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Sunday, June 14, 4–6 p.m. in Nathan Johnson Hall

Sunday, June 14

Light breakfast at 9 a.m. in Nathan Johnson Hall Worship service at 10–11 a.m. in the chapel and via live stream Annual Congregational Meeting at 11:30 a.m. in the chapel and via Zoom

Sunday, June 14, before and after the 10 a.m. service, and 2–5 p.m. in the UUC parking lot

Sunday, June 14, 1:00 p.m. in the Knatvold room Join us at our next Pink Haven meeting for updates on recent housing developments and other news. Contact a group leader to get the virtual link and/or to request childcare: Allisonrjansen@gmail.com , River McCallum or Sage@themcdaniels.net . The Pink Haven Coalition is a national coalition responding to the baseless and severe discrimination against trans and non-binary individuals in red states who need assistance in moving to blue states. Our UUC group is part of this effort, in partnership with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, to create a welcome network for trans/non-binary individuals and their families who are fleeing their homes in order to live freer lives and, if needed, to obtain gender affirming care.

Sunday, June 14, 9–10 a.m. in Nathan Johnson Hall

Gardening workparty on Saturday, June 20, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. at UUC - come when you can UUC has partnered with Teen Feed for over 20 years, with volunteers preparing 18 meals over the course of each year for teens who are facing food insecurity. May's Faith in Action built upon this long-term relationship and Teen Feed's mission to meet unhoused teens where they are. Each night, starting with a warm meal, Teen Feed creates a space where these teens can get help with basic needs and identify ways to build a more stable future. May 30 Faith in Action: Sixteen youth and families gathered to create personal hygiene/first aid kits to distribute to unhoused youth at Teen Feed. Many more from the congregation donated tooth brushes, travel-size soaps, lotion, lip balm, sunscreen and other essentials. At this event, led by several of our youth in concert with our Family Ministry program, there was an assembly line to create the kits and decorate bins for additional items teen could choose. June 7 Teen Feed Meal: UUC's Meal Team prepared and served the meal—healthy and fun with lots of choices, including three kinds of burritos, salad, fresh fruit and a dessert buffet. Our UUC team of eighteen on-site and six at-home bakers comprised folks of all ages, including eight youth and children. And, UUC youth helped organize distribution of the hygiene kits at Teen Feed too! We will continue to build upon our partnership with Teen Feed this summer by creating a Community-Serving Garden at UUC with the harvest to be used by the Teen Feed meal teams. Join us on June 20 to fill containers and plant the plants! Click here for more information . 

Tuesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m.-noon

As many are familiar with, summer is a time of rest and play for many at UUC: there are fewer events, many groups pause their regular meetings, and we go to a one-service schedule. However, there are still ways for parents and caregivers to remain connected and to support one another throughout the summer! Read below about the groups and gatherings for parents that will continue in July and August. All are open to drop-in participation. Parent Play Dates: June 28, July 26, & August 23, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. in Emerson These monthly gatherings are opportunities for parents and caregivers to slow down and connect through spiritual reflection focused on their lives as parents. Using guiding questions about our monthly themes, parents are invited into a space of mutual storytelling and memory, to think about how the theme was present in their own childhoods, in the way they parent, and in their relationships with other adults. For example, our theme in June is "flourishing together." Some of the questions parents will be invited to think about are, "When does your family feel most connected and 'in sync'? What contributes to that?" and "What parts of yourself have you had to work to bring forward in order to flourish as a parent/caregiver? Who in your life has helped make space for those parts?" Childcare is available for Parent Play Dates upstairs in the Children's Suite. You can add these dates to your personal calendar using the red "subscribe" button in the top right corner of this eSpace page . Moms+ Group: 2 nd Wednesday of the Month, 8:00-9:00 p.m. in the King Room Moms, or those who mother, are invited to gather for informal conversation, mutual support and deepening friendships. This group meets once a month, in the evening, and childcare is available upon request. Upcoming dates are July 8, August 12, and September 9 . You can add these dates to your personal calendar using the red "subscribe" button in the top right corner of this eSpace page . To get connected with this group and receive updates about gatherings, please reach out to Alison Meharavi ( amehravari@gmail.com ) to join the mailing list. Dads Group: 2 nd & 4 th Tuesday of the Month, 8:00-9:00 p.m. in the Dix Room UUC Dads are invited to gather for informal conversation, friendship, and support. This group meets twice a month, in the evening, and childcare is available upon request. Upcoming dates are June 24, July 8, and July 22 . You can add these dates to your personal calendar using the red "subscribe" button in the top right corner of this eSpace page . To get connected with this group and receive updates about gatherings, please reach out to John Granillo-Dodds ( johndodds@gmail.com ) to join the mailing list. Note: These events and groups are intended for those who are actively parenting, with children and teens at home. For more information about events and programs for children, teens, and parents/caregivers, please contact Director of Family Ministry, Aria Curtis .

