Chalice News and Notes 11.7.25
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Upcoming Events
Nov 7 - Community Forum: “Data Safety” - 7:00 p.m. Hybrid
Please Register in Advance: https://bit.ly/DataSafetyBesaferandsmarteronlineandontheground
Nov 8 - Conejo Valley Community Action Fair - 12 to 3pm - Lakeside Pavillion - Conejo Creek North Park, 1379 E Janss Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
Nov 9 - Unmasking the Barriers to Investing in Peace Workshop - 12 -2 pm in the Sanctuary with Rev. Ellie Kilpatrick & Rev. Nica
Nov 15 - Chalice Annual Auction - 5-9 pm at Borchard Community Center - Volunteer Sign Up Here!
Chalice Auction: buy tickets and bid online here
Nov 16 - Family Lunch and Lounge - 11:30 to 1 pm in Room 1 (upstairs)
Nov 16 - Starting Point Session #2 - 12-2 in the Nest
Nov 16 - Open Mic Nite - 6pm in the Lounge
Nov 21 & 22 - Special Community Forum (do not miss!) :
Aliens, Immigrants & Other Evildoers
8 pm both nights at Chalice
Ticket Info: https://bit.ly/AliensImmigrantsandOtherEvildoers
Chalice Community Forum
Data Safety: Be safer and smarter
online and on-the-ground
Victor Solis
Community Organizer with Indivisible Ventura & 805Undocufund
Friday, November 7th – 7:00 p.m. PT (In person* and via Zoom)
Learn how to protect your personal data and privacy in our current digital age. As state surveillance increases, discover how to be safer online, guard your privacy, and confidently exercise your first amendment rights. Get recommendations and tips for protecting your devices and communications with loved ones.
Safety practice topics to include
· Social media
· Email & messaging
· Internet sites, search engines, shopping
· Mobile phone
*Event location: Chalice UU – 3331 Old Conejo Rd, Newbury Park
Please register for the forum in advance here:
https://bit.ly/DataSafetyBesaferandsmarteronlineandontheground
SUNDAY SERVICE
Onsite & Online ~ 10 am
Reverend Ellie Kilpatrick & Reverend Nica Eaton
Rev. Ellie Kilpatrick joins Rev. Nica to share her journey within her Jewish identity about Israel and Palestine, and how love called her to grow in her understanding of peace. Join us for this important ongoing conversation.
The registration link below will allow you to register for the service with your preferred email address. A service link will then be sent to that email. This service link will be active 5 minutes prior to the service. As an added benefit, you’ll be sent a recording of the service after it is done streaming!
Registration Link for the StreamYard Meeting:
You can also view our Livestream on FB: https://www.facebook.com/ChaliceUUF
Note: Special Collection this Sunday!
Since 1988, the Middle East Children’s Alliance has been working to protect the rights and improve the lives of children in the Middle East through aid, empowerment, and education. MECA staff and partners in Gaza are providing direct aid including clean drinking water, food, and medical supplies. Find out more at: https://www.mecaforpeace.org/
Chalice Lighting
To start your day, a meeting, or before a meal
Until "All" Means All
The chalice, as a symbol of Unitarian Universalism,
arose as a beacon of hope in an atmosphere of tyranny.
The chalice arose as a sign of promise
that the marginalized would neither be forgotten nor ignored,
because they are beloved and precious from the perspective of the Holy.
This morning, we remember all of the people
who have been told explicitly—
or implicitly, through police violence or government policy;
through derision or dehumanization;
that they’re anything less than whole; anything less than beloved.
As we each light a chalice in our homes,
may we make of our lives a beacon:
a symbol of our promise to draw the circle wide;
a sign that we will not rest until “all” means all.
~ Rev. Erika Hewitt
Unmasking the Barriers to
Investing in Peace - Workshop
November 9th from 12 to 2pm
In the Sanctuary
Please join Rev. Ellie Kilpatrick and Rev. Nica Eaton for a workshop exploring and breaking down the barriers to collaborative and caring work towards meaningful peace in Israel/Palestine.
The workshop will be both informative and interactive.
Come to engage the meaningful work that love calls us towards, and how we can care for ourselves and each other in the process.
Please bring a bagged lunch.
Join us for our annual AUCTION!
ONLINE Auction is Open!
We are getting excited for our biggest fundraiser of the year - our Auction.
Our Silent Auction Is Currently Open!
Bid here ➜ View & Bid
While you’re at it:
Early-bird ticket perk — buy before Nov 1 to enter our Early-Bird Prize drawing
Volunteer for event night (easy 1–2 hr shifts): ➜ SignUpGenius Link
Preview the Live Auction headliners, Mexico 7-night resort stay & Washington State cottage week
Event Night: Sat, Nov 15, 5:00–9:00 PM · Borchard Community Center
Questions or tech help? Just email auc...@chaliceuu.org.
With gratitude,
Katie Smith
Auction Chair, Chalice UU Newbury Park
auc...@chaliceuu.org | 805-341-9970
Conejo Valley Community Action Fair
Location: Conejo Creek North Park,
1379 E Janss Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
Date: Saturday, November 8th, 2025
Time: 12 to 3pm
Speakers start around 12:30pm
Rev. Nica will be speaking for Chalice
Come join us for an event for the community, by the community!
