Author: RevSharon

Next Shelter Dinner is Saturday, June 14

Chalice congregants serve dinner (and clean up) for residents at the Interfaith Community Services (ICS) Turk Center in Escondido (555 North Centre City Parkway, Escondido, CA 92025). (This building’s full name is the Abraham and Lillian Turk Recuperative Care Center.)

Volunteering shows residents that members of … read more.

Helping at the San Diego Food Bank

An intrepid group of Social Justice Teammates worked at the Food Bank May 6 preparing bags of food for the “Client Choice Pantry,” providing emergency assistance of free food for folks who show up at the Food Bank without an appointment. Each bag had canned … read more.

Next Shelter Dinner is Saturday, May 10

Chalice congregants serve dinner (and clean up) for residents at the Interfaith Community Services (ICS) Turk Center in Escondido (555 North Centre City Parkway, Escondido, CA 92025). (This building’s full name is the Abraham and Lillian Turk Recuperative Care Center.)

Volunteering shows residents that members of … read more.

Chalice loves octopuses!

In March 2025, in our own version of March Madness, Chalice UUC voted octopuses as our favorite Pacific Ocean dweller. (As otter was our 2024 winner of favorite animal, otter was excluded from this year’s voting). We voted in five rounds over four weeks, whittling … read more.

Ideas for Helping the Oceans

How congregants are reducing plastic use
Collected ideas from our 9/22/24 water ritual service

Stop using plastic utensils when ordering out (3)

Don’t use plastic straws (8)

Use shampoo bars instead of liquid in plastic bottles

Stop using single use water bottles (10)

Reusable silicone storage bags rather than single-use ziploc … read more.

Next Shelter Dinner is Saturday, March 22

Chalice congregants serve dinner (and clean up) for residents at the Interfaith Community Services (ICS) Turk Center in Escondido (555 North Centre City Parkway, Escondido, CA 92025). (This building’s full name is the Abraham and Lillian Turk Recuperative Care Center.)

Note: This event is usually on … read more.

Next Shelter Dinner is Saturday, February 8

Chalice congregants serve dinner (and clean up) on the second Saturday of the month for residents at the Interfaith Community Services (ICS) Turk Center in Escondido (555 North Centre City Parkway, Escondido, CA 92025). (This building’s full name is the Abraham and Lillian Turk Recuperative … read more.