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News from our Transylvanian Partner Church

10/3/2024

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For the past year, our Partner Congregation in Brassó, Romania, has been hard at work on a substantial "floor-to-ceiling" renovation of their sanctuary. Meanwhile, all services have been held in their social hall—something that will sound familiar to long-time First UU members, who will recall meeting in Bard Hall and in a tent during our own renovation. It was just September 15 when they were finally able to hold a "moving back in" dedication, presided over by the Unitarian Bishop (see photo).
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Throughout this period, they have kept up with regular church needs as well as their community food and outreach programs. In addition, Rev. Benedek has been serving as an assistant to the Bishop, meaning his days are filled with meetings and other duties, while much of the pastoral work has been carried out by Partner Minister Rev. Imola, who is also expecting a baby soon!

Thus, our recent gift from the Generosity Offerings could not have come at a more helpful time. From Rev. Imola: "Thank you so very much for the support of your congregation, both material and spiritual!"

Dan Ratelle, Partner Church Committee
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Burrito Project Updates

9/25/2024

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In August and September of 2024, the crew passed out over 125 waters and well over 100 burritos. Ten young adults prepared the burritos and six of us distributed the them together. ~ Lara Anderson, Youth and Young Adult Coordinator
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Day of Healing: Explore, Learn, Connect

9/10/2024

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​Saturday, October 12, 9 am-1 pm, Hillcrest Campus
Join us for a transformative morning focused on healing our bodies, minds, and spirits. Engage in empowering workshops guided by leaders in practices including mindfulness, simple living, soul collage, playful music-making, wandering in nature, creative writing, embodied healing, singing meditation, Nia™, and more. Connect with others in a supportive community, explore new practices, and embark on a journey towards enhanced well-being. We will have youth-friendly activities and childcare. Light breakfast provided. Don't miss this opportunity to embrace a path to healing!
This is a free event but you must register to attend. Please register by Wednesday, October 9. https://bit.ly/dayofhealingsandiego
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Annual Membership Meeting Voting Results are in: 59 voted

7/27/2024

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Board of Trustees - all candidates were voted in with at least a 91.53% approval. 
  • Vice President/President Elect FY24-25 / President FY25-26: Karen Lamphere, two-year term
  • Treasurer: Armin Kuhlman, one-year term
  • Member At Large: Les Vivian, two-year term
  • Member At Large: Jim Davis, three-year term
  • Member At Large: Rhiannon Smith, three-year term
  • Member At Large: Rose Van Oss, three-year term
Nominating Committee - all candidates were voted in with at least a 98.31% approval.
  • Gay Hybertsen, three-year term 
 FY 24-25 General Operating Budget passed with 100.00% voting "yes."
 Thank you for your participation
in the voting process
Valerie Jaques, Board President
Everardo Aguilar, Past President 
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4/23/24 OSF Steering Team meeting notes

5/3/2024

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On April 23, the OSF Steering Team held its second meeting with updates shared.   
Deferred Maintenance Update: Work has begun on a spreadsheet of room-by-room information to assess our deferred maintenance status.  Once completed, a Facilities Condition Assessment will take place—sometime in May.

Real Estate Update (part of both “Go” and “Redevelop/Share”):  The commercial real estate professional used for our Stay/Go process in 2019 has been contacted and will work with us again.  In addition to seeking potential new locations for us to consider, commercial developers will be contacted to get their input on interest in working on a redevelopment process with the congregation.

Two team members will meet with St. Paul’s Project Manager prior to approaching the developer of their project.  Additionally, the OSF team will reach out to non-profit organizations who may be interested in partnering with us.

Use/Non-use of First UU Facilities:  A review of our calendar has been completed to understand the level of use and non-use of our facilities and begin thinking how we might make better use of our rooms/facility if the decision is to stay. What are our actual needs? How can we use our space more efficiently throughout the week?

Ensuring South Bay’s Needs Are Considered:  Folding in information about South Bay’s needs is an important aspect for the team to include in its work.  

