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Collecting your wonderful contributions for the Spring Auction is underway. See auction information and the contribution form on the UUCWC website under the Giving tab. Auction Team members will be in the lobby after each service for the next few weeks to answer all your questions – how does the auction work, how do I … Continue reading ALOHA- 2017 UUCWC Auction Contribution Drive Begins
UUCWC has numerous FaceBook groups that are both formal and informal; hosted by congregational leadership and sprung up by community members. Some of the most frequented include: the public page hosted by our Communications Team and primarily taregeting folks looking for information about UUCWC called, “Unitarian Universalist Church at Washington Crossing;” a community-oriented page hosted … Continue reading FaceBook Group Announcement
Welcome to the first Racial Justice Initiative bulletin for 2017. The name has been changed from Churchwide Racial Justice Project to UUCWC Racial Justice Initiative to better acknowledge that the work towards justice is open-ended. Our nation faces many challenges and great injustices and our seven Unitarian Universalist principles call us to action: The inherent … Continue reading Racial Justice Initiative Bulletin: January – March 2017
On Saturday, January 21st, millions of women, men and children gathered for the Women’s March in cities around the world. I was honored and humbled to offer the opening prayer at the march in Trenton. Will you please join me in the spirit of prayer, meditation, or open hearted contemplation. Holy and beautiful is the … Continue reading Rev. Kim’s Prayer for the Women’s March on New Jersey
So, what is current status of UUCWC’s Racial Justice Initiative? The election of Donald Trump opens a far wider conversation than when the Council for Faith Action initiated the information sessions and discussions about Black Lives Matter and racial justice early this fall. America’s deep history of racism and anti-Semitism, along with the more recent … Continue reading UUCWC’s Racial Justice Initiative Update
In October of this year the Rev. Julie Denny-Hughes died peacefully in her sleep at the age of 70. She served congregations in Richmond VA, Raleigh NC, Palatine IL, and Halifax Nova Scotia before retiring in her hometown in Indiana. You may remember seeing this announcement in our Tuesday Caring Emails. Julie was a member … Continue reading Remembering Without Silence
In light of the Presidential Election results, please find the following statement written to the Imam of the Islamic Society of Central Jersey. Additional letters of solidarity from me, the children of UUCWC and our adults will continue in the weeks to follow. If you would like to be a part of this effort please … Continue reading Rev. Kim’s Statement to the Imam of the Islamic Society of Central Jersey
Understanding Black Lives Matter – The New Civil Rights Movement The Council for Faith in Action is sponsoring informational opportunities for congregants to learn about the Black Lives Matter movement and the Unitarian Universalist Association’s support of this movement for racial justice. These opportunities will be focused on the movement and racial justice as a … Continue reading Understanding Black Lives Matter – The New Civil Rights Movement: Info Sessions and Listening Circles
As we start the new church year, we will be continuing our Racial Justice Initiative, which was well received in 2015-16. As before, there will be book suggestions and discussions, a few movie nights, and social action opportunities, as well as the Beloved Conversations Adult Religious Education offering which was developed by a UU minister. … Continue reading UUCWC’s Racial Justice Initiative Continues in 2016-2017
Thanks to a grant from Faith in Action, the RE Committee participated in a webinar on “Raising Race-Conscious Children” last month. The committee decided not to share the webinar with RE parents (because of very poor sound quality and other technical problems), but I do want to share with you what we learned. Note: Although … Continue reading Raising Race-Conscious Children
