Tahoma Unitarian Universalist Congregation

Take a deep dive into our Soul Matters theme of the month. Using a different format than our Chalice Circles, experience a new theme each month in community with others. The deep dives support and reinforce Chalice Circle participation, and are open to all adult members and friends, whether or not you participate as a Chalice Circle member. No prior reading or preparation is required.

Holiday break for the Soul Matters Deep Dive. Next Soul Matters Deep Dive will be on Fourth Sunday, January 24, 2021.

Parent Drop-In Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. Parenting and caring for children always presents challenges and it is even more complex as we live through these days of the pandemic. Come, take a break, and connect with other parents (or anyone raising/living with a child) from TUUC. Share strategies for coping, provide support to one another, and sometimes, just have a good laugh. This is an informal group with no agenda other than to be here for each other. The room is open from 7:00 until 8:00. Busy lives mean you can’t always be there right at the start and that is okay. Pop in late if that is what works for you. Join us at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88074707279?pwd=US9tWlF1cnp5d0FzcFY0Y08rNmQxZz09

Tea Times on Zoom with Rev. Linda Thursday at 3:00 p.m. Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81277790470?pwd=Z0svZDBaclVkWkZDWk1wVjZOUkJiZz09 Meeting ID: 812 7779 0470 Password: 1500 Or by phone: 253 215 8782 On Thursday at 3:00 p.m., Rev. Linda will be on Zoom with a cup of tea and available for conversation and checking in. Any and everyone is welcome to come along for casual conversation. She'll have a question of the day (for example, "Where did you find joy in the last week?"), but any and everyone can check in and chat as they are most comfortable. Participants are encouraged to arrive a few minutes before the meeting start time, so attendees can be invited into the Zoom room. Once the gathering circle has been created for tea time, the Zoom “door” will be closed, and late attendees will not be able to enter. Your timely login allows us the opportunity to create a space for interested participants, and publicly offer this invitation, as well as alleviate concerns about potential mischievous Zoombombers.

Worship service leaders meet to prepare for Sunday worship service.

Join Nancy Slocum, Director of Religious Exploration for Children and Youth for a “Kids' Chapel” via Zoom on Sundays at 11:30 a.m. This program is geared for elementary school-aged children and will provide a little time to connect and share with each other. We will still have a Time for All Ages during our online worship service which starts at 10:30 a.m., and encourage children to participate in the worship service through that point. If you are a parent of a child or children in our Religious Exploration program and have not received the login information, please email Nancy at dir.re@tahomauu.com and she will send you the info.

Tea Time on Zoom Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84959104932?pwd=RzB5TlVuMUh1ak0xM0o1K25vajlGQT09 Meeting ID: 849 5910 4932 Password: 1000 Or by phone: 253 215 8782 On Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. join Joe Rettenmaier for conversation and checking in. Any and everyone is welcome to come along for casual conversation.  Participants are encouraged to arrive a few minutes before the meeting start time, so attendees can be invited into the Zoom room. Once the gathering circle has been created for tea time, the Zoom “door” will be closed, and late attendees will not be able to enter. Your timely login allows us the opportunity to create a space for interested participants, and publicly offer this invitation, as well as alleviate concerns about potential mischievous Zoombombers.

Parent Drop-In Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. Parenting and caring for children always presents challenges and it is even more complex as we live through these days of the pandemic. Come, take a break, and connect with other parents (or anyone raising/living with a child) from TUUC. Share strategies for coping, provide support to one another, and sometimes, just have a good laugh. This is an informal group with no agenda other than to be here for each other. The room is open from 7:00 until 8:00. Busy lives mean you can’t always be there right at the start and that is okay. Pop in late if that is what works for you. Join us at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88074707279?pwd=US9tWlF1cnp5d0FzcFY0Y08rNmQxZz09

The Social Justice Committee meets monthly on the first Wednesday evening of the month. To join the meeting on Zoom, email SJCTahoma.UU@gmail.com and request the meeting information. 