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First UU SD Community Seder

5/2/2024

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​Join us on Thursday, April 25 at 6pm in Bard Hall for our Community Passover Seder. Led by Marshall Voit and the Worship Team, we will join together in song, story, and a ritual meal to commemorate the Jewish exodus from slavery in Egypt. The church will provide all ritual food items, drinks, and a light dessert. Please bring a dish to share at our vegetarian, kosher-for-Passover pot luck.
Please make sure your recipes avoid the following ingredients: meat or meat products (dairy is ok); bread or flour, including wheat, spelt, barley, oats, and rye; beer and most liquor. Rice and beans are a gray area; you may include them, but please label your dish upon arrival for anyone who abstains from those ingredients on Passover. Quinoa is fine. Here’s a guide to preparing kosher-for-Passover food.
Please RSVP to [email protected] by Monday, April 22. Thank you, and chag Pesach sameach, have a happy Passover!

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Our Sustainable Future:  Go? Stay? Redevelop/Share?

3/17/2024

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Note:  This information has been sent as an eblast and has been published in the April 2024 First Words.

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One of the congregation’s Developmental Goals is to “[d]ecide whether to remain in our Hillcrest campus or sell the property and relocate.”  That work had begun before the pandemic and has been on hold since 2020.  The Board and Rev. Justine promised the congregation the discussion would be addressed this church year.  As a first step, at a congregational meeting on January 28th, our ministers led us in a conversation where a third possibility was introduced—to redevelop the Hillcrest campus for joint use with another entity (which could be UCSD).  The next step has been to establish a team to oversee/coordinate a process leading us to a decision.

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First UU's @YouTube channel is BACK!

12/4/2023

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12-04-2023 - A very big thank you to @TeamYouTube for helping to restore our YouTube channel. We are extremely grateful. Follow us at @firstuusd.
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First UU's @YouTube channel is removed!

11/29/2023

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​By Robie Evans, Director of Operations, [email protected]
 
On Friday, November 10, 2023, First UU San Diego was notified by @YouTube that our YouTube channel had been removed. We were terminated based on findings under their Community Guidelines Policies which include: Spam, deceptive practices & Scams policies, defined as:

  • Video Spam; Misleading Metadata or Thumbnails; Scams; Incentivization Spam; Comments Spam; Repetitive comments; 3rd party content; Also, external links in our content
 
After reviewing these policies in detail, we’ve made two separate appeals letting them know that we have NEVER knowingly done anything in violation of the Spam, Deceptive Practices & Scams policies in the many, many years of publishing our videos on YouTube.
 
We believe this removal was in error and our case needs to be reviewed by a human. We also believe that an algorithm perpetuated this removal, and if this is the case, they will need to humanly re-review the video(s) in question.
 
In trying to determine what might have caused this termination, the only thing we’ve come up with is perhaps someone with malicious intent reported one or more of our videos to YouTube. We’re hoping this wasn’t the case, but rather an algorithm issue.
 
To our further chagrin, once we put in an appeal to @YouTube, we were catapulted into a vicious cycle of automated replies, automated admonitions, and all-around “how do I get a real person to answer/help me?”
 
Yes, it is extremely frustrating. I promise to be my wonderful, charming self if I could only exchange some sort of communication with a living, breathing human being.
 
Don’t get me wrong. We absolutely LOVE @YouTube! And, we promise upon re-instatement of our YouTube channel, we vow to be extra diligent in our handling of our videos in this important streaming platform and hope to enjoy many, many more years with @YouTube!
 
Please, @YouTube, if someone from your company reads this, please email me so we can work this out. We would love to hear from you.
 
Here’s my email: [email protected]
 
Thanking you in advance for your prompt communication!
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Sad News About Rev. Dr. Carolyn Owen-Towle

10/25/2023

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​Dear Ones of First UU,
It is with a heavy heart that we write to tell you of the death of Rev. Dr. Carolyn Owen-Towle, beloved minister emerita of this congregation.  Carolyn experienced an inoperable aortic tear late last week and her status declined rapidly.  Tom gathered the family and brought Carolyn home with hospice for her final days.  She died on Monday evening, surrounded by love.  Tom is doing as well as can be expected and he expresses his appreciation for our love and prayers, welcomes our emails and cards, but asks that we hold off on calls or visits for the time being.


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Call for donated items for our first annual Art & Collectibles Online Auction!

10/20/2023

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Do you have an antique, piece of art, or a collectible that you would like to re-home for a good cause? Are you downsizing? Are you a fabulous artist? We need your donations!
How It Works:
  1.  Submit your items using our simple form.
  2. Keep the items until the auction closes.
  3. You and the winner arrange pick-up or delivery.
Bid on Amazing Items! Our members are travelers and collectors! Don’t miss this rare opportunity to find unique gifts for art lover sand pick up antiques and collectibles with no dealer markups for the holidays. All proceeds go to the First UU general fund. Save the date…online catalog opens Black Friday, November 24th and runs for two weeks. Submit your donations and sign up to bid. 

