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Ray has spent the last twenty years at Orange County Coastkeeper (coastkeeper.org) working to preserve, protect, and restore coastal and inland water quality and habitat. Ray is a lifelong resident of Orange County and a member of numerous committees including the California Water Monitoring Council and Newport Bay Management Committee.

Feel free to join us for our Weekly Zoom service. The weekly recurring Zoom meeting number is below. There is no password, but there is a waiting room. The host will let you in. Please remain muted as you enter. Weekly recurring Zoom meeting number: 821 1566 0998... Link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82115660998 Full Zoom meeting information is below: Unitarian Universalist Anaheim is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: UUCA Service Time: Nov 8, 2020 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Every week on Sun, 13 occurrence(s) Nov 8, 2020 11:00 AM Nov 15, 2020 11:00 AM Nov 22, 2020 11:00 AM Nov 29, 2020 11:00 AM Dec 6, 2020 11:00 AM Dec 13, 2020 11:00 AM Dec 20, 2020 11:00 AM Dec 27, 2020 11:00 AM Jan 3, 2021 11:00 AM Jan 10, 2021 11:00 AM Jan 17, 2021 11:00 AM Jan 24, 2021 11:00 AM Jan 31, 2021 11:00 AM Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system. Weekly: https://us02web.zoom.us//tZYsduyuqDsjE9wwkCktK2VvdTuN/ics Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82115660998 Meeting ID: 821 1566 0998 One tap mobile +16699009128,,82115660998# US (San Jose) +12532158782,,82115660998# US (Tacoma) Dial by your location +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) Meeting ID: 821 1566 0998 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcFNiADaRt

This year has been trying for all of us, and right now we are faced with an election that will determine much of our immediate and our long term future in the US. During these times, let us reclaim life, love, and the values we stand for!

An Irvine City Council Member since 2018, Farrah Khan is a small business owner and business consultant, and the Executive Director of the Newport Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council. She is a graduate of UC Davis and previously served eight years as a Regulatory Affairs Manager for a major biotech company.

Please join us for a Sunday service of ingathering and community. To get in touch with what sustains us during these uncertain times, we will do a virtual Water Ceremony. Please send us a picture of a water source that has meaning for you and your family, whether it’s the pond in your local park, your favorite beach, the bird bath on your porch, or even your backyard hose or kitchen sink! If you are in the picture, too, so much the better! Please send these pictures to [email protected] by Friday, 10/16, so we can include them in the slide show.

There is no knight in shining armor coming to save us, so let’s get busy. Transition Pasadena has been working to build resilience in our own hometown since 2009. How will your town bounce back from the many shocks we are experiencing? Sylvia Holmes will give an overview of the Transition Pasadena efforts based on the international Transition movement. Sylvia is an Urban Environmentalist, currently active with all of the projects of Transition Pasadena, serves on the board of the Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable and teaches mindfulness at Cancer Support Community.

To all of you who wanted to send Thank You notes to Strike Team 6231Charlie the crew who who save our camp Mail them to: Tom Marshall... Deputy Chief c/o San Bernardino County Fire Department 157 West 5th Street, Second Floor San Bernardino, CA 92407 See more

Please join Rica for her first sermon as minister at UUCA! She will talk about what called her to ministry, and what she envisions for our community during these tumultuous times. We have just contracted with our new minister until at least next Spring.

Using a phrase from President Abraham Lincoln’s Inaugural Address in 1861, our speaker will also turn to Unitarian Universalism as a religion of an ever-evolving love for ground and guidance during this time of a raging pandemic and savage racism. Rev. Dr. Tom Owen-Towle was ordained in 1967 and has served Unitarian Universalist parishes for the past 50 years. He is always honored to return to preach at UUCA.

Speaker: Michele, a UUCA member. Michele (a pseudonym) is currently a classroom teacher in an area where 32% of the population are living below the federal poverty line. She has had various education related jobs for 45 years and has worked in three different states. She was concerned about education economic disparity previously and is now seeing the gap increasing significantly due to the pandemic.

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News from the Mountain Top Dear Campers and Camp Supporters: So many of you have emailed me to ask how Camp is doing and how staff are coping. Thank you for yo...ur outreach of love and support during this time of worry and wait. I am sure you can imagine it is difficult for staff to be away from camp and to not be there to keep watch over your treasured place -- de Benneville Pines. According to USFS reports, "The El Dorado Fire remains very dynamic as the terrain driven fire aligns with the predominant wind influences in the area. Fire activity slowly burned down slope towards the Angelus Oaks community overnight allowing fire resources the opportunity to secure indirect and direct handlines in preparation for active fire potential today. Firefighters are poised and ready to conduct firing operations around Angeles Oaks if needed. Fire crews are in position to directly attack the fire with both hand lines and hose lines. Predicted winds have changed over the fire today with a southwest wind influence at 8 to 10 mph gusting to 20 mph over 6,000 feet elevation. The weather remains dry and hot and the fire will align with topography and burn actively upslope towards the San Bernardino Peak (northeast) towards the Lake Fire scar." What does this mean for Camp? In looking at the fire map, the active wildfire is burning at John's Meadow area and moving toward the east and south, burning uphill. The plan is to air drop water and chemicals in such a way that flames are driven away from structures and up into the scar of the Lake Fire of several years ago. You may remember our first big brush with a serious wildfire in 2015 when the Lake Fire took off right above our water tower and move quickly into the wilderness area above camp, ultimately burning 30,000+ acres of the national wilderness and forest. If the present fire can burn into the Lake Fire scar, then it will burn itself out in this area. With a continued southeast wind, the fire should keep climbing up the side of the mountain and above the camp. Fingers crossed. I know there are many fires in the greater southern California area that could be impacting your lives as well. My heartfelt support goes out to you if you are dealing with an evacuation from your home. I know your anxiety and worry. You are an important member of the extended camp family, and our thoughts and good hopes are with you as well. Thank you all for reaching out with your heartfelt emails and Facebook messages. I am trying to respond as I can, but if I miss getting back with you, please know that your message of love and support is very much appreciated. Be safe and stay healthy. I cherish you all. Janet James Executive Director Your Beloved Camp