The Sweet Potato
September 10, 2020 |
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UUism is a collage project that just kept going... |
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Thanks for reading "The Sweet Potato," the Young Adult Ministry Initiative's bi-monthly roundup of online UU young adult ministries, media, and more. Bold items are new or updated.
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News & Info Events #VoteLove #DefeatHate Free Virtual Concert Gather Here UU LGBTQ+ Young Adult Meetup Sanctuary Boston Call UbarU - YA Spiritual Community UUYA Monthly Worship Series Of Things Beautiful... BLUU 3rd Sunday Worship SPARK NOVA Events CONLine 3 UUYA Leaders Call UUYAM Professionals Call
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Hello Friends
For a variety of reasons the timing is really off for The Sweet Potato this month. Normally we put this out on the second and fourth Sunday of every month, but this edition comes out today (Thursday!) and the next edition will come out on Monday, Sept 20 (third Monday.)
One major reason for the change in timing is that CONline 3 is in two weeks! The third of these crazy, fully online UU young adult conferences is going to be a two day affair! Friday night there will be a worship, small groups, and then fun times with games and more! On Saturday we will do workshops, a talent show, and identity based caucus groups. It’s free and I hope to see everyone who gets this newsletter there, as it will be the last CONline until 2021.
Bests,
Joe Chapot
Editor of The Sweet Potato
Young Adult Coordinator and Ministerial Assistant
First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco
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Looking to up your sticker game? Tired of wearing the same ole, plain face mask? Elevate your look with some SPARK Swag. Follow the link below to claim yours, free of charge, today. All orders will be mailed to your address towards the end of the month.
SPARK NOVA is a UU young adult ministry for folx in Nothern Virginia. |
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BLUU Anthology Submissions Requested |
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Our friend and UU young adult Peighton Carter has UU + Coffee related stickers up for sale in their Etsy store. It's a pre-order and there is only have 25 coming so get them while they last! If you have any other UU related ideas for stickers, let them know! Call for Submissions for a new anthology edited by Rev. Mykal Slack and Takiyah Nur Amin, Ph.D. This will be an anthology of pieces published in partnership with @BlackLivesUU. Please see the submission guidelines and more information at |
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Discord: Join the growing UU young adult Discord sever and connect with your faith peers across the world. Unfortunately do to security features of our newsletter distrubutor, iContact, we cannot post an invite link here. Instead email uuyami@uusf.org and we'll send you an invite.
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#VoteLove #DefeatHate Free Virtual Concert |
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Sunday, September 13 6:00pm ET/ 3:00pm PT with Rev. Sara Dendy-Green Free Virtual Concert to raise funds for the New Florida Majority Educational Fund. The New Florida Majority is a front-line social justice organization working on issues important to many Americans. Join us in helping them get Floridians registered to vote and in educating communities on the power of their vote.The concert will be livestreamed on UU Miami's YouTube channel Sunday Sept 13th at 6:00 PM EST.
Performing will be: with monologue by Miami's own: - Randall Swinton
- Sarah Siegel
Enjoy the concert and donate to the New Florida Majority Educational Fund newfloridamajorityeducationfund.org Learn more about UU Miami and how we grow our principles of love, justice, compassion and equity in the world at UUMiami.org |
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Monday, September 14 8:00pm ET/ 5:00pm PT Here is a monthly online check-in for Canadian Unitarian Universalist young adults.Join other UU 18-35-year-olds on Zoom (a video-conferencing platform) for sharing of joys and sorrows, deeper check-ins, prayerful reflections, and an opportunity to process the events of our lives with a spiritually grounded community. Each month we are joined by a member of the Young Adult Pastoral Care Team.
The global pandemic has made this virtual gathering place more valuable than ever. While so much in our lives is unknown and unknowable, we can find comfort in familiar rituals and faces. By sharing our joys, our concerns, our sorrows, and our gratitudes, we know ourselves to be held in a loving community. Exploring the themes and spiritual practices helps us each remember our own creativity and resilience. We are all in this together, a part of a larger story.These are drop-in style gatherings, so you don’t need to sign up in advance and there is no fee.
