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Updated: Friday, June 5, 2020
In order to protect our congregation and do our part to slow the spread of COVID-19, all events, worship services, small group gatherings, and meetings have moved online. Given how the situation with testing is unfolding, it is difficult to plan more than a month or two in advance. However, the Board has decided to keep the church building closed for Sunday morning services and large gatherings at least through August 30th, 2020.
In order to protect our congregation and do our part to slow the spread of COVID-19, all events, worship services, small group gatherings, and meetings have moved online. Given how the situation with testing is unfolding, it is difficult to plan more than a month or two in advance. However, the Board has decided to keep the church building closed for Sunday morning services and large gatherings at least through August 30th, 2020.
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Online Worship Services: Sundays @ 10:30 am
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We will continue providing our worship services online using Zoom. Children are very welcome to attend the 10:30 am Sunday Zoom service with you.
Soul Matters June Theme: Compassion
It might seem like one of our easier monthly themes. After all, compassion sounds…well, nice. It conjures up a bunch of warm feelings. Images come to mind of people telling each other they are keeping them in their thoughts. It would seem to be all about emotional connection and empathetic feeling. Small Group Packet: June 2020 Join by Computer or Tablet https://www.zoom.us/join Meeting ID: 858 6555 7478 Password: 624658 Join by Phone Only Call: 646-558-8656 Meeting ID: 858 6555 7478 Password: 624658 Online Worship Staff Contacts: Kimi Riegel: revkimiriegel@gmail.com, 248-730-5464 Joshua Berg: joshua@michiganhumanist.com, 818-530-6001 Ken Hermonat: khermonat@gmail.com, 248-376-0321 |
Sunday, June 7
10:30 am Loving Kindness - Rev. Kimi Riegel What we need is more loving kindness in the world! Join us for a Sunday of caring for ourselves and each other. Sunday, June 14 10:30 am Flower Communion - Rev. Kimi Riegel Come celebrate the diversity of our beautiful world. Be sure to send your video of you handing a flower from your left to the right. We will put them together for the service. We will also celebrate our graduates! Join us during the Flower Communion service on June 14th to celebrate our two graduates, Lauren Walker and Holly Zumbrunnen! If you would like to send them cards, please do! Sunday, June 21 10:30 am Compassion Building - Rev. Kimi Riegel We know compassion makes the world a better place. How do we become more compassionate? Sunday, June 28 @ 10:00 am (note time change) 10:00 am General Assembly Service Join Unitarian Universalists from around the world for a Sunday service. The service will be livestreamed virtually for the largest annual gathering of UUs joining in worship. The worship service will include a collection for the Tomaquag Museum, an indigenous museum featuring an extensive collection and archive of Southern New England tribal communities. |
Congregational Meeting: June 7 @ 12:00 pm
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Zoom link -->
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82052733821?pwd=QlljbzJYY2lNUk1jNmFFUGY4SE1pZz09 Dial by your location 646-558-8656 Meeting ID: 820 5273 3821 Password: 484624 |
Suburban Violence is Racist Violence Car Caravan
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Sunday, June 7 at 1:00 pm
After the Congregational Meeting, join us at the Birmingham Unitarian Church at 2:00 pm. We will have speakers start at 2:15 and then we will caravan back to Meijer at 8 Mile and Woodward. #DisturbOurBurbs FB Event --> https://www.facebook.com/events/336180834031328/ SCHEDULE:
*SOCIAL DISTANCING, RED LIGHTS, AND OTHER TRAFFIC LAWS WILL BE ADHERED TO THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE CARAVAN* BLACK LIVES MATTER SIGNS: You can pick up a Black Lives Matter sign at Trina Tocco's house. 509 W. 4th St., Royal Oak, MI 48067 Suggestion Donation: $5.00 https://northwestuu.breezechms.com/give/online |
MAKE A SIGN:
We ask participants to make signs and write on their car windows. Below is suggested language: Names of those murdered by police lynchings and other forms of state terrorism: Aiyana Jones, Malice Green, Tony McDade, Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland, Michael Brown, Atatiana Jefferson, Bettie Jones, Freddie Gray, Tamir Rice, Walter Scott, Breonna Taylor, and so many more.
PARTNERS:
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Zoom Calls with Kimi
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Now is the time to stay connected. You are invited to connect with Kimi in a Zoom call. We will continue our weekly Zoom calls every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.
