Tahoma Unitarian Universalist Congregation

Program Advisory Committee for Adult Religious Exploration meets monthly.

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Join us for 30 minutes of sitting or walking meditation in the sanctuary. Each week we have a topic for discussion related to meditating as a way to expand our knowledge and connect with one another. This group is for everyone, whether you meditate frequently, occasionally, or are coming for your first meditation sit. The group is also open to any ideas or topics anyone may wish to share. Alexa and Steve Arnold facilitate the group.

Join us for a monthly deep dive into our Soul Matters theme of the month, led by Ministerial Intern, Matt Aspin, and explore how the theme relates to evolving and expanding our individual and community spiritual maturity. On Wednesday, September 28, 2016, Matt Aspin will lead a program on our monthly theme of "What Does It Mean to Be a Community of Covenant?" woven with the concept of "Fidelity to Covenant" from UU Minister, Rev. Dr. Kendyl Gibbons' work, "Qualities of Spiritual Maturity". What does it mean to promise to an ideal? How do we internalize the promises we make in covenant with others? How to we stick with and keep those covenants? And what do we do when we don't live up to our own ideals, and how do we live our way back into covenant? Whether or not you participate in a monthly Chalice Circle that explores the monthly theme, or if you simply want to explore one theme more deeply, this series of ten evenings will give you an opportunity to delve into what matters to your soul and spirit. Attend any topic that intrigues you, or join us for the entire series with Matt Aspin

Camp Fire Group. Private Group. Registration Required.

Join our regular drop-in Thursday night yoga group. Our participants are from ages 8—80! If you are curious, come see if we are what you are looking for. We have some spare mats, and flexible space for more to join!

Camp Fire Group. Private Group. Registration Required.

Sandwich making at the church begins at 5:30 p.m. Participants often donate sandwich makings and fruit. After sandwich assembly, some of the group distribute the sandwiches and fruit at the Rescue Mission from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Our partners with this project are the West End Kiwanis, Temple Beth El, and Wilson High School Key Club.

This is a monthly open meeting supporting the Children and Youth Religious Exploration Program.

Covenant Group Facilitators Meeting 2016-2017

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Join us for 30 minutes of sitting or walking meditation in the sanctuary. Each week we have a topic for discussion related to meditating as a way to expand our knowledge and connect with one another. This group is for everyone, whether you meditate frequently, occasionally, or are coming for your first meditation sit. The group is also open to any ideas or topics anyone may wish to share. Alexa and Steve Arnold facilitate the group.

In this ongoing conversation, we look at lectures from the Teaching Company's series on Comparative Religion. Tonight's topic is "Sacred People -- Prophets, Sages, Saviors." "Foundational religious leaders fulfill vital purposes in all religions. In the first of two lectures devoted to such sacred people, you learn the different roles played by figures like Confucius, Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha), Isaiah, Jeremiah, Muhammad, Jesus and Krishna." If time allows, we will continue with the second lecture “Clergy, Monastics, and Shamans."

Poetry Club

Join our regular drop-in Thursday night yoga group. Our participants are from ages 8—80! If you are curious, come see if we are what you are looking for. We have some spare mats, and flexible space for more to join!

Camp Fire Group. Private Group. Registration Required.

Tahoma UU Volunteers support the Nativity House Hospitality Kitchen twice a month on the First Fridays and Third Thursdays from 8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

"A Year to Live" - Closed Group

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 group for inspiration, to study, and to explore our direct experience of the fullness and mystery of life.

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Social Justice Group will meet on the Second Sundays during coffee time by the piano in the Sanctuary. This will be a time to sort through your concerns, every second Sunday. Bring your coffee! All are welcome.

Lay Pastoral Care Team Monthly Meeting on Second Monday at 1:00 p.m.

Join us for 30 minutes of sitting or walking meditation in the sanctuary. Each week we have a topic for discussion related to meditating as a way to expand our knowledge and connect with one another. This group is for everyone, whether you meditate frequently, occasionally, or are coming for your first meditation sit. The group is also open to any ideas or topics anyone may wish to share. Alexa and Steve Arnold facilitate the group.

Our theme of the month for October is Healing. Looking at dreams in different ways can bring new spiritual understanding. In this class we will explore our dreams through discussion, journaling, drawing pictures, and even acting out scenes from our dreams. Join us for this creative step towards health by learning about and participating in the spiritual practice of dream work.

Join our regular drop-in Thursday night yoga group. Our participants are from ages 8—80! If you are curious, come see if we are what you are looking for. We have some spare mats, and flexible space for more to join!

Camp Fire Group. Private Group. Registration Required.

Join Tahoma UUs who host this third-Saturday-of-the-month vigil at the Northwest Detention Center, 1623 East J St., Tacoma, WA 98421 from 1:00-3:30 pm. The vigil supports the families of the detainees visiting their loved ones, and participants bring coffee, sandwiches, juice, and special snacks and toys for children.

“A Year to Live” – Group at Capacity Group meets on Third Saturdays beginning March 19, 2016 What if you received a diagnosis that you [...]

We will be entering our seventh year of Third Sunday Sacred Scripture Study (formerly known as Bible Study) at TUUC this fall. In the previous six years, we have followed the Revised Common Lectionary, looking at the Bible readings according to the schedule followed by most Protestant churches. This year we are changing it up a bit. We will still follow the Revised Common Lectionary, but we will also integrate 3 additional sources. This year we have the option of looking at the Torah and Haftorah (some books from what you may know as the Old Testament) readings from an annual schedule used in the Jewish tradition. We will have readings from Hindu, Buddhist, and Taoist traditions, which have been selected to correspond nicely with the lectionary readings. And finally, as we enter into our second year of using the Soul Matters themes, each month’s theme is listed here so that we might consider incorporating it as we read through the selections.

