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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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28 Jan
Series of meetings to support personal growth preparing participants to be a mentor to someone in recovery from substance abuse.  Breck Lebegue facilitates the group.
28 Jan
01/28/2018    
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Program Advisory Committee for Adult Religious Exploration meets monthly.
28 Jan
01/28/2018    
10:30 am - 11:45 am
[ upcoming-services ]
29 Jan
01/29/2018    
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.
30 Jan
01/30/2018    
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. 
30 Jan
01/30/2018    
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.
31 Jan
01/31/2018    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Indivisible Tacoma defends liberty, equality, and democracy through local grassroots activism.
01 Feb
02/01/2018    
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Weekly Camp Fire Group gathering. Private group. Registration required.
01 Feb
02/01/2018    
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.
02 Feb
02/02/2018    
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.
02 Feb
02/02/2018    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Knitting and Kraft Circle
03 Feb
02/03/2018    
8:30 am - 1:00 pm
03 Feb
02/03/2018    
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Auction Event - All Ages Game Night hosted by Robin Hamman
04 Feb
Series of meetings to support personal growth preparing participants to be a mentor to someone in recovery from substance abuse.  Breck Lebegue facilitates the group.
04 Feb
02/04/2018    
10:30 am - 11:45 am
[ upcoming-services ]
05 Feb
02/05/2018    
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.
07 Feb
02/07/2018    
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
08 Feb
02/08/2018    
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Weekly Camp Fire Group gathering. Private group. Registration required.
09 Feb
02/09/2018    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Knitting Circle
10 Feb
02/10/2018    
All Day
These potluck dining experiences are held several times a year in volunteer host homes. Our next one is Saturday, February 10th, and we especially need Hosts! Our Get Acquainted Dinners are usually for 6 or 8, held on the same evening at various member’s homes. The host provides a main dish and coordinates side dishes, salads, or desserts provided by the guests. Fran McLaughlin will take in-person signups Sunday after worship service on Sunday, January 28th and on Sunday, February 4th. Once the lists of guests and hosts are coordinated, the hosts will contact you with details.
11 Feb
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 Feb
Series of meetings to support personal growth preparing participants to be a mentor to someone in recovery from substance abuse.  Breck Lebegue facilitates the group.
11 Feb
02/11/2018    
10:30 am - 11:45 am
[ upcoming-services ]
12 Feb
02/12/2018    
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.
13 Feb
02/13/2018    
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
15 Feb
02/15/2018    
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.
15 Feb
02/15/2018    
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Weekly Camp Fire Group gathering. Private group. Registration required.
16 Feb
Casual potluck lunch with an accompanying program. No reservations required, and everyone is welcome.
17 Feb
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 Feb
02/17/2018    
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.
18 Feb
Series of meetings to support personal growth preparing participants to be a mentor to someone in recovery from substance abuse.  Breck Lebegue facilitates the group.
18 Feb
02/18/2018    
10:30 am - 11:45 am
[ upcoming-services ]
18 Feb
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!
19 Feb
02/19/2018    
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.
20 Feb
02/20/2018    
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.
21 Feb
02/21/2018    
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
21 Feb
02/21/2018    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Indivisible Tacoma Meeting.
22 Feb
02/22/2018    
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.
22 Feb
02/22/2018    
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Weekly Camp Fire Group gathering. Private group. Registration required.
23 Feb
02/23/2018    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Knitting Circle
23 Feb
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.
25 Feb
02/25/2018    
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Program Advisory Committee for Adult Religious Exploration meets monthly.
25 Feb
02/25/2018    
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Pledge Drive Team Meeting
25 Feb
Series of meetings to support personal growth preparing participants to be a mentor to someone in recovery from substance abuse.  Breck Lebegue facilitates the group.
26 Feb
02/26/2018    
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.
27 Feb
02/27/2018    
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
This month we’ll meet at Gateway to India, a restaurant along 6th Avenue in Tacoma, at the corner of 6th Avenue & N. Fife Street. The restaurant specializes in serving authentic North Indian cuisine. Everyone orders off the menu on individual checks—we keep it simple.  Each month, these gathering 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: Margot Marsh, and Pat and Neil Glenesk.
27 Feb
02/27/2018    
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.
27 Feb
02/27/2018    
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Joint Board of Trustees and Finance Committee Budget Planning Meeting
01 Mar
03/01/2018    
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.
01 Mar
03/01/2018    
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Weekly Camp Fire Group gathering. Private group. Registration required.
02 Mar
03/02/2018    
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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