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Week Four of 30 Days of Love is live! This week’s theme is Nurturing Community. We’ll focus on covenant, collaboration, and shared care—practicing how to stay connected even when the work is hard. Because transformation happens in relationship. Rev. Cathy Rion Starr of Side with Love notes, “Building community that nourishes relationships is core to our UU faith and must be central to our justice work. When we share food, play together, and prioritize time to get to know each other in our committees, congregations, and communities, we live into our interdependence and make our organizing stronger. We counter the myth of the charismatic solo leader by cultivating teams, not heroes.” Check out these incredible offerings for this week : a reflection from Rev. Cathy Rion Starr, UUA Leadership Development Specialist; an original coloring sheet; a theological conversation with Rev. Dr. Jé Hooper; a meditative body practice; multiple activities for families to do together; and a journal worksheet to reflect on this week’s theme. With joy, Rev. Victoria and Morgan Rev. Victoria Poling is our Acting Associate Minister for Community Engagement Morgan Sherwood is our Congregational Engagement Coordinator

Sunday, February 22, after each service

The Fleagle Lecture with Heather Vickery Saturday, February 21, 1–4 p.m. in Nathan Johnson Hall, by registration

Sunday, February 15, 10:30–11 a.m. in front of UUC And "30 Days of Love": January 19–February 16

Saturday, February 14, 1–3 p.m. in Nathan Johnson Hall Join Wise Women Connecting on February 14 for an afternoon of games and fun together. Participants are welcome to bring games and finger food snacks to share in Nathan Johnson Hall where we can spread out at tables to play in small groups. Board games and card games with a shorter play time than Monopoly and which can be played by 4 to 8 people will work the best. Share a favorite game or learn a new one! Questions? Contact Cindy Rose . Wise Women Connecting welcomes all UUC members and friends who identify as women and and are in retirement, or contemplating retirement as a new phase of life.

Sunday, February 15, after each service

Nancy Norman was a long-time and beloved member of the UUC community. Early on the morning of January 3, after she was able to see Katie Wilson sworn in as Mayor of Seattle, Nancy Norman passed away at the age of 70 after a 2.5-year fight against breast cancer. In celebration of her life, her family will hold a memorial party at Merrill Hall at the Center for Urban Horticulture in Seattle on Saturday, March 28 , 11:30-3:30. See her obituary for details. Read Nancy's obituary

Tuesday, February 24, 6:30–7:30 p.m. in Knatvold; advance sign-up appreciated

Worship services at 9:30 and 11:15 a.m. in the chapel and via live stream

Registration open for Saturdays, March 7 & 14, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. in person or via Zoom

Wednesday, February 18, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. by appointment in Nathan Johnson Hall

Thursday, February 12, 7:00–8:45 p.m. in the Knatvold room

Sunday, February 8, during both coffee hours and 2–3:30 p.m. in the UUC parking lot

Sunday, February 8, 12:45 p.m. in Knatvold and via Zoom

Sunday, February 8, 1:00 p.m. in Channing Our next Pink Haven meeting will be this coming Sunday, and will adjourn by 2:15 p.m. so folks will have time to get home for the big game. If you need childcare, please contact Aria Curtis ahead of time. Latest news is that hosting is now underway and volunteers are needed. Please attend, either in person or virtually, to find out how to help. Contact a group leader to get the virtual link: Allisonrjansen@gmail.com 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.

Worship services at 9:30 and 11:15 a.m. in the chapel and via live stream

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

Apply by February 8 for groups meeting March–May, 2026

Rev. Beth Chronister and her partner, Danny, are excited to share with the UUC community that they are expecting their first child in mid-March! Everyone is healthy, well, and eagerly anticipating this big life change. They'll be sure to send an update once the baby makes their grand entrance into this world!

Last Thursday, UUA President Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt was arrested in Washington, D.C., alongside other people of faith while protesting the Department of Homeland Security budget. Rev. Betancourt joined religious leaders at the U.S. Capitol Complex to oppose a budget that continues to fund ICE and Customs and Border Protection—agencies responsible for ongoing harm and violence in our communities. As she said earlier, there is no moral justification for a budget that deepens this damage . Read more about action and Rev. Betancourt’s remarks in this UU World article .