Tea Times on Zoom with Rev. Linda Thursday at 3:00 p.m. Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81277790470?pwd=Z0svZDBaclVkWkZDWk1wVjZOUkJiZz09 Meeting ID: 812 7779 0470 Password: 1500 Or by phone: 253 215 8782 On Thursday at 3:00 p.m., Rev. Linda will be on Zoom with a cup of tea and available for conversation and checking in. Any and everyone is welcome to come along for casual conversation. She'll have a question of the day (for example, "Where did you find joy in the last week?"), but any and everyone can check in and chat as they are most comfortable. Participants are encouraged to arrive a few minutes before the meeting start time, so attendees can be invited into the Zoom room. Once the gathering circle has been created for tea time, the Zoom “door” will be closed, and late attendees will not be able to enter. Your timely login allows us the opportunity to create a space for interested participants, and publicly offer this invitation, as well as alleviate concerns about potential mischievous Zoombombers.

This Open Mic Night is postponed, and will be rescheduled soon. Watch for updates in ENews and here on calendar event page. TUUC Open Mic Night January 8, 2021, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Join us for an exciting evening of entertainment provided by YOU! The event will be a great chance to discover all the talent within our congregation. This event is open to All Ages. All performers are welcome: music, story or joke telling, ventriloquism, drama, etc.. The sky is the limit! Just be sure your offering is appropriate for an all-ages audience and that it runs no longer than 5 minutes. To register to share your talent, email Nancy Slocum at dir.re@tahomauu.com. And, of course, we need audience members, too!

Meditative Vespers Friday, January 8, 2021, 8:00 p.m. Are you yearning for spiritual connection in light of Wednesday's attempted coup of our beloved nation? Join our Sabbatical Minister, Joe Rettenmaier, for a soothing, spiritual vespers. This casual, family-friendly service welcomes you as you are -- with gentle guided meditations, peaceful music, safe reflective space, poetry, prose, and more in one healing community Zoomscape. All ages are welcome. Zoom Meeting Room: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81190131342  Meeting ID: 811 9013 1342

Worship service leaders meet to prepare for Sunday worship service.

UU Freethinking Mystics on Zoom Second Sundays 9:00—10:15 a.m. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82066652490?pwd=aU9BTzMzRHc3Rk0weGtBUHZQTjNNUT09 Meeting ID: 820 6665 2490 Passcode: 253 We are members and friends of Unitarian Universalism walking the path of spiritual experience and growth as it unfolds in our lives. We come to this safe, caring, authentic, compassionate group for inspiration, to study, and to explore our direct experience of the fullness and mystery of life. The group is facilitated by Doug Taylor.   This year the group is using the book, Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN by Tara Brach. In this heartfelt and deeply practical book, she offers an antidote: an easy-to-learn four-step meditation that quickly loosens the grip of difficult emotions and limiting beliefs. Each step in the meditation practice (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture) is brought to life by memorable stories shared by Tara and her students as they deal with feelings of overwhelm, loss, and self-aversion, with painful relationships, and past trauma--and as they discover step-by-step the sources of love, forgiveness, compassion, and deep wisdom alive within all of us.

Join Nancy Slocum, Director of Religious Exploration for Children and Youth for a “Kids' Chapel” via Zoom on Sundays at 11:30 a.m. This program is geared for elementary school-aged children and will provide a little time to connect and share with each other. We will still have a Time for All Ages during our online worship service which starts at 10:30 a.m., and encourage children to participate in the worship service through that point. If you are a parent of a child or children in our Religious Exploration program and have not received the login information, please email Nancy at dir.re@tahomauu.com and she will send you the info.

Tea Time on Zoom Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84959104932?pwd=RzB5TlVuMUh1ak0xM0o1K25vajlGQT09 Meeting ID: 849 5910 4932 Password: 1000 Or by phone: 253 215 8782 On Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. join Joe Rettenmaier for conversation and checking in. Any and everyone is welcome to come along for casual conversation.  Participants are encouraged to arrive a few minutes before the meeting start time, so attendees can be invited into the Zoom room. Once the gathering circle has been created for tea time, the Zoom “door” will be closed, and late attendees will not be able to enter. Your timely login allows us the opportunity to create a space for interested participants, and publicly offer this invitation, as well as alleviate concerns about potential mischievous Zoombombers.