On the days you want to attend, just settle into a comfortable spot with your computer or smartphone, sign in to Zoom at the scheduled time, and bring your whole self for the hour and a quarter. (You will need to "register" through Zoom using your email address to access the link)
The full schedule, including Zoom links, for the 2020-21 programming year can be found on our website. We will break in May for CUC National Conferences and in July/August for the summer. Check the Facebook event for the most recent themes and outlines of upcoming calls. You can also sign up to receive a reminder via text message the day of each Gathered Here by texting @cucya to (502) 694-1142. Questions can be directed to Casey Stainsby at casey@cuc.ca. |
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UU LGBTQ+ Young Adult Meetup |
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Monday, September 14 8:00pm ET/ 5:00pm PT We invite queer Unitarian Universalist (UU) young adult who are looking for a virtual space that is designed for them to join our conversations and community. LGBTQIA+ UU young adults and friends are currently meeting on the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month at 8pm EST/5pm PST on Zoom.
To join please fill out this form and a link will be sent. Your information will also be added to the email list server for announcements. We are meeting every 2nd and 4th Monday. |
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Worship Gathering with Sanctuary Boston |
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Wednesday, September 16 6:30pm ET/ 3:30pm PT with Rev. Sara Dendy-Green The Sanctuary Boston is a progressive spiritual community striving for vibrant worship and real connection. Our worship gatherings are full of music of different styles, lead by our Sanctuary Boston band. Most gatherings also include a short message shared by a community member, as well as time for ritual and reflection. Finding Our Way Back Home: So often it's not clear what home is or if it's a thing we can find our way back to. But for many of us it's worth forging a place out of the complicated bits of our lives where we can rest, take off our actual and metaphorical shoes, touch roots amidst the restlessness, and belong. Sept 16: "Restless and Rooted," with Alex Fam Sept 30: "Home Again," a vespers service of singing and silence, readings and reflection. Oct 7: "Home can be Saturday Pancakes," with Rev. Elizabeth Nguyen. Alex is a musician, artist, speech-language pathologist, and Sanctuary community member who can often be found hugging or singing about trees. Elizabeth is a community minister and cooker of food and prayer of prayers. She is the immigration bond coordinator at the National Bail Fund Network. One tap mobile: +19292056099,,315418641# |
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UBarU - YA Spiritual Community |
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Thursday, September 17 7:00pm CT/ Young Adult Spiritual Community with Ren Pasco (young adults ages 18-35 years old are invited). This is the first of an on-going opportunity to connect with other young adults across the Texas region. Hosted by UBarU, a UU Camp and Retreat center. |
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UUYA Monthly Worship Series |
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Sunday, September 20
7:00pm ET/ 4:00 pm PT
Theme: Loneliness, Isolation and Community Announcing the second of our new Unitarian Universalist young adult monthly worship series! We are keeping it simple this month with a Vesper Service. Join us for a service centered around open sharing and discussion around the topics of loneliness, isolation, and community. We have been stuck at home for 6 months, our lives turned upside- down by this pandemic. Participants will be invited to share how they have weathered this ongoing crisis, all the good, bad, and ugly of it, and what they are doing to take care of themselves .
You can attend a fully produced UUYA service at CONline 3, happening 6 days later on September 25-26.
ZOOM Info Meeting ID: 858 4278 2727
Passcode: 866335
One tap mobile
+14086380968,,85842782727#,,,,,,0#,,866335# US (San Jose)
+16465189805,,85842782727#,,,,,,0#,,866335# US (New York) |
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Of Things Beautiful... BLUU 3rd Sunday Worship |
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Sunday, September 20
4:00pm ET/ 1:00 pm PT Register to Attend This is a time to settle back into things as they were and as they can become. Recognition of our shared faith coming from many different sources is often symbolized by the water communion celebrated in many congregations during this season.But these are not typical times. The old ways are being reckoned with and challenged and new ways forward are being forged – all around us and inside of us. For all the reasons there may be to be fearful, concerned, uncertain and unsteady, there are at least as many reasons to be hope-filled, anticipatory, love-aligned, ready. Let's be ready together.
