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Desert Notes December 21, 2023

We had a wonderful workshop with Hospice of the Valley last week on managing grief during the holidays, attended by about 20 people.  If you want some of the handouts from this event, please check with a lay pastoral care associate.  We have some follow up plans underway from this workshop, so watch for more…
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UU Christmas Eve Services

3:00p Family Friendly Christmas Eve Service “Stories, Songs and Santa!”  Hosted by the Seiferth, Oglesby-Dunegan, and Beaudoin families. An intergenerational early service oriented toward families with younger children who have earlier bedtimes, shorter attention spans, and whose theology is one of cookies, Santa and stories about Santa, and fun songs.  Wear your “holiday funware”–holiday pajamas or…
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Desert Notes December 14, 2023

This week we will have had both a workshop on managing grief during the holidays and a “Longest Night” service (Thursday night) for those whose grief makes the holidays a challenging time. The workshop had 14 online participants and 8 in person, and we were glad to offer this opportunity for learning both for our pastoral care team…
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Desert Notes December 7, 2023

I’ve heard many stories about the Sunday after Thanksgiving when about 80 of you participated in person an a dozen online with our “Flip the Church: Improvising a Shared Future” experience (see photos above). You were invited to respond to a homily in small group conversations in these questions: Rev. Jonalu Johnstone says we come…
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