Upcoming RE Classes:

K/1/2 Moral Tales will meet again Sunday, 12/20, at 9:30.

3/4/5 CartUUns will meet again Sunday, 12/13, at 9:30.

6/7/8 March will meet again Sunday, 12/20, at 7 pm.

Senior Youth (grades 9-12) meet Sundays at noon.

Be sure to join UUSS at the Homemade Holidays Zoom at 3 pm on December 12th! Details below.

Happy Hanukkah!

The eight-day Jewish celebration known as Hanukkah or Chanukah commemorates the rededication during the second century B.C. of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, where according to legend Jews had risen up against their Greek-Syrian oppressors in the Maccabean Revolt. Hanukkah, which means “dedication” in Hebrew, begins on the 25th of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar and usually falls in November or December. Often called the Festival of Lights, the holiday is celebrated with the lighting of the menorah, traditional foods, games and gifts. Hanukkah 2020 will take place 12/10-12/17.

Celebrating Chalica!

Chalica is a week-long celebration of our Unitarian Universalist Principles, which began yesterday, 12/7. The holiday first emerged in 2005 out of a wish to have a holiday organized around Unitarian Universalist values. Chalica begins on the first Monday in December and lasts seven days. Each day, a chalice is lit and the day is spent reflecting on the meaning of that day’s principle and doing a good deed that honors that principle.

Chalica information and activities will be posted on our UUSS Families and Beloved Community FaceBook page daily through 12/13.

Please remember to wear a mask, socially distance, take time outside, and wash your hands. -Robin Ahearn, Director of Lifespan Religious Education