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Childcare Now Available at Second Sunday Service Only

Sign your child in at the table in the foyer, pick up in the RE wing following service. Families with children attending during both services are welcome to sit anywhere in the sanctuary, at the family activity table in the back, or in the chapel which serves as a “mothering” room. All are welcome!

We hope to see you here!

Parents Night Out is an event for children 4-11 years old. There is no cost to attend, but we do ask that you register using the link below.

REGISTER HERE

Who: children who are currently in 4th through 6th grade (ages 9-12)

What: a 10-session class that provides comprehensive sexuality education through readings, activities, and discussion, as well as a weekly HomeLink resources for parents to use at home. Topics include health and safety, media and body image, love, family and friends, puberty and growing up, sex and gender, communication, and decision making — all in age-appropriate language. Facilitators are vetted, background-checked and trained. 

Where: Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane, 4340 W. Whistalks Way

When: A mandatory Parent & Child Orientation is scheduled from 1:00-2:30 on Sunday, February 9. Weekly classes are on Wednesday evenings, from 6:00-7:30, starting February 12 and ending April 2. There will be two additional classes on Sunday, March 2 and Sunday, March 30 from 1:00-2:30.

REGISTER HERE

Spokane Alliance Campaigns for 2025 

In December, our church held an important conversation on what pressing issues the Spokane Alliance should confront in 2025, a year of major change and political upheaval.  Your concerns were conveyed to a Discernment Assembly on January 14, where over 150 people met to decide the Spokane Alliance’s next community organizing efforts.

Five UUCS members attended this vibrant meeting.  UUCS-Spokane Alliance delegates Barb Stuebing and Karen Dorn Steele voted with other Spokane Alliance delegates from labor, progressive churches, education organizations and other non-profit groups to form four new Research Action Teams.  Among them:

• Housing and Homelessness Team, which will work on concrete, specific and winnable proposals.  First meeting:  Jan. 30, 5:30 -7 p.m.
• Youth and Education Team, which will build power to make concrete changes in our local education system. First meeting:  Feb. 6, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
• Inclusive Economic Justice Team, to look at policies to create more inclusive access and stability in our local economy from the perspective of refugees, immigrants, labor, and disability.  First meeting:  Feb. 3, 6-7:30 p.m.
• Early Learning Team, to dive into childcare and early learning, including (but not limited to) childcare cost and availability for working families, pressures on childcare workers, and language access in early learning.  First meeting:  Jan. 31, 6:30-8 p.m.

To sign up for these teams, please contact the Spokane Alliance at https://www.spokanealliance.org/sign-up_for_a_research_action_team?utm_campaign=discernment_follow_up&utm_medium=email&utm_source=spokanealliance

Each Research Team will analyze the current landscape on their topic, conduct research on winnable solutions and report at the next Delegate Council on April 24, 2025.

More questions about this work?  Please contact Karen Dorn Steele at steele.karend@gmail.com, or Barb Stuebing at barbstuebing@gmail.com

January 14 Spokane Alliance Discernment Assembly – 2025 Campaigns.  Your UUCS delegates were there to help set new goals!

Help us support the Books to Prisoners Program

Books to Prisoners Spokane is a small collective connecting incarcerated individuals with reading materials at their request.

We seek to empower people who are incarcerated with access to the books and knowledge they deserve.

The Spokane chapter of BTP was founded in 2016 and collaborates with other regional chapters to fulfill book requests. We rely on donations from the community to do our work.

Donate to Books to Prisoners today by CLICKING HERE

For more information visit: https://www.bookstoprisonersspokane.org/

The Special Collection for December is for the Books to Prisoners Spokane Program.

BOOKS TO PRISONERS SPOKANE

“The right book, in the right hands, at the right time, can change the world.”

Our special collection for this month will be for Books to Prisoners Spokane.  Books for Prisoners Spokane is a small collective of people whose mission is to foster a love of reading behind bars, encourage the pursuit of knowledge and self-empowerment, and break the cycle of recidivism.  This collective believes that books are tools for learning and for opening minds to new ideas and possibilities.  Its primary function is to provide free reading materials to incarcerated individuals at their request.  They do this by collecting used books, receiving letter requests from those that have heard about the group, filling their requests, and mailing the books.  

