Religious Exploration at Chalice!
A place for wonder. A place for fun.
Welcome, welcome everyone!
Chalice Family Update
June 20, 2024
In the month of June, the Gift of Our Faith is The Story Goes On
Weaving Our Lives
Sunday morning at 10am
UUA General Assembly Service
(streaming only)
Today, we will be joining together online for our annual General Assembly worship service. Find us on zoom for this denomination wide event called Weaving Our Lives. We are all tangled up together in a great web of life that is woven with beauty and hardship, love and loss, thriving and struggle. How do we tend well to the weaving so that all of us are held in care?
Zoom ID: 209 555 249 Passcode: 2020
June 23–
There is no Religious Exploration programming this Sunday.
Instead, please join families and RE volunteers for the Family Celebration Picnic at Peppertree Park, noon-3pm. More information below…
Peppertree Park, 3720 Old Conejo Rd
Each week we will offer book suggestions for all ages, books that celebrate diverse identities, resist stereotypes, and uplift social justice. Whether you choose to purchase the books, borrow them from a friend, or check them out from your local library, we hope you enjoy these stories featuring characters from a wide range of communities.
*Credit given to RebekahGienapp.com for most suggestions
Bindu’s Bindis by Supriya Kelkar (ages 3-7)
Juana and Lucas: Muchos Changes by Juana Medina (ages 6-9)
Jump Back, Paul! by Sally Derby (ages 9-12)
The Punk-Rock Queen of the Jews by Rossi (YA)
See what’s happening at Camp de Benneville Pines!
Scholarship assistance available through de Benneville and Chalice RE! Contact Sam Dickerson for more info.
Just added! Family camp option for Elementary and Jr High camps! Click on the camp link below for more info.
Sharing is Saving! Bring a Friend Discount for all UU Youth Camps
Bring a friend who registers between May 27th and the start of camp, you both will receive a $75 discount off the registration fee. Offer valid for up to two new camper registrations per inviter. Email registrar@uucamp.org.
UU Elementary Summer Camp June 30-July 6 (Sam will be co-dean!)
UU Counselor-in-Training Camp June 30-July 6
UU Jr. High Summer Camp July 7-13
UU Sr. High Summer Camp July 14-20
UU Family Summer Camp July 21-27
Check out these upcoming camps!
LARPing Misty Mountain Wars – August 16-18
UU Young Adult Camp — August 30-September 2
Art Camp for Grown Ups – September 5-10
Ice Cream Social & Scavenger Hunt – July 14
After the service concludes, collect you scavenger hunt list from Sam and explore our renewed Chalice building. Also enjoy an ice cream sundae as we kick off a festive and fun summer together.
Then, please join Sam and Rev. Nica in the Lounge at noon for a Family Check In. We want to hear from you and your children! What is working well? What would you like to see more of? How would you like to be more involved? Let’s build a brighter future together!
This Day in UU History…
June 23, 2001, Unitarian universalists elected William G. Sinkford as the first African-American president of the Unitarian Universalist Association.
Sinkford was born in San Francisco in 1946, later becoming an active Unitarian in Cincinnati, OH. He was active in several Unitarian groups as an undergraduate at Harvard University, where his roommate was future UUA president John Buehrens. Sinkford became the head of the national Liberal Religious Youth and considered the ministry at an early age, encouraged by the UUA’s commitment to racial justice. When the UUA urged reparations from white churches then withdrew it’s commitment, Sinkford was disillusioned. he says, “I felt betrayed by my church and felt there would be no place in Unitarian Universalism for me. I left and did not return for a dozen years.” He worked for the UUA in 1994 as director of Congregational, District, and Extension Services before being elected as president. ~ This Day in Unitarian Universalist History
