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This monthly communication is intended to keep you informed about significant happenings and initiatives.

Your thoughts and comments are welcome – please forward them to communications@uucwc.org.

The Third Summer

Rev. Kim Wildszewski

On Saturday, July 9, Rev. Kim posted the following on the UUCWC Community Building Facebook page:

Hi folks, tomorrow’s sermon will obviously not match the blurb or title of what was originally planned. If there are folks in the community who you think would like to, or would prefer to, know, and who are not on Facebook, please let them know. It’s too late to have gotten anything out by email. Tomorrow we will grieve, cry, lament, hope, learn, lean on one another and lean into the hard places. I hope to see you there.

Read Rev. Kim’s sermon from July 10 here…

Robin Pugh, Director of Lifespan Religious Education, can be reached at dre@uucwc.org.

From your Board of Trustees

Board Leadership Update

by Michael Dalzell, Secretary, UUCWC Board of Trustees

All of us on the Board of Trustees join the full congregation in offering energy, prayers, and encouragement for Board President Kathy Frey as her hospitalization continues. With the approach of the new church year, it became clear that Kathy would be unable to resume her duties as president on July 1. With Vice President Mike Hanson (who, under authority of UUCWC’s bylaws, had assumed the role of acting president) leaving the board on July 1, the board recognized the need to ensure continuity of leadership. Read more…

Contact any member of the board, or board@uucwc.org with your comments, questions, and/or concerns.

UULMNJ Welcomes New Executive Director
Let’s Make it Happen Together

Dear Supporters and Friends of the UU Legislative Ministry of New Jersey:

It is with great pleasure that I join with the Board, Legislative Task Force Chairs and other leaders of the UU Legislative Ministry of New Jersey my first week as the new full time Executive Director of the UULMNJ.

This congregation-supported nonprofit–a combination of our deepest UU spiritual values with a “roll up our sleeves and let’s make it happen” attitude–has come a long way since it began in 2009. Read more…

Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism
Black Lives of UU provides information, resources and support for Black Unitarian Universalists and works to expand the role & visibility of Black UUs within our faith.

UUA Racial Justice and Multicultural Ministries

The suffering caused by racism must be ended if we want to create fair and loving communities. We work to end racial discrimination and injustice, starting within ourselves and moving out into the world around us.
More here.

Statements recently issued by UUA President by Rev. Peter Morales:

“Vioelnce Against the Black Community by Police Needs to End“

“Heartache for Police Officers Killed in Dallas“

General Assembly 2016

Wrap-Up

The 2016 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association closed Sunday, June 26, in Columbus, OH.

More than 3,700 Unitarian Universalists from around the world gathered for five days of workshops, worship, and witness around the theme of Heart Land: Where Faiths Connect. Read more here…

Read the General Assembly Coverage in UUWorld.

Krista Tippett delivered the Ware Lecture, The Mystery and Art of Living.

Highlights, live streaming and more…