Happy January!
Last week-end we started on our social justice project, The Butterfly Effect. Our goal is to lead our congregation in making 500-1000 paper butterflies to bring attention to immigration policies towards families and children. Each Sunday until we return in person, we will be making different kinds of butterflies. Learn more about the project below.
This Sunday we officially kick-off our 30 Days of Love as part of the Siding with Love UUA program. For those of you who don't know, Siding With Love was formed after a deadly shooting in the Tennessee Valley UU Church in 2008. It is part of the UUA's social justice programs separate from the work done by the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) which is more international in focus. Learn more about Side With Love here.
Omicron numbers are still climbing so please stay safe. Get an N95 mask as the cloth masks do not seem to help with this highly contagious variant. And get your booster shots too! 💉 We hope that we will start seeing this variant wave diminish soon.
May we share Love and Kindness in this New Year.
Last week-end we started on our social justice project, The Butterfly Effect. Our goal is to lead our congregation in making 500-1000 paper butterflies to bring attention to immigration policies towards families and children. Each Sunday until we return in person, we will be making different kinds of butterflies. Learn more about the project below.
This Sunday we officially kick-off our 30 Days of Love as part of the Siding with Love UUA program. For those of you who don't know, Siding With Love was formed after a deadly shooting in the Tennessee Valley UU Church in 2008. It is part of the UUA's social justice programs separate from the work done by the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) which is more international in focus. Learn more about Side With Love here.
Omicron numbers are still climbing so please stay safe. Get an N95 mask as the cloth masks do not seem to help with this highly contagious variant. And get your booster shots too! 💉 We hope that we will start seeing this variant wave diminish soon.
May we share Love and Kindness in this New Year.
Catherine Bonner
Director of Religious Education
(941) 720-8437
catherinebuucs@gmail.com
Director of Religious Education
(941) 720-8437
catherinebuucs@gmail.com
RESURGENT CO-VID!! CAMPUS CLOSED
To keep everyone safe, the church has suspended in-person services for the month of January. We will hold RE Zoom meetings until we can meet again on campus.
To keep everyone safe, the church has suspended in-person services for the month of January. We will hold RE Zoom meetings until we can meet again on campus.
Religious Education: 11:00am via Zoom
Being Kind- Living with Intention
We encourage everyone to watch the Youtube worship service starting at 10:45am before joining us for our Religious Education Zoom call at 11:00am. In R.E. we will watch the video, Ian, and then will have a discussion on what being kind really is about, how we feel when kindness is shown to us, and the concept of "paying it forward". Our art project will be to make more butterflies for our Social Action project- The Butterfly Effect... shining the light on immigration. Come with paper of all kinds, tape, scissors, and a sense of fun.
No matter your age, ALL ARE WELCOME to join us if you are in line with our UU values and principles. Not on our current religious education mailing list? Sign-up here to get the Zoom link. Call Catherine Bonner at (941) 720-8437 if you have any questions.
We encourage everyone to watch the Youtube worship service starting at 10:45am before joining us for our Religious Education Zoom call at 11:00am. In R.E. we will watch the video, Ian, and then will have a discussion on what being kind really is about, how we feel when kindness is shown to us, and the concept of "paying it forward". Our art project will be to make more butterflies for our Social Action project- The Butterfly Effect... shining the light on immigration. Come with paper of all kinds, tape, scissors, and a sense of fun.
No matter your age, ALL ARE WELCOME to join us if you are in line with our UU values and principles. Not on our current religious education mailing list? Sign-up here to get the Zoom link. Call Catherine Bonner at (941) 720-8437 if you have any questions.
The UU Church of Sarasota is starting a Butterfly Effect Project lead by our Religious Education children and families and supported by our Social Justice Committee. Our goal is to have our congregation make 500-1000 butterflies that we would put on display and then use to get the attention of our elected leaders about immigration policies in our community, state and country. We will be making butterflies each week and then will hold a congregation wide event when our campus is back open again. Here are several tutorials on how to make different types of butterflies. Be creative!!
Tutorial 1
Tutorial 2
Tutorial 3
Tutorial 4
What is the Butterfly Effect: Migration is Beautiful Project? The butterfly effect is the idea that a small change can lead to a much bigger change.
San Francisco Bay Area youth started the Butterfly Effect: Migration is Beautiful project in 2019 as a way to stand up for migrant children being detained at the US southern border. The youth started with a goal of creating 15,000 butterflies as a visual representation of what was happening to children at the US southern border. Butterflies symbolize that migration is beautiful, and they are all different and beautiful in their own way, just like people.
Over the past few years, hundreds of kids and adults across the world created over 60,000 butterflies as symbols of friendship and solidarity. These hand-made butterflies were then displayed across the country in libraries, schools, community centers, and at in the US Russell Senate Rotunda in an effort to show our support for kids at the border and raise awareness of the conditions they are facing. We delivered butterflies to elected officials in all 50 states, and even to the White House. We’ve also sent butterflies to kids in detention centers in the US.
Our message to kids entering the US is that we see you, we care about you and we welcome you. All kids should be free and with the people who love them.
Learn more about the Butterfly Effect project here.
Tutorial 1
Tutorial 2
Tutorial 3
Tutorial 4
What is the Butterfly Effect: Migration is Beautiful Project? The butterfly effect is the idea that a small change can lead to a much bigger change.
San Francisco Bay Area youth started the Butterfly Effect: Migration is Beautiful project in 2019 as a way to stand up for migrant children being detained at the US southern border. The youth started with a goal of creating 15,000 butterflies as a visual representation of what was happening to children at the US southern border. Butterflies symbolize that migration is beautiful, and they are all different and beautiful in their own way, just like people.
Over the past few years, hundreds of kids and adults across the world created over 60,000 butterflies as symbols of friendship and solidarity. These hand-made butterflies were then displayed across the country in libraries, schools, community centers, and at in the US Russell Senate Rotunda in an effort to show our support for kids at the border and raise awareness of the conditions they are facing. We delivered butterflies to elected officials in all 50 states, and even to the White House. We’ve also sent butterflies to kids in detention centers in the US.
Our message to kids entering the US is that we see you, we care about you and we welcome you. All kids should be free and with the people who love them.
Learn more about the Butterfly Effect project here.
SOCIAL ACTION YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN.....
Learn more about Sarasota Students 4 Climate. click here.
The Sarasota Peace Center has an events calendar of justice activities and webinars happening in our local community and schools. Check out what is going on!
UU Justice Florida is a statewide justice ministry for members of 44 Unitarian Universalist congregations in Florida in partnership with other interfaith and public interest organizations to promote justice, equity and compassion in public policy. UUJF focuses on a limited number of core issues each year to educate, organize, and advocate for policies consistent with and supportive of Unitarian Universalist values. Check out their legislative and other initiatives here.
Mothers Demand Action for gun sense in America. This is a national organization but there is a local chapter. Check out their webpage for upcoming events. https://momsdemandaction.org/
UU Justice Florida is a statewide justice ministry for members of 44 Unitarian Universalist congregations in Florida in partnership with other interfaith and public interest organizations to promote justice, equity and compassion in public policy. UUJF focuses on a limited number of core issues each year to educate, organize, and advocate for policies consistent with and supportive of Unitarian Universalist values. Check out their legislative and other initiatives here.
Mothers Demand Action for gun sense in America. This is a national organization but there is a local chapter. Check out their webpage for upcoming events. https://momsdemandaction.org/