Tea Times on Zoom with Rev. Linda Thursday at 3:00 p.m. Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81277790470?pwd=Z0svZDBaclVkWkZDWk1wVjZOUkJiZz09 Meeting ID: 812 7779 0470 Password: 1500 Or by phone: 253 215 8782 On Thursday at 3:00 p.m., Rev. Linda will be on Zoom with a cup of tea and available for conversation and checking in. Any and everyone is welcome to come along for casual conversation. She'll have a question of the day (for example, "Where did you find joy in the last week?"), but any and everyone can check in and chat as they are most comfortable. Participants are encouraged to arrive a few minutes before the meeting start time, so attendees can be invited into the Zoom room. Once the gathering circle has been created for tea time, the Zoom “door” will be closed, and late attendees will not be able to enter. Your timely login allows us the opportunity to create a space for interested participants, and publicly offer this invitation, as well as alleviate concerns about potential mischievous Zoombombers.

Are you yearning for spiritual connection in light of all the events in the current life of our beloved nation? Join our Sabbatical Minister, Joe Rettenmaier, for a soothing, spiritual vespers. This casual, family-friendly service welcomes you as you are — with gentle guided meditations, peaceful music, safe reflective space, poetry, prose, and more in one healing community Zoomscape. All ages are welcome. Dream Vespers 8:00 p.m. Pacific Fridays: January 15, 2021 8:00 p.m. January 22, 2021 8:00 p.m. January 29, 2021 8:00 p.m. Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84187997297?pwd=VzkwQ2hpclJOUVBrd2s0REErdWhmUT09 Meeting ID: 841 8799 7297 Passcode: 253 This gathering will be held via Zoom meeting, and participants will be able to see each other. To keep focus on our vespers reflections, we will not be using written chat during this gathering.

Worship service leaders meet to prepare for Sunday worship service.

Join Nancy Slocum, Director of Religious Exploration for Children and Youth for a “Kids' Chapel” via Zoom on Sundays at 11:30 a.m. This program is geared for elementary school-aged children and will provide a little time to connect and share with each other. We will still have a Time for All Ages during our online worship service which starts at 10:30 a.m., and encourage children to participate in the worship service through that point. If you are a parent of a child or children in our Religious Exploration program and have not received the login information, please email Nancy at dir.re@tahomauu.com and she will send you the info.

Safe Parking Overview and Discussion Sunday, January 17, 2021 12:00 noon Join an overview of and discussion about the Tacoma/Pierce County Safe Parking Network Pilot Program on Sunday, January 17 at 12:00 noon. What is Safe Parking? How might it impact our community? Who is involved? How does it help? Members of the Ad Hoc Committee on Building and Grounds Security will provide the essentials and respond to your questions and concerns. If you can’t make this gathering, a second opportunity will be coming up Sunday, February 7 at 12:00 noon. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85681669826?pwd=NHdiMHhrSitpbjN3aHpYTzF1WGtrZz09 Meeting ID: 856 8166 9826 Passcode: 253 This gathering will be on Zoom Meeting. Please use the name you are known by when you log in.

Tea Time on Zoom Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84959104932?pwd=RzB5TlVuMUh1ak0xM0o1K25vajlGQT09 Meeting ID: 849 5910 4932 Password: 1000 Or by phone: 253 215 8782 On Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. join Joe Rettenmaier for conversation and checking in. Any and everyone is welcome to come along for casual conversation.  Participants are encouraged to arrive a few minutes before the meeting start time, so attendees can be invited into the Zoom room. Once the gathering circle has been created for tea time, the Zoom “door” will be closed, and late attendees will not be able to enter. Your timely login allows us the opportunity to create a space for interested participants, and publicly offer this invitation, as well as alleviate concerns about potential mischievous Zoombombers.

