Marquette Unitarian Universalist Congregation

Room at the Inn
2018-12-02 18:00 - 2018-12-09 06:00 (America/Detroit) | MI
MqtUU hosts Room at the Inn
Room at the Inn offers night time shelter, opening at 6 pm each evening and closing at 6 am. Dinner is provided each evening to shelter guests, between the hours of 6:30 and 7:30 p.m.

First Sunday Film
2018-12-02 12:30 - 14:30 | MqtUU Meeting House, 1510 M-28 East, Marquette, MI, 49855, United States
“13th” – This is a 2016 American documentary by director Ava DuVernay, which explores the “intersection of race, justice, and mass incarceration in the United States. It takes its title from the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which freed the slaves and prohibited slavery, with the exception of slavery as punishment for a crime.
DuVernay contends that slavery has been perpetuated in practices since the end of the American Civil War through such actions as criminalizing behavior and enabling police to arrest poor freedmen and force them to work for the state under convict leasing; suppression of African Americans by disenfranchisement, lynchings and Jim Crow; politicians declaring a war on drugs that weigh more heavily on minority communities and, by the late 20th century, mass incarceration of people of color in the United States. She examines the prison-industrial complex and the emerging detention-industrial complex, demonstrating how much money is being made by corporations from such incarcerations.
13th garnered acclaim from film critics and was nominated for the Best Documentary Feature at the 89th Academy Awards.

Sunday Service
2018-12-02 11:00 - 12:00 | MqtUU Meeting House, 1510 M-28 East, Marquette, MI, 49855, United States
“Remembering Phil Ochs – Troubadour of Protest”
gg gordon

Annual Soup Dinner
2018-12-01 17:00 - 19:00 | MqtUU Meeting House, 1510 M-28 East, Marquette, MI, 49855, United States

Sunday Service
2018-11-25 11:00 - 12:00 | MI
Thanksgiving Bread Service

Thanksgiving Potluck
2018-11-22 15:00 - 17:00 | MqtUU Meeting House, 1510 M-28 East, Marquette, MI, 49855, United States
Let’s gather for food, fun, fellowship & give thanks!
All are welcome to bring your favorite holiday dish to share with fellow UUs, friends and family!

SE Meeting/Mission Trip
2018-11-18 12:30 - 13:30 | MqtUU Meeting House, 1510 M-28 East, Marquette, MI, 49855, United States
Let’s talk logistics, timeline, and fundraising ideas.

Sunday Service
2018-11-18 11:00 - 12:00 | MqtUU Meeting House, 1510 M-28 East, Marquette, MI, 49855, United States
February Sky

Board of Trustees Meeting
2018-11-17 11:00 - 13:00 | Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front Street, Marquette, MI, 49855, United States
MqtUU Board of Trustees Meeting
Saturday, November 17 @ 11am – 1pm
Peter White Public Library

Dave, Sari, Anne, Kathy, Mary
MqtUU Board of Trustees
Anne Stark, President
Dave Stensaas, Vice President
Mary Maki, Secretary
Kathryn Campbell, Trustee
Sari Embley, Trustee

Craft Night
2018-11-16 17:30 - 20:00 | MqtUU Meeting House, 1510 M-28 East, Marquette, MI, 49855, United States
This year MqtUU will have a holiday tree at the Peter White Library Winter Wonderland!
Come, enjoy an evening of crafting and pizza! We’ll be knitting scarves for use as garland on the tree then donating them to the homeless in our community. Other ornaments will also be created to decorate the tree and share information about MqtUU!

Sunday Service
2018-11-11 11:00 - 12:00 | MqtUU Meeting House, 1510 M-28 East, Marquette, MI, 49855, United States
“Bless Animals & Remember End of WWI”
Kathryn Campbell

Art Workshop
2018-11-05 18:00 - 20:00 | MqtUU Meeting House, 1510 M-28 East, Marquette, MI, 49855, United States
Creating Blessing Books! with Rev. Laurie Bushbaum
All are invited to create a hand-made pop-up card that makes a 3-D meditation image or scene.
(2 hour workshop: families, youth, adults)
Donations Welcome.

