Hello, My name is Lula Beatty and I am now coordinating the Luther Place meals program at WES. Naomi Goldstein, the former coordinator extraordinaire, provided me with your name and contact information. She also has helped me in preparing for this role. The most immediate, important task is to get volunteers to prepare meals. … Continue reading Welcome Lula Beatty as the Luther Place Meals Coordinator for WES!
Six months ago WES’ Refugee Resettlement Team (RRT) welcomed a young couple with three boys, fleeing Afghanistan to avoid persecution because of the dad’s work as an interpreter for US forces. The RRT, in partnership with Lutheran Social Services (LSS), has been assisting with their resettlement. This update is provided in response to much interest … Continue reading An Update on the Refugee Family that WES Welcomed
Managing a home and a family and making sure there’s actually food to pack for lunch. Life, for me, often feels like a constant dance between the things I’d like to be doing, the things I have to be doing, and the things I really should be doing. Occasionally one thing lines up to be … Continue reading WES Blog — Justice. Self-care.
Look no further! Enjoy 11 days with the WES Global Connections’ delegation to El Salvador doing cross-cultural and social justice work, exploring lush, green hills, and getting to know the amazing people of El Rodeo. Want to know more??? Come join us at our El Rodeo Delegation Information Session! Where: Double Classroom (downstairs) … Continue reading Are you looking for an international adventure?!?
“Act so as to elicit the best in others, and thereby in ourselves.” What’s that maxim really mean? Why is it a meaningful aspect of Ethical Culture? This is my take on it in these turbulent times. Eliciting the best from myself… that seems like it is at least plausibly my own business. But eliciting the … Continue reading WES Blog — Eliciting the Best
**UPDATE on February 1, 2018** We are currently seeking volunteers that can work a couple hour shift at the photography sign-in table. If you are interested, please sign up at www.SignUpGenius.com/go/30E0D4AAAA92F4-help Original Post from January 5, 2018 WES is updating our photo directory! It’s exciting news, and we are hoping for 100% participation. Our photo … Continue reading WES Photo Directory! Schedule Your Session Now!
We hope you will join us on Monday, January 15 for a Peace Walk & Parade to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Also, WES is sponsoring a table at the Prayer Breakfast on Saturday, January 6. If you’re interested in one of the 8 seats available, please contact Amanda (amandap@ethicalsociety.org).
I’m not usually one for New Year’s resolutions–it seems to me that life is much more about the choices we make every day. But the other day an infographic in the Washington Post magazine caught my eye, a comparison of the most common resolutions, according to some survey. I expected to see dieting or exercising … Continue reading WES Blog — New Year’s Resolutions
#WESintention January’s Theme is Intention. The theme packet can be found here. January’s Sunday Platform Addresses Sunday, January 7 — 9:30 & 11:30am, Main Hall. “Intention to Act: How We Show Up for Anti-Oppression Work” Rev. Archene Turner and Zeb Green. Join Rev. Archene, Affiliated Minister at Cedar Lane UU Church, as she reflects on her own … Continue reading January’s Theme: Intention
Some of my neighbors have recently added signs in their lawns–ones that join the “Hate Has No Home Here” and “Black Lives Matter” signs already in place. “Drive like your kids live here,” the signs say. And they work: I slow down when I pass them, remembering that, actually, my kids DO live here, and … Continue reading WES Blog — Drive like your kids live here: a Holiday Message
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