[Fuusm-l] Announce for TDoR & Sunday Nov. 22 2020

[revkat at suddenlinkmail.com]

November 2020 FUUSM Services Zoom Link  
https://zoom.us/j/94822183499?pwd=ZVhkMHZWSnR1bTI5czZWRk1zdFFmQT09
Meeting ID: 948 2218 3499		Passcode: fuusm2323
Dial in by phone from your regional location
By Phone  1-929 205 6099 US (New York)        1-301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
Same Meeting ID (as above): 948 2218 3499	Different Passcode: 772050


TODAY for FUUSM
Friday Nov. 20  (4-5:30pm)  Zoom - use Sunday Service link.	Discussion of the UUA Common Read  
An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States  (copies available at FUUSM)
What does Sovereignty mean for Native people?	  Relations between nations. 
Are you aware of systematic efforts to denigrate and oppress Indigenous people in this country?  Examples.

Transgender Day of Remembrance
Candlelight Vigil CANCELLED Due to COVID Precautions
Fri. Nov. 20  (7-8pm)  Out MOV -Transgender Day of Remembrance candlelight vigil in Bicentennial Park, Parkersburg.
Check out their FB for testimonials about Trans lives.
Fri. Nov. 20 (2-3pm ET)     UUA Chapel - Transgender Day of Remembrance
An annual observance on November 20 honoring the memory of those whose lives were lost in acts of 
anti-transgender violence.  Recording available online.

Transgender Day of Remembrance Prayer
By Sunshine Jeremiah Wolfe - Dir. of Congregational Life for Central East Region, UUA
Friday November 20, 2020

On this Transgender Day of Remembrance,
we remember those who have been murdered for being who they are,
those who face violence on a daily basis,
those who have lost loved ones, and those who worry for loved ones.
May we come to a time when we cease to shame children around gender roles and expression,
where we allow for freedom and exploration of identity and expression,
and to a world that operates from love especially when things are difficult and confusing.
May all of us who live with the threat of violence find support, strength,
community, hope, and safety from violence.


Showing Up! Artists Banding Together for Artists Telethon. 
Sat., Nov. 21, 7-9 pm on Zoom, FB Live and YouTube. All proceeds benefit VoxCorona, which provides emergency support to performing and visual artists during the pandemic. Expanding lineup of performers includes Peter Mayer, Emma's Revolution, Woven Green, Glen Thomas Rideout, Lea Morris, Wendel Werner, Osa the Healer, Honey Extractor, and many more. 
Go to uucf.org/showing-up for information on the event, how to donate, and ways to log on to the event.

GO GREEN
Have old political signs?  Donate them to help bees stay warm & safe.  What a great way to recycle! 
Unlike a solid wood board, corrugated plastic also prevents fungal infections.
By Tues., Nov. 17, a collection box will be placed in the FUUSM courtyard area near the basement door to the R E/office building. All corrugated plastic signs are acceptable, whatever candidates they support. The bees don't care! We'll take charge of picking them up on a regular basis over the next few weeks. 
(If you have a Climate Voter sign, you may want to keep it for future elections -still a valid thing to promote!)
Thanks,  Adeline and Mike

Sunday November 22, 2020  (Main FUUSM Link above)  
ZOOM   (10:30)  Gathering & Greeting	(11am)  Welcome Slide - Service begins
NO Live in-person service at this time.
All Ages Service ~Thanksgiving - Let’s Tell a Truer Story
A sense of place and belonging is a vital part of our identity.  Can we clearly look anew at our cultural traditions?  Let us listen and learn, and choose a better understanding.  Many Indigenous people view the myth of Thanksgiving as oppressive.


The UUA General Assembly raised over $100,000 for Indigenous leadership through the Tomaquag Museum in Rhode Island for partner organizations and efforts around the 400th anniversary of the landing of the Mayflower.

Congregational Teach-In: Addressing 400 Years of White Supremacist Colonialism
Sunday Nov. 22   (4-6:30 pm ET)  Part of Harvest the Power
Hosted and organized by Rev. Dr. Clyde Grubbs, Rev. Karen Van Fossan, Ann Gilmore, & Aly Tharp


	In 2016, Unitarian Universalists voted to pay special attention to learning our history and rethinking Thanksgiving in the year 2020, in observance of the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims landing in Plymouth.
	Given that the usual travels and traditions for Thanksgiving holidays are ostensibly canceled by the pandemic, now is the time to gather and think together virtually, and to celebrate differently.
Please sign up, view the program schedule, and help spread the word about the fantastic community programs and documentary film screenings (Great Resources).  VIEW THE SCHEDULE – HELP SPREAD THE WORD

Harvest the Power - Justice Convergence & Teach-In, 
November 19-26.   Harvest the Power, inspired by Jim Scott’s hymn “Gather the Spirit”, is a six week confluence of Unitarian Universalist Justice ministries (that began Oct. 21)  to deepen our relationships, draw on the sources of wholeness and strength in which we are rooted, and move together in powerful ways for justice. 
Visit UUMFE (UU Ministry for Earth).




LEARN MORE:
The 8th Principle states: “We, the member congregations of the UUA, covenant to 
affirm and promote: journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions.” 
As part of an effort to equalize decision-making, recognizing that urgent, top-down leadership is one way white supremacy appears in organizations, the group agreed to try out sociocracy, a process of governance in which everyone’s voice is heard.
 
Please share the OHPPC Moral Monday Facebook Event
In Their Remembrance: It is Time for a Just COVID Relief, a Smooth Transition, and a Moral Agenda Now
On Monday, Nov. 23rd at 2:30PM, The Ohio Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival will host a Moral Monday caravan at our statehouse to mourn the more than 5,700 Ohioans
who have died from COVID-19, demand a smooth and open transition of power and lift up the moral policies we need immediately and in the first days of the new administration. 
Join us in this public act of mourning and remembrance.

FUUSM OFFICE HOURS
The Office will be closed Thurs. Nov. 26 & Fri. Nov. 27 for the Thanksgiving Holiday;
Friday Nov. 27 is Native American Heritage Day.
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