Reserve Your Space at the Retreat, October 21-23
Time to plan your trip to The Mountain Retreat and Learning Center in Highlands, NC, for our congregational retreat October 21-23. This is a great opportunity to connect again with fellow congregants amid the breathtaking autumn colors and vistas from the top of our mountain.
Saturday morning our minister Misha Sanders will lead us in a workshop – The Art of Connection. There will be other activities for the children. After lunch there will be opportunities for hiking, crafts or just relaxing! There will also be time to practice your talent for our popular Saturday night talent show, followed by a campfire and yummy S’mores.
Registration is available on The Mountain website under retreats or through the Mountain calendar page. Registration deadline is October 7, but spaces go fast so don’t wait to register!
www.themountainrlc.org 828-526-5838
Questions – call Penny Raney 770-551-8817.
SECOND HOUR PROGRAM SEPTEMBER 11
DEATH CAFE
Northwest will be hosting our first ever Death Cafe. The goal of Death Cafe is to increase awareness of death as a means of helping people make the most of their finite lives. This is not a bereavement support or grief counseling group; rather, it is a group directed discussion with no agenda, objectives or themes offered and no intention of leading people to any conclusion, product or course of action. The topics are determined by the attendees. If you are wondering or concerned about or otherwise interested in talking more about death, then please join our Death Cafe facilitated by Larry Helferich and Ashley Fournier-Goodnight on Sunday, 09/11 at 11:30 in the Chapel of the Chalice House.
SEEKING WORSHIP ASSOCIATES!
SEEKING GREETERS AND USHERS!
SEEKING TECH TEAM MEMBERS!
SEEKING RE VOLUNTEERS!
Are you looking for ways to engage or re-engage with our beloved community?
Wow do we ever have JUST THE THING!
Questions about any of these roles? We have plenty of volunteers and staff folks who would LOVE to talk to you about the expectations.
Please reach out to Rev. Misha via email at minister@nwuuc.org.
We’re already excited to have you on board and cannot wait to work together with you to make this beloved community even more of a collaboration of love and joy!
Attention All Creative Makers!
“POSTPONED. Due to illness the event will be rescheduled in late September or in October.“
Creative Makers Market at Northwest! If you create original work in any material (wood, clay, fabric, metal, photography, jewelry, etc.) we invite you to participate in our Market. You will be provided with a table with tablecloth. Work will be on display in Subramanian Hall and, weather permitting, on the patio. You will be responsible for your own sales, 15% of which will go to Northwest. Please send a description of your work (photo/s would be nice) to Helene Johnson helenejohnson299@gmail.com and/or Nancy Johnson thenancyhelene@aol.com)
Virtual Documentary Night
We will have a Virtual Documentary Night in honor of Back to School Month on August 28th from 7 to 9 pm. This event is in collaboration with No Lost Generation. They are a student-led refugee advocacy organization from George Washington University in Washington, DC. They work to support those affected by global refugee crises and are particularly concerned with increasing access to education for displaced and refugee youth. We are meeting to talk about the documentary, Refugee Kids. This short documentary follows students at a New York City summer program for children seeking asylum from the world’s most volatile conflicts. Here is a link to where you can watch it for free. https://www.pbs.org/video/refugee-kids-one-small-school-takes-on-the-world-eftfat/ Here is a link to where you can RSVP. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-documentary-night-tickets-399830302197 You can check out our Community Documentary Night website for more details. https://documentarynight.wordpress.com/
We will have a Special Virtual Documentary Night on September 11th from 7 to 9 pm. This event is in collaboration with Voices of Reentry, a Massachusetts based organization that invites formerly incarcerated people to tell their stories and, through storytelling and community dialogue, engage the public in conversation about the role we can all play in welcoming returning citizens back into our communities. We are meeting to talk about their new documentary, Voices of Reentry. This documentary weaves together the stories of formerly incarcerated people and the community members who support them, with historical footage and expertise to provide a rich, nuanced portrait of the harms of mass incarceration and the challenges of successful reentry. We will have a special guest from the film join us for a Q&A at the end of that night! Their film is in the final stages of completion and will be ready in mid-August. So, we will be some of the first to watch it! If you RSVP before mid-August, you will be sent an email later with a link and password once the film has been completed and made available. Here is a link to where you can RSVP. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-documentary-night-tickets-394640589627 You can check out our Community Documentary Night website for more details. https://documentarynight.wordpress.com/
We will have a Virtual Documentary Night on September 18th from 7 to 9 pm. We are meeting to talk about the documentary, The Gig is Up. This is a documentary about the real costs and false promises of the current gig economy that supports apps from Uber to Amazon and more. Here is a link to where you can watch it for free. https://tubitv.com/movies/654449/the_gig_is_up Here is a link to where you can RSVP. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-documentary-night-tickets-398673090947 This is also a Voting Night where we brainstorm and decide as a group what we will watch the following month, so please come with recommendations. If you need any ideas, you can search through the flyers HERE on our website, which have documentaries sorted by monthly holidays and other subjects. You can check out our Community Documentary Night website for more details. https://documentarynight.wordpress.com/
Womenspirit 2022: October 5-9, 2022
UUWomenspirit is a biannual spiritual retreat for women from all walks of life. We gather recognizing that we have journeyed on varied paths to Spirit: earth-based, indigenous tribal, Christian, Hebrew, Wiccan, Buddhist, and more. We gather to honor the manifestation of the Feminine Divine in our own deep beings, in each other, and in the world around us.
We recognize and celebrate the four ages of Woman: the Maiden, whose curiosity and boundless energy propel her towards discovery; the Mother, whose endurance and nurturing comfort all; the Warrior, whose passion and strength protect what is vital for the greatest good; and the Crone, whose wisdom and patience bring a wise perspective to us all. Each passage teaches us and those around us.
All women are welcome at UUWomenspirit, regardless of sex assigned at birth. Here, we believe and affirm that transgender women are women. While we recognize that we are still learning and growing, we aim to be a welcoming and inclusive place for all women who wish to celebrate the Feminine Divine.
