Annual Reports Due May 15th

If you’re the Chair of the Committee, Team or Task Force, your Annual Report is due by May 15th.

The Annual Report will cover the time period of May 1, 2021 through April 30, 2022, so your report should include activities that took place during that 12-month period.

Please email your part of the annual report to Janni by May 15th to allow time for compiling all the individual reports into one large Annual Report document that can be distributed prior to our AGM. Email your report as a Word document or as the actual text of your email.  Please do not send a PDF file.

Rev. Ron would like the reports to follow this template, if possible:

  1. Who is involved and what are their roles?

  2. What happened this year?  (Accomplishments, Challenges, On-Going Tasks, and anything else you would like to share)

  3. Looking Forward:  What’s high priority?  What else are you thinking about?

  4. A few sentences about how all of this relates to our mission to help people live with greater depth, meaning and purposes.

If you have questions, are not sure what part(s) of the report you're responsible for, or would like a copy of last year’s Annual Report to help you with your article, please contact Janni.

Missing & Murdered

Our Justice Equity Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI) Team recommends this series offered by the First Unitarian Church of Portland, Oregon:

WHO KILLED ALBERTA WILLIAMS?  Sparked by a chilling tip, season one is an eight-part podcast investigation that unearths new information and potential suspects in the cold case of a young Indigenous woman murdered in British Columbia in 1989.

FINDING CLEO.  This season joins a family as they search for their sister Cleo Nicotine Semaganis. In the early 1970s, Cleo and her five siblings were apprehended by child welfare authorities in Saskatchewan. The children were adopted into white families across North America. All but one of the siblings have reconnected and have been told various mysterious stories about what happened to Cleo, but they can’t find her.

Thursday Evenings 7-8:30pm, April 28 - June 30th (4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 5/26, 6/2, 6/9, 6/16, 6/23, 6/30).

Type: This is A CBC News original podcast hosted by CBC News investigative reporter Connie Walker.

Questions? Contact Jody of the First Unitarian Church of Portland, Oregon.

Register HERE by clicking “Add to Event Cart” link.

Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love & Liberation

Our Justice Equity Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI) Team recommends this series offered by the First Unitarian Church of Portland, Oregon:

Igniting a long-overdue dialogue about how the legacy of racial injustice and white supremacy plays out in society at large and Buddhist communities in particular, Radical Dharma is an urgent call to action outlining a new dharma that takes into account the ways that racism and privilege prevent our collective awakening. 

Author: Rev. Angel Kyodo Williams and Lama Rod Owens

Instructor: Carter Smith, Intern Minister

Contact Carter at csmith@firstunitarianportland.org

Type: Book

Wednesday Evenings, 6-7 pm from April 27 – May 25 (4/27, 5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 5/25).

REGISTER HERE

CanUUdle Youth Con: May 20-23

Youth ages 14 to 19 are encouraged to attend the national youth conference, CanUUdle, this year!  The twenty-second annual event will be held at the Unitarian Church of Vancouver from Friday, May 20 to Monday, May 23. Registration is free because of the generosity of past NSUC youths’ fundraising! The conference is always an amazing opportunity to meet new UU youth from across the country and to deepen your personal connection with your spirit and UU-ism. 

Please let Laura know if you are registering (link below). Registration closes on May 1st.

Info & Registraton

Chorus Young Adult Gathering: May 20-23rd

Our church is hosting the national young adult conference, Chorus!

We are hosting the national young adult conference, Chorus! At Chorus, Canadian Unitarian Universalist young adults (18-35) gather to build beloved community, deepen cross-country connections, and grow as spiritual beings. Registration was experiencing a technical glitch, but there are a few spots available. Click the button below for more info. Email Casey Stainsby (casey@cuc.ca) or Danielle Webber (danielle@cuc.ca) for registration information.

At Chorus, Canadian Unitarian Universalist young adults (18-35) gather to build beloved community, deepen cross-country connections, and grow as spiritual beings. This year Canadian UU YA’s gather in the spirit of the conference’s theme With Love. Through this theme participants will focus on both spiritual self-care and building equity in our community and world. Organizers are aiming for a simplified schedule this year, with lots of flex time and open space. We hope that some of NSUC’s young adults are able to attend.

more info

Pysanky (Ukrainian) Egg Decorating: May 7th

10 to noon on Saturday, May 7th

Join Joy Silver to for this FundFest event! Create pysanky (Ukrainian Easter eggs) from 10 to noon on Saturday, May 7th!

All the materials will be provided. You just have to show up in the Fireside Room at 10am!

All proceeds will go to the Red Cross to benefit Ukraine. Recommended minimum donation: $20 per person, $25 per family, $30 for each take-home kit. Limited to 25 participants.

(This activity is for ages 5 and up. Children need to be accompanied by a parent or guardian). Register with Joy or the Church Office, or using the link below.

Register here