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TUUC Computer Club

committee meeting

Join us for 30 minutes of sitting or walking meditation in the sanctuary. Each week we have a topic for discussion related to meditating as a way to expand our knowledge and connect with one another. This group is for everyone, whether you meditate frequently, occasionally, or are coming for your first meditation sit. The group is also open to any ideas or topics anyone may wish to share. Alexa and Steve Arnold facilitate the group.

Board of Trustees Meetings are scheduled for the Third Tuesday of each month. The meetings are open to members of the congregation. Occasionally some agenda items of the Board of Trustees meetings are held in executive session, and open only to board members.

Join us for a monthly deep dive into our Soul Matters theme of the month, led by Ministerial Intern, Matt Aspin, and explore how the theme relates to evolving and expanding our individual and community spiritual maturity. On Wednesday, October 19, 2016, Matt Aspin will lead a program on our monthly theme of "What Does It Mean to Be a Community of Healing?" woven with the concept of “Tonglen – the ability to be in the presence of pain without panic” from UU Minister, Rev. Dr. Kendyl Gibbons' work, "Qualities of Spiritual Maturity". What does it mean to promise to an ideal? How do we internalize the promises we make in covenant with others? How to we stick with and keep those covenants? And what do we do when we don't live up to our own ideals, and how do we live our way back into covenant? Whether or not you participate in a monthly Chalice Circle that explores the monthly theme, or if you simply want to explore one theme more deeply, this series of ten evenings will give you an opportunity to delve into what matters to your soul and spirit. Attend any topic that intrigues you, or join us for the entire series with Matt Aspin.

Tahoma UU Volunteers support the Nativity House Hospitality Kitchen twice a month on the First Fridays and Third Thursdays from 8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Poetry Club

Join our regular drop-in Thursday night yoga group. Our participants are from ages 8—80! If you are curious, come see if we are what you are looking for. We have some spare mats, and flexible space for more to join!

Casual potluck lunch with an accompanying program. No reservations required, and everyone is welcome.

Are you interested in joining us and becoming a member? Feel free to ask us questions about membership at the Welcome Circle following our 10:30 a.m. worship services on Sunday mornings. We invite to attend one of our Pathways to Membership classes to learn more about our congregation and Unitarian Universalism.

Program Advisory Committee for Adult Religious Exploration meets monthly.

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Closed Meeting for Training Auction Volunteers.

Join us for 30 minutes of sitting or walking meditation in the sanctuary. Each week we have a topic for discussion related to meditating as a way to expand our knowledge and connect with one another. This group is for everyone, whether you meditate frequently, occasionally, or are coming for your first meditation sit. The group is also open to any ideas or topics anyone may wish to share. Alexa and Steve Arnold facilitate the group.

If you haven’t already seen the new Ken Burns film, “Defying the Nazis – The Sharps’ War,” here’s your chance to attend a two-part screening and discussion of the documentary. If you have seen it, come watch a second time, and take part in a discussion of the two Unitarian heroes who are the focus of the film. The film tells the story of a Unitarian minister and his wife, Waitstill and Martha Sharp, who in 1939 left their two small children and their home in Massachusetts to spirit Jews, dissidents, and children out of Czechoslovakia and Vichy France — with the Gestapo dogging their footsteps. We’ll talk about their story, and the role played by the American Unitarian Association in their heroic mission. With facilitator Debbie Cafazzo, we’ll learn what was happening in the world in the 1930s and 1940s, and compare it to what is happening in our world today.

Join our regular drop-in Thursday night yoga group. Our participants are from ages 8—80! If you are curious, come see if we are what you are looking for. We have some spare mats, and flexible space for more to join!

Camp Fire Group. Private Group. Registration Required.

PNWUUYA Fall Conference

Sandwich making at the church begins at 5:30 p.m. Participants often donate sandwich makings and fruit. After sandwich assembly, some of the group distribute the sandwiches and fruit at the Rescue Mission from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Our partners with this project are the West End Kiwanis, Temple Beth El, and Wilson High School Key Club.

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HAUNTED HALLWAY! Sunday, October 30, 2016 following Worship Service Presented by the Middle School Group Ghosts, and Goblins, and Ghouls! Oh, My! Our Middle Schoolers [...]

Join us for 30 minutes of sitting or walking meditation in the sanctuary. Each week we have a topic for discussion related to meditating as a way to expand our knowledge and connect with one another. This group is for everyone, whether you meditate frequently, occasionally, or are coming for your first meditation sit. The group is also open to any ideas or topics anyone may wish to share. Alexa and Steve Arnold facilitate the group.

If you haven’t already seen the new Ken Burns film, “Defying the Nazis – The Sharps’ War,” here’s your chance to attend a two-part screening and discussion of the documentary. If you have seen it, come watch a second time, and take part in a discussion of the two Unitarian heroes who are the focus of the film. The film tells the story of a Unitarian minister and his wife, Waitstill and Martha Sharp, who in 1939 left their two small children and their home in Massachusetts to spirit Jews, dissidents, and children out of Czechoslovakia and Vichy France — with the Gestapo dogging their footsteps. We’ll talk about their story, and the role played by the American Unitarian Association in their heroic mission. With facilitator Debbie Cafazzo, we’ll learn what was happening in the world in the 1930s and 1940s, and compare it to what is happening in our world today.

Poetry Club

Join our regular drop-in Thursday night yoga group. Our participants are from ages 8—80! If you are curious, come see if we are what you are looking for. We have some spare mats, and flexible space for more to join!

Camp Fire Group. Private Group. Registration Required.

Tahoma UU Volunteers support the Nativity House Hospitality Kitchen twice a month on the First Fridays and Third Thursdays from 8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

"A Year to Live" - Closed Group

HR Committee Meeting