Living through a global pandemic has created rapid and seemingly constant change in our daily lives. This Sunday we'll reflect together about the ways that this dramatic unfolding has called us all into a great reimagining of how to build a more loving and just society, how to root more fully in our deepest values and believe in the impossible becoming possible.

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Book Discussion: Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho

The Racial Justice Committee of UUCSW will sponsor a book discussion as a part of their ongoing search for understanding of racism here and now. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho will be discussed with Elijah Manning moderating...

Rev. Laurel will be teaching Coming of Age for adults. Please see the CommUUnity Collab website for details and registration.

You may review your giving and pledge history at any time through your Realm account or by contacting Susie Wells, our collector, at susie48winnip@gmail.com. Contribution statements for the 2021 tax year will be emailed to you (or mailed to your home if we don't have your email address) by January 31st. Click on the "View Your Giving Statement" link in the email to open your document. 

Statements will also be available for printing yourself on February 1st through Realm. If you have questions, contact Lisa Shumway at treasurer@uucsw.org.

Greetings Circle RE Community!

I'm excited to see that Covid cases are on the downswing, and am hoping that trend continues! I think that, given our population, I'd like to wait for Circle RE to reconvene in person until February, tentatively on the 2nd and 4th Sundays (the 13th & 27th). We will continue to watch Covid numbers and keep you all updated.

In the meantime, all Circle youth (including YG!) will be getting a very special email invitation on Friday or Saturday of this week. Please keep an eye out, and give your child(ren) their invitation when it arrives (feel free to print it out!). There will be a few activities available through their letter (with web addresses) and I'll be sure to get that info to parents as well.

Future OWL Facilitators Needed! We are short on OWL Facilitators this year and will be looking to get a few people trained. If you're interested in becoming an OWL Facilitator (it's amazing training, and leading this program is a powerful gift to yourself and our teens!), please get in touch with me ASAP. I will say that I know I'm in need of female-identifying or non-binary Facilitators, but please reach out regardless. To learn more about becoming an OWL Facilitator visit: OWL Facilitators Link.

Please note that Rev. Laurel will be attending a conference next week (Mon - Fri), so her office hours will be extremely limited and email response time will be slowed. If something is urgent, please text her on her cell phone, 401-932-7855.

The Food and Clothing Drive collection is TODAY, 1/27, from 4:30 to 5:45 pm.

We are gearing up for our major fundraiser planned on April 30th. This is a request for you to join a team to put together the items and plan - we hope to have the event in person this year, pending COVID safety protocols.

This is a rewarding opportunity for all concerned! Please consider being part of this great event and reach out to the board at Board@uucsw.org and "put in your bid” NOW to help it succeed.

With sincere thanks from your congregation!

A blood drive, in honor of Corinne Sciarappa, is scheduled for Saturday, 2/5. Please use this link to schedule a donation time.

UUCSW Reflections Podcast

Soul Matters Packet January 2021