Group Meetings Recommendations Beginning May 2021

December 2020 Update from Board of Trustees About Building Closure Due to COVID-19

Join us for conversation and community immediately following worship service on Zoom Meeting. After the worship service concludes, join us at this Zoom Meeting link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85008435720?pwd=TkJmSnJ5aHBITkJ1OW5wV0oyL0JXZz09
Meeting ID: 850 0843 5720
Passcode: 253

See you there!

TUUC Community Gathering at Wapato Lake Park
September Sundays, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Sunday Social Time at noon at Wapato Park. Join us for conversation and community following worship service on Zoom and Facebook. We’ll continue to meet every Sunday through September, rain or shine — Hey, we’re in the PNW, right? Think of this as the TUUC Bumbershoot experience – bring your ‘brellies and wear your wellies. All ages welcome.

The address for Wapato Park is 6500 S. Sheridan Ave. Park at the Central Lot using the entrance at S. Sheridan Ave and S. 68th St.

Head towards the children’s play area, and sign in at the small table set up nearby. While no food or drink will be provided, feel free to bring your own. You can also bring a blanket or a chair to sit on. Come join us help build our Tahoma UU community.

No pre-registration necessary. Please refer to Outdoor Gathering guidelines posted here: https://www.tahomauu.com/tuuc-guidelines-to-support-coming-together-in-person-revised-august-26-2021/

Movie Discussion: CODA
Sunday, September 19, 2021, 1:00 p.m. at Wapato Park
Join in the noon Social Time, and stay for a discussion of CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) with Marlee Matlin, Emilia Jones, and Troy Kotsur (or watch Matlin’s earlier movie, Children of a Lesser God.) Let’s consider our first and second principles – the inherent worth and dignity of every person, and justice, equity, and compassion in human relations  – during our discussion.

If you’d prefer to participate in an online discussion about the film, join us on Thursday, September 23 at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom.

CODA is showing at the Grand Cinema in Tacoma through at least Thursday, September 16, and is available via Apple TV+ that can be accessed via a 7-day free trial.

TUUC Together Team is charged by the Board of Trustees to review parameters of meeting again in-person in the church facility alongside hybrid options, and make any needed recommendations to the Board.

TUUC’s Board of Trustees’ goal is to help our community come together in familiar and refreshing ways. This includes reopening our church property for in-person worship services and activities, including children’s and youth religious exploration, with reasonable (and officially required) safety measures, as soon as feasible, while also continuing online gathering as appropriate. A particular challenge for our congregation is determining the suitability of using our downstairs space, mostly used for children and youth programming, as well as some small group gatherings and meetings.

TUUC Freethinking Mystics
Second and Fourth Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.
Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89057890731?pwd=TkJmSnJ5aHBITkJ1OW5wV0oyL0JXZz09
Meeting ID: 890 5789 0731
Passcode: 253
Facilitated by Doug Taylor

Our TUUC Freethinking Mystics group will be meeting for our second time for this new church year this next coming Wednesday, Sept 22 at 6:30 p.m. using Season 2, Session 2, of the CAC.org “Learning How to See” podcasts about biases as our reference resource.

Learning How to See: Going Against the Flow

On this episode of Learning How to See, Brian, Gigi, Mike and Paul talk about the next three biases that look at the social dimensions of seeing:

Community bias: It is very hard to see something your group doesn’t want you to see. This is a form of social confirmation bias.

Complementarity bias: If people are nice to you, you’ll be open to what they see and have to say. If they aren’t nice to you, you won’t.

Contact bias: If you lack contact with someone, you won’t see what they see.

https://cac.org/podcasts/going-against-the-flow/

Our TUUC Freethinking Mystics group meets via Zoom on the Second and Fourth Thursdays using Season 2 of the CAC.org “Learning How to See” podcasts about biases as our reference resource. 

As always, please feel free to share, invite and bring kindred spirits!  And please remember that it is not required to read/listen to the materials or answer any questions about the topic beforehand. The power is in Your presence, just as you are, which contributes to the energy and richness of the group!

“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 safe, caring, authentic, compassionate group for inspiration, to study, to explore, and discover our direct experience of the fullness and mystery of life.”

Movie Discussion on Zoom: CODA
Thursday, September 23, 2021, 7:00 p.m.

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86963037343?pwd=MDBTV1ZxZzV1aUkwY2FZVkVsWTdxdz09
Meeting ID: 869 6303 7343
Passcode: 253

Join us on Zoom for a discussion of CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) with Marlee Matlin, Emilia Jones, and Troy Kotsur (or watch Matlin’s earlier movie, Children of a Lesser God.) Let’s consider our first and second principles – the inherent worth and dignity of every person, and justice, equity, and compassion in human relations  – during our discussion.

CODA is showing at the Grand Cinema in Tacoma through at least Thursday, September 16, and is available via Apple TV+ that can be accessed via a 7-day free trial.