Safe Parking Overview Providing a Safe Parking location with sanitary facilities – porta-potty and handwashing station – is a cost effective way to support those living in their cars toward housing and food security. After all, who really wants to live in their car? Who wants to decide what few possessions and memories they can … Continue reading What is Safe Parking?
“Grief and resilience live together.” — Michelle Obama, Becoming Dear Friends, I am shaken to the core of my physical, intellectual, and emotional being by the events in Washington DC this week. The assault on the United States Capitol – encouraged by the leader of our democracy – added to the multiple heart quakes … Continue reading President’s Blog for January 2021
“We are often called to do the difficult, if not the seemingly impossible, and it is vital to our spiritual growth that we not ignore these challenges.” – Janice Marie Johnson, UU educator, faith leader, activist At the September 17, 2020 meeting, Tahoma Unitarian Universalist Congregation Board of Trustees approved forming an Ad Hoc … Continue reading Church Facility and Safe Parking
At the monthly meeting on Thursday, November 19, the Board of Trustees discussed status of our facility closure due to COVID-19. Mindful of the safety of the congregation and staff, the board has decided to continue closure of the building, and continue hosting worship services, programs, and meetings online. This decision is also informed by … Continue reading Update from the Board of Trustees about Building Closure Due to COVID-19
UU the Vote with Vote Forward Letter Writing Campaign! Nationwide, over 17 million letters were mailed by over 180,000 letter writers on The Big Send date of October 17. TUUC had over 20 participants and our grand total was over 3,600 letters mailed! Our star letter writer was Joan Benderson who wrote 1,060 letters! Here’s a photo of … Continue reading Vote Forward Letter Writing Campaign is a Success!
This fall, voters in the State of Washington are being asked to vote on Referendum Measure 90. This Referendum was created in response to Senate Bill 5395 which was recently passed by our Legislature that changes the law about sexual health education. It requires public schools provide comprehensive, age appropriate, sexual health education to grades … Continue reading A Faith Vote for Sex Education
As I’m drinking a cup of tangerine tea, relaxing for a moment during a day of raking dirt, digging in edging and helping a large area of our yard recover from “the big dig” of a full septic system replacement, I realize that I am stewarding myself. I am “practicing the ethic that embodies the … Continue reading President’s Blog for October 2020
One of my very favorite activities is paddling a kayak. When I was growing up, my family had a cottage on a lake in Vermont. We had a clunky rowboat and a fluorescent green canoe and I spent a lot of time out on the water in these two boats. But there was something about … Continue reading Kayak Lessons
Widening the Circle of Concern On Sunday, July 5, 2020, Ministerial Intern, Erien Babcock offered an intro to “Widening the Circle of Concern: Report of the UUA Commission on Institutional Change.” Erien is Passamaquoddy and Inupiaq, and brings a deeply personal story to the materials developed by the UUA Commission on Institutional Change. The … Continue reading An Intro to Widening the Circle of Concern – Educational Resources
