Last weekend our community hosted our first Transgender Day of Visibility community resource event on Saturday and a service on Sunday centered on the stories and experiences of trans and non-binary folks and their families. I am so grateful for the many people who volunteered on Saturday to help make our campus a welcoming and safe…
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March 31 is Trans Day of Visibility. Over the weekend many organizations, including ours, will be marking this day with celebrations and solidarity events. Many of you may not know as much about the “T” in LGBTQIA++. Last year I shared a couple of stories with you about elders I knew from my ministry in Kansas who were transgender…
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VUU has been building our budget based on the pledges and other income we have received and continue to receive from each of you. At the beginning of March we celebrated Mary Erickson as someone who has consistently supported VUU financially and as a volunteer in a number of different ways. “Wise elder” is not a term…
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Desert Notes will return in a few weeks.
Dear Ones, Recovering from Flu A has been a bigger challenge than I hoped for. Know that I am doing my best to catch up, but it may take me some time. This month I am also scheduled for some downtime with my family during Spring Break. I will be taking a break for a…
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Chandler Interfaith Connections Breakfast Save the Date: Wednesday, March 12, 7:30-9:00 am Location: VUU VUU is hosting the next newly formed Chandler Interfaith Connections Breakfast. Come help Rev. Sarah host this gathering! A registration link will be available soon. This is a networking opportunity for area faith communities and their leadership. —Rev. Sarah
Azcend Eggs benefit: Thursday, February 27, 7:30 am Check-in & breakfast begin; 8 – 9 am Program; Join Rev. Sarah at a breakfast event supporting Azcend. This is a great way to learn about the other programs that Azcend provides to our community and how we can be partners in this work. I’d love to have a tableful of UU’s…
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I am about to have a weekend off and a week of retreat with UU colleagues here at the Franciscan Renewal Center. During my week away I am having a little skin cancer surgery on my face, so I’ll be glad to be “out of the limelight” for a few days. Remember that the office is closed…
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Many of you have been asking about ways to respond to things happening in our state and country. If you’d like to help organize a VUU rapid response team that can assess actions and share information with the rest of the congregation, contact me at minister@vuu.org. (Use “rapid response” in the subject line, please.) This could look like organizing…
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This week we enjoyed a multi-generational service with 150 of us, sharing stories about what makes us feel at home—in our actual homes and at VUU. It was a fun service, and it highlighted one of the goals for our interim work in faith formation, which is to bridge the gap between families and youth participating…
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