This month our Special Collection and Social Justice Forum will be aligned. (Both will take place on February 14.) Our recipient will be A New Way of Life Reentry Project (ANWOL), and its founder, Susan Burton, will lead our Social Justice Forum at 11:30 after … read more.
We have some exciting and transformative work to do together this year. We can all participate, no matter how busy we are. Every small step brings us closer to Beloved Community.
First, the 8th Principle Task Force is reaching out to members and friends for conversations … read more.
JUUstice Collective Calls for February 2021 at: uujmca.org/collectives
Climate Justice Collective: Wednesday, February 24 @ 5pm
Immigrant Justice Collective: Wednesday, February 24 @ 7pm
Racial Justice & Abolition Collective: Thursday, February 25 @ 5pm
Economic Justice Collective: Thursday,February 25 @ 7pm
On January 24 our congregation met virtually to decide how to use a generous bequest to our church from long-time members Jack and Helen Graham. The Grahams’ affiliation with UUCLB dates back to the time when we were housed at 9th Avenue and Lime Street, … read more.
This week you are asked to help by providing peach/fruit cups, mac n cheese, soups, tuna, spam or other canned meats (with pop off lids) and bottled water. Donations may be dropped off at the second alley door of the First Congregational Church of Long … read more.
In the midst of a pandemic and after the pandemic, how do I manage my money and my financial future?
Thursday, February 11 at 7:00 pm join our zoom seminar, with Norm Cauntay. He will answer questions about your concerns and interests about finances. For instance:
East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice (EYCEJ) was established in 2001 by residents of the Commerce/East Los Angeles area who were concerned with the increasing environmental health impacts of industrial pollution in their community, as well as several pending expansion projects adjacent to homes, schools … read more.
This Year’s “Winter Lights” Auction
Is just 4.5 weeks AWAY
NOW IS THE TIME!
We can’t have an Auction without anything to Auction off. It’s time to actualize all those ideas for socially distanced donated fun! Supportive Services (run errands, do some shopping), Online Workshops, Delivered baked goods, … read more.
This year’s amazing Basket Team will have a table out for accepting donation drop off’s just inside the new/west parking lot gate:
BETWEEN 10AM AND 3PM
Wednesday January 6th
Saturday January 9th
Wednesday January 13th
Saturday January 16th
We need baskets of all sizes, and new or gently … read more.
Many of us are excited about the study groups we’re organizing. We’ll be studying the UUA report, Widening the Circle of Concern. This report from the Commission on Institutional Change is a guide to identifying and changing the ways we are unwelcoming to people of … read more.
