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Unitarian Universalists
of the Salish Sea
June 12, 2026
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UPCOMING UUSS EVENTS
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JOIN US FOR A EVENTFUL
DAY TOMORROW!
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June Saturday Service
June 13 at 5:00pm
St Margaret’s Cedar Cottage,
1530 E. 22nd, Vancouver
In-person/Zoom
"All the Colours of Who We Are"
Please join us as we celebrate All the Colours of Who We Are at our Pride Flower Communion. Please bring a flower, or several, in the colours of the rainbow so we can build a flower rainbow for our altar. Bring red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple flowers - you can bring one colour or many! UU Flower Communion is all about the beauty of our community and Pride celebrates the power of love and courage. We're also looking for a few folks willing to share a Pride story - your first Pride parade, your favourite Pride event, what Pride means to you - whatever story you'd like to tell. Please email Laura (lauramcnaughton1972@gmail.com) to let her know you'd like to tell a story. We'll celebrate the beauty and diversity of our community.
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UUSS AGM will be held @ 6:00 after the June Service also on June 13th
In-person/Zoom
Bring your curious and creative selves to help us celebrate another year and chart the upcoming one. The meeting is a hybrid event so please join us in person or on zoom! (to offer or find a carpool contact Robyn Newton).
Join us to
- provide feedback on our previous year
- discuss and hopefully adopt Sociocracy Governance Structure
- talk about Membership
- discuss the results of the Barriers Study
- acclaim our lay chaplains: Barb Moore & Jessica Motherwell McFarlane
Dinner will catered by Taman as well we will provide a celebratory cake.
Your Planning Team
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Hearts for Tumbler Ridge
Count for this week from Joy:
Yippie! We’re over the 2,000 mark with hearts made! 2,076 on my count today! 624 more to go by mid-August. Thank you to all of those who sewing, stuffing, cutting, kit making, and offerings of new fabrics to work with, and donations of other supplies. Besides our UUSS folk, we have 7other of my Associate Groups making hearts.
Heart-Makers - 76
Made by last week - 1,458
Made this week - 220
Made to date - 2,076
Goalby August 15th = 2,700
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Stitch Witches
Saturday, June 27th at 1 pm at Jessica's North Van Home
The Care & Concerns Team invites you to our second friendship gathering, Stitch Witches. People of all ages, genders, and rainbow identities are warmly welcomed to create hearts for our heart outreach to the people of Tumbler Ridge while we chat and snack. Beginners are warmly welcomed--we can help each other learn. Supplies will be provided. Nibble donations gratefully received. RSVP to Jessica’s email docjamm@gmail.com for directions and phone contact.
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SOCIAL JUSTICE
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Right to Be is providing an instructional video and free training to people who will be in communities hosting World Cup 2026 events. It calls on us to be allies if we witness racist, homophobic or other inappropriate behaviour during these events, and shows us how to do that safely. The video is just over 3 minutes long, and well worth watching, along with a written summary of the 5Ds and links to further resources: The World Cup Happens Fast. So Does Hate. Choose to Act. - Right To Be
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Join the National Climate Campaign. Small investment of time, BIG impact!
Environmental and Climate Action groups across Canada are collaborating on a campaign to organize Canadian Citizens to visit their MPs, to let them know that Canadians want the end to oil and gas subsidies, and more climate action. These meetings will likely be via Zoom. If you have never visited your MP before, no worries! You don't even need to speak during the meeting (although you can if you wish). You just need to show up to demonstrate that Canadians do care about climate change. If enough of us show up at least once, they will be forced to take appropriate action. If you are interested in being part of this campaign, contact
robyn.newton.mail@gmail.com.
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Thank you to all who participated in the Membership Discussion this past Sunday. Stay tuned for next steps!
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Activating the Canadian UU Ecosystem: Celebrating Canadian Unitarian Universalism Through the Arts
June 20 12:00 pm
Dismantling Barriers: Engaging in Governance
June 254:00 pm
Workshop:Projects, Partnerships & Practical Wisdom from RAMP!
June 27 10:00 am
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It's concert time! Out In Harmony, the choir with the highest concentration of UUSS members, is holding a concert on June 20th.
The concert will be held at Vancouver Unitarians, 949 West 49th Avenue (at Oak). Doors open at 7:00 pm, show starts at 7:30 pm.
You can buy tickets after the AGM from Ryan for $18.00, or online via Eventbrite for $20.50. Tickets at the door are $23.00. Free admission for youth under 18, and nobody turned away for lack of funds.
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