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South Bay Quinceanera Greetings From Maureen McNair, Founder, South Bay Food Pantry

10/11/2023

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The South Bay Quincenera is such a joyful occasion!  

This campus, in this location, was born of our congregation’s desire to put ourselves in a community where we could do local social justice work. Our South Bay Food Pantry was born from the marriage of that yearning and a community need I experienced when I taught at an elementary school we can walk to from here.
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A Special Message from Rev. Justine Sullivan, Developmental Lead Minister

10/10/2023

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A Special Message from Rev. Justine Sullivan, Developmental Lead Minister
I have spent the last few days, as I imagine many of you have, reading about and watching news accounts of the horrific violence that is occurring in Israel and the surrounding areas.  Many of us have loved ones with direct ties to the affected area.  All of us are heartbroken by the terrible loss of life and the escalating bloodshed. In our congregations and across our movement, the conversations about the conflicts between Israel and her Palestinian neighbors have been difficult.  As passionate people of faith, committed to justice, we must engage issues that are complicated, and which contain multiple stories and points of view. Doing so with compassion and respect is not always easy.  I call for prayer for the all those caught in the crossfire, all those worried for the safety of those who have been kidnapped, all those mourning their dead.  All are beloved, and we pray for their comfort and safety.  We pray also for a way forward. On Wednesday, October 11, we will gather for a brief time of prayer, meditation, and song at 6:30 pm in Bard Hall.  We will light a chalice, offer prayers for peace, and Marshall will lead us in song.  I will offer a similar time for prayer from South Bay. On Friday, October 13, at South Bay at 6:30 pm, please join me in person or on Zoom using this link: https://bit.ly/Southbayprayervigil10-13-23. Beloveds, at moments like this I am especially grateful to be part of a faith movement that can as Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt calls us to do “center justice as we call for peace.”  And I am ever grateful to serve our faith with you.

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Blissed out on Broadway

10/4/2023

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PictureProduce is bagged up and ready to go. Volunteer Pablo always stacks the bags in a perfect pyramid.
By Sara Ferguson, Pantry Volunteer
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At a recent early shift on a Saturday at the South Bay Food Pantry, I lift my gaze from bagging fruits and vegetables and experience a moment of bliss. I am surrounded by a vital, purposeful community of clients and volunteers pulling together to make food available to hundreds of their neighbors. The volunteers and clients around me are doing so much more than bagging produce. They tell jokes and stories. One client jogs around the parking lot to increase his fitness. Another plays jazz on his car radio. Several clients stop by to chat and admire the vegetables. I love that I am in a place where people can express all their humanity and good cheer.




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Appreciating Mindy Hochgesang

9/6/2023

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When the Diaper Pantry was evolving from Maureen McNair’s idea to a room stacked with cartons of diapers at the South Bay campus, Mindy Hochgesang & her son Sebastian signed on as two of its first volunteers. Since then, Mindy and Sebastian have volunteered monthly at the pantry and Mindy has taken on leadership for the Pantry’s varied needs. She’s deployed a range of skills from the interpersonal to the statistical: recruiting and training volunteers, ordering diapers, wipes and other supplies—many large cartons— from the food bank each week, scheduling volunteers from Hillcrest and South Bay to work the Sunday distribution shifts as well as scheduling volunteers to receive deliveries of diapers and supplies mid-week, documenting and communicating diaper pantry policies and procedures, maintaining the statistics that the food banks, which supply the diapers, require, and the overall coordination and communication. Mindy has been a key person in organizing the teams and assuring that all this happens every week.


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Sponsor a Family at the Food Pantry

8/21/2023

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By Rhea Kuhlman, Pantry Volunteer
 
Families come in all shapes and sizes at the Food Pantry.  Some are grandparents raising their grandkids.  Some are single parent households or even two parent households.  Some are elderly on fixed incomes, or extended families with 3 or more generations living together. But there’s one thing these families all have in common.  With San Diego rents among the highest in the nation (average $2917/month per rentcafe.com), electricity rates the highest in the U.S. (thanks, SDG&E), and ever-rising food prices, people earning minimum wage or less cannot afford to provide nutritious food for their families.
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SummerFest Concert Draws one of our Largest Audiences Yet!

