October 7, 2024
Sunday Services
Join us at EUUC for In-Person Worship OR at euuc.org for the Live-Stream
October 13, 2024
TBA
By Pamela Seamonster
ONE SERVICE @ 10 a.m.
All Ages Service
This is an All-Ages Service. Families are welcome to enjoy the Sunday Service in Chapman Hall. There is no programming for Children’s Religious Exploration this Sunday. The Toddler Room will be open. Family seating is on the left side of the sanctuary.
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October 20, 2024
TBA
By Rev. Eric Kaminetzky
ONE SERVICE @ 10 a.m.
RE Classes
Children begin in Chapman Hall, seated with their families during the first part of the service, then leave to gather in the Narthex before heading to the Religious Exploration classrooms. The Toddler Room will be open. Family seating is on the left side of the sanctuary.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS WEEK
- Sundays at 10 a.m. Sunday service live in Chapman Hall and live-streamed starting at 9:50 a.m. on euuc.org, or on YouTube. Subscribe to EUUC Youtube and hit the bell for a notification when we are live
- Immediately following the service, Coffee, Community, and Conversation on site.
Please also check your email for announcements two (2) hours prior to the Sunday service event for streaming links.
Giving Garden Continues
Our Giving Garden will keep on giving through the seasons. Now that the summer harvest is over, we will put our hardy leafy greens under row cover, plant cover crops for soil health, and garlic and leeks for next Spring’s enjoyment. Come join the garden team and help grow food all year long! Contact Nancy Dolan through Breeze for more information.
Our First First Sunday was a Great Success!
Huge Gratitude to our own Community Minister and chef extraordinaire, Andrew Greaves for creating a fabulous lunch for us all! Thank you to our Director of Religious Exploration, Alanna Desrochers for the children’s program. And thank you to Aisha Hauser for the moving workshop on Empathy! And thanks to all of you who joined in and made this wonderful community event come alive! We hope you’ll join us next time for all the good things including the lunch and workshop Empathy Part II: Sunday November 3.
Winter is Coming-Volunteers Needed! 
When the temperature drops many people in our county are in need of shelter. EUUC, as part of a coalition of caring organizations, collaborates through Volunteers of America to open the Cold Weather Shelter in Meadowdale. EUUC is responsible for Monday nights and Tuesday mornings starting November 1 and continuing to the end of March. We fulfill this commitment through volunteers. Monday night we set out sleeping mats, set up tables and chairs, setup a coffee table, prepare (usually already made) and serve food. Tuesday morning we serve a hot breakfast, clean and put tables away, support the removal of the sleeping mats, and clean up the kitchen. Currently about a dozen EUUC members are actively volunteering. Some volunteers perform the onsite jobs, while others prepare food off site. In order to share the load, we need to expand that volunteer call list. Please consider being a part of this important mission. Contact coldweathersheltor@euuc.org to sign up or to get more information, or contact Walt Leberg in the foyer after Sunday service.
Write Letters with Vote Forward 
Vote Forward is a nonpartisan organization focused on getting out the vote in critical swing states with volunteer-written letters. The EUUC Democracy Action Team has established a personal letter-writing page to track letters written by EUUC members. If you are interested in joining, you must have a valid Vote Forward account, which requires a 1-2 day wait for approval. Please contact Elliot Hazzard through Breeze for more details.
Mail Reclaim Our Vote Postcards by Tuesday, October 15 
If you have any Reclaim Our Vote postcards (please see picture) still at home, these must be postmarked no later than Tuesday, October 15. This only applies to postcards part of the Reclaim Our Vote campaign. This does not apply to any other postcard campaign. Please contact Elliot Hazzard through Breeze with any questions.
Mail No On 2117 Postcards on Friday, October 18 
If you have No On 2117 postcards (please see picture) at home, please make sure that these are postmarked on Friday, October 18, the same day that ballots are mailed to Washington voters. This applies only to No On 2117 postcards. It does not apply to any other postcard writing campaign. Please contact Elliot Hazzard through Breeze with any questions.
Mail Progressive Turnout PAC Postcards between Thursday, October 24 and Tuesday, October 29 
If you wrote postcards to Nevada and/or Arizona voters (please see picture), these must be postmarked between October 24 and October 29. This applies only to postcards written for the Progressive Turnout PAC. It does not apply to any other postcard campaign. Please contact Elliot Hazzard through Breeze with any questions.
