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In this issue: Summer Forum Schedule, Rev. Tom's last column of the church year, Pride Parade, Church Picnic and much more!
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May 29, 2017                                           Volume 59, Issue 22


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A memorial service for Christine Wood will be held in the chapel on June 3rd at 11:00 a.m.

Summer Forum 2017


Theme:  The mystery and attraction of contrasting views

Sundays at 10:00 AM

June 18 - Julia Rossi, RN – How beliefs and attitudes towards addiction influence treatment and outcomes
Julia has been active in the family support community and writes a blog on topics of interest for families of addicts.

June 25 – The Crossroads Project: Musical Conversations About the Earth
A string quartet and visual artists from Utah State University

July 2 -  Michael Johnson, PhD, MSN – The Neuroscience of Meditation: Developing the Brain Substrates of Wellbeing
A UofU nursing faculty discusses research on the effects of meditation on the human brain.

Get the full Summer Forum Schedule Here

Upcoming Services

Sunday, May 28th
One service only at 10 am
Religious Education at 10 am* (*with the exception of 1st/2nd grade OWL)
“Sending the Earth Back to God”
-Rev. Tom Goldsmith

Sunday, June 4th
One shortened service only at 9 am
Childcare available for young children
“What Has Gender Got To Do With Anything?”
-Rev. Tom Goldsmith

Sunday, June 11th
One service only at 10:00 am
Childcare available for young children
“Summer Nights”
-Rev. Monica Dobbins and Rev. Tom Goldsmith
Please join us following the service at Sugarhouse Park for our annual church picnic.

More on Sunday Services can be found by clicking here.

Summer Forum begins June 18th

Latest Service Videos

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2017 05 14 Denying Justice to Women
May 14, 2017
"Denying Justice to Women"
-Rev. Tom Goldsmith
2017 05 07 Emerson and Joseph Smith
May 7, 2017
"Emerson and Joseph Smith: Looking for True Religion"
-Rev. Tom Goldsmith
Click here to see more videos on our YouTube Channel

In the Spotlight

Meet  - Laurie Robinson
Read more here



 

Congregational Announcements

  • Refugee Resettlement Committee
  • Social Justice film June 1st
  • Annual Camping Trip July 21-24
  • UU Lunch Bunch
  • Meditation Group
Read all announcements here.
 
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The Torch is published approximately 23 times per year, roughly every other week during the regular church year (September through May) and once per month during the summer.

Editor:
Jennifer Killpack-Knutsen
torch@slcuu.org

Next Torch Publication Date:
Monday, June 19, 2017

Submission Deadline:
Monday, June 12, 2017 by 1:00 pm to torch@slcuu.org

Events to be listed should occur after June 19th to ensure timeliness. Submitted articles should directly relate to our congregation and committee work.
Schedule Changes
Schedule Changes Please note: Beginning Sunday May 28th, we will go to one Sunday service only at 10:00 am. On June 4th, Pride Sunday, will have a shortened service at 9:00 am. This is a change from the previous announcements of schedule changes.
 
Schedule:

May 28th: One service at 10:00 am
June 4th: One shortened service at 9:00 am to allow joining in the Pride Parade
June 11th: One service only at 10:00 am - joint service with our new assistant minister (picnic at Sugarhouse Park to follow)
June 18th: Summer Forum begins - all services at 10:00 am (schedule on back of OOS)
August 27th: Worship services resume, 10:00 am
September 3rd: Worship service at 10:00 am
September 10th: Ingathering Sunday; Two services resume at 9:00 and 11:00 am; Religious Education program begins for the 2017-2018 church year

 

Reverendly Yours

Rev. Tom Goldsmith

The last column of the year invites a review of the church over these past twelve months. It was a year like no other, primarily because of the shock to the nervous system generated by the presidential election last November 8th. Every progressive idea related to the improvement of rights for African Americans, LGBTQ, immigrants, labor, healthcare, and the environment, came to a grinding halt. All trajectories of when justice might wind its way more fully into the American mainstream were erased. Instead, a new administration sought a reversal of all movements that could make society more fair: reduce minority voting, cancel women’s reproductive rights, legalize discrimination against LGBTQ through religious freedom, cut Medicaid, decimate the social safety net, force environmental science to shut down, and return federal lands to oil and gas explorations. Everything liberal religion stood for and fought for was destroyed in a heartbeat.

(Read on . . . )

Religious Education Upcoming Important Dates

5/28/2017: One service only at 10:00 am. Last day of RE Classes for the 2016-2017 church year - however, the last OWL class for 1st and 2nd grades will still happen at 11:00 am.

