Beloved friends, One of the tabs that’s open in my browser whenever I’m working is the CovidActNow.org site. If you’ve not yet looked at it, the site provides information about the spread of COVID including the 7-day-average of the number of cases recorded, the status of hospitals (including how full the hospitals are overall and … Continue reading Worship Service and Meeting Update for December 28, 2021
Beloved friends, The coronavirus and its waves are hard to predict and the Board, staff, and I continue to navigate through this time. After being in person on December 5th, we’ve seen volatility in the number of cases (https://covidactnow.org/us/washington-wa/county/pierce_county/?s=26811580), and following the policies we’ve set up (https://www.tahomauu.com/tuuc-coming-together-risk-levels-novmeber-18-2021/), and given the holidays, we will be postponing … Continue reading Looking to the New Year
Tahoma UU Congregation Coming Together Risk Levels – November 18, 2021 The Coming Together Committee has been tasked to develop recommendations for the reopening of Tahoma UU Congregation church building for gathering in person. As we all know, there are many factors to consider and there is no one correct answer. While we know that … Continue reading Tahoma UU Congregation Coming Together Risk Levels – November 18, 2021
September once again has brought beautiful autumn weather our way, and the change in seasons has also brought a few property incidents as well. Earlier this month, we had a homeless woman start a small campfire on the front porch of the church early one morning to which fire and police responded immediately. The building … Continue reading Building Safety Update
TUUC’s participation in the Tacoma/Pierce County Safe Parking program is dependent on your willingness to volunteer as site visitors. Without enough volunteers we cannot sustain two people visiting once a day to keep the parking lot and grounds tidy and free of trash, check on the condition of the porta-potty and the handwashing station, and … Continue reading Safe Parking Update and Volunteer Opportunities
Announcing the PNW Religious Education Online Collaborative for Children and Youth Religious Educators from around the Pacific Northwest have formed a collaborative to provide online Religious Education/Exploration for school-aged children and youth weekly through this next year. While this won’t replace the programs we will have at TUUC, this is an additional option for anyone … Continue reading Announcing the PNW Religious Education Online Collaborative for Children and Youth
Coming Together Update Good news, beloveds! Your expressed desires to gather together in person have taken another step forward this week. The Coming Together Team and the Board of Trustees have approved guidelines for indoor gatherings at the church. Because Pierce County remains at very high risk for transmitting the Delta variant (see COVID Act … Continue reading Coming Together Update for September 25, 2021
TUUC Guidelines to Support Coming Together In-Person – Revised September 16, 2021 Introduction: We are a beloved community of soulful people covering a spectrum of ages, genders, sexual preferences, beliefs, desires, talents, and more. We are a beloved Unitarian Universalist faith community guided by seven core principles and congregational covenants that challenge us to interact … Continue reading TUUC Guidelines to Support Coming Together In-Person – Revised September 16, 2021
Have you been missing the opportunity to connect with others from TUUC in Chalice Circles? Chalice Circles are groups of six to eight adult participants who come together once a month through the church year (October through May) to deepen relationships and connections to each other, the church community, and self. Each meeting will draw … Continue reading Chalice Circles Forming!
Coming Together Update Over the past several weeks, a growing number of us have been realizing that we’ll likely be living with the risks of COVID for the foreseeable future. While we hope that enough of us will become fully vaccinated as soon as possible to effect a herd immunity in our region and allow … Continue reading Coming Together Update for September 14, 2021
