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Augmented Reality Final Update
Our Augmented Reality course has reached its completion. Since this fall our teens have both developed new skills as well as refined and shared prior skills with their media projects. We would like to express deep gratitude to all of our teens and their families for putting in extra time on multiple Sundays and making
![A picture of Reverend Christine at the pulpit during her installation ceremony](https://www.phoenixuu.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/post-reverend-christine-260x145.jpg)
Notes From Your Dance Partner – December 15, 2022
When I was a little girl, my mom would put us to bed on Christmas Eve in our fanciest Christmas dresses. She’d wake us up in the middle of the night and tuck us in the car to go to Midnight Christmas Eve service at our local Episcopalian church. I remember the sensations of being
Unicare Meal Train Needs
All meal trains accept the same takeout, food deliveries, home-cooked meals, & gift cards—but also direct donations through the site! We currently have one active meal train, it’s for the fabulous Amy Miskell, who is having surgery on December 14. Thanks again so much for your energy, love, & generosity. Big hearts change the world.
Change of Plans! – December Overnight is now a December Party!
The Youth Overnight originally planned at Valley UU on December 17th has been cancelled. 🙁But we’re still going to PARTY. Youth ages 13-18 are invited to join us after The Christmas Caroling Caravan for food, movies, and some holiday mayhem. We’re going to meet in Annex C at 4:00pm for the festivities.
Welcome Our New Members – May & November 2022
May 8, 2022 New Member Group We welcomed 14 new members on May 8, 2022. Audrey Atherton I was born and raised in San Diego California for 57 years. Thanks to my beautiful Mom, Nancy Beach, I was born into the Unitarian Universalism way of life. My mom started attending San Diego Unitarian Universalist Church
![2023 UUCP Swag Alert!](https://www.phoenixuu.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/post-merchandise-store3-260x145.jpg)
UUCP Swag Alert – Hurry, Limited Time Offer!
Show your UUCP Pride! This initial run of shirts is available for a very limited time, so hurry and order your 2023 Shirts before it’s too late.
Winter Clothing Donations
Your Civic Engagement team will be collecting cold-weather clothing twice in the next few weeks: The donations will be taken to the IRC Welcome Center, where many asylum-seekers are heading to very cold climates to await their asylum hearing. Coats, sweat pants and shirts, gloves, and hats in both adult and child sizes will be
![A picture of Reverend Christine at the pulpit during her installation ceremony](https://www.phoenixuu.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/post-reverend-christine-260x145.jpg)
Notes From Your Dance Partner – December 8, 2022
In the Christian calendar, we are in the season of Advent. I love the concept of Advent–the time of waiting for the world to change and also a celebration of some of our greatest ideals–faith, hope, love and joy. During Christian services, they light a candle each Sunday for each week–and each principle–of Advent. I
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Holiday Gifts for Maryland School Families
We are so grateful for your holiday gift assistance for Maryland School families! Through the generosity of UUCP members and friends, all the student gifts have been signed up for. We could still use additional donations of funds for grocery gift cards. You can donate online, drop off a check during worship this Sunday, or mail
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Celebrate Bunny & Dale’s First Anniversary on December 11!
This time last year, we were wed by Rev. Christine at UUCP on December 11 with all of you watching on Zoom! This year, we will usher during worship and have cake and goodies at Coffee Hour on the patio dressed in our wedding clothes!! Come share our continuing joy and check out how we
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Celebrate Winter Solstice with UUCP Navigators!
We will only have one navigators event this month, but it will be something you don’t want to miss! This month’s Navigators event will be a campfire at Stephanie Vidmosko’s House on December 19 at 6:00pm. Stephanie will provide hot tea, cider and cocoa. We hope all our Navigator members can make it to this
Earth Justice Meeting, December 11 Cancelled
The EJM group will not hold our regular meeting December 11, 2023. Our next meeting will be January 8, 2023. Happy Holidays!