Paying Attention: What is in Your Cup?
In a wisdom tale, Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh tells us the bump in the road doesn’t create what spills out of the cup we are carrying. Instead it reveals what is already inside. The question is not about who bumps us rather, “What am I carrying in my cup?”
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10:30 AM - Worship Service
7:00 PM - Meditation in the Sanctuary
6:00 PM - Membership Committee
6:30 PM - Indivisible Tacoma
6:00 PM - Yoga in the Sanctuary
6:00 PM - Camp Fire
7:00 PM - Private Meeting - The People's Assembly
9:30 AM - Collaboration Gathering
7:00 PM - Meditation in the Sanctuary
7:00 PM - Finance Committee Meeting
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9:00 AM - Pathways to Membership
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11:45 AM - Second Sunday Drop-In Chalice Circle
9:00 AM - UU Freethinking Mystics
10:30 AM - Worship Service
7:00 PM - Meditation in the Sanctuary
7:00 PM - Board of Trustees Meeting
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12:00 AM - Third Friday Potluck
12:00 AM - NW Detention Center Third Saturday Vigil
10:30 AM - Worship Service
12:00 PM - mUUmmies Covenant Group
7:00 PM - Meditation in the Sanctuary
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6:30 PM - Race Matters Book Group
10:00 AM - Knit and Kraft Circle
5:30 PM - Last Friday Sandwich Making
7:00 PM - Fourth Friday Chalice Circle
7:00 PM - Meditation in the Sanctuary
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5:00 PM - Annual Church Auction
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Oct
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.
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Oct
Our world is saturated with BS. Learn to detect and defuse it with a condensed version of a course put together by two University of Washington professors, “Calling Bull: Data Reasoning in a Digital World.” They see a critically-thinking electorate and BS detection as “essential to the survival of liberal democracy.” You’ll learn how to spot fake news, how to refute it, and how to filter it out of your information diet. Led by Tahoma UU member, Debbie Cafazzo, an experienced journalist with over three decades of newsroom experience.
SpiritUUality Cafe is an Adult Religious Exploration program exploring different topics on the first Friday of each month, September 2018 through May 2019. Join us for spiritual exploration and discussion every first Friday.
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Oct
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.
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Oct
Following worship services on second Sundays, join a Chalice Circle open to anyone who would like to attend. The group will begin with any thoughts/reflections/comments about the morning service as a way to get centered, and then focus on the month's Chalice Circle theme and sharing. Doug Taylor facilitates this monthly open Chalice Circle.
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Oct
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.
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Oct
Speaker for our next Third Friday Potluck on Friday, October 19 at noon will be Nancy Slocum, our Director of Religious Exploration. She will speak about her volunteer work with Habitat for Humanity. Nancy has traveled to several countries doing this important work, and has many stories to share. Bring a dish or dessert to share and enjoy the talk and socializing with your fellow Tahoma UU friends. See you there!
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Oct
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.
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Oct
10/21/2018
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Our Tahoma UU Youth Group is hosting another delicious Pancake Brunch Fundraiser!
We hope you can join us after the service on Sunday, October 21 for delicious pancakes, sausages (meat and vegetarian), fruit, and beverages.
$5 suggested donation - additional donations cheerfully accepted!
Funds raised will support our youth attending district UU events.
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Oct
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.
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Oct
Race Matters Book Group meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month from September 2018 through May 2019 to read and discuss a list of books including:
So You Want to talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Waking Up White by Debby Irving
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Rev. Linda Hart facilitates the group.
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Oct
10/26/2018
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
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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Oct
THEY’RE BAAAAACK . . . The Tahoma UU Congregation Middle Schoolers, that is. They’ll present the annual Haunted Hallway following worship service on Sunday, October 28. Just follow the shrieks of terror to the dungeon — er, basement — where our professional scarers will lie in wait. With candy! This is a fun TUUC all-ages tradition so we hope to see you there.
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Oct
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.
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Oct
Last Tuesday Dinner Group at Boathouse 19
9001 S 19th St., Tacoma WA
Join us at Boathouse 19 for the “’Last Tuesday Dinner Group” on Tuesday, October 30. Boathouse 19 is at the far west end of South 19th Street. At that far end you cross the railroad line, and turn right through a parking lot, going to the far side of the Narrows Brewery. Each of these monthly dining experiences has been a very relaxing and enjoyable way to meet fellow members of the congregation. Join us for dinner and generous conversation, arriving around 5:30 p.m. Everyone independently orders from the menu and has a separate check. The restaurant’s website includes the dinner menu, and can be viewed at: http://boathouse19restaurant.com/
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Oct
Join us for our Last Tuesday Dinner Group at a different area restaurant each month on the last Tuesday evening. These meals are casual, come-as-you-please gatherings. It's a wonderful way to get to know fellow members of the congregation, and you may individually order from the restaurant's menu. The restaurant will be announced as we approach the last Tuesday. Come, relax, eat, and join in the conversations.