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Here’s the link to join the Zoom board meeting:
https://zoom.us/j/92793304987?pwd=YWFkd0UzdW1US3RPOXUzU2cyNXZ3Zz09

Meeting ID: 927 9330 4987
Passcode: 423010

Seeing Economically Distressed Communities Through a New Lens

The St. Joseph Community Forum for Economic Justice is holding a one evening book study on Having Nothing, Possessing Everything. On March 21st, 7:00pm, author Reverend Mike Mather will lay out his vision for working with communities to bring forth their own creativity, imagination, and industry. The meeting will be on Zoom.

Rev. Mike is currently pastor of First United Methodist Church in Boulder, Colorado.  He served Broadway United Methodist church in South Bend during the 1990s and early 2000’s.

“If you work for social and economic justice, are a community counselor, a teacher, or just anyone who works with people, Rev. Mike’s book, Having Nothing, Possessing Everything is a must read.

So often our models for helping are something of a one-way street: We give and they receive.  In his little treasure of a book, Rev. Mike shares his vision in story and example of how the greatest gifts come when we become a catalyst that allows everyone to realize their own talents, gifts, and passions.” Rev. Jim McConnell, St. Joseph Community Forum for Economic Justice

To register for the 7:pm, March 21st Zoom Session: Click here.

Sunday services are held every Sunday at 10:30am. Participants may join in person or via Zoom. For  help joining Berrien UU Fellowship’s Sunday Service Zoom meetings or to register for online events, please email Office@BerrienUU.org.

To join BUUF’s Sunday Service via Zoom, please click this link; Meeting ID: 973 1741 4085; Password: 354882. Zoom participants will be asked to add their name to chat if they’d like to share announcements or joys & concerns, then wait to be called on by the Zoom moderator.

If you join via computer but can’t hear or speak to the group (or if you do not have a computer or smart phone), you can dial in by phone: 312-626-6799 or 646-876-9923. Meeting ID: 973 1741 4085; Password: 354882.

Our monthly potluck will be on Friday, March 31st at BUUF. The dinner will start at 6PM as usual, not 6:30. We are very happy to be able to share the evening with the leaders and participants of the Hebrew Teachings group. If you are not interested in staying for the whole evening, that is fine. Please join us for dinner anyway. Italian Fare is the cuisine for the evening,  please bring your favorite vegetarian or vegan  Italian dish to pass…..this includes entres, salads, dessert, soup or bread! If you are in a rush and don’t have time to cook….come anyway.
If anyone needs a ride contact me at 269-235-0344. Diane Gibbons

The eight-session “Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures” multigenerational workshop will take place on the third Friday of every month from 6:30-8:00pm. The first session will be conducted on Friday, October 21st inside the BUUF Sanctuary.

This will be a fun, relaxed workshop led by our beloved minister, Rev. Jim McConnell, with assistance from Brett Maccani, DRE and former DRE Joanne Krettek. In each session, we will review and discuss a particular story from the Hebrew Scriptures. The first session will focus on David & Goliath, with a theme of “courage.” Courage also happens to be our Sunday services theme this month.

Activities and discussions will be appropriate to all age groups. During the breakout group activities, you will have a choice of analyzing the story through discussion, dramatizing a modern-day David & Goliath story or making stone art with the theme of “five things that will give me courage.”
All BUUFers are invited to attend. Please feel free to invite friends and family members to participate as well.

BUUFers prepare and serve lunch at the Benton Harbor Soup Kitchen.

Berrien UU  Fellowship serves lunch at the Benton Harbor Soup Kitchen the first Saturday of every even-numbered month (February, April, June, August, October and December). Berrien UU volunteers prepare the meal, greet guests and help clean up the kitchen. This is a terrific opportunity to serve the greater community, support our Social Justice mission and enjoy the company of fellow BUUFers and guests at the kitchen. Rev. Jim McConnell generously leads the group in planning the meal and dessert and he will gladly find a role for all volunteers, whether they’ve helped dozens of times or this is their first time. Please consider coming to the Soup Kitchen to help, even if it’s only for an hour or two.

The Soup Kitchen is located at 233 Michigan Street in Benton Harbor.

Sunday services are held every Sunday at 10:30am. Participants may join in person or via Zoom. For  help joining Berrien UU Fellowship’s Sunday Service Zoom meetings or to register for online events, please email Office@BerrienUU.org.

To join BUUF’s Sunday Service via Zoom, please click this link; Meeting ID: 973 1741 4085; Password: 354882. Zoom participants will be asked to add their name to chat if they’d like to share announcements or joys & concerns, then wait to be called on by the Zoom moderator.

If you join via computer but can’t hear or speak to the group (or if you do not have a computer or smart phone), you can dial in by phone: 312-626-6799 or 646-876-9923. Meeting ID: 973 1741 4085; Password: 354882.