“The spirit that emerged outside a Mafia-run bar in 1969 became the pulse of the gay community and inspired not just an annual parade but ways to express gay pride in individual lives.

Stonewall happens every day.”

― Ann Bausum, Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday Morning, June 27, 2021:

 

 

Sunday Worship, General Assembly 2021

 

This coming Sunday, service will be online, at 9 a.m. for the largest annual gathering of UUs joining in worship. The UUA General Assembly Sunday morning worship service is a powerful, communal worship experience.

 

The Worship will be available here on June 27, beginning at 12 p.m. EDT / 11 a.m. CDT / 10 a.m. MDT / 9 a.m. PDT. No registration required.

 

GA Sunday Worship:

 

Social Hour right after worship:

Join by computer: https://zoom.us/s/7025890260

Password: 483148

 

Did you know you can also phone into social hour? Yes! Simply:

Vespers Service

Thursday June 24, 6:30pm

 

This will be the final Vespers Service of the summer.

 

Join by computer: 

Password: 483148

 

Did you know you can also phone into vespers? Yes! Simply:

 

 

Previous Vespers Services can be found here: https://uuctucson.org/members/vesper-services.html 

Parental Leave

 

Rev. Bethany is now on Parental Leave. For information on her time away, please see the flyer:

 

If you would like to share in the joy of Otis’ birth with Rev. Bethany and Bryan, you are welcome to send a card to their home address. Contact Mary Wiese for that address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Please DO NOT send gifts or cards to the church office for Rev. Bethany and family. She is away on leave and will not be by to pick up anything until she returns in a few months.

 

News From the Office

 

The Church Office will be open Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., or by appointment, during the months of June and July. Please call the office. (520)748-1551, or email Mary, for an appointment: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

 

Jamili will be on vacation from June 18-June 27. 

 

 

How to Give to the Church

 

You are asked to use our credit card service (which can be reached by the link or the On-line Giving button on our website), the very easy to use Text-to-Give (1-833-361-5796), or checks sent to the office. The on-line giving gives you the option to identify the contribution and use the memo line for checks. A tutorial video on Text-to-Give is here. After setting up an initial “profile” these options are easy to use for subsequent donations.

 

*Photo by Flo Weeks

Ways to stay connected to UUCT

 

Meeting List: The front page of our website now lists the Zoom links for every congregational event happening online. You can list your event there by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. To book a "Zoom Room" for your group's meeting, contact 

Rev. Bethany at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

 

Zoom Meetings

 

Social Justice News

 

The Social Justice Council meets the 2nd Saturday of the month at 9 a.m.

 

 

 

 

Book GroUUp returns for Summer and Fall of 2021

 

Book GroUUp Summer and Fall 2021

3rd Fridays, 12 - 1:30 pm

 

We're kicking off Book GroUUp in June with Our Time is Now by Stacey Abrams (who happens to be one of the Ware lecturers at GA 2021)! Join us on the third Friday of each month at noon for a justice-centered book discussion from the perspective of our Unitarian Universalist values. See our Summer and Fall reading list below.

 

 

Cafe Justo Coffee

Sales - and delivery - of Café Justo coffee are continuing. This Social Justice Council (SJC) project benefits small-scale, shade-grown organic coffee growers in Chiapas, Mexico. 

 

Please contact Sue Watts for more nformation: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

 

 

Monthly Egg Runs will Continue Through Summer:

Sue will be at church the last Tuesday of every month collecting hard boiled eggs for Casa Maria, along with good used clothing etc., and will continue that commitment on the last Tuesday of the month.

Peanut Butter Party!

 

The Social justice Council has agreed to have UUCT participate in this Peanut Butter Party, which is being organized by ICS (Interfaith Community Services.) 

 

So, for the month of July, we will be collecting jars of peanut butter from you, our members and friends. There will be two collection dates. You may bring your peanut butter donations to the church on Tuesday June 29, or Tuesday July 27, between 8 and 9 am, where a volunteer will be waiting. You may also drop jars off at the office, but call ahead of time to make sure someone will be there: 520-748-1551. If you prefer, you may send a donation by check to Sue Watts, and she will purchase it for you.

 

Please contact Sue, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for further questions.

Wednesdays, at 2:30 p.m.: Conversation Among Friends

 

Join a Conversation Among Friends on Wednesdays at 2:30pm on Zoom. Contact Gilbert Moore with questions or connection information: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Computer: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/7690063297

Zoom app: Meeting ID 769 006 3297

Phone: 1-669-900-6833 with ID 769 006 3297#

Men's Group

Second and Fourth Wednesday of each month at 6:30 pm by Zoom. Contact Rick Meyer for questions and conditions.

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Choir Updates

 

The Choir is on hiatus for the summer and will return for rehearsals in August.

UUCT Book Club

 

The UUCT Book Club has selected the books for July, and August, so that participants will have time to acquire and read the books.

 

 

July 8, 2021: "The Night Tiger" by Yangsze Choo, copyright 2019 

 

Excerpts from Kirkus Review: A young houseboy and a dressmaker's apprentice get drawn into a mystery in 1930s Malaya [Colonial Malaysia]. Choo (The Ghost Bride, 2013) continues her exploration of Malayan folklore here with questions that point to the borders where the magical and the real overlap: Choo weaves her research in with a feather-light touch, and readers will be so caught up in the natural and supernatural intrigue that the serious themes here about colonialism and power dynamics, about gender and class, are absorbed with equal delicacy.

 

Aug 12, 2021: "Yes is Better than No" by Byrd Baylor, 1977

 

Discussion leader: Carolyn C

Focuses on the problems and experiences of a small group of Papago (Tohono O'odham) Indians who have left the reservation to live in a ghetto in Tucson, Arizona.

 

 

We meet online the 2nd Thursday of the month at 9:30am.

 

To be added to the book club email link: https://uuctucson.org/home/zoom-meetings/5012-2nd-thu-9-30am-book-club.html.

 

Contact Jan at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88412604078

Password: 484848

 

OR

go to: zoom.us

select: Join meeting

If you're curious about what's happening in Lifespan Faith Formation, check out: https://dreuuct.wixsite.com/uuquest

 

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