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Interested in Becoming a Small Group Facilitator?
Rev. Christine Dance will be teaching Introduction to Small Group Facilitating on January 9 at 7:00pm. The class will be available both in person and on Zoom. Small groups are the backbone of this community and essential to keeping folks connected. We truly need more small group facilitators if we are going to offer more
Adult Class: Plan Your Own Memorial Service
By request, Rev. Christine is offering a class to consider and plan your own memorial service. We’ll talk about the purposes of a service, the elements that make it special, and how you can plan now so that you can have input and decrease questions for your loved ones. The class will run on Sundays
Adult Class: Great UU Sermons
Long-time member Roy Miller is offering an ongoing monthly series studying a classic sermon from an important UU Minister from history, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Theodore Parker. Meetings are on Zoom on the second Thursday of each month at 3:00pm. For more information and to register, visit our Adult Classes page.
Share the Plate: Arizona Helping Hands
The Arizona Helping Hands group is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing essential services to children in foster care through their programs that promote safety, permanency and health. Arizona Helping Hands focuses their work on providing programs for foster and kindship families. Programs include providing children with a safe place to sleep and other basic
Share the Plate: December 24, 2022 – Minister’s Discretionary Fund
Reverend Christine uses this fund for needs in our congregation and the community that might not otherwise be met with congregational resources—especially for those who are in crisis or have immediate financial needs. Within our congregation, the fund was critical during the pandemic and is still helping to support folks who come down with COVID.
Adult Classes Beginning in Early 2023
UUCP is offering four adult classes beginning in the new year: For more information and to register, visit our Adult Classes page.
Poetry Walk and Talk
Join us as we walk a fascinating neighborhood in north-central Phoenix. We walk and talk stopping occasionally for someone to read a poem that they brought. Poems can be something you wrote or from anyone else. Length of walk: one mile stroll When: Friday Dec 23, 2022 and every Friday thereafter until April 2023. Where:
Winter Clothing Donations for Refugees
Please set aside gently used cold-weather clothing and bring it to the upper parking lot on Saturday, December 31 from 2:00-4:00pm. The donations will be taken to the IRC Welcome Center, where many asylum-seekers are heading to very cold climates to await their asylum hearings. If the holiday brings you new coats, sweaters, sweat pants
Notes From Your Dance Partner – December 22, 2022
“Have The Christmas That You’ll Have.” This has become one of my signature phrases. My friends quote me and say it back to me when needed. It has been amended to “have the holiday you will have,” “have the birthday you will have,” “have the family that you’ll have” and more. It comes from a
Christmas Caroling Joy!
UUCP’s Christmas Caroling Caravan on Saturday, December 17, was a great success! A group of 15-20 people (depending on who showed up at the various locations) traveled to 5 different locations, singing Christmas carols and sharing joy, community, and cookies with UUCP elders who can’t often join us in person. Choir member Charlotte Carl-Mitchell has
Donations Needed! Children’s Clothes
We need your help, we need clothing donations. With a pre-school, an elementary school and our congregations, there are a lot of kids on this campus. They have lots of adventures and sometimes it gets messy. Donations Needed: Outfits of comfy socks, shorts, and shirt package in ziplock bag. We need 2 sets in each
Help Us Nominate UUCP’s Leadership by 3/1!
The Nominating Committee is looking for UUCP members who would like to take an active leadership role in our congregation. We'd like your suggestions for candidates by March 1.
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