Tahoma Unitarian Universalist Congregation

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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

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

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Chalice Circle Facilitators Meeting 2016-2017

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.

LREDA PNW Regional Meeting

In conjunction with the Year to Live Classes, Karin Van Vlack will introduce the idea of comfort therapies at end of life. Kim Valentine, who has a private practice where she offers therapeutic massage, Reiki, aromatherapy, and therapeutic music, including Tibetan bowls, will do a talk with demonstrations on alternative therapies at end of life.

Our sanctuary will be open. Rev. Dr. Linda A Hart, and Ministerial Intern, Matt Aspin, will be available for conversation and quiet for any who need some support or a healing space. A brief ritual will be available as well for those who wish to feel some cleansing and blessing.

Details on the Auction Page and Auction Supper Buffet Page

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.

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. Matt Aspin will lead a program on our monthly theme of “What Does It Mean to Be a Community of Story?” woven with the concept of “Fluency in the use of metaphor and Mitake Oyasin – the perception of Universal Connectedness ” from UU Minister, Rev. Dr. Kendyl Gibbons’ work, “Qualities of Spiritual Maturity”. 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

Camp Fire Group. Private Group. Registration Required.

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

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 [...]

Program Advisory Committee for Adult Religious Exploration meets monthly.

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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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.

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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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.

Planned Parenthood Training Seminar

Susie Maharry will lead the discussion with the Teaching Company video on Comparative Religion.

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