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Mission Peak UU – Fremont, CA
The Home of Liberal Religion in the Tri-Cities and Beyond!
March 8, 2017
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As we heard from our canvass co-chairs Natalie Campbell and DeAnna Alm this last Sunday, our canvass season has begun. And while it can be hard to get super excited about our annual fundraising campaign, I hope you will find a way this year, because for so many reasons it feels extra important.
Along with the changes Mission Peak UU will undergo in the next year, it will also continue to be a vital space in our community for those who are threatened by the policies of our new administration. While we have long been the shelter in the storm for those fighting to be seen, heard and valued, it has never been more true than today. So as you consider your on-going financial commitment to Mission Peak UU, I hope you will consider all the many ways that your pledge will end up making this world a better place.
And, because I want to make sure you don’t miss out on any of this Sunday’s worship service, I remind you to set your clock an hour ahead before you go to sleep on Saturday evening.
That is all for now. Yours in the unfolding,
Rev. Jeremy D. Nickel
Minister of Mission Peak UU Congregation
Fremont, CA.
Cell: 510.936.1632
Preferred appointment times: Tue-Thur
11am-6pm
My preferred pronouns are “He” “Him” and “His” please feel welcome to share yours with me.
Available by appt all days except Monday
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It is Canvass Season!
We will be having a one on one canvass this year. In the next few weeks, you will be contacted by a member of the Mission Peak Canvass Committee. Hopefully you will be able to find time in your schedule to meet together, and discuss your hopes and dreams for Mission Peak’s future. The Pledge that you decide on will help fund those ideas. We are encouraging everyone to make MPUUC one of their top giving priorities this year. We are the place that welcomes the stranger, we are the place whose beacon of hope offers a sanctuary in the storm that surrounds us. We make up the place where we search for truth and meaning and where we think about how to become the better people that this world needs, now and always. We create the place where our children learn to welcome the different, not to fear it. Here is the place where we lift each other up in times of difficulty and sorrow, and where we rejoice in each other’s happiness. Please think about what Mission Peak means to you, and how you can help us to continue shining brightly. Thank you!
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You are cordially invited to the
Mission Peak UU Congregational Dinner
When: Saturday, April 1st
6:00 – 9:30pm
Where: Cole Hall
Enjoy catered food, live music and dancing
and AMAZING desserts
in the company of your fellow
Mission Peakers.
An evite has already been sent out to your email address.
If you have not gotten the invitation, or would just like to connect in the old fashioned way… please RSVP to
DeAnna Alm now by calling 510-388-0772
Or email her at
deannaalm7@gmail.comChild care will be available.
(please let us know if you need childcare)
RSVP BY MARCH 22nd!
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This Sunday’s Service:
Now more than ever we need each other. We need the power of community. But how do we build community? How do we live peacefully and productively with those who seem to have so little in common with us? This Sunday, we will explore what it means to be in community with others and what benefits this can bring to the individual and to society.
Leading the service will be Ilze Duarte and Worship Associate Allysson McDonald. Music will be
provided by Eric Niessner.
As a courtesy to fellow attendees, if you have an active cold, please consider wearing a protective mask. Thank you!
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Share the Plate for March
This Sunday, March 12th, we will have student performers from Irvington High School’s Soul Speaks program come visit our congregation for Share the Plate Sunday. Soul Speaks is the student chapter of the nationally acclaimed literacy project Youth Speaks. Founded in 1996, Youth Speaks has long championed a local, national and increasingly global movement of young people picking up pens and stepping proudly onto stages. They believe that literacy is a need, not a want.
Youth Speaks produces local and national youth poetry slams, festivals and reading series, alongside a comprehensive slate of arts in education programs during the school day, in the after- school hours and on weekends. To find out more about this organization, please go to
Youth Speaks If you would like to contribute to this cause, please make your check out to”Irvington High” and “Soul Speaks” in the memo line. Thank you!
Last month’s Share the Plate visitor, Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center in Union City – raised $642. Thank you so much for your generosity. If you have a local non profit that you would like to see highlighted on Share the Plate Sunday, please contact Natalie Campbell at nataliehcampbell@yahoo.com
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New to UU Class – Sunday, March 26 from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm
Are you new to Unitarian Universalism or to Mission Peak UU?
Are you seeking and questioning and want to learn more?
Join Rev. Jeremy and other congregation leaders to learn about the history of Unitarian Universalism, our Mission Peak Congregation, congregational activities and more by attending the New to UU class on Sunday March 26 from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at the church. Everyone is welcome to attend.
A signup sheet will be available at the Welcome Table on Sunday mornings or you can email
membership@mpuuc.org
or call the office at 510-252-1477 and let us know you will be attending. A light lunch will be provided.
Childcare will be available with at least one week notice.
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Mission Peak UU March Monthly Board Meeting
The Mission Peak UU Board will meet Tuesday evening, March 14 at Steve Wallcave’s home at 7:00 p.m.
Members of Mission Peak UU are welcome to attend. For a copy of the agenda, please contact President Melissa Holmes at
president@mpuuc.org
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Save the Dates for this year’s Denominational coming events
The Pacific Central District’s annual District Assembly is coming up on May 5th and 6th and will be held at the Mount Diablo Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Walnut Creek.
On Saturday there will be worship and workshops in the morning. After lunch there will be a Candidates’ forum featuring the 3 candidates for the UUA Presidency. The election will be held at this year’s General Assembly. Following that will be the Annual Meeting and closing worship. More information will be coming, or check the PCD website at
www.pcduua.org
If you’ve ever thought about attending the UUA’s General Assembly or visiting New Orleans, consider attending this year. General Assembly is scheduled for June 21st through June 25th at the
New Orleans convention center. This year’s event will be focused on Social Justice. Registration and housing reservations start on
March 1. Housing typically fills up quickly. Information is on the
UUA website at www.uua.org
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Summer is Coming! Save These Dates!
Baseball Sunday – Baseball
Sunday this year will be
Sunday, June 18. After a sports themed service at Cole Hall we will be going down to San Jose to watch the San Jose Giants take on the Visalia Rawhide! The game starts at
1:00, the tickets are very reasonably priced, and the venue is VERY family friendly. Watch this space for details on how to purchase tickets – coming soon!
Mission Peak Annual Camping Trip! – This year our annual camping trip will be held Friday-Sunday, July 28-30. We will be returning to the same gorgeous campground where we camped last year – Sugarloaf Ridge State Park located about 90 minutes north of here in beautiful Kenwood, CA (wine country!). Everyone is welcome – novices and seasoned campers alike. More information will be coming closer to the dates, but mark your calendars now!
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Community Office Hours
Rev. Jeremy’s upcoming dates
I am always interested in suggestions for new places, times and ways that this could work better for you, so if you have an idea, please drop me a line, it is as easy as
clicking right here. And of course I am also always available by personal appointment all days except Monday.
Tuesday, March 14
4:30 – 6:30 PM
Mission Coffee
151 Washington Blvd
Wednesday, March 29
11 AM – 1 PM
Suju’s Coffee and tea
4949 Stevenson Blvd
Tuesday, April 11
11 AM – 1 PM
Slap Face Coffee and Tea
37324 Fremont Blvd
Thursday, April 27
4:30 – 6:30
Mission Coffee
151 Washington Blvd
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Mission Peak UU | 2950 Washington Blvd Fremont CA | 510.252.1477 | missionpeakuu.org
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