Adult Religious Exploration Opportunities

We are pleased to announce new Adult R.E. opportunities, offered over Zoom.

Members & Friends can access our Zoom content from the Members' Area. If you would like to join our community and take part in our Zoom offerings, please use the Contact Us form. Please allow 2-3 days for a response to your request. Our Membership Coordinator will be in touch with you and respond during office hours (Sundays 8-3 and Thursdays 12-8).

Calendar

Compassionate Conversations

2nd & 4th Sundays, 9 a.m. on Zoom.

Come discuss topics of interest and importance, using the Compassionate Communication model. We aim to share ideas and perspectives without judgment of differing views and to practice a model of discussion that makes room for connection despite differences.

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Thursday Evening Conversations

Thursdays, 6:30-8 p.m. on Zoom. 

This is an opportunity to gather with a wonderful group of Westsiders (and friends of Westside) who are interested in chatting about our lives and our world, our past and our future.  For starters this year, we'll just be checking in and discussing possible topics of conversation for the coming months.  Then, based on your interests and areas of concern, we'll delve into a wide range of issues, traditions, and topics that help us explore and grow as people wanting to build lives and a world we dream of. 

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Earth Magic is on hiatus until further notice.

Earth Magic

Earth Magic
A survey of earth-based spirituality
with  Rev. Carol Bodeau 

Third Sundays, 12:30-1:45 (during and after potluck)

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Conversations and practices that engage various earth-based modes of understanding the world and mystical perspectives on life.

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Please contact Wendy to arrange for childcare if needed. DRE@Westsideuuc.org

Sabbats are on hiatus until further notice.

Sabbats

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A sabbat is a seasonal festival, observed by many modern Pagans. Although they share similarities, contemporary Pagan religious movements are diverse, and do not share a single set of beliefs, practices, or texts.

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This event is neither sponsored by nor affiliated with Westside UU Church. The contents, discussions and activities in this event are not necessarily endorsed by Westside UU Church. 

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Ostara celebration with Enodia's Grove
Open to the Public · Hosted by Elaanie S.

March 21st, 6:30-9:30

Ostara, or the Vernal Equinox, is a time of equal light and dark - a moment of balance as the days grow warmer and life returns to the land. Though Ostara is based on a Germanic fertility celebration which honors the Goddess Eostre, pagans all over the world have been celebrating this season as far back as we know. The flowers bloom, babies are born, the earth warms and we plant and prepare for a season of growth and plenty. Yet if we are to reap the desired harvest, we must first tend to the soil. We must rid the fields of pests and obstacles which would hinder growth! We must consider what crops are best suited to the environment - and what is needed. And so it is with humanity as well.

Come join Enodia's Grove as we turn the Wheel towards the Sun and celebrate this great season of fertility!

Potluck to follow! Please contact Jessica Jones of Enodia's Grove on FB for details about the potluck.

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For more information feel free to contact Elaanie Stormbender by private message on Facebook or by email: ElaanieStormbender@gmail.com.

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For more information and a rundown of the evening's event, visit the Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/632306044239156/

Elaanie Stormbender

2020 Saturday Sabbat Dates: evenings on these dates, from 6:30-9:30p.m.

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February 1 - Imbolc

March 21 - Vernal Eqinox

May 2 - Beltane

June 20 - Summer Solstice

August 1 - Lughnasadh 

September 19 - Fall Equinox

November 7 - Samhain

December 19 - Yule

All events are from 6:30-9:30p.m.

For more information, contact Rev. Carol Bodeau at
revcarol@westsideuuc.org

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