“There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.” - Margaret J. Wheatley
The Conejo Valley Community Action Fair is an opportunity to come together, share ideas and discover what we care about as a community. We’ll learn how progressive organizations in the Conejo Valley and Ventura County provide information and resources that make us safe and ensure that our voices are heard. We’ll listen to speakers from local organizations, including Rev. Nica, network with our neighbors and exchange ideas that will help us bring about positive change in our community.
For More Information: https://communityactionfair.com/
Help Spread Joy over the Holidays
Give the Gift of Nourishment
We'll be collecting $25 GROCERY gift cards from 11/10 to 12/7. Many Mansions will distribute these cards to families in our community. If you can donate a GROCERY gift card from Ralphs, Vons, Albertsons, etc. that's perfect! Cards can be placed in the locked box by the church office or put in our Chalice gift box on Sundays. Help us add stripes to our candy cane - one stripe for each gift card. For more ways to engage, you can check: Holiday Helpers - Many Mansions
How to Respond to ICE in Our Community - Lutheran Church
Ventura County Interfaith Community
Do all dogs go to heaven? Inquiring minds want to know! But seriously, what do our faith traditions have to say about our relationship to the animal kingdom? Come join the Ventura County Interfaith Community as it explores what three faiths (Jainism, Christianity, and the Bahá'í faith) have to say about this topic. The forum will begin at 7:00 PM on November 11th and will take place at St. Columba's Episcopal Church (1251 Las Posas Rd., Camarillo). The event is free and all are welcome!
You can learn more about this organization here: https://www.vcic.info/
Starting Point Session #2
November 16th - in the Nest
Aliens, Immigrants & Other Evildoers
A special presentation of the Community Forum
Two performances only!
At Chalice
Friday, November 21 – 8pm
Saturday, November 22 – 8 pm
Sci-Fi Latino Noir Performance
Written & Performed by
José Torres-Tama
Torres-Tama treads that dangerously vague turf of performance art gracefully… He takes Latino life on a magical mystery tour with dexterity and daring.
---The Village Voice (New York)
ALIENS, IMMIGRANTS & OTHER EVILDOERS is an inventive Sci-Fi Noir performance solo that exposes the hypocrisies of a system that vilifies the same people whose labor it readily exploits.
In a scintillating, utterly absorbing seventy-five minutes, Mr. Torres-Tama dissects the current immigrant situation from a personal viewpoint that reaches back through American history to its earliest days and follows that thread to the present moment… José Torres-Tama is a performance artist of the highest caliber.
--Theatre Notes (Los Angeles)
“…One moment we were on the verge of tears, the next, we were laughing uncontrollably. On a visceral level Torre—Tama’s work aims for the heart; on the cerebral level, it blows minds.”
--Dr. William Stark
Dept. of Modern & Classical Languages
University of Rhode Island
Ticket Info: https://bit.ly/AliensImmigrantsandOtherEvildoers
Food & Toiletries Drive for Adelante Comunidad Conejo
Donations are needed for vulnerable families. Needed items: Baby Formula, Bagged Beans, Bagged Rice, Deodorant, Diapers, Dish and Laundry Soap, Feminine Hygiene Products, Paper Towels, Reusable Grocery Bags, Shampoo, Soap, and Toilet Paper.
Drop donations inside the Chalice lobby on Wednesdays from 10am to 8pm or after service on Sundays.
Please make sure the items are not expired.
If you can help with temporary storage and/or pick up and delivery of items, please contact Clint at citize...@protonmail.com
Chalice Men’s Group
An invitation to join a newly forming Men’s Group
for all who identify as “man/men.”
Here is the link to a Survey to share your interest. Men'sGroupSurvey
Contact Matt Chapa for more information: chapam...@gmail.com
Democracy In Action
If you're feeling overwhelmed by the political climate and unsure of how to take action, you're not alone. To help sift through all of the information, the Democracy in Action Team is sending out details each week on what actionable items you can take to fight political division and its threats to equal rights, our values, and democracy. It lists upcoming in-person, local events, as well as important calls you can make to your representatives. If you'd like to receive these emails, please email Kelly Niebergall at kellyni...@gmail.com. Let's resist together.
Love In Action Link
Looking for ways to put your love into action? Check out these opportunities!
https://bit.ly/LoveInActionOpportunities
Chalice has many Social Action groups
to engage with on a monthly basis!
Racial & Cultural Justice Team: 1st Wednesday Zoom meetings at 5:30pm each month.
The Citizens Climate Lobby Meeting: 2nd Saturday of the month - 9 am
Chalice Climate Action Team Meeting: 4th Sunday of the Month @ 12:30 Community Forum Team Meeting: 3rd Mondays at 7:00 p.m.
BIPOC UU Tri-County Collaborative: currently on hiatus
Contact Justice...@chaliceuu.org for more information
Consider joining the Chalice Social Justice Facebook group. To learn about latest events supporting Black Lives Matter, Climate Justice, and other concerns, click on:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1260868657268458/
Put this on your Calendar!
Joys & Sorrows
Please email any joys and sorrows prior to service by 8 am on Sunday mornings to this address: j...@chaliceuu.org.
You may still fill out cards if you are attending in person.
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