Must be received by Friday, June 12

Friday, June 19, various times and places

Wednesday, June 17, 2–4 p.m. at the Greenwood Senior Center, free

Sunday, June 21, 2–4 p.m. at Ravenna Park

Wednesday, June 17, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. in Knatvold and via Zoom

Saturdays, June 13 & 20, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. (come when you can)

Monday, June 8, 6–8 p.m. in Nathan Johnson Hall

Exploratory session Thursday, June 11, 7–9 p.m. in Knatvold

Every year we call on our community to financially support UUC with a pledge commitment. It would not be possible to continue UUC programming, staffing and operations without this support. Thank you! Pledging, however, is just the first step; we depend on those who pledge to fulfill that promise by paying. In these extraordinarily challenging times, it is easy to understand how paying on this commitment can have been forgotten. Yet, your support is still vital to all we do within our UUC community and in our service outside of our walls. In reviewing our accounting and membership records, we are noticeably behind on receiving pledge payments compared to previous years. We think they fall into three categories: Some who have a 2025-2026 pledge on record but have not yet made any payment. Some whose personal circumstances may warrant a hardship exemption (which can be granted by a minister). Some who have already made at least one payment but are lagging behind their schedule of payments for this church year. And so we ask you to turn your attention to this: If you made a pledge for this past church year but have not yet made any payment, it is very important that you do so before the June 14 Annual Congregational Meeting so that your membership status will not lapse. If you are unable to pay on your pledge because of financial or other difficulty, please reach out to the church office. We will understand and we want to support you. If you have fallen behind your payments, we ask that you catch-up with an aim of fulfilling your pledge completely by June 30, 2026 (the end of our fiscal year). You can review the status of your UUC pledge payments and other giving activity in UUC Connect . If you have questions about the status of your account, or need to make alternative payment arrangements, please contact the church office. This church is a community of ourselves. We are all stewards of UUC! ~ UUC Stewardship Committee

Sunday, June 14, 11:30 a.m. in the UUC chapel

All Ages worship services at 9:30 and 11:15 a.m., in the chapel and via live stream Flower Communion, Child Dedication, Bridging Ceremony

The Bridging Ceremony celebrates the passage from youthhood to young adulthood; these teens are aging out of Youth Group and taking their place in our religious community as young adults. To symbolize this moment, Bridging teens will each receive a blooming rose, thorns intact; these teens are coming into their own, resilient and ready to face the joys and challenges that life will bring. Our Bridgers: Harper Coles will graduate from Nathan Hale High School in a few days and will start at Reed College in August. They will spend the summer continuing to volunteer as a Youth Ocean Advocate at the Seattle Aquarium and as a puppy wrangler with Resilient Hearts Animal Sanctuary, working as a dog walker, and petting as many dogs as possible.

Sunday, June 7, after each service

Friday, June 5, 6–8 p.m. in Knatvold and via Zoom

Saturday, June 6, 12:30-3:30 p.m. in Nathan Johnson Hall

Every Wednesday, 7–9 p.m. in Nathan Johnson Hall

Saturday, June 6, 2 p.m. at Horizon House You are invited to a Memorial Service for Mary Lou Enlow at Horizon House on June 6, 2pm. Rev. Victoria Poling will be officiating. Mary Lou Enlow, a lifelong professional visual artist, died peacefully on February 21, 2026, at her assisted-living residence at Horizon House in Seattle. She was 96. Over the decades, her paintings appeared in many exhibitions and galleries in Washington state, including the Spokane Art Museum. A stained glass work that she was commissioned to create can still be seen in the entry foyer of the Kennewick (Washington) Public Library. She also taught art at Columbia Basin Community College. The daughter of Edward Paul and Emma (Roan) Williams, Mary Lou was born in Woodward, Oklahoma on June 7, 1929. She attended Stephens College in Missouri and graduated from the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. Art was at the center of her studies. Among her teachers was the renowned painter Ben Shahn (1898-1969). At university she met her husband of many years, Louis R. Enlow, who passed away in 2017. Of her husband Louis, Navy pilot and pleasure sailor, Mary Lou was always proud to say “I married adventure.” In the 1950s and 60s in the Columbia Basin region of southeast Washington, she and Louis formed a tight team as together they built and operated a successful farm, including designing and building the farmhouse and surrounding it with beautiful grounds. As their daughters were growing up, Mary Lou often utilized her artistic skills with them, designing and creating costumes, puppets, and a puppet theatre. Mary Lou and Louis then moved to Kala Point, near Port Townsend in western Washington, where they again teamed up to design a light-filled house and oversee its construction. They enjoyed retirement in this home for several decades. Mary Lou had a passion for hunting mushrooms in the nearby forests, as well for fishing and sailing with Louis. Mary Lou is survived by two daughters, Clair and Amy; four grandsons, Zachary and Luke Silvestre (Amy’s) and William and August (Clair’s); and two sons-in-law, Klebert Silvestre and Duane Kelly.

Tuesday, June 23, 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. in Nathan Johnson Hall by appointment

The current church year is winding down, which means that UUC staff and lay leaders are already busy planning for the upcoming church year. Most recurring room reservations for small groups will end by June 30, 2026. Please reach out to Morgan Sherwood as soon as possible to get your group on the calendar for next year . Slots are already filling up! In your message, please include whether you will meet over the summer or when you plan to resume meeting in the fall. If you have had any changes to the leadership of your group, please also include this information.