First Sunday Film
2018-11-04 12:30 - 14:30 | MqtUU Meeting House, 1510 M-28 East, Marquette, MI, 49855, United States
In 1977, a book of photographs captured an awakening – women shedding the cultural restrictions of their childhoods and embracing their full humanity. This film revisits those photos, those women and those times – and takes aim at our current culture revealing all too vividly the urgent need for continued change. The film offers candid and riveting interviews with women such as Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem, Lily Tomlin and Judy Chicago tackling topics ranging from identity, abortion, race, childhood and motherhood.

Run time = 1 hour, 26 minutes

Sunday Service
2018-11-04 11:00 - 12:00 | MqtUU Meeting House, 1510 M-28 East, Marquette, MI, 49855, United States
“Marking the Heart: The Uses of Memory” Rev. Laurie Bushbaum

What are our memories for? How do they guide us, teach us and sustain us?
While my mother declined from dementia over a period of 10 years and my son played with a toddler, I noticed how memory helps us find our place.
They are like markings on our heart, the hieroglyphics on our interior walls.

Rev. Laurie Bushbaum has just retired from full-time parish ministry after 33 years of service in Minnesota, South Dakota, and Wi. She loves to hike, garden and create stuff.
She started quilting at age 13 after inheriting an unfinished quilt from her great-grandmother. She is starting a new ministry called The Blue Altar, with arts programming for UU congregations.
She and her husband live in Minneapolis and are the parents of 2 young adult UU’s.

Sunday Service
2018-10-28 11:00 - 12:00 | MqtUU Meeting House, 1510 M-28 East, Marquette, MI, 49855, United States
“Day of the Dead”
gg gordon

Board of Trustees Meeting
2018-10-21 12:30 - 14:30 | MI
All are welcome to attend and share your thoughts, comments, concerns and suggestion on how to build and strengthen our Beloved Community.
Agenda Items including but not limited to:
Treasurer Report
Parking Lot Maintenance
Minister Search

Sunday Service
2018-10-21 11:00 - 12:00 | MqtUU Meeting House, 1510 M-28 East, Marquette, MI, 49855, United States
“Telling the Truth”
Rev. Emmy Lou Belcher
Recent events in our political scene have brought the issue if truth-telling to the fore. Assigned to write a paper for a ministers’ study group on “Truth,” the subject has been foremost in my mind. What influences our concepts of truth? Is there more than one understanding of truth? How is “Truth” perverted into propaganda that people will accept? All these have been living in my mind for months. This service will bring forward some aspects of what I have discovered about truth.

Leadership Meeting
2018-10-20 10:00 - 14:00 | MqtUU Meeting House, 1510 M-28 East, Marquette, MI, 49855, United States
All are invited to attend Leadership meeting with Rev. Emmy Lou Belcher.
Discussion topics will include moving towards a minister!

Spiritual Exploration Volunteer Orientation
2018-10-14 12:15 - 14:00 | MqtUU Meeting House, 1510 M-28 East, Marquette, MI, 49855, United States
Anyone interested in helping out with Spiritual Exploration in the near (or far!) future should attend the SE Volunteer Orientation after the service on Sunday. It will be packed with information, ideas, and even some activities that might work to deepen our relations and our UU faith. Pizza will be served and childcare is available. Thank you to all of you who already indicated an interest!

Sunday Service
2018-10-14 11:00 - 12:00 | MI
“Forgiveness w/Mohey Mowafy”
gg gordon

Sunday Service
2018-10-07 11:00 - 12:00 | MI
“This Is Us: A Brief History of MqtUU”
Kathryn Campbell & Sari Embley

"Black Lives Matter III"
2016-11-30 09:45 - 10:30 | MqtUU Meeting House, 1510 M-28 East, Marquette, MI, 49855, United States
Vision for Black Lives III: “More Community Control and Political Power” Host: Barb Michael
The Movement for Black Lives

"Black Lives Matter II"
2016-10-30 09:45 - 10:30 | MqtUU Meeting House, 1510 M-28 East, Marquette, MI, 49855, United States
Vision for Black Lives II: “Divest-Invest and Economic Justice”
Host: Barb Michael

"Black Lives Matter I"
2016-10-16 09:45 - 10:30 | MqtUU Meeting House, 1510 M-28 East, Marquette, MI, 49855, United States
The first of three Forums discussing A Vision for Black Lives UU study program. We’ll be covering the first of the areas concerning incarceration. For those of you who have been following our efforts to support Rev. Edward Pinkney, this should be very relevant and important. For those who would like to engage here is the entire program. Look forward to see those who can make it at 9:45 this Sunday. Host: Sarah Redmond
