Announcements

• Sunday Service

  Services are held Sundays at 10:30 AM with time for fellowship  after the service. Details of upcoming services can be found below. 

  Religious Education activities that teach UU values are available every Sunday and teens (8-12th grades) are invited to participate in teen-centered RE every other Sunday (noted on the calendar). 

   
• Bring Kara Home: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

  Sunday, January 26th 

  with Sheridan Seabody-McNeil

  One of the last known places that Kara Mauai was seen was Selfridge, North Dakota on November 8 2019, on the Standing Rock reservation. Kara is a beloved member of her community and a mother to three children, who miss her terribly. Sheridan Seaboy-McNeil, a spokesperson for Kara’s family, will join us and talk about the search for Kara and the epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, which began at the point of first contact with colonizing Europeans.

  “When you dehumanize a person it’s easier to hurt them because you don’t see them as a human, you don’t see them as a mother, as an auntie, as a grandma, as a daughter. You just see them as a thing you can take and you can hurt,” said Sheridan at a recent panel focused on the crisis. Sheridan will talk with us about how we can help find Kara and get engaged.

   
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  Nota Bene
• Chalice Circles

  Chalice circles are here! Groups are comprised of 6-8 people who meet monthly for a facilitated discussion around chosen topics. This is an excellent way to get to know people and to enjoy  deep conversation.  To  join a group see Rev. Sollie or email interimminister@bismanuu.org

   
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  Coming up @ the Fellowship
• Potluck

  Congregational Potluck--Please join us for a congregational potluck after the service on February 9th.  We will all pitch in to set up and clean up. Come enjoy some good food and some good company!

   
• Whose History is it Anyway?

  Explore the history of Unitarianism, Universalism and UUism in this five-week class.  Using an anti-colonialist, multicultural lens, we’ll look beyond the traditional, dusty facts of history and examine to see how our faith was born and how it has developed and evolved over the years.  We have paid to join a five part webinar series led by Rev. Connie Simon. Class will meet at the Fellowship. Come to one, some or all.

  All session are at 6:45pm. 

  
  January 27
  February 3
  February 10
  February 17
  February 24

  Contact Rev. Sollie - interimminister@bismanuu.org to register or just drop in. 

   
• Matters of the Heart

  These are informal sharing sessions where we can support one another.  Bring your grief, your broken heart, your depression, your anxiety or whatever else you are struggling with.  Bring all of you.  

  Each session will meet at 6:30 PM at the Fellowship.

  February 13
  March 12
  April 23
  May 14

  No registration required. 
  See Rev. Sollie for more information. 

   
• Book Discussion

  Join us for a book discussion of White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo and Michael Dyson

  Written with white people in mind, this book invites people into the work of learning skills to disrupt racism as a Unitarian Universalist faith commitment and practice. The class will open paths for white participants coming to terms with their own and others’ fragile, defensive, and coded responses when a conversation turns to race. It invites examination of the ways that conversations about race, either interracially or among white people, can—whether one is aware or not—reinforce racial hierarchy. 

  All sessions are at 12:00 noon at the Fellowship.

  
  March 22
  March 29
  April 5

  Please read the entire book by the first session. Participants will buy or borrow book on their own.  See Rev. Sollie for information.

   
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  Community Events
• Interfaith Multicultural Potluck & Cultural Dances

  February 1st

  11:00 am - 1:00 pm

  Meet upstairs in the Hillside Aquatic Complex building. Located on E Boulevard across from Simle Middle School.

  Food and fellowship with a cultural twist! Bring a dish to share from your culture, meet people of different faiths, and enjoy some great food together. We'll share the meal together in the Hillside Community Center. All are welcome!

  We will also be collecting TP and PB!  Bring toilet paper and peanut butter for those in need in the Bismarck area.

   
• Little Free Pantry

  Donations of non-perishable items are needed and greatly appreciated! Please drop off food supplies at Sunday services, by the front door of the UU during the week, or directly in the Pantry anytime. If you are hungry and in need of food, we hope you will take what you need. Thank you!