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For those who cannot make it in person to services, we offer livestreaming via YouTube. See this week’s service announcement directly below with the link. (Click on the picture.)
Sunday morning service videos can be accessed at your convenience on our Worship page or YouTube channel.
Our next Sunday Morning Dialog is April 19th. CLICK HERE for more information.
April 19th, 10:30am
In person and livestreamed on YouTube
Zen and Saving Coastal Wildlife
Jenna Reynolds, guest speaker
From global warming to microplastics, the Jersey Shore is facing many environmental threats, but there is one thing we can all do to make a quick difference. Join Jenna Reynolds to discover how mindfulness, meditation, and how we look, see, and think about our everyday choices and actions can create a sustainable world where all life is respected.
Music: Michael Rosin, Music Director
Jenna Reynolds is a practicing Buddhist and the first LGBTQ+ and trans-woman in New Jersey to be leading an environmental nonprofit. In 2018, Jenna chose to take a pro-active approach to protecting wildlife along the Jersey Shore and, together with several other people, started Save Coastal Wildlife. She has a Master’s degree in environmental science from Bard College and is an award-winning environmental educator with over 25 years of experience in conducting research, education, and community outreach programs on protecting biodiversity.
April 19th, 9:00am
UUCMC Community Room
Why Are Our Electric Rates So High? And What Can We Do About It?
Pat and Steve Miller
We have all seen our electric rates reach all-time highs this past winter. The primary cause is a spike in energy demand that our electricity supply cannot meet. Hyperscaler data centers are major cause of increased demand. Supply limitations are mainly due to administrative bottlenecks in grid operators, utilities and government. What can we do that helps both Us and our environment? There is a LOT we can do in addition to personal reductions in energy use: 1) advocating for regulation of data centers and new innovative products and services, 2) growing clean energy supplies, and 3) use of developing new technologies. We can continue to transform our electric grid and accelerate the growth of our clean energy supply, even in the face of current barriers.
Pat and Steve Miller, both engineers with careers in Bell Labs and its spin-offs, have switched their focus to the electricity network as their mission to leave a livable world for our children and grandchildren. They are co-chairs of the UUCMC Climate Action Team, NJ Electrification Coaching Network, and electrification committees in Sierra Club, Climate Reality Project and Citizens’ Climate Lobby.
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March Theme: PAYING ATTENTION
The land is the real teacher. All we need as students is mindfulness. Paying attention is a form of reciprocity with the living world, receiving its gifts with open eyes and open heart.
Pay attention to the things that bring a tear to your eye or a lump in your throat because they are signs that the holy is drawing near.
For anyone trying to discern what to do w/ their life: PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU PAY ATTENTION TO. that’s pretty much all the info u need.
When you pay attention to something you don’t especially value, it’s not an exaggeration to say that you’re paying with your life.
Tell me what you pay attention to and I will tell you who you are.
Your attention is like a combination spotlight and vacuum cleaner: It highlights what it lands on and then sucks it into your brain—for better or worse.
I once had a garden filled with flowers that grew only on dark thoughts but they needed constant attention and one day I decided I had better things to do.
I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it.
In any moment, on any given day, I can measure my wellness by this question: Is my attention on loving, or is my attention on who isn’t loving me?
