Announcements and Congregational Briefs (8/15/2016)

Congregational Life Help Needed

As always, the work of First Church takes many hands and hearts to make it real. If you have skill, interest and availability in any of the following areas please be in touch with Rev. Matthew Cockrum at or 801.582.8687 ext. 205:

• Ushering during 9 or 11 o’clock service - approximately 90 minutes monthly
• Newcomer assistance - anywhere from 90 minutes to 4 hours monthly
• Fundraising coordination assistance - TBA
• World religions Teacher - 6th & 7th grade - 2-4 hours monthly
• Small Group Ministry Facilitation - 4 hours monthly

Refugee Resettlement Committee

If you were a Chinese laborer in the late 19th Century, you had no chance to emigrate to the U.S. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 kept the door shut for more than 50 years. It was the first law to target a specific ethnic group.

If you are a Canadian laborer in 2016, you need not worry about a Canadian Exclusion Act or a wall along the border.

Times have (mostly) changed.

The Refugee Resettlement Committee is busy with desperate people from Sudan, DR Congo and Iraq who can’t go home again. With your donations of furniture, their new life in Utah begins on a solid footing. Call Joe Dubray, (984) 527-9773, to have your sofa, table, chairs and lamp picked up and recycled.

Mindfulness in the Summer


UU Mindfulness group continues to meet in the summer at 11:15 following Summer Forum in Room 201.



Open Minds Book Group
The Open Minds Book Group will not meet over the summer. The next meeting will be September 29th when we will discuss “Alexander Hamilton” by Ron Chernow.

UU Lunch Bunch
A family-friendly group for anyone and everyone who would like to get together for lunch and chat with like-minded people. Meet at the Restaurant on Sundays at noon during the summer. For more information contact Sonia Carnell at (801) 262-1151 or .

• August 14: Ruth’s Diner (4160 Emigration Canyon Rd.)
• August 21: Market Street Grill (54 West Market St.)
• August 28: Hog Wallow Pub (3200 East Big Cottonwood Canyon Rd.)