Join us for BLUU Online Worship!All of BLUU's online worship services are Black Sacred Space in their entirety - by and for Black people, with the words and voices of Black folks across the diaspora - and we hope that Black UUs and Black UU-adjacent folks (who share our values) from far and wide will join us!For our non-Black siblings in faith, please DO share this invitation with Black folks in your life and community.
Getting the word out about BLUU’s gatherings and other programming is one powerful way of lending your support, and we deeply appreciate it! For all of our services, feel free to come into our BLUU Zoom Room as early as 15 minutes before the start of the service to get settled, say hello to the folks who are already gathering, and listen to the music softly playing as we all prepare for our time together. |
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Discussion Group: Virtual Friendships
Sunday, September 20
7:00 - 8:30pm ET RSVP to attend on Facebook or by Emailing - info@thesparknova.org Dinner Church
Saturday, September 26
5:30 - 7:00pm ET RSVP to attend on Facebook or by Emailing - info@thesparknova.org |
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September 25-26, 2020 Cost: Free
For: People Ages 18 to 35
Questions: email uuyami@uusf.org We’ve done it twice, and who doesn’t like a trilogy, so join us for CONline 3! Once again we will continue the experimental nature of CONline by expanding the event to two days! On Friday we will gather for worship, small groups and FUUN! Then on Saturday we gather for workshops, identity groups, and a talent show! Join us for all or part of CONline 3, registration is open and free!
We are going to have several identity groups at CONline 3 that we hope will become the starting point for more regular meetings. We know many people have more than one marginalized identity, but will only be able to attend one group at CONline 3. If you are willing and comfortable, please indicate which communities you are part of, and the coordinators for these groups will follow up with you after CONline 3 to connect you to them.
It will take many people to make CONline 3 happen, and we know a lot of you want to help. If you want to staff CONline 3 please indicate so on your registration form.
If you want to participate on the CONline 3 Planning Committee, email uuyami@uusf.org.
CONline 3 Schedule
Friday - (8p ET/ 5p PT)
- Opening
- Dinner Worship
- Small Groups
- FUUN Time
Saturday Part 1- (12p ET/ 9a PT) - Recentering
- Small Groups
- Workshops
- Lunch Hangout in Main Room
Saturday Part 2 - (3p ET/ 12p PT) - Recentering
- Racial/LGBTQ/Regional Groups
- Talent Show
- Closing
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Sunday, Ocotber 4 7:00pm ET / 4:00pm PT
If you are a Unitarian Universalist, a young adult (ages 18 to 30s,) and lead in any capacity within our faith movement, then please join us for the first of a hopefully monthly call. From serving on Boards or Committees, at local, regional or continental levels, whether lay or professional or seminary, any UUYA leaders are invited for an hour of sharing, collaboration, triaging, visioning and networking. And to be explicit, you do not have to working on young adult ministry to join us! Email uuyami@uusf.org for more information. Hosted by Joe Chapot, Ministerial Assistant and Young Adult Coordinator at First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco |
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Tuesday, October 13 5:00pm ET / 2:00pm PT
If you work for a Unitarian Universalist organization and are responsible for a young adult ministry, then you are invited to connect with your peers on our monthly support call! This call is for professionals, those who are employed by UU organizations, be they congregations, regional groups, national bodies, or some other kind of entity. We spend the hour sharing about our programs, working on challenges, stepping back to take in the big picture, and laugh at the incongruous things we encounter while trying to create young adult ministry.
If you want to attend, please email uuyami@uusf.org with your name, where you work, your job title, and what young adult, emerging adult, campus ministry program you are responsible for.
If you are a UU young adult who leads in any capacity within the movement, then please attend our UUYA leaders call, usually on the first Sunday of the month. |
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