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South Fraser Unitarians are on summer hiatus. We carry the light of truth, the warmth of community, and the fire of commitment in our hearts until we are together again. |
July 29, 2022 |
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Summer Spirit |
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Every week during the summer, we’ll suggest ways to feed your spirit through awareness. Try it! You may be surprised at how your eyes and heart open to the season. |
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Re-Gathering News |
The Worship Arts Team and the Board are moving forward with the exploration of the idea of holding WATCH PARTIES of our Sunday services beginning in September. What will this look like? The services will take place on Zoom just as they have been over the last couple of years, so you can participate in our services from home. In addition, you’ll have the option of gathering with others (and Rev. Samaya) at Sunnyside and watching the Zoom service on a large screen television together. We'll keep you posted as we move forward with these investigations. Please feel free to reach out to our Board President, Dianne, and/or our Minister, the Rev. Samaya Oakley, with further questions. |
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Our Summer Pics |
| Karin W is tending a lush garden this summer! |
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| Dianne D relaxing with some morning brew in Newfoundland. |
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| Carrie P reports that her new retirement residence has a lovely interior garden in full bloom. This bank of hydrangeas has many hues of purple, pink, and blue. |
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“We want to thank you so sincerely for the support you have sent our way in the form of tasty meals, thoughtful cards and letters, and kind messages and calls. We have appreciated each one so much and feel wrapped in the love of community. Thank you, Gord and Ann B” |
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| Rev. Samaya attended the July Eliot Institute and sent this photo of a perfect Washington sunset at Seabeck. (There is still room at August Eliot…see below.) |
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Dianne sent this photo of a spider web in a porthole at the north end of Texada Island on the good boat Anomandra’s Blues. |
We want to see your summer adventures. If you take photos this season, please send copies to Smitty at admin@surreyunitarians.ca to be featured in the Summer Chalice! |
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The Eliot Institute |
It’s not too late to register for August Eliot 2022: “Music Lessons & Rhythm Revelations: with Matthew Meyer, beginning on Saturday, August 06, 2022. Our very own Rev. Samaya is one of the Deans for this camp. |
Eliot Institute is a non-profit corporation affiliated with the Pacific Northwest District of the Unitarian Universalist Association. It is managed by a volunteer board of directors made up of representatives from the established conferences held each year. Eliot Institute has been presenting camps and conferences since 1947, and currently holds camps each year at Seabeck. |
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Hot Enough For You? |
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BC has been experiencing more “heat events” in recent years (days that are hotter than normal temperatures for the region). There are two types of heat alerts in BC. Heat Warnings occur when daytime and overnight temperatures are higher than usual, but they are not getting hotter every day. Take the usual steps to stay cool. Extreme Heat Emergencies occur when daytime and overnight temperatures are higher than usual, and they get hotter every day. In this case, you should follow an emergency plan. Your plan may include: Identify a cooler space in your home and prepare it so you can stay there at night. Find an air-conditioned spot close by where you can cool off on very hot days. Consider staying with family or friends or find places in your community to spend time such as movie theatres, libraries, community centres, or shopping malls. Practice opening doors and windows to move cool air in at night and shutting windows during the day to prevent hot outdoor air from coming inside.
And make sure to check in with people you know who may be susceptible to heat. For more information about how to prepare for the heat, click the button below. |
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If you want to have your special day included in the monthly birthday notice, make sure to send the date to Smitty at admin@surreyunitarians.ca. |
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| Our UU History: Maria MitchellMaria Mitchell was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts on August 1, 1818. She was a noted astronomer and discovered the comet that is now called Mitchell’s Comet on October 1, 1847. She worked for the American Nautical Almanac and the US Coastal Survey. Although she never attended college, Vassar College appointed Mitchell as its first professor of astronomy and director of the observatory (1865). She was also the first woman elected to membership in the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the American Philosophical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Women. She had a reputation as a great teacher and used radical methods, insisting that women could learn as much and as well as men. She did not join a Unitarian church, but after disagreement with her Quaker meeting as a youth, she asserted her affinity with Unitarianism and attended the Unitarian Church in Nantucket. She died on June 28, 1887. |
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Summer Art Series |
Watch here for our Summer Art Series — throughout July and August — featuring summer-themed visual arts. |
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Summer Street Scene in Harlem 194820 1/16 x 24 1/8 in. (51 x 61.2 cm.) Painting: Tempera on gesso panel |
Jacob Armstead Lawrence is among the best known twentieth-century African-American painters, known for his modernist illustrations of everyday life as well as narratives of African-American history and historical figures. (Wikipedia) This painting, one of his most famous, incorporates the flattened surfaces, distorted shapes, and bold colors of modernism to capture the energy and vitality of life in Harlem, New York. The work was so famous, in fact, that it even inspired poetry like this by Cornelius Eady. |
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| Rev. Samaya OakleyRev. Samaya will be on vacation/study leave from July 3rd to August 15th. She will be available in case of an emergency. |
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Deadline for submissions for each edition of the Chalice Lighter is noon on Wednesdays. To send a submission email (admin@surreyunitarians.ca). |
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