This Week at UUSMV, Friday, September 10, 2021

UUSMV Community

Guest at Your Table – Sharing the Abundance of Our Lives
Did you enjoy a safe home, beautiful weather, and happy times with family and friends this summer? Lots of people on our planet didn’t. Please consider collecting loose coins (and paper bills) for the UU Service Committee’s Guest at Your Table campaign this month.
Thanks from the UUSMV Universal Justice Network

Reverend Rob in the News
Read the Martha's Vineyard Times article Have Faith: Meet the Rev. Dr. Robert Hardies
Unitarian Universalist church welcomes interim minister while they search for a more long-term leader.
https://www.mvtimes.com/2021/09/01/faith-meet-rev-dr-robert-hardies/

Rev. Hardies Contact Information and Office Hours (virtual and in-person!)
Dear Friends,
Please be aware that I serve UUSMV on a half-time contract. If you contact me on a day I’m not working, you can generally expect to hear back from me on my next UUSMV work day. If you have a pastoral emergency or a time sensitive matter that requires attention before my next work day, please call or text me and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.
My availability for September is as follows:
Week of September 12: Monday September 13

**I will be on the Vineyard from Friday September 17 through Wednesday September 22, and available for appointments Saturday through Wednesday. During that time, I hope to connect with as many of you as possible, in small groups and one-on-one. Please contact me to schedule a face-to-face appointment!**

Week of September 26: Tuesday September 28, Thursday September 30

Thank you!
My UUSMV contact information is:
Email: revrobuusmv@gmail.com
Mobile: 202-294-9032

ROB

A Long Talk about The Uncomfortable Truth

This is an anti-racism activation experience. Please sign up individually. There is NO COST. There is pre-work, a multi-media collection of content reflecting the truth about the history of racism in the United States and the impact it continues to have on our society today. There are 3 sessions where all the participants will be on zoom for in person learning and sharing.
These are the October dates: Wednesdays Oct 6, 13, and 20. You can register now. You will receive the pre-work when you register.
The November dates are Thursdays: 4, 11, 18.
Barb Caseau and I took the September course which finished 9/9.
This is really excellent and unlike any other course I have taken. I recommend all of our membership would get a great deal of learning about racism and how it affects us all today. You will get new tools that will enable you have a discussion with a family member or neighbor who exhibits racist thoughts or feelings. Contact Barb or I for further information or questions.
- Rita Brown

In Our Island Community

Sacred Ground Martha's Vineyard Fall 2021

Don't miss this chance to sign up for the second Scared Ground program series, a film-based dialogue series on race and faith and part of the 'Becoming Beloved Community' initiative of The Episcopal Church, a long-term commitment to racial healing, reconciliation, and justice in our personal lives, our ministries, and our society. Email to register: Sacredgroundmv@gmail.com

MV CROP Hunger-Walk-A-Thon FUNDRAISING is Oct. 1-17
MV Crop Walk Day on Sunday October 17
Every day, countless people face the uncertainties brought on by poverty and food insecurity. Many people around the world must walk long distances-to find work, to access clean water, or to get their next meal from a local food pantry or soup kitchen.
UUSMV has participated in Crop Walks for many years. This year we are encouraging each of us to join with others across the island on Sunday October 17. We may not be joining as a team, but there will be many islanders to walk with!
WALK. GIVE. CHANGE THE WORLD!
To find out more about the CROP Walk on Martha’s Vineyard, including raising money or donating to the Walk, please go to the web site: events.crophungerwalk.org
You can join a team walking, find a participant to support or make a generous donation! Please let us know if you are walking so others from UUSMV might join you!