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What We Choose: Ethics for Unitarian Universalists
2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month @ 7:00 pm Development, clarification, and expansion of our ethical thinking often occur in the midst of a crisis. This program, from the UUA Tapestry of Faith, offers a process of engagement with others in examining ethical concepts, dilemmas, and questions to help us clarify and expand our understanding. We will examine how we have arrived ethical positions that we hold dear. We will explore perspectives, identify areas for further question and exploration. This program will deepen and expand our knowledge and skills for the processes of ethical reflection that are central to living as Unitarian Universalist. We will work in the whole group and break into small groups a couple of times during the class. Each class will be self-contained so you can come to one or all. Vespers will still be at 6:30, if you want come early and enjoy vespers. Zoom Link --> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2487305464 No password needed. |
Youth Programs
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Soulful Home: June - Compassion
We will not be doing curriculum online, but you may still access the Soulful Home materials for the theme of Compassion this month. Sometimes questions during children’s or youth drop-ins might relate to the theme also. Parents are encouraged to check out Soulful Home activities. Click --> June 2020 Soulful Home Packet Creating Sabbath Space Creating Sabbath Space aims to help families carve out “Sabbath space” in their homes and home life during this time of Covid-19. The weekly packets include guidance for building a home altar (“Chalice Home”), family worship scripts and 2-3 after-worship activities to help families lean into the Sabbath experiences of resting, playing and connecting more deeply with each other. Click --> Week One, Week Two, Week Three, Week Four, Week Five |
Zoom Calls with Jan
Zoom Drop-In for Youth 5th Grade & Up Tuesdays at 3:00 pm with Jan Price (invites will be sent) Zoom Drop-In for Parents (bi-weekly) 2nd & 4th Tuesdays at 7:00 pm with Amanda Spurrell & Jan Price (invites will be sent) Family Zoom Connections Toddlers through Elementary Ages with Parents Thursdays at 12:00 pm Stories, Jokes, Joys & Sorrows with Jan Price and Jan Berger-Cohn. (invites will be sent) Youth Programs Staff Contact: Jan Price: janprice53@gmail.com, 248-506-0377 |
NWUU Virtual Social Events
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Haiku
Friday, June 12 @ 7:00 pm Join fellow Northwest members for an evening of Haiku. We will also encourage you to read some of your original three-line Haiku poems or write a spontaneous Haiku to share during our impromptu 'Haiku Workshop'. We will offer you guidance and prompts. Just want to listen? That's fine, too. Host: Jan Berger-Cohn Host a Zoom, Facebook Live, Netflix Party Event? Would you like to host a virtual event? Throw a cocktail party or lead a poetry writing class? Contact: Sheryl Goldberg Sgoldberg@mi-aimh.org, 517-902-5691 |
Zoom Happy Hour
Friday, June 19 @ 7:00 pm Let’s raise a glass to our furry friends. Bring your dog, cat, ferret, komodo dragon (whatever) on screen and join the fun. Don’t have a pet? Find a stuffed animal or a photograph. Be prepared to introduce your animal companion and tell us a funny story, or two. Host: Martha Spear Talent Performance Hour! Friday, June 26 @ 7:00 pm Join us for Talent Performance Hour! Performances can take any form: performing music, singing, stand -up comedy, reading a poem, imitation of someone, a demonstration, etc. Let your creativity be seen and appreciated by others! Hosts: Linda Morris and Mary Mueller If you would like to perform, Contact: Linda Morris, stella1126@aol.com, 248-909-3923 |
Social Justice and Outreach
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Plate Collection
Half of the plate collections during the month of June will go towards the Southfield Emergency Needs Fund. The Southfield Department of Human Services offers short-term support services for Southfield residents who may be experiencing hardship. Text to 248-574-8034 with the amount + plate, ex. 10 plate. Donate --> https://northwestuu.breezechms.com/give/online Mass Poor People's Assembly & Moral March on Washington Saturday, June 20, 2020 The Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Washington is going digital! On June 20th, we will hold the largest digital and social media gathering of poor and low-wealth people, moral and religious leaders, advocates, and people of conscience in this nation’s history. A global pandemic is exposing even more the already existing crisis of systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, the war economy and militarism, and the distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism. On June 20, the 140 million poor and low-wealth people across this nation will be heard! RSVP --> https://actionnetwork.org/forms/rsvp-for-june-20-2020-mass-poor-peoples-assembly-moral-march-on-washington?source=UUA |
Take Action in Support of Black Lives
Confronting and ending anti-Blackness will liberate us all. We can start with building alternatives to calling the police, but we don’t need to end there. We must commit to Black liberation fully.