During a guest presentation last month, members of the collective shared stories of people impacted by Books for Prisoners.  One of the speakers pointed out that over 2 million children have a parent in jail or prison on any given day in the United States.  An incarcerated parent’s ability to read a book to his or her child helps strengthen the connection between the parent and child and can disrupt intergenerational trauma.  Chris Wilson, who received a life sentence at the age of 17, formed a book club while in prison.  He wrote the following in a letter to Books for Prisoners: “I didn’t just live for the prison library, I lived because of the prison library.  Books saved me from crushing despair and lifted my spirit in times of hardship.”

Books to Prisoners relies on donations from the community to do its work.   If this ministry speaks to you we invite you to give generously.

If this ministry speaks to you we invite you to give generously. If you’d like to contribute to this special collection, you may do so when it is announced during services on the third Sunday of the month, by mailing a check to the church (4340 West Whistalks Way, Spokane, WA 99224) or by donating online at the church website. Be sure to note in the comment section that your contribution is for the “current month” special collection.

Take me to the online donation page.

Thanks again for your kindness and generosity!

You may donate in person via the collection on the third Sunday of the month, send in a check with Special Collection + month on the memo line, or donate online!

Meaningful Movies Spokane is sponsored by the Social Justice Coordinating Council of the UU Church of Spokane. Our mission is create a community that will work together to champion justice, diversity and environmental stewardship in the wider world by showing movies with focused conversation.

Watch the weekly SUUN for information on our next movie or contact us at meaningfulmoviesspokane@gmail.com

Are you a gardener? You can participate in our new UUCS Seed Project! The UUCS Seed Project is a donation-based seed library aimed at gathering and sharing seeds for gardens within our community. Become a UUCS seed saver and help us grow better gardens and stronger communities. It’s the time of year that many plants are starting to seed.

Please set some seeds aside to share! Save a portion of the seeds from your plants and donate them to the UUCS Seed Library. We will host annual seed exchanges during spring and fall and will house a seed library here at UUCS for drop off and pick up of seeds anytime.

We have two categories: Edible and Decorative. Edible includes vegetables, fruits, grains, and herbs. Decorative includes flowers, ground covers, and other decorative plants. Already have some seeds to donate? Label an envelope with your name, contact information, and seed description, including category. Seal it and drop it in the Sanctuary Drop Box at the church.

Questions? Email Rebecca at rebecca@uuspokane.org.

  Programs and Activities

For Adult Enrichment Programs click HERE

To register for RE Events, click on the image below!

To Register for Next Level Night CLICK HERE

To Register for PNO December CLICK HERE

Candles of Care

Kindling our Candles of Care each Sunday is an important part of how we create community. In order to assure a timely response, please submit any requests by calling the church office during office hours Monday through Thursday (10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.), or sending them via email to our Administrator at rebecca@uuspokane.org.  We cannot guarantee requests submitted after Thursday will be included during the following Sunday’s services, but will try. If not, we will mention the request on the following Sunday.

-UUCS Women’s 2nd Wednesday Lunch-

2nd Wednesday of the month at 11:30 a.m.
Please check the weekly SUUN for current month’s location and contact information!

UUCS Men’s Breakfast Meeting

For questions, please contact Gordon Diddens at 408-966-8448 or gadiddens@gmail.com.

Spokane LGBTQ Senior Group

Fridays at 4:00 p.m.

NOW VIA ZOOM!  Please contact Nancy for Zoom link and details. All are welcome

—Nancy Avery, PRIDE Team Leader.

For more information please contact Nancy Avery at NancyTavery@comcast.net or 509-3845-1447.

Upcoming LGBTQ+ Events

Unless indicated otherwise, all Spokane events are held at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane (UUCS) at 4340 W. Whistalks Way, a welcoming congregation; these are NOT “church” events. Note the addition of events in Coeur d’ Alene, every 2nd Wednesday of the month. Lunch OUT On The Town is every 1st Wednesday.  Additional “popup” events are posted on our “Spokane LGBT Seniors” Facebook page here:  https://www.facebook.com/SpokaneLGBTSeniors/

Here’s what’s on the church calendar in the next few days. To see the details, just click the event.

February 21, 2025

LGBTQ+ Senior Group

February 22, 2025

PRIVATE EVENT: Art Harlow Birthday Celebration 4-7 PM

February 23, 2025

Sunday Worship

Sunday Worship Live Stream

Nursery Care for Sunday Services

Sunday Worship