For each of these groups below, please call or email the office at 760-737-0393 or Office@ChaliceUUCongregation.org for the most accurate meeting times and days.

Fiber Arts and Crafts Group

The Chalice Fiber Arts Group meets on the third Wednesday of the month from 1–3 p.m. We meet in the Rainbow Room of the Hub for friendship and mutual enjoyment of our work, primarily needlecrafts such as knitting, crocheting, sewing, embroidery, beading, or appliqué, but anyone with a craft that doesn’t take a lot of space or cleanup is welcome. Paper is a fiber too, so some participants just bring a coloring book. Contact: Bonnie at bp888@willowgrace.net.

Women’s Book Club

The Chalice Women’s Book Group meets the third Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. It is hosted in the Blue Room and on Zoom. We select books as a group and publish our annual reading list for all interested parties. Each month one member volunteers to lead our discussion, but since we have many readers, no one is required to assume this task. We always enjoy discussing the book and other topics, ideas, and experiences at our meetings. We invite all women readers to join us for a fun and stimulating evening.

Contact:

Mary at marybest50@gmail.com

2024-25 schedule:

• February 20 – The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia
• March 19 – Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
• April 16 – The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
• May 21 – My Remarkable Journey by Katherine Johnson
• June 18 – Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
• July 23 – The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
• August 20 – Horse by Geraldine Brooks
• September 24 – Distorted Vision by Chalice member Susan Lewallen
• October 15 – Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan
• November 19 – My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrick Bachman
• December 17 – Lady Tan’s Circle of Friends by Lisa See
• January 21, 2025 – Pick books for next year.
• February 18, 2025 – Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
• March 18, 2025 – Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Poetry Group

The Poetry Group meets the 2nd Monday of each month from 1:00 to 2:30pm in the Blue Room and on Zoom. This group will not be meeting until further notice. Participants bring poems to read aloud, with all welcome to join in discussion of the works and the thoughts they inspire. Share beloved classics or new discoveries or original work of your own or loved ones.

Contact:

Bonnie at bp888@willowgrace.net