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Planting Seeds of Resilience
September 29, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. Online and in-person Rev. Bowie Kling-Garcia
In today’s world, with our climate in crisis and rising tensions in our news, there are so many causes that people need to do something about. And yet, it can feel overwhelming – in the midst of so much need, how do we know what to do? Together, we will explore how the little things that we do in our lives and in our communities can help us create a better world.
Rev. Bowie Kling-Garcia (they/them) currently serves as the Spiritual Care Supervisor and Palliative Care Chaplain at UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital in Madison, WI. As a chaplain, Rev. Bowie’s theology is one which emphasizes relationships and storytelling with their patients. When not in the hospital, you can find Rev. Bowie enjoying a good movie or video game with their husband Logan and energetic cat Yen.
We will share the plate with Stepping Stones of Rockford Stepping Stones is a private, nonprofit 501c3 community mental health provider in Winnebago County. The organization, which first opened in 1969 with a single halfway house, provides mental health services to over 180 clients. The organization employs just over 100 staff. By offering a variety of mental health treatment interventions and access to 24-hour services, we provide our residents opportunity to live in the most independent community setting. Our locations are scattered around town, with our main office located in the downtown area of Rockford. We are a trauma-informed, person-centered mental health treatment provider, dedicated to those with serious mental illness. Our residents are not their diagnoses. We recognize the person, not the illness. The organization works to bust stigma, to make positive contribution in the community and to provide safe, affordable and decent housing. We validate that persons with serious mental illness have the right to a quality of life afforded by the least restrictive living environment.
We are a part of our community.
We are a family. Click Here to Donate
Volunteers for Sunday, September 29
Greeters: We Need Volunteers
Guest Table: We Need Volunteers
Ushers: We Need Volunteers
Coffee Hosts: We Need Volunteers
Contact Rev. Joyce to sign up at assistminister@uurockford.org
Creative Ideas Wanted. The Deadline for taking Donations is only weeks away
We are getting a nice array of donations already. But we could really use yours
What kind of a Joyful dinner party can you visualize?
Make it fancy. 5 course French dinner.
Make it simple. Do a take out pizza comparison test.
A gathering of church people is never boring. Have fun.
Got any Joyfilled energizing excursions you would share with a fellow member?
Take us canoeing. Take us Christmas shopping.
Has your Holiday Baking urge started to tingle? Would you joyously share?
Make pies. make cookies.
Donate Soon————- Think now. Deadline is Oct 15.
Method #1 – Let us know if you have an idea. Just describe your idea and Email it. We will fill out the form for you. (Steve Lewis) at lewissk@aol.com. Or Autumn at church, uurockford@gmail.com
Method #2 – Print out the form from this link, __________, or pick one up at the Hospitality Table. Fill out the form. Turn it in to the Hospitality table on Sunday, or in to the office. Or, if you are able, scan it and email it. Method #3 – pick up a form at the Sunday Hospitality Table. Fill it out. Turn it in to the Table, or to the office.
Our congregation is joining UUs nationwide to revive our commitment to climate justice! We are collaborating locally with the Unitarian Universalist Church of Rock Valley to offer two days of free programming. Saturday’s event in Rockton, Climate Justice: From Conversation to Action, invites you to join the discussion about climate justice and actions we can take to make a positive change in our local communities! The weekend continues in Rockford on Sunday with 10am worship and an Organizing Hour following service in collaboration with UU the Vote.
September 28: 1-5pm at UU Congregation of Rock Valley in Rockton
September 29: 10am Worship and Organizing Hour at UU – Rockford
Register for the Saturday program HERE. Childcare is available! Additional printed information is available in the Narthex and in Deale Hall. If you have any questions, please reach out to Rebecca Beneditz.
UUA President Rev. Sofia Betancourt Invites You to Join the 2024 Climate Justice Revival Saturday September 28 and Sunday September 29.
UUA President Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt invites all Unitarian Universalists to our first-ever UU Climate Justice Revival. Because of her training as an environmental ethicist, this work – this calling for climate justice – is central to President Betancourt’s hopes and dreams for all Unitarian Universalists. View her invitation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI1x1T88j4g
UU the Vote: Post Carding to Rock County, Wisconsin!
We’re off to a good start; 9 members wrote 215 cards on Wednesday, 9/25. Only 885 to go! This week we are meeting in the library at these times:
Tuesday, 10/1 11 am to 12 pm
Wednesday, 10/2 2 pm to 3 pm
Thursday, 10/3 5:30 to 6:30 pm (just before Unicantors’ rehearsal)
Friday, 10/4 11 am to 12 pm
You don’t have to be a member of the UU the Vote Team to participate. Check your calendar and show up!
Submitted by Teresa Wilmot
Wonderful Wednesday: Deep Listening through Non-Violent Communication
Wednesday, October 2
6:00 pm in the Library
In difficult interactions with people, deep listening lets us hear the universal human needs that are hidden behind bitter or aggressive words. Non-Violent Communication, developed in the 1960’s and 1970’s by Marshall Rosenberg, gives us the tools to do just that. Join us for an evening of discovery, empathy, and some fun games using our Grok card decks!
Past Sunday Services
Did you know you can watch past Sunday services anytime? We have them on our website under past worship services so you never have to miss a Sunday! Click here to find a service that you haven’t seen yet! You can also always go to our Facebook and YouTube pages.
The Board of Trustees:
President: Matt Menze
Clerk: Kim Lowman Vollmer
Vice-President: Wendy Bennett
Treasurer: Bob Spelman
Trustees: Clark Logemann, Rebecca Beneditz, Neita Webster
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