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Happy Pride Month! 🌈 reminder as we head into this wonderful month that the commercial visibility of Pride over the past few years has often excluded the voices of those most marginalized. 💗

The 2023-2024 Stewardship Campaign is in full swing! This year, our theme is ABUNDANCE, as we reflect on how lucky we are to have such a vibrant community who provides a constant wealth of inspiration, support, and action in the life and work of Shawnee Mission UU Church.

This month's #SoulMatters theme is CREATIVITY! How will you be creative this month?

This Sunday: We, as a nation, are in a mental health crisis. The pandemic, state of the planet and our political divides are factors that left record numbers of people dealing with anxiety and depression. How can we as a church care for each other and positively impact?

They broke out! Thanks to all the youth and parents who came out to the Escape Room this last Friday night. It was a blast!

Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility. May these words by Rev. Theresa Ninán Soto bless the struggle, vulnerability, and beauty of telling the stories of who we truly are. We love you. Read Rev. Theresa Nian Soto's poem here: buff.ly/2UH8xMN

This Sunday, March 26th, please join us for a service in the style of "Dear Abby" (or "Dear Sugar") in which people can ask questions of Rev. Rose and have them answered anonymously. You can attend in person (masks and vaccines required), or online at buff.ly/3HxyaHX

March is #WomensHistoryMonth! More than 130,000 people attended the First National Women's Conference in Houston, TX in 1977. The torch was passed to a new wave of women reformers, and the outcome was a National Plan of Action for women’s rights, inclusive of women of color.

This Sunday, March 19th, join us for a hopeful and meaningful service about addiction. Attend in person (vaccines and boosters required), or online at buff.ly/3TBxDr9

This Saturday, the Green Guitar Folk House is hosting David G Smith in the SMUUCh Sanctuary Theater! For tickets and more information, visit: buff.ly/3mhX0D5

For this week's #SMUUChSpotlight, we're talking about the SMUUCh FUUD Pantry! You can visit the FUUD Pantry website for more information and to make appointments to shop in the FUUD Pantry through the link in our bio!

Reminder! Tomorrow morning is the start to Daylight Savings Time! Don't forget to set your clocks forward one hour tonight so you're on time to worship!

March is #WomensHistoryMonth2023! During her aviation career, Jacqueline Cochran (d. 1980) set more speed and altitude records than any contemporary pilot, male or female, and was the first woman to break the sound barrier. Source: The Smithsonian Institution Archives

Please join us this Sunday, March 12th, for a service in a unique format that will encourage each of us to reflect upon and grow in our poetic understandings of our histories. Attend in person (vaccines and boosters required), or online: buff.ly/3SDwFdi

Happy International Women's Day! We thank the women from past and present who have dedicated their lives to the progression of women's rights, and we hope to be a part of that movement as it impacts us today! Source: @history

This week's #SMUUChSpotlight is all about the Choir! Rehearsals are on Wednesdays from 6:30-7:45pm, and performances are on the first and third Sundays of every month! All are welcome in choir. Contact music director, Kelli Van Meter, at vanmeter@smuuchurch.org with questions!

Let music lead you into this month's theme. Find the #SoulMatters Playlist on Vulnerability on Spotify by going to the link in our bio!

March is Women's History Month! Here's to all the women who rose and continue to rise, and in doing so, help lift us all.

It's not too late to sign up for the Preaching PracticUUm! This Sunday is the first of the 3-session Preaching PracticUUm, where participants will get a chance to learn and practice their process of preaching and leading worship. Sign up on Realm here: buff.ly/3YbZXSE

Please join us this Sunday, March 5th, at 10:30am, for a whole church service on the topic of how writing and self-expression/reflection are integral parts of a healthy spiritual life. Attend in person (vaccines and boosters required), or online: buff.ly/3SDwFdi