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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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1:00 PM - Staff Meeting
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1:00 PM - Staff Meeting
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6:00 PM - Camp Fire
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1:00 PM - Staff Meeting
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6:00 PM - Camp Fire
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11:00 AM - Private Event
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10:30 AM - Worship Service
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6:00 PM - Camp Fire
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26 Mar
03/26/2017    
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Program Advisory Committee for Adult Religious Exploration meets monthly.
26 Mar
03/26/2017    
10:30 am - 11:45 am
[ upcoming-services ]
27 Mar
03/27/2017    
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 Mar
03/28/2017    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
29 Mar
03/29/2017    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Indivisible Tacoma defends liberty, equality, and democracy through local grassroots activism.
30 Mar
03/30/2017    
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!
30 Mar
03/30/2017    
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Camp Fire Group. Private Group. Registration Required.
31 Mar
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.
02 Apr
This is a monthly open meeting supporting the Children and Youth Religious Exploration Program.
02 Apr
04/02/2017    
9:15 am - 10:15 am
Covenant Group Facilitators Meeting 2016-2017
02 Apr
04/02/2017    
10:30 am - 11:45 am
[ upcoming-services ]
03 Apr
04/03/2017    
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.
04 Apr
04/04/2017    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
05 Apr
04/05/2017    
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
05 Apr
04/05/2017    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Indivisible Tacoma defends liberty, equality, and democracy through local grassroots activism.
06 Apr
04/06/2017    
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Poetry Club
06 Apr
04/06/2017    
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!
06 Apr
04/06/2017    
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Camp Fire Group. Private Group. Registration Required.
07 Apr
04/07/2017    
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.
09 Apr
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.
09 Apr
04/09/2017    
10:30 am - 11:45 am
[ upcoming-services ]
09 Apr
04/09/2017    
11:45 am - 1:00 pm
10 Apr
04/10/2017    
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Lay Pastoral Care Team Monthly Meeting on Second Monday at 1:00 p.m.
10 Apr
04/10/2017    
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.
11 Apr
04/11/2017    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
11 Apr
04/11/2017    
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
12 Apr
04/12/2017    
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
12 Apr
04/12/2017    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Indivisible Tacoma defends liberty, equality, and democracy through local grassroots activism.
13 Apr
04/13/2017    
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!
13 Apr
04/13/2017    
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Camp Fire Group. Private Group. Registration Required.
15 Apr
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.
15 Apr
04/15/2017    
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.
15 Apr
04/15/2017    
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.
16 Apr
04/16/2017    
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.
16 Apr
04/16/2017    
10:30 am - 11:45 am
[ upcoming-services ]
17 Apr
04/17/2017    
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
committee meeting
17 Apr
04/17/2017    
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.
18 Apr
04/18/2017    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
18 Apr
04/18/2017    
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.
19 Apr
04/19/2017    
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
19 Apr
04/19/2017    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Indivisible Tacoma defends liberty, equality, and democracy through local grassroots activism.
20 Apr
04/20/2017    
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.
20 Apr
04/20/2017    
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Poetry Club
20 Apr
04/20/2017    
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!
21 Apr
04/21/2017    
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Casual potluck lunch with an accompanying program. No reservations required, and everyone is welcome.
22 Apr
04/22/2017    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
23 Apr
04/23/2017    
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Program Advisory Committee for Adult Religious Exploration meets monthly.
23 Apr
04/23/2017    
10:30 am - 11:45 am
[ upcoming-services ]
24 Apr
04/24/2017    
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.
25 Apr
04/25/2017    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
26 Apr
04/26/2017    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Indivisible Tacoma defends liberty, equality, and democracy through local grassroots activism.
27 Apr
04/27/2017    
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!
27 Apr
04/27/2017    
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Camp Fire Group. Private Group. Registration Required.
28 Apr
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.
28 Apr
04/28/2017    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Racing Extinction Meaingful Movies at Tahoma UU Congregation This film deals with several examples of the overarching theme of the Anthropocene Extinction, in that the spread of Homo sapiens has caused the greatest mass extinction since the KT event 66 million years ago, including global warming and poaching, and the efforts of scientists, photographers and volunteers to protect endangered species. The film implicates overpopulation, globalization, and animal agriculture as leading causes of extinction.
29 Apr
04/29/2017    
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
30 Apr
04/30/2017    
10:30 am - 11:45 am
[ upcoming-services ]
01 May
05/01/2017    
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.
02 May
05/02/2017    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
03 May
05/03/2017    
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
03 May
05/03/2017    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Indivisible Tacoma defends liberty, equality, and democracy through local grassroots activism.
04 May
05/04/2017    
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Poetry Club
04 May
05/04/2017    
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!
04 May
05/04/2017    
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Camp Fire Group. Private Group. Registration Required.
05 May
05/05/2017    
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.
06 May
05/06/2017    
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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