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Small Groups via Zoom
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Silver Sisters
1st Sundays and 3rd Saturdays @ 2:00 pm June 7 & June 20 This group is for 55+ age women who are single or living alone. Contact: Ariana Abel magic.carpet@msn.com, 734-464-0880 Join Silver Sisters--> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85219198123?pwd=aEs4VnZseWttemVHbVdKZk1lNG9Fdz09 Meeting ID: 852 1919 8123 Password: 946510 Red Tent 1st Fridays Potluck @ 6:30 pm: June 5 3rd Fridays Gathering @ 7:00 pm: June 19 Welcome to the Red Tent. We are a spirited and curious group of self-identified women (ages 18+) who are manifesting an intentional co-experience of sisterhood. This is a sacred space to celebrate and honor the joy, laughter, pain, and struggle we each carry. Contact: Amanda Spurrell, amandacorinne_xoxo@yahoo.com, 734-383-4197 Join Red Tent--> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84860817382?pwd=dFpaODBERDVrMTNPTHVRN3A1a1hZUT09 Meeting ID: 848 6081 7382 Password: 532193 |
Mindfulness Meditation
Tuesdays @ 7:00 pm June 9 Carla Thomas will facilitate mindful meditation as practiced in the Plum Village tradition on Tuesday evenings at 7 pm. The length of the practice session will be decided based on the preferences of those who attend. Please join us if you can. Contact: Carla Thomas, carlathomas304@gmail.com, 248-672-9549 Join Mindfulness Meditation--> https://zoom.us/j/7145965100 Meeting ID: 714 596 5100 Book Club 3rd Wednesdays @ 7:00 pm: June 17 The book for June is "The Known World" by Edward P. Jones. In one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, Edward P. Jones, two-time National Book Award finalist, tells the story of Henry Townsend, a black farmer and former slave who falls under the tutelage of William Robbins, the most powerful man in Manchester County, Virginia. Making certain he never circumvents the law, Townsend runs his affairs with unusual discipline. But when death takes him unexpectedly, his widow, Caldonia, can't uphold the estate's order and chaos ensues. In a daring and ambitious novel, Jones has woven a footnote of history into an epic that takes an unflinching look at slavery in all of its moral complexities. Contact: Sheryl Goldberg, sgoldberg@mi-aimh.org, 517-902-5691 Join Book Group --> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88214012338?pwd=alV5dG90ejhmdEhWdXNkenhOQm9nZz09 Meeting ID: 882 1401 2338 Password: 148160 |
Online Rummage Sale
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5 items are posted each week on the NWUU Friends Facebook Page.
Click Here to see what is on sale this week! If you want to buy an item please call or text Sally Young, 248-250-1899.
1) By Breeze at https://northwestuu.breezechms.com/give/online 2) By check payable to NWUU; memo: Rummage 3) In cash |
Checks may be handed to the delivery person
or mailed to: Sally Young 13305 Lincoln Dr. Huntington Woods, MI 48070 Join the Northwest Friends Facebook Group If you are already recieving this newsletter, one of our group admins will accept you into the group! Share what you are up to and to check in with each other. Click to join --> https://www.facebook.com/groups/1788254494725186/ |
UUA MidAmerica Chalice Lighter Grant
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As we look to the future together in our beloved sanctuary, we envision a hybrid service that will retain elements of what we have achieved online, allowing folks to continue to worship with us remotely.
To that end, a plan for an A/V upgrade is even more essential. We are hoping to fund this upgrade with a Chalice Lighter grant from the UUA and we need your help. Chalice Lighter grants are funded by small donations from individuals like you—donations that are pooled together to help congregations from across our large MidAmerica Region of the UUA with specific growth projects. One congregation is awarded a grant of over $10,000 each fall, winter, and spring. We would like to apply for either the upcoming fall or winter call to receive these funds. In order to qualify for this money, a congregation must have 10% of its members participate in the Chalice Lighters program with at least a minimum donation. As of now, we have nine contributors, which means we need at least seven more to meet that requirement. The donation levels start at $60, which can be broken up into a donation of $20 three times a year. |
There are several ways you can participate in the Chalice Lighter program, with four suggested levels of donation: • $20 Believer • $50 Builder • $100 Benefactor • $250 Beacon
These are amounts that would be donated three times each year upon receipt of the Call Letter in Fall, Winter and Spring. If you’d prefer, for tax purposes, to make one donation per year (please send the $60 minimum donation or any greater amount to be divided among the next three Calls) you can send in your check now, and we will hold the funds and divide them equally across the three Calls. If you want to make an annual donation, please be sure to note “Annual” in the memo field of your check. Some people choose to give every month or during that particular call going on. Some people make an annual donation for the year to be used towards the current and future calls. We have a suggestion of a minimum of $20 to be donated towards one of our calls to participate as a Chalice Lighter. Some people donated $20 to the one call. Some give $60 to be divided between our three annual calls. |
Operations and Programs Updates
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Given how the situation with testing is unfolding, it is difficult to plan more than a month or two in advance. However, the Board has decided to keep the church building closed for Sunday morning services and large gatherings through August 30th, 2020.
