Marjorie Helen Bliese Gluckstein passed away with family at her side on April 27, 2021 in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin at the age of 93 years. She was predeceased in 2020 by her husband of 68 years, Martin Edwin Gluckstein, and is [...]
UU Church West’s “Split the Plate” program is one of outreach and generosity. Each month we give half of all undesignated offerings to a non-profit organization, to help us live out our Unitarian Universalist values and serve our community. Our [...]
The food pantry collection for May is the Menomonee Falls Area Food Pantry. This pantry serves Lannon, Colgate, Hubertus, Richfield, Butler, Brookfield, and Germantown. There are three ways you can support the Cart with the Heart: • Folks in Menomonee [...]
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A team of UUCW volunteers cleaned Lincoln Creek, near 54th Street and Hampton Avenue in Milwaukee. UUCW Earth Ministry Team sponsored cleanups at this location in 2018 and 2019, too. Because there wasn’t a river cleanup in 2020 due to [...]
Congratulations to our UU Church West Volunteers. Earlier this month, UUA General Assembly planners asked for volunteers to view program videos and, as they view, transcribe the spoken words into captions that will be used during the General Assembly in [...]
A message from UUCW member Nicole Grandstrand I started taking dancing lessons when I was 6, to my mother’s relief since, apparently, I was an excessively “energetic” child, and she was happy to have somewhere to channel that. I remember [...]
A message from UUCW Board of Trustees member Greg Kohnert At a recent Board of Trustees meeting, Rev Suzelle suggested this report could be an additional resource for our new Anti-Racism Transformation Team. It’s all that and a whole lot [...]
Earth Day 2021 brings both a new sense of promise and a broader understanding of the interdependence of our environmental crisis with those of systems of oppression and the threats against our democratic processes. The most promising development of the [...]
The Unitarian Universalist Association is delighted to announce that MICAH (Milwaukee Inner-city Congregations Allied for Hope) will be the recipient of this year's collection at the General Assembly Sunday Morning Worship. MICAH describes themselves as a “multi-racial, interfaith organization committed [...]
The truest voice of my heart has been praying for justice and safety around this case. Praying that something would stop what has felt like an impossible-to-stop tidal wave of Black and Brown bodies being taken too soon from this [...]
Tosa Together is continuing its community dialogue events about equity issues in the city. These are facilitated events that allow community members to talk with each other about issues of concern and potential solutions to make Wauwatosa more equitable and [...]
A message from Rev. Denise Cawley, Assistant Minister for Pastoral Care I don’t know about you, but spiritual practice is always tricky for me. I know some of you heard the sermon I gave a while back on Pathetic Spiritual [...]
Split the Plate is one of UUCW’s programs of outreach and generosity. Each month we give half the undesignated offering monies to a worthy cause as a way to help us live our Unitarian Universalist values and serve our community. [...]
by Reverend Denise Cawley April 10, 2021 Today, I give thanks for spring uncluttering my mind I slosh pathways, boots muddy For the rain on my umbrella awakens my soul For the shores lapping up the crisp afternoon For the [...]