Chalice News and Notes 3.7.25
Chalice Admin
We Nurture Spiritually Courageous People
Who Transform the World through
Justice and Compassion
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Upcoming Events
March 8 - Citizen’s Climate Lobby - 9 am Zoom
March 9 - Families Care makes kits for the unhoused - donations requested! Distributed during coffee hour in the Lounge
March 14 - Family Friday! - 5:30 in the Lounge
Please RSVP no later than 3/12:
March 16 - Crossing Paths - during RE (lasts one hour) in room 4
March 16 - Open Mic Nite - 6 pm in the Lounge
March 21 - Community Forum: “California’s Path Forward” - 7 pm Zoom
Please register for the forum in advance here:
https://bit.ly/CAPathForwardImpactsofProject2025
March 23 - Neighborhood Networks - after service hybrid
SUNDAY SERVICE
Onsite & Online ~ 10 am
Michael Eselun
Face the Music and Dance
Popular guest speaker, and UCLA oncology chaplain, Michael Eselun will explore the dance we do between acceptance and self-compassion. If we reach for acceptance of our circumstances as a pathway to inner peace, what part does self-compassion play?
Link for the Zoom Meeting at 10 am:
https://zoom.us/j/209555249?pwd=dkVSdDE1ZWh5dHBVcXo2ZHVKQUJkQT09
Meeting ID: 209 555 249
Phone: 16699009128
Password: 2020
You can also view our Livestream on FB: https://www.facebook.com/ChaliceUUF
Donations Requested: socks, rain ponchos, beanies, warm gloves, shampoo/ conditioner, bars of soap, hand sanitizer, toothbrushes, nail clippers, nail files, hair ties, band-aids, tissues, cotton swabs, lip balm, pens, hand lotion, sunscreen
In travel sizes…
Sign up to donate:
Families Care Donations Sign Up Genius
Hi Chalice Members!
You may have seen the announcement in News & Notes on February 28th regarding the clean-up work at Chalice. If not, here is a link to that N&N: N&N 2.28.25.
This link will take you to pictures of the current items we wish to remove from the building: Pictures of Chalice Items:
Please take a look, and reach out to BBU...@chaliceuu.org if you or your committee/group use them at Chalice, or want them for yourself.
Timing is of the essence.
Please keep your eyes on News & Notes for future items, or save the “Pictures of Chalice Items” link to see latest items up for grabs.
Thank you,
Your Better Building Use Team
(aka BBUT)
Stay informed as a Chalice Member:
Leadership Documents can be accessed from our website, click on the Members pull-down, then Members Resources to reach our Google Members Shared Drive. Members Shared Drive
Get more involved and connected: view some opportunities here:
We hope this is helpful. Please feel free to reach out if you need assistance or have questions: Pres...@chaliceuu.org, and Trea...@chaliceuu.org for Financial questions.
Take the Chalice Interest and Skills Survey: A way for newer members to find ways to get involved. How would you like to contribute, work with others, be in community and stay involved at Chalice? Click: Here
Take the Chalice Involvement in Groups, Committees, Social Justice and more Survey: How you are engaging with Chalice at this time. Click: Here
Looking for ways to put your love into action? Check out these opportunities!
https://bit.ly/LoveInActionOpportunities
Chalice Lighting
To start your day, a meeting, or before a meal
While Joseph Campbell notes that “All life is sorrowful,” he
also proclaims that, “one has to affirm, with a yea! a dance! a …
dance of the mystic bliss beyond pain that is at the heart of
every mythic rite.” Perhaps that would be an aspirational
description of what it means to gather here in community… a
dance, a mythic rite as we come together with our joys and
sorrows in tow… a willingness to contain all of that-- with one
another in community. So, we light our chalice today as a
reminder, a source of light, a centerpiece around which our
spirits might engage in that dance.
~ Jill Schlaus
Neighborhood Networks Dot Sunday
Stay after service Sunday March 23
to connect with your neighbors!
It is a great opportunity to connect with Chalice members and friends who live near you and get to know each other in a smaller group setting.
There will be both in person and virtual options.
Any questions? Reach out to Sharon Slentz who is our
Neighborhood Network Director.
We will no longer read texts and Zoom chat joys and sorrows.
Instead 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.
Chalice Families Are Invited to Join the As One Harmony Choir
We welcome ‘As One Harmony’ to Chalice. Chalice families are offered the opportunity to participate in any of the choirs!
Contact director, Katie Phillipson at katherine....@gmail.com.
California’s Path Forward
and the Impact of Project 2025
Jacqui Irwin
Assemblymember, District 42, California State Assembly
Deborah Klein Lopez
Councilmember, Agoura Hills City Council
Adriene Coulter
Indivisible Ventura Co-Founder
Friday, March 21st – 7:00 p.m. PT (via Zoom)
As our leaders in Sacramento prepare for the new year, we’ll discuss how the fires and the anti- democratic actions from Washington D.C. with Project 2025 have impacted our path forward.
