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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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27 Nov
11/27/2016    
10:30 am - 11:45 am
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28 Nov
11/28/2016    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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.
29 Nov
11/29/2016    
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Planned Parenthood Training Seminar
29 Nov
11/29/2016    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
30 Nov
11/30/2016    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Susie Maharry will lead the discussion with the Teaching Company video on Comparative Religion.
01 Dec
12/01/2016    
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Poetry Club
01 Dec
12/01/2016    
6:00 pm - 6:45 pm
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!
01 Dec
12/01/2016    
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Camp Fire Group. Private Group. Registration Required.
02 Dec
12/02/2016    
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
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.
03 Dec
12/03/2016    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
"A Year to Live" - Closed Group
04 Dec
This is a monthly open meeting supporting the Children and Youth Religious Exploration Program.
04 Dec
12/04/2016    
9:15 am - 10:15 am
Covenant Group Facilitators Meeting 2016-2017
04 Dec
12/04/2016    
10:30 am - 11:45 am
[ upcoming-services ]
05 Dec
12/05/2016    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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.
06 Dec
12/06/2016    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
07 Dec
12/07/2016    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
We each have experienced times of trouble that threaten to overwhelm our individual lives. In such times, a vision of possibility is essential. The same holds for the punctuations in history when whole societies face troubles of an immense and uncharted variety. Truly, we have arrived at such a time. Humans, unwittingly, have become a planetary force. We are changing irreversibly the very climate of our world. Henceforth, any actions we take as individuals and societies will be done in the new light of climate change. What vision will carry us forward and inspire us to work together? How shall we frame the need to shed our business-as-usual outlook on life and take on a new vision of possibility that can unite us as a species in joyful self-sacrifice and service? What vision will charge us with a sense of heroic purpose that the future is indeed calling us to greatness? Rev. Michael Dowd is the author of the bestselling, bridge-building book, Thank God for Evolution, which was endorsed by six Nobel laureates and other science luminaries, along with noted skeptics, and by religious leaders across the spectrum.
08 Dec
12/08/2016    
6:00 pm - 6:45 pm
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!
08 Dec
12/08/2016    
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Camp Fire Group. Private Group. Registration Required.
11 Dec
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.
11 Dec
12/11/2016    
10:30 am - 11:45 am
[ upcoming-services ]
11 Dec
12/11/2016    
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
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.
12 Dec
12/12/2016    
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Lay Pastoral Care Team Monthly Meeting on Second Monday at 1:00 p.m.
12 Dec
12/12/2016    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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.
13 Dec
12/13/2016    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
13 Dec
12/13/2016    
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
14 Dec
12/14/2016    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
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 [...]
15 Dec
12/15/2016    
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
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.
15 Dec
12/15/2016    
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Poetry Club
15 Dec
12/15/2016    
6:00 pm - 6:45 pm
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!
16 Dec
12/16/2016    
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Casual potluck lunch with an accompanying program. No reservations required, and everyone is welcome.
16 Dec
12/16/2016    
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
A community group that is organizing to resist Donald Trump's agenda will be holding a meeting on Friday, December 16th in our sanctuary. Their purpose is [...]
17 Dec
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.
17 Dec
12/17/2016    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
“A Year to Live” – Group at Capacity Group meets on Third Saturdays beginning March 19, 2016 What if you received a diagnosis that you [...]
18 Dec
12/18/2016    
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Program Advisory Committee for Adult Religious Exploration meets monthly.
18 Dec
12/18/2016    
9:15 am - 10:15 am
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.
18 Dec
12/18/2016    
10:30 am - 11:45 am
[ upcoming-services ]
19 Dec
12/19/2016    
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
committee meeting
19 Dec
12/19/2016    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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.
20 Dec
12/20/2016    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
20 Dec
12/20/2016    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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.
22 Dec
12/22/2016    
6:00 pm - 6:45 pm
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!
22 Dec
12/22/2016    
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Camp Fire Group. Private Group. Registration Required.
24 Dec
12/24/2016    
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
All are welcome for an evening service of stories and songs and candlelight. Suitable for all ages.
25 Dec
12/25/2016    
10:30 am - 11:45 am
[ upcoming-services ]
26 Dec
12/26/2016    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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.
27 Dec
12/27/2016    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
29 Dec
12/29/2016    
6:00 pm - 6:45 pm
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!
29 Dec
12/29/2016    
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Camp Fire Group. Private Group. Registration Required.
30 Dec
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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