This Month At UUCWC: Celebrate Life, Create Community and Change the World

Each month, UUCWC celebrates a theme with opportunities for you to deepen your connection within, among and beyond our community.  

This month’s theme is the Practice of Trust.  Here are some ways to become a part of something larger this month:

If you are looking for deepening within, as you Celebrate Life  

  • March 19th – Join Marianne Alt for a Mindfulness and Self Regulation workshop, offered in place of this month’s Vespers service. From 7:30-8:30pm in the sanctuary. Please note, due to the materials needed and time to receive and send them, a remote option will be offered in months to come.
  • New Member Sunday, March 23 – come meet and celebrate our newest members!
  • Super Sunday, March 30 – Once a month, K-12th grades will meet together for an all ages activity based on the theme of the month. Super Sundays are the full worship hour and happen about once per monthThis is an opportunity for children and youth to socialize with one another across the age ranges.
  • Lectio Divina (Reading Poems Prayerfully), weekly on Thursdays, at 10:00am.  
  • Connect, Reflect, and Grow in a Monthly Small Group! You are invited to join a chalice circle at any time during the year. For more information, click here. Contact Robin Pugh at rpugh@uucwc.org.

If you are looking for opportunities among others, as you Create Community 

  • ​​​​Socratic Group, March 11, 1pm, in-person.  Begun as part of ROMEOs but open to all, this group discusses a philosophical, ethical, or cultural/political question chosen at the time by those attending.
  • Cosmic Crossings, March 15, 8PM in the Sanctuary – Bryan Nord, Worst Night Ever
  • The Outdoor Adventures, March 16 – Tyler State Park at 1:15 p.m. For details, see the Weekly Announcements or contact outdooradventures@uucwc.org
  • ROMEOs (Retired Old Men Eating Out) Luncheon, March 18 – Location TBD, 12 noon. To RSVP and for more information email romeos@uucwc.org.
  • JULIETs (Just Us Ladies Into Eating and Talking) March 18, 12 noon – JULIETs is a monthly lunch group that welcomes both cis and trans women who are comfortable in a space that centers women’s issues. JULIETs luncheon is at Cafe Antonio Bistro & Bar,107 E Trenton Ave, Morrisville, PA 19067. Our host this month is Sue Busch. If you’d like to attend, please RSVP at julietslunch@uucwc.org. by March 14th.
  • Tending the Flame, every 1st Thursday at 7:30pm. Parents and caregivers are invited to drop in for a 1-hour time of facilitated connection, support and sharing. Contact rpugh@uucwc.org
  • Friday Night Sing-A-Long, every week with a different theme at 8pm on Zoom**.  The Weekly Announcement email has details.
  • CLUUSTERS Biking Group, for those who enjoy a two-wheeled way to be in good company.  To learn more, contact Michael Howe-Smith/the office at uucwc@uucwc.org.
  • 80’s Group for those in their 80s and beyond to connect online or in person.   Contact Robin Pugh for details at rpugh@uucwc.org.

If you are seeking ways in and beyond our walls to Change the World:

  • Climate Postcarding with UUJusticePA, March 2 – PA residents, please join us in the Crossings Room for an advocacy opportunity after the worship service.  We will write postcards to PA legislators to urge them to vote no on a bill (SB186) to abolish State regulations to reduce climate pollution through a regional greenhouse gas initiative. NJ is already a member state of this initiative.
  • Registration is now open: March 22 Congregational Climate and Social Justice Dialogues! UUCWC is holding its Climate and Social Justice Congregational Dialogues as part of the national UU Climate Justice Revivals. Register here.  For more information on the Congregational Dialogues contact earthministry@uucwc.org
  • Stewardship Annual Pledge Deadline, March 9 – Please consider making your donation if you haven’t already done so! Thank you, all!
  • Volunteer For Loaves and Fishes, March 28 and 29 – Social Action Ministry and the Food Ministry will again sponsor the Annual Loaves and Fishes project. Together with the Princeton UU Congregation we’ll prepare and serve hot meals and provide bagged lunches to the working poor and unhoused at St Mary’s Cathedral in Trenton. For details, check the Weekly Announcements or email at SocialAction@uucwc.org

**Check your Weekly Announcements for the link information or contact the office at uucwc@uucwc.org.