Parent Drop-In Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. Parenting and caring for children always presents challenges and it is even more complex as we live through these days of the pandemic. Come, take a break, and connect with other parents (or anyone raising/living with a child) from TUUC. Share strategies for coping, provide support to one another, and sometimes, just have a good laugh. This is an informal group with no agenda other than to be here for each other. The room is open from 7:00 until 8:00. Busy lives mean you can’t always be there right at the start and that is okay. Pop in late if that is what works for you. Join us at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88074707279?pwd=US9tWlF1cnp5d0FzcFY0Y08rNmQxZz09

Tea Times on Zoom with Rev. Linda Thursday at 3:00 p.m. Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81277790470?pwd=Z0svZDBaclVkWkZDWk1wVjZOUkJiZz09 Meeting ID: 812 7779 0470 Password: 1500 Or by phone: 253 215 8782 On Thursday at 3:00 p.m., Rev. Linda will be on Zoom with a cup of tea and available for conversation and checking in. Any and everyone is welcome to come along for casual conversation. She'll have a question of the day (for example, "Where did you find joy in the last week?"), but any and everyone can check in and chat as they are most comfortable. Participants are encouraged to arrive a few minutes before the meeting start time, so attendees can be invited into the Zoom room. Once the gathering circle has been created for tea time, the Zoom “door” will be closed, and late attendees will not be able to enter. Your timely login allows us the opportunity to create a space for interested participants, and publicly offer this invitation, as well as alleviate concerns about potential mischievous Zoombombers.

The Board of Trustees meets on the third Thursdays to do the work of the congregation. Meetings are open to members of the congregation. Occasionally some agenda items of the Board of Trustees meetings are addressed in executive session, and open only to board members.

Are you yearning for spiritual connection in light of all the events in the current life of our beloved nation? Join our Sabbatical Minister, Joe Rettenmaier, for a soothing, spiritual vespers. This casual, family-friendly service welcomes you as you are — with gentle guided meditations, peaceful music, safe reflective space, poetry, prose, and more in one healing community Zoomscape. All ages are welcome. Dream Vespers 8:00 p.m. Pacific Fridays: January 15, 2021 8:00 p.m. January 22, 2021 8:00 p.m. January 29, 2021 8:00 p.m. Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84187997297?pwd=VzkwQ2hpclJOUVBrd2s0REErdWhmUT09 Meeting ID: 841 8799 7297 Passcode: 253 This gathering will be held via Zoom meeting, and participants will be able to see each other. To keep focus on our vespers reflections, we will not be using written chat during this gathering.

Worship service leaders meet to prepare for Sunday worship service.

Join Nancy Slocum, Director of Religious Exploration for Children and Youth for a “Kids' Chapel” via Zoom on Sundays at 11:30 a.m. This program is geared for elementary school-aged children and will provide a little time to connect and share with each other. We will still have a Time for All Ages during our online worship service which starts at 10:30 a.m., and encourage children to participate in the worship service through that point. If you are a parent of a child or children in our Religious Exploration program and have not received the login information, please email Nancy at dir.re@tahomauu.com and she will send you the info.

Tea Time on Zoom Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84959104932?pwd=RzB5TlVuMUh1ak0xM0o1K25vajlGQT09 Meeting ID: 849 5910 4932 Password: 1000 Or by phone: 253 215 8782 On Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. join Joe Rettenmaier for conversation and checking in. Any and everyone is welcome to come along for casual conversation.  Participants are encouraged to arrive a few minutes before the meeting start time, so attendees can be invited into the Zoom room. Once the gathering circle has been created for tea time, the Zoom “door” will be closed, and late attendees will not be able to enter. Your timely login allows us the opportunity to create a space for interested participants, and publicly offer this invitation, as well as alleviate concerns about potential mischievous Zoombombers.

Tea Times on Zoom with Rev. Linda Thursday at 3:00 p.m. Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81277790470?pwd=Z0svZDBaclVkWkZDWk1wVjZOUkJiZz09 Meeting ID: 812 7779 0470 Password: 1500 Or by phone: 253 215 8782 On Thursday at 3:00 p.m., Rev. Linda will be on Zoom with a cup of tea and available for conversation and checking in. Any and everyone is welcome to come along for casual conversation. She'll have a question of the day (for example, "Where did you find joy in the last week?"), but any and everyone can check in and chat as they are most comfortable. Participants are encouraged to arrive a few minutes before the meeting start time, so attendees can be invited into the Zoom room. Once the gathering circle has been created for tea time, the Zoom “door” will be closed, and late attendees will not be able to enter. Your timely login allows us the opportunity to create a space for interested participants, and publicly offer this invitation, as well as alleviate concerns about potential mischievous Zoombombers.

