Sunday Service
Flower Communion & Easter
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Sunday, March 31st
10:30am
Join us in person or Zoom!
This Sunday as part of Easter we hold our Flower Communion. We ask everyone to please bring a flower or two with them to the service. These can be from your garden or the store. They can be weeds you love, vegetables that enhance a bouquet, or whatever you celebrate as bringing beauty!
Flower Communion is one of the UU "Holy Days". It honors spring, growth and new life. Join us as we share this ritual together, and be sure to have a flower next to your computer screen or bring it in hand to the building.
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A Brief Introduction to Northlake
Sunday, March 31st
11:45am
Theo Parker Room
We encourage people to become members, but we shall not push. We welcome and appreciate those who wish to be part of the Northlake community without taking the formal step of membership.
We anticipate 30-40 minutes. Childcare will be available. To help us plan, please reply with names of participants and ages of any children requiring childcare.
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Sunday, April 7th
12noon
Sanctuary
Congregational Meeting: Board and Nominating Committee Elections
Updated Mission and Vision Statements
Stewardship Campaign Kickoff
Lunch and childcare will be provided |
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Sunday Potluck
April 7th (Yes! A week early!)
Please bring food to share on April 7th. We will eat together before the Congregational Meeting that will begin around noon.
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Making Good Trouble
A collective program in defense of democracy, coordinated by the Women’s Group, Meaningful Movies and Ministerial staff
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Meaningful Movies, Good Troubles: Sunday, April 21st 4:00 The Meaningful Movies Project will show "Good Troubles" about John Lewis and his voting campaign available to all sites as a group event in person or by zoom. Democracy First will help lead the panel.
Faithful Democracy: Northlake is coordinating a Kirkland Faith-based entry in the July 4th parade to demonstrate that faith groups are pro-democracy. Plan to join us, and plan to help organize this event by contacting Rev. Nancy at minister@northlakeuu.org
Good Trouble Congregation: Join with us in the UU the Vote program called Good Trouble Congregation. We need to meet two or more criteria in each of the two categories below.
Organizing
- Turn out 5 percent of members at a partner public action / witness Turn out 10 percent of members at UUTV political education event
- GT team table or canvasses at three (or more) public events
- At least 2 congregants are line warmers, poll workers, Election Defenders, or non-partisan poll observers.
- Reach 20 percent volunteer engagement in GT programming
- Act as Ballot Initiative Petition Hub or other ballot-related site
Voter Contact
- Average 20 postcards or letters per member
- Average 200 text messages per member
- Average 20 calls per member
- Average 20 doorknocks per member
- Average 10 ballot petition signatures per member
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Cottage/Social Suppers
Every spring the Northlake community gathers in one another’s homes to share a meal, enjoy the company of one another, and to share in the joy that is being a part of the Northlake community.
All suppers start at 6pm unless otherwise stated. The hosts will provide the main course and attendees will then be tasked with bringing another course for the meal. Please fill-out the signup form by clicking the link here: https://nuuc.breezechms.com/form/12b50b
We look forward to everyone having a great time!
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Saturday, April 20th
1pm
Duwamish Longhouse, 4705 W Marginal Way SW/Seattle
Jacob Johns, Jeff Ferguson and other indigenous Wisdom Keepers will speak of their experiences in last year's UN COP28 (Conference of the Parties) and their plans for this year's UN COP29 at the Duwamish Longhouse. It's informative and a fund raiser. We are invited to attend and, if possible, bring snacks to share. There may also be volunteer opportunities.
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Earth Month with the Zombie Apocalypse Team!
Carbon Calculator & Grab-n-Go Bags: Come learn what your carbon footprint is, and stay to learn how to be prepared to leave home if an emergency happens, or what you need to shelter-in-place. Madeleine Nelson will show us the carbon calculators and Chris Findley will talk about Grab-and-Go bags and supplies. Sunday, April 21st noon.
Earth Sunday: April 21st our worship service will be around celebrating our earth, with guest speaker Rev. Kara Markell. Please bring in leaves, flowers, rocks, sticks or anything of the beauty that surrounds you, and we will build an altar to the earth. We will also plant seeds and focus on our beautiful planet!
Climate Change- The Facts: movie about what's happening with climate change, followed by a discussion with Rev. N and the ZAT, noon on Sunday, April 28th.
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Skill Building for Empathy:
Online class with the Church of the Larger Fellowship
Learning how to give empathy to yourself and others is the foundation to how we begin to repair our fractured society. How we move toward reconciliation and repair will be crucial to transform our society into one that centers community care and love.
This class will be facilitated by Aisha Hauser.
This should be a great class and a great opportunity to connect with CLF. If you aren't able to make this online class, we may also be able to offer a series at Northlake, so please reach out to Margaret at DLRE@northlakeuu.org if you are interested or if you have any questions!
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Ministry Circle
All who are involved in leading the ministry programs of our church are invited to the Ministry Circle gathering after the service on Sunday, April 14th from noon-2:00. We will review the Ministry Manual that has all the policies and program descriptions and talk about hopes for the upcoming months.
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Share-the-Plate
Northlake’s Share-the-Plate recipient for the first four Sundays in March is LifeWire, a non-profit organization based in Bellevue, which has been serving the needs of survivors of domestic violence since 1982. Their clients come from all over East and North King County, seeking help with shelter, housing, advocacy, counseling, and finances. Their website provides details of the services they offer: https://lifewire.org. LifeWire offers emergency shelter, transitional housing, support groups, therapy, legal advocacy, and prevention education.
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