Board Meeting 2nd Thursdays @ 7:00 pm June 11 Join Board Meeting --> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83034686629?pwd=WVpXUXg4OG9OZ1JZQ0h6QlBsNGxidz09 Meeting ID: 830 3468 6629 Password: 106290 Operations and Programs Staff Contacts: Kimi Riegel: revkimiriegel@gmail.com, 248-730-5464 Ben Gabel: ben.gabel@northwestuu.org, 248-622-7848 |
Pledge Payments
During this challenging time, to ensure that we continue to fulfill upon our mission, let us make sure we maintain a positive cash flow and that our pledge income stream is not adversely affected. To that end, if you are able, please consider paying your pledge early, or at the least, arrange with your bank for an auto-payment to be made on a regularly scheduled basis to the church. Click to Pledge--> https://northwestuu.breezechms.com/give/online |
Northwest Community Care
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Minister's Discretionary Fund
Thank you for your generous donations to the Minister's Discretionary Fund. This fund is availabe to Northwest members and friends in cases of financial hardship particularly during the COVID 19 pandemic. All requests will be kept confidential. Contact: Kimi Riegel revkimiriegel@gmail.com, 248-730-5464 Donate--> https://northwestuu.breezechms.com/give/online Join the Northwest Friends Facebook Group If you are already recieving this newsletter, one of our group admins will accept you into the group! Share what you are up to and to check in with each other. Click to join --> https://www.facebook.com/groups/1788254494725186/ Breeze Church Directory Create Your Own Breeze Account Go to: https://northwestuu.breezechms.com/login/create Enter your email to access your personal profile in Breeze. Download Phone App Download Breeze CHMS App via your app store. Enter church ID: northwestuu |
Community Care Team
We have a team of volunteers who are making regular phone calls to help us stay connected with one another duirng this health pandemic. If you become ill and would like support with meals delivered to your home, contact Kimi, Joshua, or Ben. Please fill out the NWUU Community Care Form if you need additional assistance. --> https://northwestuu.breezechms.com/form/bff834 COVID-19 Resources
Community Care Staff Contacts: Kimi Riegel: revkimiriegel@gmail.com, 248-730-5464 Joshua Berg: joshua@michiganhumanist.com, 818-530-6001 Ben Gabel: ben.gabel@northwestuu.org, 248-622-7848 |
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Worship Services: Sundays at 9:00 and 10:30 a.m.
Childcare available 8:45 a.m. to Noon
Childcare available 8:45 a.m. to Noon
Welcome to Northwest!
Northwest UU Congregation is a growing, multi-generational, multi-cultural congregation grounded in the history and heritage of liberal religion. We are young and old, straight and gay, disabled and not, diverse in color, ethnicity, and class. We walk varied paths (spiritual, religious, atheistic, and agnostic) to find meaning and purpose in our lives, and we are united in our belief in the worth and dignity of all people, and the obligation to express our faith through acts of justice and compassion. We come together in friendship and caring to support one another through the many changes of our lives, to give and receive both love and hope. We hope you'll join us as we create a diverse, spirit-growing, justice-seeking community that is true to the ideals of each of us.
Services begin 10:30 a.m. from June through September 2nd. The 10:30 service is complemented by Sunday school classes for our youth.
There is a 9:00 a.m. service most Sundays from mid September to mid June. Check the congregation calendar to confirm. The 9:00 a.m. service is a contemplative service with childcare available.
Greeters are in the Atrium to welcome visitors prior to the 9:00 a.m. service starting at 8:45 a.m., and prior to the 10:30 a.m. service starting at 10:00 a.m. Please come in through the red doors. You'll be greeted and offered a name tag when you enter. You may then go into the sanctuary and sit while waiting for the service or stay in the atrium and meet others.
Northwest UU Congregation is a growing, multi-generational, multi-cultural congregation grounded in the history and heritage of liberal religion. We are young and old, straight and gay, disabled and not, diverse in color, ethnicity, and class. We walk varied paths (spiritual, religious, atheistic, and agnostic) to find meaning and purpose in our lives, and we are united in our belief in the worth and dignity of all people, and the obligation to express our faith through acts of justice and compassion. We come together in friendship and caring to support one another through the many changes of our lives, to give and receive both love and hope. We hope you'll join us as we create a diverse, spirit-growing, justice-seeking community that is true to the ideals of each of us.
Services begin 10:30 a.m. from June through September 2nd. The 10:30 service is complemented by Sunday school classes for our youth.
There is a 9:00 a.m. service most Sundays from mid September to mid June. Check the congregation calendar to confirm. The 9:00 a.m. service is a contemplative service with childcare available.
Greeters are in the Atrium to welcome visitors prior to the 9:00 a.m. service starting at 8:45 a.m., and prior to the 10:30 a.m. service starting at 10:00 a.m. Please come in through the red doors. You'll be greeted and offered a name tag when you enter. You may then go into the sanctuary and sit while waiting for the service or stay in the atrium and meet others.
Contact Us
The Staff: Minister Kimi Riegel, Director of Religious Education Jan Price, and Church Administrator Ben Gabel can be reached at 248-354-4488