Are you yearning for spiritual connection in light of all the events in the current life of our beloved nation? Join our Sabbatical Minister, Joe Rettenmaier, for a soothing, spiritual vespers. This casual, family-friendly service welcomes you as you are — with gentle guided meditations, peaceful music, safe reflective space, poetry, prose, and more in one healing community Zoomscape. All ages are welcome. Dream Vespers 8:00 p.m. Pacific Fridays: January 15, 2021 8:00 p.m. January 22, 2021 8:00 p.m. January 29, 2021 8:00 p.m. Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84187997297?pwd=VzkwQ2hpclJOUVBrd2s0REErdWhmUT09 Meeting ID: 841 8799 7297 Passcode: 253 This gathering will be held via Zoom meeting, and participants will be able to see each other. To keep focus on our vespers reflections, we will not be using written chat during this gathering.

Worship service leaders meet to prepare for Sunday worship service.

Join Nancy Slocum, Director of Religious Exploration for Children and Youth for a “Kids' Chapel” via Zoom on Sundays at 11:30 a.m. This program is geared for elementary school-aged children and will provide a little time to connect and share with each other. We will still have a Time for All Ages during our online worship service which starts at 10:30 a.m., and encourage children to participate in the worship service through that point. If you are a parent of a child or children in our Religious Exploration program and have not received the login information, please email Nancy at dir.re@tahomauu.com and she will send you the info.

This meeting is open to anyone within the TUUC community who wants to be a part of creating our Religious Exploration Program for children and youth. For more information, contact TUUC Director of Religious Exploration for Children & Youth, Nancy Slocum at Dir.RE@TahomaUU.com Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89788159290?pwd=a0NHQUZJV0t2SHJYOTUyMzB5OUpaZz09 Meeting ID: 897 8815 9290 Passcode: 253

Tea Time on Zoom with Rev. Linda Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84959104932?pwd=RzB5TlVuMUh1ak0xM0o1K25vajlGQT09 Meeting ID: 849 5910 4932 Password: 1000 Or by phone: 253 215 8782 On Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. Rev. Linda will be on Zoom with a cup of tea and available for conversation and checking in. Any and everyone is welcome to come along for casual conversation. She'll have a question of the day (for example, "Where did you find joy in the last week?"), but any and everyone can check in and chat as they are most comfortable. Participants are encouraged to arrive a few minutes before the meeting start time, so attendees can be invited into the Zoom room. Once the gathering circle has been created for tea time, the Zoom “door” will be closed, and late attendees will not be able to enter. Your timely login allows us the opportunity to create a space for interested participants, and publicly offer this invitation, as well as alleviate concerns about potential mischievous Zoombombers.

The Social Justice Committee meets monthly on the first Wednesday evening of the month. To join the meeting on Zoom, email SJCTahomaUU@gmail.com and request the meeting information. 

Tea Times on Zoom with Rev. Linda Thursday at 3:00 p.m. Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81277790470?pwd=Z0svZDBaclVkWkZDWk1wVjZOUkJiZz09 Meeting ID: 812 7779 0470 Password: 1500 Or by phone: 253 215 8782 On Thursday at 3:00 p.m., Rev. Linda will be on Zoom with a cup of tea and available for conversation and checking in. Any and everyone is welcome to come along for casual conversation. She'll have a question of the day (for example, "Where did you find joy in the last week?"), but any and everyone can check in and chat as they are most comfortable. Participants are encouraged to arrive a few minutes before the meeting start time, so attendees can be invited into the Zoom room. Once the gathering circle has been created for tea time, the Zoom “door” will be closed, and late attendees will not be able to enter. Your timely login allows us the opportunity to create a space for interested participants, and publicly offer this invitation, as well as alleviate concerns about potential mischievous Zoombombers.

Worship service leaders meet to prepare for Sunday worship service.