Community Engagement Opportunities to help
The Community Engagement Committee is again sponsoring opportunities for people at EUUC to help others in our community. We will be sponsoring a Winter Clothing drive for Neighbors in Need in October. We will collect gift cards for the South Snohomish County Toy Shop, and in November donated festive foods will brighten peoples’ holidays through Concern for Neighbors Food Bank. More information will be coming soon. Thanks for your generosity.
Alice Owen Exhibition in the Atrium
Alice Owen’s paintings are an invitation for you to look at nature up close. Her rich intimate paintings show us our natural world through Alice’s eyes. If you are interested in purchasing a painting, please reach out to Alice, to the office, or to Rachel Maxwell.
All proceeds from the sale of the paintings will be contributed to EUUC. Thank you for all the beauty you bring to us Alice!
Watch A Previous Service
You can watch one of our latest Sunday sermons on euuc.org, or on YouTube.
GATHERINGS
GOTV Letter writing and Zoom Happy Hour 
Wednesday, October 9 from 6 to 7 p.m.
Please join Advocates for Women (A4W) from 6-7 p.m. on Wednesday, October 9 for our virtual Get Out The Vote letter/postcard writing party to encourage registered voters in swing states to vote in the November election. It’s your choice – you can use postcards from the Democracy team or another organization, or register on Vote Forward: votefwd.org to get template letters that you print out at home. Then you only need to add a sentence or two about why you vote! For that option, you will need to get set up on Vote Forward a few days in advance.
Please contact A4W for the Zoom link and further instructions. Then grab your favorite beverage and snack and have fun doing good work!
EUUC Facilitated Drum Circle
Thursday, October 10 from 7 to 8 p.m.
Where: EUUC Chapman Hall
Who: All skill levels are welcome. Please have an adult present to supervise and participate with children under 18.
Cost: Free
What to Bring: drums and percussion will be provided, and you are welcome to bring your own drum and percussion.
Registration: Space is limited to 30 people. Please register by emailing Cindy Olejar at cindyolejar@yahoo.com.
Participating in a drum circle is a fun way to create rhythm with others.
Here are a few benefits of drumming:
-reduces stress
-enhances focus
-encourages creative expression
-creates connection
-is fun!
Writing Postcards Against I-2109 
Sunday, October 13 from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Come join the EUUC Democracy Action Team writing postcards against ballot initiative 2109. I-2109 would repeal Washington’s capital gains tax, threatening billions in funding for education and child care statewide. No advance registration is necessary; just show up. Place all completed postcards in the Democracy Action Team mailbox no later than Tuesday, October 15. Contact Elliot Hazzard through Breeze for more details.
Women’s Circle 
Sunday, October 13 at 12:00 p.m.
Join us for the next meeting of the Women’s Circle at EUUC on Sunday, October 13 from 12 to 1:30 p.m. Feel free to bring your lunch! We will gather in Rooms 1 & 2 to connect, reflect on spiritual practices together, get to know one another, and be in community. This space is welcome to all women, and nonbinary folks who feel that it is the right space for them, and is led by EUUC member Sarah C. Jackson.
Interfaith Family Shelter Dinner/Program
Thursday, October 24 from 5 to 7 p.m.
Please join us to celebrate the Families Together fundraising event to support the Interfaith Family Shelter on Thursday, October 24 here at EUUC. A complimentary dinner with several soups, a salad, bread and dessert will be provided at 5 p.m. (Vegetarian and other dietary restriction options will be available.) This year’s event will spotlight the Children’s Program at Interfaith Shelter and we’ll also hear from keynote speaker Megan Dunn, Snohomish County Council member. For more info, contact Grant Gladow or Greg Long. Please RSVP us so we know how much food to prepare. Thank-you!
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Faceless Dolls at Shoreline Library 
Now through Thursday, October 31
Last April, Advocates for Women and Racial Justice hosted a Faceless Doll Workshop, where EUUC members created dolls representing Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People.
Now we invite you to view the Faceless Doll exhibit at the Shoreline Library. The exhibit includes books on the subject, and will be on display through October 31st. Check it out!
Effects of Global Warming in the Edmonds/Puget Sound Region
Wednesdays, October 16 & 30 at 6:00 p.m.
