WSUU Membership Winter/Spring 2020 – Join on your schedule!

Interested in joining Westside UU on a more flexible schedule? Have young children at home or a busy work schedule? This winter and spring, the Membership Committee is offering an individual or family one-to-one join option for newcomers and non-members, without allotting time for our usual three-class introduction. You can arrange a meeting at a mutually agreed time and place (allow 1 1/2 hours) to complete our membership orientation and pledge. Learn more about Unitarian Universalism, discuss the “nuts and bolts” of our thriving Westside UU community, and connect to your personal interests. In the fall, as a New Member, you

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Lift Update 9.13.19

Though there isn’t a lot to report, the Lift Committee felt it was time to update our community on what has been happening. First, the Lift Committee, despite the lack of noticeable progress, has not been sitting on its laurels.  Judi Finney, in particular, has been hard at work staying on top of the company providing the lift.  We are waiting on the replacement doors to change out the doors which swing the wrong way.  We have been given several times when the doors were supposed to ship and then supposed to arrive.  When those dates passed, Judi reached out

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Are you a PNWD Chalice Lighter?

Are you a PNWD Chalice Lighter? Do you know about this vital program that supports congregational growth throughout our region? The Chalice Lighter Program assists the growth of new and existing Unitarian Universalist member congregations in the Pacific Northwest with grants to provide vital capabilities and infrastructure. Grants are funded exclusively through contributions from Unitarian Universalists who participate as Chalice Lighters. Being one of the more than 2,000 Unitarian Universalists who are PNWD Chalice Lighters brings you the joy of watching your modest contribution multiply to a grant of typically $17,000 to support the growth of our liberal religion in

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July 8 Annual Poetry Service: Resilience

This service will feature several members of the congregation reading poems of their choosing (written by them or another author), related to the overall theme of “Resilience.” RESILIENCE: Latin, resilīre – to spring back, rebound 1)  the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties or adversity; toughness; buoyancy 2)  the power or ability to return to an original form or position, after being bent, compressed, or stretched; elasticity. If you are interested in reading a short poem related to the theme of “Resilience,” and also briefly speaking about why that poem is meaningful to you, please contact Lisa Reitzes at lisa.reitzes@seattlechildrens.org  no later than

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Space Has Opened Up for Leavenworth Women’s Retreat – An Auction Item

We have an exciting opportunity coming up for October 20th to 23rd in Leavenworth. Some vacancies have opened for you to join us for this 3rd annual auction item and its a big fun event with five multi bed cabins this year to accommodate more ladies. It should be colorful there and a lot of fun with leaf changes and just a great place to be hiking, exploring and hanging out. There is game room, heated pool and hot tub as well. We will do pot luck some of this time, singing and have an abbreviated Sunday service if you

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