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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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6:00 PM - Camp Fire
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26 Nov
11/26/2017    
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Program Advisory Committee for Adult Religious Exploration meets monthly.
26 Nov
11/26/2017    
10:30 am - 11:45 am
[ upcoming-services ]
27 Nov
11/27/2017    
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.
28 Nov
11/28/2017    
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
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. Last Tuesday Dinner Group Tuesday, November 28th, 2017, 5:30pm El Toro (Next to Trader Joes), 3820 Bridgeport Way W, University Place, WA This month we’ll meet at El Toro Mexican Restaurant in University Place. Take note that there are three El Toro restaurants in the area, and this particular El Toro branch is within a shopping center between Trader Joes and Safeway on the corner of Bridgeport and 40th St West. El Toro has something for everyone. We’ll begin at 5:30 with appetizers while people arrive. Everyone orders off the menu on individual checks—we keep it simple. Each month, these gatherings are a wonderful way to meet fellow members of the congregation or learn more about old friends. Reservations are not necessary, but may help us reserve enough  tables. Come, relax, eat, and join in the conversations.  Coordinators: Margo Marsh, and Pat and Neil Glenesk.
28 Nov
11/28/2017    
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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.
28 Nov
11/28/2017    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
29 Nov
11/29/2017    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Indivisible Tacoma will host an Action Meeting to write postcards to voters for Alabama's special election and to make calls to progressive voters in red states, getting them to call their Members of Congress about the tax bill.
30 Nov
11/30/2017    
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Weekly Camp Fire Group gathering. Private group. Registration required.
30 Nov
11/30/2017    
6:00 pm - 7:00 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! Our group meets weekly from September through June, with breaks for holidays, and during July and August resuming after Labor Day.
01 Dec
12/01/2017    
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
12/03/2017    
9:00 am - 10:00 am
   
03 Dec
12/03/2017    
10:30 am - 11:45 am
[ upcoming-services ]
04 Dec
12/04/2017    
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.
05 Dec
12/05/2017    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
06 Dec
12/06/2017    
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
07 Dec
12/07/2017    
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Poetry Club
07 Dec
12/07/2017    
6:00 pm - 7:00 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! Our group meets weekly from September through June, with breaks for holidays, and during July and August resuming after Labor Day.
07 Dec
12/07/2017    
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Weekly Camp Fire Group gathering. Private group. Registration required.
08 Dec
12/08/2017    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Knitting Circle
10 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.
10 Dec
12/10/2017    
10:30 am - 11:45 am
[ upcoming-services ]
10 Dec
Moondancers Covenant Group
11 Dec
12/11/2017    
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.
12 Dec
12/12/2017    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
12 Dec
12/12/2017    
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
13 Dec
12/13/2017    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Featuring: the documentary short film, "Hunger Strikes: A Call to End Immigrant Detention" and speakers: Dr. Megan Ybarra, professor at the University of Washington and [...]
14 Dec
12/14/2017    
6:00 pm - 7:00 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! Our group meets weekly from September through June, with breaks for holidays, and during July and August resuming after Labor Day.
15 Dec
Casual potluck lunch with an accompanying program. No reservations required, and everyone is welcome.
16 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.
16 Dec
12/16/2017    
9:15 am - 11:15 am
Come together with curious intellects and attentive hearts to connect, meditate, explore, and discuss the journey of awakening, followed by a time for tea and snacks. NonDual, Mystical, and Unitive Conscious experiences are all rooted in direct, personal, embodied knowing beyond words, beliefs, doctrines, and rigid traditions whether spontaneous or invoked. In this safe, co-created inter-spiritual group we will explore, experience direct practice, and share our “seeing,knowing and being” of essential essence common to all humanity that transcends divisive concepts and dualisms. All members are welcome and encouraged to provide ideas and suggestions to enhance each and every participant’s group experience and well-being.
17 Dec
12/17/2017    
10:30 am - 11:45 am
[ upcoming-services ]
17 Dec
Meets monthly on the Third Sunday after worship service. No registration required. Attend as many or as few as you like. As the name implies — just drop in!
18 Dec
12/18/2017    
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.
19 Dec
12/19/2017    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
19 Dec
12/19/2017    
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.
20 Dec
12/20/2017    
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
20 Dec
12/20/2017    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Day 8 - December 20th. Action meeting at Tahoma UU, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Transcribe poems, short stories, and quotes in natively spoken languages to deliver to detainees. It's difficult to send detainees books, so we're providing them with handwritten reading material.
21 Dec
12/21/2017    
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.
21 Dec
12/21/2017    
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Poetry Club
22 Dec
12/22/2017    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Knitting Circle
23 Dec
12/23/2017    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Benefit Concert for Detainees at NWDC
24 Dec
12/24/2017    
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
[ upcoming-services ]
24 Dec
12/24/2017 - 12/25/2017    
11:30 pm - 12:15 am
Day 12 - December 24th, 11:30 p.m. - 12:15 a.m. Candlelight vigil & singing at NWDC, 1623 E J St, Tacoma, WA 98421
26 Dec
12/26/2017    
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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.
26 Dec
12/26/2017    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
29 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.
31 Dec
12/31/2017    
10:30 am - 11:45 am
[ upcoming-services ]
01 Jan
01/01/2018    
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.
03 Jan
01/03/2018    
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
04 Jan
01/04/2018    
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Weekly Camp Fire Group gathering. Private group. Registration required.
04 Jan
01/04/2018    
6:00 pm - 7:00 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! Our group meets weekly from September through June, with breaks for holidays, and during July and August resuming after Labor Day.
05 Jan
01/05/2018    
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.
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