Thursday, June 18, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Maple Leaf Reservoir Park, Shelter #1

Sunday, June 28, 1-5 p.m. in downtown Seattle

Your staff are a team! The ways in which staff agree to work together are important and life-giving for the whole congregation. Staff relationships set a tone for the quality of work, a welcoming work environment, and the well-being of relationships within the congregation. By creating a covenant together this year, your staff have shared and communicated key elements of healthy, covenantal relationships. Learn more, here , about how staff commit to encouraging and trusting one another so that University Unitarian’s mission is evident and alive in their work and relationships. 

Register by Thursday, June 4 Child dedication ceremony on Sunday, June 7, 9:30 or 11:15 a.m.

Wednesday, June 3, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. in Knatvold and via Zoom The Future of Human Rights and International Law

Cancelled; will reschedule in July Saturday, June 6, 10:00–11:30 a.m. in Channing

May's Second Sunday Plate collection will be going to the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN) . Your generosity funds UUC’s partnership with WAISN, a relationship that began shortly after it was founded in 2017. This coalition of immigrant-led organizations and individuals are working together to advance the rights, dignity and power of immigrants and refugees in Washington. As Roberta Ray shared in her introduction of last Sunday's plate collection, "WAISN organizes from a place of abundance and commits to intersectional, multifaith, intergenerational, multi-lingual, multiracial, multiethnic immigrant-led efforts by investing in and growing the leadership of forced migrants." There are over 1.2 million immigrants and 30,000 refugees in our state, and the daily attacks on these communities makes supporting WAISN even more critical. Our congregation's commitment to immigrant justice began over four decades ago, including when UUC declared itself a sanctuary church for immigrants and refugees from Central America in 1985. Our partnership with WAISN solidifies our commitment to defending immigrant communities from deportation while advocating for meaningful, systemic change at the State legislative level . You can still add your "Second Sunday" donation to benefit WAISN through Tuesday, June 2 . Give online —select "Special Plate Collection" from the drop-down menu and enter "WAISN May Plate" in the memo line. You may give online today, in the coming days or on Sunday, May 17. Drop off a check made out to UUC in the office, with the memo note "WAISN May Plate."

Sunday, May 31, 3:00 p.m. PDT, online

Saturday, May 30, 6–9 p.m. and Sunday, May 31, 12–2 p.m. at the Northwest African American Museum

Before Monday, June 1 UUC's Lost and Found is overflowing with items looking for their home. Through May 31, there will be a table downstairs by the front doors with items that have been turned in. Anything left after May 31 will be donated. 

Sunday, May 31, 1:00–2:30 p.m. in Knatvold and via Zoom by registration

All Ages Services at 9:30 and 11:15 a.m. in the chapel and via live stream

The bookstore is changing to become a generous benefit of your member contributions to UUC. Why this change? It's a win-win situation: UUC saves money on credit card processing services. You receive curated books about UU, religion & spirituality, justice issues you care about, books for kids, and more. Donations make our "book ministry" possible: access to high-quality current writing for anyone, regardless of ability to pay cover price. If you can give, please give generously! Some thoughts from lead bookstore volunteer Cindy Fuller: The first two weeks of our change to a donation-based model have been successful. Some folks are probably scratching their heads about this switch. I answer a few questions below. Q: When I pay for a book, do I need to include sales tax? A: No. The church office will pay sales tax on books as they come in the door. This makes life easier for the buyer and the bookstore volunteer. Q: If you’re no longer using the credit card reader, how will I pay with my debit/credit card? A: If you routinely pay your offering via text message, you’ll use the same method for the bookstore. If not, you can scan the QR code in the bookstore to get set up in the church’s Realm database. It takes a few minutes and a bit of patience if you’re not used to it. Once that’s finished, you’re in the system and all future purchases can be done this way. Q: Can I still pay with cash or check? A: Absolutely! Q: I put a few extra bucks in the collection plate this morning. Can I get a book? A: Yes. We run on the honor system. Q: Why did I get a receipt for my “purchase”? A: We need to track what goes out the door for inventory and ordering purchases. Note that we did not put a dollar number or your name on the receipt. Q: Will you go back to accepting used books for resale? A: Unfortunately, no. That got too unwieldy when we tried it previously. We’d get items that we could never sell here. The Seattle Public Library and King County Library System will gladly accept used books provided they’re not textbooks or obsolete computer manuals. 

June 14–21 online and at eight satellite sites

Wednesday, May 27, 5-7 p.m. in the Knatvold room or via Zoom; by registration

Wednesday, May 27, via Zoom by RSVP

Friday, May 15, and Tuesday, May 26

Saturday, May 30, 12–2 p.m. in Nathan Johnson Hall

Thursday, May 28, 7:00–8:45 p.m. in the Knatvold room

Sunday, May 24, 1:15–2:45 p.m. in the Dix room and via Zoom

Monday, May 25, for Memorial Day