6/4/2017: Pride Sunday - child care only at the one 9:00 am (shorter) service.

6/11/2017: Last Sunday of the church year before Summer Forum begins. Childcare only during the 10:00 am service. End of church year picnic at Sugarhouse Park follows this service.

Church Picnic June 11th

The annual end-of-year picnic is almost here. This event is fun for all ages, and we hope that you are planning to attend. If you would like to be part of the team that makes it all happen, please contact Joe Herring at jherring5@gmail.com or 801-440-5521. We need some extra hands to assist with set up, grill tending and other food service tasks,  and of course, clean up.. We have reserved our usual spot - the Mt. Olympus Pavilion at Sugarhouse Park. PLEASE bring your OWN reusable, non-disposable dishes (plates/cups/bowls) and utensils so that we can limit the recycling and waste that we generate.  A dish washing station will be provided for rinsing your dirty dishes. We will be providing beef burgers, hot dogs, and veggie burgers, as well as drinks, condiments, and chips. Cost is $5 per person, $4 for children payable at the park (checks made out to First Unitarian Church or exact change if paying in cash would be much appreciated).

Pride Parade - Sunday June 4th

Pride Parade: Sunday June 4th 10am.  Please plan to join us.  Theme:  Pride Elevated.

Please join us to walk in the Pride Parade this year, celebrating our wonderful Reverend Tom Goldsmith for 30 years of service at First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City.  Tom and Mary will be riding in a convertible and the congregation will be walking ahead of, and behind the car (please, not to the side, we need the crowd to be able to read the signage on the car!).  We will have a banner introducing our church’s entry, as well as signage on the car thanking Tom for 30 years of commitment to the liberal community in SLC.   Please plan to join us if at all possible.  Wear your ‘Standing on the Side of Love’ t-shirts, or something very bright in color!  We hope to have music playing that we can dance/move/sing to as we walk and wave.  Look for the ‘Standing on the Side of Love’ banner and your fellow members.  We will provide the exact location to meet in the Order of Service on Sunday, May 29th and Sunday, June 4th.

Environmental Ministry Film Screening

-submitted by Joan Gregory, Environmental Ministry

FILM SCREENING & DISCUSSION:
FROM THE ASHES
Friday, June 23rd, 7-9PM in Eliot Hall

(Read on . .  .)

On Being White . . .

-submitted by Joan Gregory, member, Anti-Racism Committee

So many of us in our congregation are white.  We’ve been white for our entire lives.  Obvious?  Maybe … maybe not.  Being white is something we cannot escape, being white is something we cannot change.  In America, being white comes with privilege.   Privilege that we take for granted, privilege we take advantage of every living moment of our lives.  Privilege we are taught NEVER to see.  But privilege is something we can and must change, privilege is something we can learn to see, and then learn how to speak up and show up and stand up when white privilege and white supremacy take action to trample and endanger people of color.
(Read on . .  .)

Upcoming Events & Important Dates

May 28th: One Sunday service only at 10 am; last day of RE classes (also at 10 am with the exception of the 1st/2nd grade OWL class which meets at 11 am)
June 1st: Social Justice Film, 7 pm in Eliot Hall
June 4th: Pride Sunday. One shortened Sunday service only at 9 am to allow for participation in the Pride Parade; childcare provided for young children
June 11th: One Sunday service only at 10 am; childcare provided for young children; End of Year Church Picnic at the Mt. Olympus Pavilion at Sugarhouse Park following the service
June 18th: Summer Forum begins - Summer Forum runs each Sunday at 10:00 am from June 18th - August 20th and features speakers on a various topics. Childcare is provided for young children
July 21- 24th: Annual Church Campout
 

First Monday of each month: Family Fun Night
2nd Monday of each month: Board of Trustees Meeting; 5:30 pm in Room 201
2nd Tuesday of each month: Women's Sacred Circle 5:30 pm in the Haven (may meet offsite during summer months)
3rd Monday of each month: Anti-Racism Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm in Room 207
 
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First Unitarian Church
of Salt Lake City


Rev. Tom Goldsmith
Minister
minister@slcuu.org


Julie Miller
Director of Religious Education
dre@slcuu.org


David Owens
Director of Music
music@slcuu.org


Hal Gonzales
Church Administrator
administrator@slcuu.org



More info about staff can be found here: First Unitarian Church Staff

 

Board of Trustees

Sue Geary
Board President
board@slcuu.org


Tim Chambless
Jan Crane
Teresa Dieringer
Peter Esko
Rebecca Heal
Don Walton

More info about our Board of Trustees can be found here: First UU Board of Trustees

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