News from the Chalice Unitarian Univeralist Congregation in Escondido, CA
Voluntary Simplicity: Responsible Finances
December 27 Sermon: “To Be Wealthy, Not Rich“
Wednesday, January 20 Potluck Dinner at 6 p.m.
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Challenge: take steps to improve your financial well being. What this might be is … read more.
Coordinating Team would like to thank and recognize Rita Hill for her leadership as a co-leader of Pathways Team and for chairing the Auction Task Force.
WHAT MINISTRY / GROUP / TEAM DO YOU VOLUNTEER WITH?
Currently: Pathways, Legacy, Auction Task Force, Stewardship, and Greeter. Previously: … read more.
Happy New Year 2016. As we embark on this new year, our Chalice mission “Open hearts, open minds, open doors, nurturing spirits and seeking justice within the wider world” is again a reminder for our social justice work. We are a congregation of people … read more.
Chalice is participating again in “My First Home for the Holidays” campaign with Just In Time For Foster Youth. Our gifts will help transitioning foster youth outfit their first homes. Now through January 3rd, donate gift cards to Target, Walmart and … read more.
Voluntary Simplicity: Daily Spiritual Practice
December 6 Sermon “Find a Stillness“
Challenge: A minimum of five minutes a day of prayer, meditation, journaling, or sitting in silence. DAILY.
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Resources
About Prayer
My advice: Don’t overthink it. Don’t … read more.
A memorial service for Gordon Carter will be held at Chalice on Saturday, January 23rd at 2 p.m.
For those coming from out of town:
Escondido, California is about 30 miles northeast of downtown San Diego. You will want to fly into San Diego International Airport (aka … read more.
We live in a time of escalating inequality. Many of you are acutely concerned about this escalation and the rise of poverty, homelessness, and wealth inequality specifically: during our Social Justice discernment process, you expressed deep concern for these issues.
How, as Unitarian Universalists, are we … read more.
DECEMBER VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT ON: Lena Wellman
Coordinating Team would like to thank and recognize Lena Wellman for her leadership in organizing the November 21st Arts & Crafts Fair.
WHAT MINISTRY/GROUP/TEAM DO YOU VOLUNTEER WITH?
Currently: I just finished organizing the arts & crafts fair on Nov … read more.
Thank you to all of our Chalice volunteers! You help make Chalice a wonderful place to visit, to become a part of, and a place that we want to keep returning to. Your ever-present volunteer spirit and vision ensures our groups, task forces, and … read more.
In the past, Chalice has participated as a congregation in the Holiday Adopt-a-Family program at Interfaith Community Services (ICS). But ICS’s program is really set up for families to be matched with families, so we stopped participating at a congregation level last year.
But … read more.
