The Beat Café and Jam Café are back from hiatus! The last Tuesday of the month (except holidays), join MC Paul at the Beat Café: an open mic night for poets and writers. On the last Thursday of the month (except holidays), DJ Paul hosts the Jam Café: a casual gathering of musicians playing familiar […]
Calling on UUCM members and friends to be a part of the SYRCL Yuba River Clean-Up on Saturday September 28th, 9am to noon. You’ll have bragging rights on “Trash Sunday,” September 29th! This year we are assigned to clean up at Providence Mine Road Trail above Deer Creek. It’s a great opportunity for us to […]
UUCM’s July Share the Plate recipient, Bright Futures for Youth, will receive $867, thanks to generous UUCM members, friends, and visitors. These weekly donations add up. Thank you all. As of this writing, we are currently finishing up collections for our August partner, Sierra Streams Institute Our September Share the Plate recipient is Nevada […]
We are gearing up for a new year of Kids’ Connection. Last year, the Family Ministry Team focused on issues related to program development and implementation. We re-conceptualized our Kids’ Connection program, experimenting with alternative versions of it, making changes based upon how our children responded to our offerings, and exploring new ways of using […]
Voter registration deadlines are fast approaching! In Georgia and Florida, voters must be registered by October 7th in order to vote in the general election on November 5th. Help us get out the vote in states that have passed voter suppression laws by sending non-partisan, issue-based, and registration-focused postcards! Check out the details on our Get Out the Vote page!
Beginning the middle of August, UUCM is honored to feature the work of another new member of our congregation, Sondra Schwartz, a creative UU artist. Sondra taught high school Spanish in Oakland for 40 years, from 1972 until her retirement in 2010. During her time as a teacher, she drew on her creativity to maintain her sanity and […]
I bet if we were to gather a group of us together for a discussion about some of our fondest memories from childhood, many of those memories would be related to how we spent our summers. My childhood summer memories mostly involve palling around with neighborhood friends—participating in seemingly endless sessions of hide-n-seek or tag-you’re-it, […]
We are looking for someone to Coordinate Sunday Hospitality!
Beth Rose has served in this role for the last 2 years since we reopened from the pandemic. She says Sunday Hospitality is a very rewarding service and she has enjoyed building new relationships with the many “conversations in the kitchen.” Read the description to see if this ministry is one for you (or you and a friend!) […]
Join UUCM’s monthly book club for a year of great reads! The book club’s members suggest and agree to read a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction and meet monthly to discuss each book. The group always welcomes new members – join them on the 2nd Sundays after service at 12:30pm or reach out with questions: Books@uugrassvalley.org.
UUCM Rocks!!! We’ve sent postcards to 9,500 voters experiencing voter suppression in just 4 months and I’m not surprised. So many have helped – writers, funders, organizers, moral supporters, cheer leaders. We are an amazing team. Florida is next. We are part of the Reclaim Our Vote team writing to 969,000 Black WOMEN in Florida! Every woman […]