8/15/2023

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We had a large crowd the SummerFest Community Concert series event and the performances were amazing and powerful. It was a truly delightful concert by splendid performers and very well organized between the co-producers Front Street Productions and La Jolla Music Society. 

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Summer Tardeada a Big Hit!

8/7/2023

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Angela Gardia-Sims
Our Summer Tardeada featuring La Rondalla de San Diego and Mariachi Victoria de San Diego was a hit! Produced by Louise Titlow and Angela Garcia-Sims, it took place out on the lower patio on July 29th was a real delight. Dancing was popular on our new portable dance floor with everyone enjoying the wonderful music, singing, and tasty food. Visitors and members alike had a great time and we're already planning to do it again next Summer. Thanks to all of the performers and everyone who worked so hard to make this event a success.

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Summer Tardeada Dance Party: La Rondalla de San Diego and Mariachi Victoria de San Diego - July 29th

7/20/2023

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2-5 pm Saturday, July 29th, 2023
Come to the inaugural Tareada by La Rondalla de San Diego elders and the young Mariachi Victoria offering a traditional afternoon dance party. Schmooze with friends and family. Dance as you like. Rondalla dancers will share tips and demonstrate dance steps to some of the songs. Enjoy free refreshments including a nacho bar, fruit, veggies and sweets. Admission is free. Registration is required, sign up for your free tickets.

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Listen to The First Source Podcast by Tony Bianca

7/20/2023

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The 1st Source Hosted is a podcast hosted by our own Tony Bianca (Director of Lifespan Faith Formation at 1st UU San Diego) that explores spirituality, theology, the nature of church, and other aspects of life in a Unitarian Universalist Congregation. . The First Source of our UU faith calls us to seek wisdom in our direct experience of transcending mystery and wonder. In this series, you'll encounter some of that wisdom as Tony engages in conversation on a range of topics from the profound to the mundane with members of our congregation. Listen.

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The Food Pantry’s Homeless Clients

7/12/2023

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By Rhea Kuhlman, Pantry Volunteer
While most of our Food Pantry’s clients have homes, and many have one or more jobs, a few of our clients are unsheltered. Each week, we prepare about five bags of shelf stable food for homeless people, who have special needs due to their lack of a place or equipment to cook meals or store items that need refrigeration.
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SummerFest Community Concert Presented in Partnership with the La Jolla Music Society - August 10th

7/6/2023

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7:30-9 pm Thursday, August 10th, 2023
Join us for a truly remarkable evening of music by the La Jolla Music Society's 2023 Fellowship Artists trioJEM and Quartet Integra in the acoustically-optimized, air-conditioned Meeting House at First UU Church in Hillcrest. Registration is required, sign up for your free tickets. 

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Calling all First UU Musicians, Poets, and Entertainers for our Summer Arts Festival - August 26th, 2023

7/1/2023

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We are looking for performers! Do you play an instrument? Juggle? Have a unique talent? We want to hear from you!  This free, family-friendly event will be filled with music and performances by members and friends. Contact Louise Titlow by email at [email protected] to get involved. 

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We sailed by our D4$ goal and we're SOOOO close to our stretch goal - can you help us hit it?

6/21/2023

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Wow, we superseded our budgetary goal of $25,000 and are almost to our Stretch Goal of $30,000!  Those of you who already bid have won your items or have guarantied their purchase and you will receive an invoice by email. BUT WAIT! There are still some events with open slots and these are now available on first-come basis for the entry level bidding price - but only through July 2nd.  Check out the Auction site to purchase spots and these events.  

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D4$ 2023 is here and it’s time to bid!

6/13/2023

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D4$
​Our auction is open with over 80 events and services but hurry, bidding ends June 18th . You can register and view the catalog at our Auction website. If you’ve been a bidder in the past your bidding number is the same and you may have already received an email with the direct link to bid. If you're new, be sure to register! IMPORTANT: view our “How To” Guide for ease in registering and bidding online. Help for bidding will be available on the patio after worship services Sundays through June 18 - come and see the folks at the D4$ table. We appreciate your participation in this important fundraiser and church community-building project. Questions, see our D4$ webpage or email Dave Hunt or Robie Evans. Good luck in bidding on your favorite events! 

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