This week, Side with Love invites you to mobilize into action by paying attention to where you are wishing to be invited in and what you could invite others into. Caitlin Breedlove, UU the Vote 2026 Lead, shares a story of how she and her father build community: “…When was the last time we went outside? Not just on a hike or walk, but outside of our friends, family, and network? The last time we took a risk, felt awkward, greeted someone we do not know, attended a meeting of a new group, or asked a neighbor for coffee? When my father comes to visit, he likes to bake cookies for a small army. In order to not allow my kids (or self) to enter sugar shock, every year, I am inclined to wrap some up for neighbors in my townhouse complex, and deliver them.” Read more here and try out a Body Scan Meditation by Lóre Stevens, listen and sing to music by UU Children’s Choir and more. Also this week, check out the UU Solidarity Initiative ICE Out! Week of Action In this time of moral crisis, our faith calls us to live our values through courageous and prophetic action. Join Unitarian Universalists across the country for a national Week of Action, February 2–6, against the violent, immoral actions of ICE. The week will include a 40-hour phone call blitz to Congress, five straight days of virtual action hours led by UU State Action Networks, and an opening event with UU Solidarity Initiative. Read more and sign up for action here. With love, Rev. Victoria and Morgan Rev. Victoria Poling is our Acting Associate Minister for Community Engagement Morgan Sherwood is our Congregational Engagement Coordinator

Sunday, February 8, both services (9:30 and 11:15 a.m.)

Sunday, February 15, 1–2 p.m. in Emerson

Wednesday, February 4, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. in Knatvold and via Zoom

Mondays, February 23, March 9 & 23, and April 6, 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Knatvold, by registration

Wednesday, February 18, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. by appointment i n Nathan Johnson Hall

Sunday, February 1, live music at 4:30 p.m.; show at 5:30 at Hidden Hall

Worship services at 9:30 and 11:15 a.m. in the chapel and via live stream

Annual Seattle/King County Clinic: April 23–26, 2026

Apply before February 8 for groups meeting March–May, 2026

From UUC's Acting for Racial Justice Team: Long time and new members and friends, family, and staff of UUC showed up to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Seattle's MLK Day march. Many wearing decades-old white UUC T-shirts or UUA Side with Love apparel , we marched in support of a message of love , peace, community, and resistance. Interviewed by KIng5 video (at 01.14) and described in the online transcript: UUC members Catherine Ruha and Margaret Sutro sounded these values. “'We’ve got to raise up the voice of love and peace and harmony and community, in face of a regime that chooses to make people suffer and murder them and cause harm,' said Catherine Ruha of University Unitarian Church." Others stressed that the meaning of the day lies in continued engagement. “This is not a day off, this is a day on to see all the people that can make something happen in our community over and over again. We need each other. It’s great to be out and see it,” one marcher [Margaret Sutro] said.] Carrying the church's UUA Side with Love banner alongside thousands of other marchers, we felt both a renewed sense of purpose, and determination to keep acting together toward the goal of Dr. King's Beloved Community. As MLK said in the I Have a Dream speech: “We cannot walk alone. As we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.”

Sunday, January 25, after each service, in Nathan Johnson Hall

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

Register for 4th-5th grade or 8th-9th grade classes by Sunday, January 25

Saturday, January 24, 2–4 p.m. in the Servetus room

Saturday, January 24, 1:30-3 p.m. in the Knatvold room

We lift up this call from MARCH to faith leaders (both lay and clergy) to gather in Minneapolis on January 22–23 for a day of witness and resistance, in solidarity with immigrant communities. Please join us to witness what is being tested here, to learn from how communities are responding, and to help bear the burden together. Please also join us on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 19 at 12pm CT or 7pm CT for an optional online orientation and “Know Before You Go” information session. Both sessions are similar; you only need to join one. Register to join the Call to Minneapolis on January 22–23: https://www.marchminnesota.org/ Register to join a Know Before You Go Information Session on January 19: https://bit.ly/45eRUv1 Questions? Please contact Rev. Victoria .

We regret that neither Leah nor Maylin is able to attend in January. Of course you can continue your shawls and other projects at home! See you on the fourth Sunday in February, the 22nd.

Reflection Practices for all Ages

Thursday, January 22, 7–9:30 p.m. at St. Bridget Church, 4900 NE 50th St.

Thursday, January 22, 6 p.m. at Town Hall

Monday, January 19, 2026, at Garfield High School

Wednesday, January 21, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. in Knatvold and via Zoom

January 4, 2026:  Listening, Learning, Reflecting, and Moving Forward Together

Thursday, January 22, 7:00–8:45 p.m. in the Knatvold room

Tuesdays, January 20 and February 3, 7–8:30 p.m. in the Channing room and via Zoom

Sunday, January 18, 10:30–11 a.m. in front of UUC And "30 Days of Love": January 19–February 16

Various dates and topics, via Zoom, starting January 19

Saturday, January 17, 1–3 p.m. in the Knatvold room