Side With Love Monthly Newsletter for June 2024
June Update from Side With Love: What must we do to build communities and campaigns anchored in love?
MORE...Another Wonderful Evening: the Choir’s D4$ Karaoke Night
Karaoke. Is it an art form? A type of entertainment? A kind of therapy, maybe? Or is it just a brilliant way to raise money for our church and have a whole lot of fun in the process?
MORE...Introducing Interim DRE Jessica Place
We welcome Jessica Place as our Interim Director of Religious Education. Her many references noted she is authentic, honest, collaborative, thoughtful, inclusive, creative, organized, and fantastic with children and families.
MORE...Jackrabbit Start for UU the Vote!
Our UU the Vote team already mailed 4,000 postcards encouraging voters in the Georgia and Virginia primaries. But more volunteers means more voters in swing states in November!
MORE...Email Scammers Target Church Again with Fake Evites
Please beware: email phishing scams spoofing church addresses are once again targeting church staff and members.
MORE...June 2024 Worship Services
June’s ministry theme is Renewal. Sunday Worship at 10:30 am: June 2 Queer Pride; June 9 What’s Your Mission; June 16 Volunteer Appreciation and Annual Meeting; June 23 UUA General Assembly; June 30 Heaven Help Us. Join us in person or online!
MORE...From Our Minister: Renewing Our Souls
An image of a person splashing their face with water captivated me as I meditated on this month’s theme of renewal. It reminded me of the occasions we have in the summer months to commune with bodies of water.
MORE...May Board Highlights
The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Santa Monica Board of Directors met on May 14, 2024.
MORE...June 2024 Adult Programs
Come, come, whoever you are! Welcome to an exciting journey of questioning, challenging, and celebrating life’s mysteries and wonders.
MORE...June 2024 Generous Congregation Supports the National Center for Transgender Equality
This month, half of our Sunday Offering will go to the National Center for Transgender Equality, a national organization devoted to ending discrimination and violence against transgender people through education and advocacy.
MORE...June 23rd Sunday Worship: Weaving Our Lives
We are all tangled up together in a great web of life that is woven with beauty and hardship, love and loss, thriving and struggle. Join us for this special annual service from our national UUA General Assembly.
MORE...UUSM Annual Meeting on June 16: Let Your Voice Be Heard
We will be electing members of our Board of Directors and Leadership Development and Nominating Committee at the Annual Meeting, and on resolutions concerning the budget and the proposed 8th principle.
MORE...UUSM’s 8th Principle Vote on June 16th
UUSM is holding a vote regarding the 8th Principle on June 16th. Members of the congregation will decide whether to adopt the 8th Principle, which is focused on racial justice and dismantling oppression.
MORE...Santa Monica Star Mentions Interfaith Service at UUSM
UUSM got a shout-out in the Santa Monica Star newspaper this month about the Santa Monica Interfaith Council’s Interfaith Affirmation of our Common Humanity held in our sanctuary on May 6.
MORE...Managing Editor: Pam Teplitz
Editors: Barbara Andres, Sheila Cummins, Elizabeth Fuller, Joyce Holmen, James Witker
Photography: Carol Ring, Roy Patience
Staff Liaison: Esther Chase
Website Administrators: Elizabeth Fuller, Pam Teplitz
Please contact the News Team to submit articles. Members can contact the UUSM office to submit material for the Thursday Announcements.