December 14, 2025The Gift of Music with Melanie DeMore By Rev. Natalie Malter & ONE SERVICE @ 10 a.m. (Stream starts 9:50 a.m.) On-Site in Chapman Hall and
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December 21, 2025Winter Solstice Pagent By Rev. Natalie Malter & ONE SERVICE @ 10 a.m. (Stream starts 9:50 a.m.) On-Site in Chapman Hall and
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Advocates for Women invites you to a book discussion of Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison, on Thursday, January 22 at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom. A copy of the book is available for checkout at the Social Justice desk and King and Snohomish County libraries have copies. Please contact Advocates for women to request the Zoom link.
If you are interested in nature-themed wall calendars, Elliot Hazzard will be laying them out for pickup in the Narthex, starting after the service on December 7. They will be left in the Narthex continuously until all have been claimed.
Now that we have EUUC Community on Circle, our private social media app, your membership team has begun introducing our new members to you on Circle. Check out the photos & introductions for our ten new members who joined in November. (If you’re an EUUC member who hasn’t gotten started on Circle, but would like to, email circle.admin@euuc.org.) Then mark your calendar for January 11, New Member Recognition Sunday, where we’ll introduce you to all our new members who joined in 2024-2025… in person!
The EUUC Office will be closed from December 24 through January 4 for the holidays. Building use and weekly events will continue unless canceled by the group leader. If you are planning an event during this time, please plan ahead to coordinate with staff. If you’d like to include an announcement in This Week At EUUC (TWAE) for Wednesdays, December 24 and 31 or in the pulpit announcements for Sundays, December 28 and January 4, you will have to submit by the end of the day Friday, December 19 to be included.
If you had a magic wand, what would you change about our building to make it even more inclusive, welcoming, and community-focused? How can our facility bring more joy? More spirit? More justice? You can start dreaming and talking to each other about it over Zoom on Wednesday, December 10 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. If you missed last Sundays after lunch discussion on it this is an opportunity for discussion online. Here is the Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/86105006615?pwd=riU61qTV9qZWvM954nsLJrgbBNT93M.1
To learn more, see here.
The next drum circle at EUUC will be on Thursday, December 11 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in Chapman Hall.
This month, John Hayden will be facilitating. John has had a worldwide love for music and adventure since 1995. He is a pioneer in the field of “accessible music” that features hands-on participation for all ages. His custom programs are adapted from extensive experience with school, business and community rhythm events.
In addition to the hand drums and small percussion we have been using in the drum circles, John will be bringing a unique small drum percussion for everyone to use that celebrates the sun, moon and stars. This will be another fun and engaging event.
Any questions contact Cindy Olejar.
Please join Melanie Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. online and in person December 12 for an Evening of Singing and Reflection. Then join us Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. to rehearse for Sunday Service. Finally, Join Melanie Sunday afternoon for songs of comfort. In her own words: “A song can hold you up when there seems to be no ground beneath you.” Here is a taste of the fun we will have.
Also Melanie has released a new album with VocalEssence Ensemble Singers. You can hear the album here.
If you are unfamiliar with Melanie DeMore, please check out this recent interview.
Who Are Chalice Lighters? Individual EUUC members support the Pacific NW Chalice Lighter Program. By small pledges, we assist Northwest UU member congregations with grants to support vital capabilities such as: launching new UU congregations, securing, improving or furnishing a building, reaching out to the community to attract new members, updating electronic systems, funding any other creative program to facilitate growth.
During the COVID Pandemic, EUUC was awarded CL grants to upgrade our facility and electronic systems. A congregation applying for a Chalice Lighter grant must have at least 30% of its members enrolled as Chalice Lighters. Currently only 15% of our members are enrolled. We need your help. On Sunday, December 7 we’ll kick off the EUUC’s CL enrollment drive. It’s easy to participate. When you become a Chalice Lighter, each year you will receive no more than three call letters. Some prefer to make a small monthly credit card payment.
For more information see EUUC’s Chalice Lighter Ambassador, Will Wilcox after the Sunday services in December. You also may enroll at this link.
Youth group is back and our first meeting is this Sunday, December 14. Youth in 8th-12th grade are invited to join us 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Sundays starting January. We will eat lunch, have some fun and great conversation.
This Sunday we will be decorating gingerbread houses, so please send your RSVP to Alanna so we can be sure we have enough for everyone!
Join us for the next meeting of the Women’s Circle at EUUC on Sunday, December 14. Bring your bag lunch and join us after worship! We will gather at 12:00 p.m. in Room 5 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.
The Jean Kim Foundation’s Hygiene Center in Lynnwood provides showers, hot meals, and access to clothing, essential needs and case management services for our unhoused community members, including guests in our EUUC car camp program. Recently, the property where the hygiene center is located has been put up for sale for $2.5 million. An anonymous donor has committed $2 million toward the purchase price, and the Hazel Miller Foundation has contributed $50,000. Now we need for the community to step up to save this necessary and valuable resource. Please donate whatever you can at the following website: jeankimfoundation.org
This Eliot Institute retreat registration is still open!
Melanie DeMore is a three-time Grammy nominated singer/composer, choral conductor, music director and vocal activist who believes in the power of voices raised together. In her presentations, DeMore beautifully brings her participants together through her music and commentary, facilitating vocal and stick pounding workshops across the U.S, Canada and beyond. [More info and registration].
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.
The December cause of the month is Wa Na Wari. This is a grass roots organization that was formed and is led by local African Americans with strong ties to the Central District of Seattle. Their mission is to create space for Black ownership, possibility, and belonging through art, historic preservation, and connection.
The Central District (CD), a formerly redlined neighborhood, has experienced multiple waves of gentrification and displacement. Once 80% African-American, today the CD is less than 10% Black. Along with that has come issues of affordability and access to home ownership. As a result, there are fewer places for the folks to congregate, hang out, work and create. “The fabric of Black cultural production in the Central District, from imagination to presentation, is disintegrating.”
Wa Na Wari is purposely located in a 5th generation Black-owned home in Seattle’s Central District. By renting a house from a vulnerable Black homeowner, and giving that space back to the Black community, Wa Na Wari is an active model for how Black art and culture can combat gentrification and displacement. Wa Na Wari is working to make sure that the culture of the Black folks that was part of that neighborhood is not erased.
The funds donated by EUUC will be unrestricted so the organization can continue their important work in the ways they need.
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 nomination form at euuc.org/sunday-offering
As winter sets in we encourage using common-sense respiratory virus transmission precautions that we all know by heart: stay home if you’re sick or were recently exposed, mask in crowded indoor spaces if you’re vulnerable, and wash your hands frequently. COVID vaccination is recommended for all those who are eligible. If you have questions, please consult with your doctor. If you are diagnosed with COVID within 3 days of your attendance, please inform the Congregational Administrator and the COVID Advisory Team immediately.
If you are interested in having your group gather inside and/or outside, or via Zoom please submit a room request using the room/zoom request form. If possible please make request at least fourteen days prior to event, as several teams at EUUC will need to review your request before the room can be booked. After receiving the approval, you can then submit an announcement request via the online submission form.
Deadline submission for This Week at EUUC (TWAE) and Sunday Pulpit announcements is 11:59 p.m. the Monday before. Please use the online submission form.