Topics to include
· California’s vision for this year
· What’s in “Project 2025”
· What are the impacts in California
· What are the impacts locally
· What we can do to protect democracy
Please register for the forum in advance here:
https://bit.ly/CAPathForwardImpactsofProject2025
Next Meeting of Moonflower
April 24th at 7pm
Moonflower is a group of supportive women who join together and share around a chosen topic. Moonflower is canceled for March as many of our friends will be at the Women's Retreat. Our next meeting will be at Vanessa Otto's home in Camarillo at 7 PM on April 24. Are you new to Chalice? Please join us! You can email sharon...@gmail.com and she will put you on the mailing list.
Thank you,
Sharon
GRATITUDE CIRCLES
With Reverend Nica & Sam Dickerson
Link to Register: https://grateful.org/gathering/nica-eaton
Limited to 14 spaces so don’t wait!
Rev Nica and Sam invite you to join them for once a month Gratitude Circles, based on a program by Grateful Living. This is an opportunity for an intimate gathering of folks, sharing gratitude and appreciation for life in the midst of struggle. First come first served.
If we reach the limit, those signing up after will be added to a waiting list.
Hollywood Bowl Season
Please Respond with interest by March 14th!
Tis the season for food, wine, fellowship and music under the stars!
Join your UU friends and family for a picnic and a world class concert this summer at the iconic Hollywood Bowl. Check the list below, and email Anthony at musicd...@chaliceuu.org with the concerts you’re interested in. The concerts we attend, as well as the rates won’t be determined until we determine the numbers of attendees. Submitting your interest in not a commitment to purchase tickets. 3/14/25 is the deadline for submitting your interest, but please submit ASAP. Final decisions and costs will be made 3/16/25 with payments due 3/17/25.
(We typically meet 1.5-2 hours before showtime for the picnic)
Opening Night w/Hugh Jackman-6/7/25 8pm
John Fogerty- 7/6/25 7:30pm
Bugs Bunny at the Symphony- 7/11/25 8pm; 7/12/25 8pm
Tchaikovsky w/Fireworks- 7/18/25 8pm
Diana Ross- 7/25/25 8pm; 7/26/25 8pm
I Want My ‘80s- 7/27/25 7:30pm
Cynthia Erivo in Jesus Christ Superstar- 8/1/25 8pm; 8/2/25 8pm; 8/3/25 7:30pm
Dudamel Conducts Ellington and Ravel- 8/5/25 8pm
Jurassic Park Live in Concert- 8/8/25 8pm; 8/9/25 8pm
Gustavo, Yuja & the Bolivars- 8/12/25 8pm
Alabama Shakes- 8/13/25 8pm
Rachmaninoff- 8/19/25 8pm; 8/21/25 8pm
Maestro of the Movies John Williams- 8/22/25 8pm; 8/23/25 8pm
Cyndi Lauper 9/29/25 8pm; 9/30/25 8pm
Mozart’s Requiem 9/4/25 8pm
Josh Groban w/LA Phil- 9/5/25 8pm; 9/6/25 8pm
Chicago w/Fireworks- 9/12/25 8pm; 9/13/25 8pm; 9/14/25 7:30pm
Chalice has many Social Action groups
to engage with on a monthly basis!
Racial & Cultural Justice Team: 1st Monday zoom meetings at 5:30pm each month.
BIPOC UU Tri-County Collaborative: currently on hiatus
The Citizen’s 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.
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/
Citizens Climate Lobby
Meets Saturday, March 8th at 9am
Meetings are open to anyone interested in saving our planet!
Here is the sign-on info:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82274752266?pwd=YUR1enR2RXFQLzN1a0xTK0NiYXRqZz09
Or:
Meeting ID: 822 7475 2266
Passcode: 271577
Other ways to get involved or stay connected:
Take the Chalice Interest and Skills Survey: A way for newer members to find ways to get involved. How would you like to contribute, work with others, be in community and stay involved at Chalice? Click: Here
Take the Chalice Involvement in Groups, Committees, Social Justice and more Survey: How you are engaging with Chalice at this time. Click: Here
Visiting or new to Chalice and wish to receive and share more about yourself? Take this survey: Let's Get Connected
If you have special news to share with the congregation in Sunday services please write to ad...@chaliceuu.org or Rev Nica at mini...@chaliceuu.org.
Or reach out to us here:
Chalice Office # (805) 498-9548 - Messages will be checked regularly.
Rev. Nica Eaton, Minister, mini...@chaliceuu.org
Anthony Concepcion, Music Director musicd...@chaliceuu.org
Samantha Dickerson, Director of Lifespan Religious Exploration d...@chaliceuu.org
Ana Krista Johnson, Office Administrator ad...@chaliceuu.org or bookkeeper, bookk...@chaliceuu.org
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