Contact Marti Eggers, Ed Deller, Chris DeGolyer or Connie Valk for more details.
*Rochester Area Interfaith Hospitality Network
June 19 | Juneteenth 5K Fundraiser
Join First Universalist members and friends in a virtual 5K on June 19 to support our church-wide justice project, the Civil Rights Heritage Site, a project spearheaded by the Spiritus Christi Anti-Racism Coalition (
SPARC
). All are invited to join in this 5K to walk, roll, or run in honor of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who was killed while out jogging in his own neighborhood. To sign up, please go to this link:
https://juneteenth5k.itsyourrace.com/event.aspx?id=9320
.
Please be sure to indicate that you are part of the First Universalist Fundraising Team!
June 25 | UU the Vote Phone Banking Training with Interfaith Community
First Universalist's UU the Vote team will be joining with our interfaith community across Rochester to do phone banking to get folks registered to vote on June 25th from 6-7pm. This phone bank will partner with Reclaiming Our Vote, a non-partisan organization that focuses on getting Black and Brown voters re-engaged who might have been taken off the rolls across our nation. To sign up to join in, please connect with Rev. Lane at
minister@uuroc.org
.
June 28 | Joining with Virtual General Assembly for Worship
First Universalist will be kicking off our summer worship services by worshiping with thousands of Unitarian Universalists from across the country and the world for Sunday morning worship from General Assembly. Worship begins at 10:00am. A link to connect will be sent out in written announcements as well as the Saturday before. The link to connect is:
https://www.uua.org/ga/off-site/2020/sunday-worship
