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This Week on the Peak

This Week on the Peak – Wednesday, March 11, 2020 This Week on the Peak Mission Peak UU – Fremont, CA The Home of Liberal Religion in the Tri-Cities and Beyond! March 11, 2020 Hello Mission Peak!    IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR!!   I’m Colleen Arnold, and I’ve been a member … Continue reading This Week on the Peak

This Week on the Peak

This Week on the Peak – Wednesday, March 4, 2020 This Week on the Peak Mission Peak UU – Fremont, CA The Home of Liberal Religion in the Tri-Cities and Beyond! March 4, 2020 Ministerial Musings   This Sunday we will be honoring International Women’s Day during the month of March which has been designated … Continue reading This Week on the Peak

This Week on the Peak

This Week on the Peak – Wednesday, February 26, 2020 This Week on the Peak Mission Peak UU – Fremont, CA The Home of Liberal Religion in the Tri-Cities and Beyond! February 26, 2020 MPUUC partnering with UUtheVOTE and the Youth Voter Movement (YVM)   Last Sunday Mission Peak met Rev. Ranwa Hammamy, the Director … Continue reading This Week on the Peak

This Week on the Peak

This Week on the Peak – Wednesday, February 5, 2020 This Week on the Peak Mission Peak UU – Fremont, CA The Home of Liberal Religion in the Tri-Cities and Beyond! February 4, 2020 My name is Allie King. I’ve been attending MPUUC since my partner, Eric Ryan, and I moved here from upstate NY … Continue reading This Week on the Peak

This Week on the Peak

This Week on the Peak – Wednesday, January 29, 2020 This Week on the Peak Mission Peak UU – Fremont, CA The Home of Liberal Religion in the Tri-Cities and Beyond! January 29, 2020 My name is Katherine Rubie. I have been a member of a UU congregation since about 2004/2005. I began my journey … Continue reading This Week on the Peak

Common Read

Each year, the Unitarian Universalist Association selects “A Common Read” for the year. For 2020, it is An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (2015). December 2020 will be the 400th anniversary of the much-mythologized encounter at Plymouth, Massachusetts, between English colonists and those native to the land. An Indigenous Peoples’ … Continue reading Common Read

Guest at Your Table

Participating Congregation Our Mission Peak Congregation supports The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) through “Guest at Your Table” donations during the holidays. The Service Committee is a nonprofit, nonsectarian organization advancing human rights alongside an international community of grassroots partners and advocates. We support self-determination and defend the rights of people displaced due to climate … Continue reading Guest at Your Table

Asylum Seeker Accompaniment

As of July, 2020, Mission Peak has been walking alongside Sergio, an asylum seeker from Central America who is currently living in Oakland.  In 2018, facing persecution in the social and political turmoil of his home country, Sergio embarked on the dangerous journey to Mexico. He left behind his baby son and his wife, who … Continue reading Asylum Seeker Accompaniment

Promoting Democracy

Swing Voter Letter Writing Campaign Our congregation is participating in Vote Forward, the nonpartisan get-out-the-vote initiative. As of mid-July, 2020, over 2500 letters have been written by Mission Peak UU congregants. Each letter is personally addressed to a voter in a highly contested area of the nation, in states such as Arizona, Colorado, Florida and … Continue reading Promoting Democracy

This Week on the Peak

This Week on the Peak – Wednesday, January 8, 2020 This Week on the Peak Mission Peak UU – Fremont, CA The Home of Liberal Religion in the Tri-Cities and Beyond! January 8, 2020 Ministerial Musings   Happy glorious New Year of 2020 to you all! It’s a brand new year, one full of possibility. … Continue reading This Week on the Peak