All our announcements and events are listed below, with the most recently-published first. You can use the list of categories in the sidebar to view items from selected topics.
Earth Justice Ministry Update – Sept 16, 2021
Ways to help the Earth and Eat more Plants… First, please call your leaders as they are getting a lot closer to passing a budget that needs to include a price on carbon to help with climate change. Make sure they know how much you’re concerned about extreme weather, fires, heat-related deaths, and pandemics. SRP
Children’s Ministry Beginnings & Endings
As the seasons will be changing here in Phoenix, so are the Children’s Ministry programs we offer. Throughout the end of September, we will be transitioning out of a few programs and into a few new ones! Programs Beginning Parents and Caregivers as Sexuality Educators is beginning in October! When: 3 Sundays a month, beginning
Last Chance to Sign Important Petitions!
Thank you to all those who attended the Water Gathering at Granada Park last Saturday and signed petitions then. More signatures are needed by Saturday, Sept. 25 before final submission on Sept. 28. These 8 referendum and initiative petitions are necessary to overturn recent legislation devastating to education, voters’ rights, and medical debt.
Coming of Age Mentor Meeting
First Meeting: Thursday, September 16th at 6 pm The Coming of Age program is a powerful component of Children’s Ministry at UUCP: the creativity, initiative, and passion of our mentors are a key part of its success! Mentor Meetups are an optional time to connect with one another. Email comingofage@phoenixuu.org to get Gather login information.
Coming of Age Parent Meeting
First Meeting: Saturday, September 18th at 9 am All parents and caretakers of UUCP 2021-2022 Coming of Age kiddos are invited to attend a monthly meeting to check-in with each other regarding the CoA curriculum, your kiddos’ successes and challenges, what it’s like to parent a young UU teen, and of course to build community
Liberty Wildlife Animal Sanctuary: Native Birds and Conservation – Navigators Special Meeting
Monday, September 20th at 6:30 pm AZ time Join the UUCP Navigators chapter for an evening zoom chat with the Liberty Wildlife Animal Sanctuary. We will be discussing Arizona Native birds of prey and their conservation. Participants will have the opportunity to see live birds from the sanctuary via zoom! Our host from the Animal
Earth Justice Ministry Update – Sept 9, 2021
Earth Justice Ministry will hold its next regular meeting on Sunday, September 12 at 1:30pm. Please Join Us! You can easily join us on Zoom from a smart phone, computer, or tablet: Passcode: Earth | Newcomers are welcome! If you have not expressed your opinion to SRP about their plan to build 16 new (there are
Arizona Needs Your Signatures!
Referendum Petitions, Fall 2021 The AZ Legislature passed bills this year that will: cut deeply into voter-approved education funding, and make it harder to vote These bills will go into effect at the end of September UNLESS we get enough registered voters to sign petitions to “refer” them to the 2022 general election. This would
Kudos, Ann Ezzell!
Have you checked out the new website yet? We are so excited to share with you a fresh face to the new UU year! It’s time need to give a huge SHOUT OUT to Ann Ezzell, our webmaster extraordinaire to design the new site. She has constructed a technical pathway that includes all and eases
Earth Justice Ministry Update – Sept 2, 2021
Earth Justice Ministry is sharing news received from the Sierra Club. For more information on it, please open and use the toolkit attached to the email. Use this toolkit to take action. The demonstration at SRP over the 16 new natural gas plants planned for Coolidge will NOT be on Sept 10. Instead, there is a Press Conference and
Share the Plate: September 12, 2021 – Hope’s Crossing
Hope’s Crossing is an organization dedicated to serving women who are reclaiming their lives from the cycles of physical and emotional abuse, trauma, sexual assault, addiction, incarceration, and homelessness. Hope’s Crossing offers job skills training and a program of emotional support geared toward rebuilding self-confidence, unveiling a sense of self-worth, and promoting whole and healthy
IRC Welcome Center in Phoenix is Receiving Refugees from Afghanistan
The IRC Welcome Center in Phoenix is beginning to receive refugees from Afghanistan in addition to the hundreds per week from other countries. Help is needed there more than ever. Find a way you can help by donating money, ordering needed items from an Amazon wish list, or volunteering in person. The Welcome Center does
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