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 Meeting

We will meet on Sunday, February 13, 2022 at 1:30pm via Zoom:ID: 929 0550 6684 | Passcode: Earth Please join us. Advocate for the Environment—RTS is not working well. To help you, here is a list of the bills to oppose and support having to do with the environment. The Sierra Club has a list

Outdoor Worship Update

With the parking lot completed and the COVID numbers decreasing, we are thrilled to announce that we will have TWO options for you to join worship starting on Sunday, February 20, at 10:30am: Online, live-streamed worship on Zoom, now in a meeting format where you can see and chat with other attendees Limited attendance in-person,

Mountain with saguaro cactus in the foreground, cloudy sky

UUCP February Navigators: Geology

At our first meeting in February, we will have an interview with one of our group's young geologists who loves rocks: Jera Spring. She will be sharing her research on rock formations at and near the Marcus Landslide. We hope you love geology as much as we do!

Caribbean Steelpan with Wes Hawkins

This Sunday’s service will feature the Caribbean steelpan music of percussionist and educator Wes Hawkins. Wes leads the Rhythm is Life Steel Band and the Phoenix College percussion studio, and keeps busy performing and teaching percussion of all kinds. He’s excited to share his love of steelpan with us!

It’s Time to Unite Not Divide

After nearly 22 months of challenges we never envisioned, Arizonans continue to be tireless in our efforts to heal, rebuild and move forward in our new reality despite the headwinds we face. Although there are still many unknowns, we enter 2022 with renewed hope and optimism. One where we work together in the spirit of

UUEJMinistry Meeting

We will meet on Sunday, February 13, 2022 at 1:30pm via Zoom:ID: 929 0550 6684 | Passcode: Earth Please join us. HB2101 is a bill to overturn a law currently on the books that allows SRP and APS to arrange with other power companies for them to use their grid for distribution. Currently, Green Mountain

Japan

Join our travelogue presented by Barbara Cawthorne on Zoom. Meeting ID: 839 5571 0401 | Passcode: 023529 Email: travel@phoenixuu.org February 11, 7:00 – 8:00pm Japan is a fascinating country of economic and business successes, rich culture, technical competency, and spatial challenges. It has an area slightly bigger than Germany and smaller than California. Japan is

“The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times”

The Book Discussion Group will begin discussing “The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times” by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams with Gail Hudson on February 6. The Book of Hope touches on vital questions, including: How do we stay hopeful when everything seems hopeless? How do we cultivate hope in our children?

Security camera view of main parking lot, Jan 21, 2022

Message From the Board: Parking Lot & Re-Opening

Dear Fellow Congregants, The lower parking lot has asphalt laid and lines painted and we can drive and park on it!! We still have additional inspections, lighting, irrigation, and planting to do, but it is usable! Hooray!! While our seven-month project has seemed like years long, we’ve also had COVID-19 variants and numbers that would have kept us away from in-person worship for much of that time. Now that we have a usable parking lot, our attention turns solely back to the pandemic, the current surge in cases, and the safety of all of you and our...

standing rock against blue sky | "UUCP NAVIGATORS CAMPING"

Navigators: January Recap

Our January subject of Camping went well. We finished our month with our special guest Bonnie White from the Outdoor Group. Bonnie shared her experiences with the UUCP Outdoor Group’s recent hikes in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve as well as the projected campout this May at Sunset Crater National Park. Our Navigators members Nabi and