The Mayor’s Climate Protection Committee of Edmonds invites residents to a speaker series that will address various aspects of the climate change issue affecting Edmonds and the Puget Sound region.
The series will feature local experts Bill Derry and Greg Ferguson, faculty from Edmonds College and the University of Washington, and a representative from the State Department of Ecology. Audience engagement is strongly encouraged. The themes for each evening will be:
October 16 – Climate Impacts to Flora and Fauna
October 30 – Atmospheric Science and Climate
Edmonds Waterfront Center, Community Room B, or online via Zoom.
Doors will open at 5:45 p.m. and talks will begin at 6. Presentations will last about an hour and be followed by a Q&A.
For more information including the zoom link click here.
FAN Says No to Initiatives: Educational Forum
Tuesday, October 22 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Faith Action Network (FAN) is hosting a one-hour Zoom webinar, explaining why I-2109, I-2117, I-2124 and I-2066 should be defeated at the ballot box. This webinar will provide an opportunity to learn about each initiative, hear updates directly from each “no” campaign, get volunteer information, and discuss goals that best suit EUUC in building resistance against these campaigns. Folks who wish to attend can register here: https://fanwa.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=284. For more details or if you have any questions, please contact Elliot Hazzard through Breeze.
MORE INFORMATION
Arms Around Contacts for 2024
October: Barbara Ford
November: Barbara Purn
December: Sharon Frank
To facilitate pastoral services among members, this committee connects members with needs to the Minister, or to members who can help. Examples of services include transportation, meals, child care, hospital and home visits, minor home maintenance or repairs, companionship, support during crises, and bereavement support. Reach Arms Around.
October Cause of the Month – Legal Voice 
The October Cause of the month is Legal Voice. Legal Voice believes that all people facing gender discrimination should be able to live their lives with dignity, safety, and autonomy. From courtrooms to the court of public opinion, they challenge patriarchal and racist power structures to widen pathways to justice.
To accomplish their mission, Legal Voice works in the Northwest’s courtrooms, legislatures and communities – creating and enforcing strong, equitable laws and empowering all women and LGBTQ people to know their rights. They serve Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho and Alaska.
The work of Legal Voice aligns with EUUC’s Stand on Reproductive Justice, our principles of the inherent worth and dignity of every person and our 8th principle of working to build a diverse multicultural community…by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions.
The funds donated by EUUC will be used by Legal Voice towards their work in neighboring states in support of reproductive justice.
Please help Legal Voice continue their work to co-create a world where we are each seen in our full humanity and thrive in communities free from oppression and racism.
This organization was nominated by the Advocates for Women.
As always, thank you for your generous donations.
If you have an organization that you wish to nominate for Sunday cause of the month, we invite you to fill out the online Sunday Cause nomination form.
New COVID Vaccine Available
The 2024-2025 COVID vaccine became available in late August. Everyone ages six months and older should get this latest formulation of the vaccine. For more information regarding the vaccine and CDC recommendations, go to: CDC COVID-19 vaccine (https://www.cdc.gov/covid/vaccines/stay-up-to-date.html)
Gathering Safely Together
A friendly reminder from the Covid Advisory Team: To keep our community safe, we ask that you follow these precautions when you attend on-site:
- Up-to-date COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for everybody who is eligible.
- Sign in if requested by group/event leaders. This allows us to notify you of potential exposures.
- If requested, please wear a well-fitting mask (preferably N95, KN95 or KF94)
- If you are diagnosed with COVID within 3 days of your attendance, inform the Congregational Administrator (admin@euuc.org, group/event leader and the COVID Advisory Team immediately. Other attendees can then be notified of a potential exposure.
Please stay home if you have any COVID symptoms, recently were diagnosed with COVID, or recently had a high risk exposure event Click here for details. Due to the large number of persons at high risk of COVID complications in our congregation, following Washington State Dept. of Health recommendations, our guidelines have not changed with recent CDC communications.
How to Reserve Rooms for Meetings at EUUC
If you are interested in having your group gather inside and/or outside, or via Zoom please submit a room request using this form. If possible please make request at least ten days prior to event, as several teams at EUUC will need to review your request before the room can be booked. You will need fill out the publicity request announcement form for the event separately.
Submit Your Announcement for This Week at EUUC
Deadline for submission of announcements for This Week at EUUC is midnight Monday. Please use the online submission form.
