May 1-"Thoughtful, Mindful, Soulful." A Spring Garden can offer Flowers of our Faith; Reflection on Nature can bring Poetic Insight and Life Renewed. "How blue is the sea, how blue is the sky, how blue and tiny and redeemable everything is--even you, even your eyes, even your imagination" (Mary Oliver) Service Leaders: Cindie Ulreich and Sallie Killian. Spring Congregational Meeting to follow service.
May 8-"Beginnings." We will explore times that marked a new beginning in our lives, perhaps when we became a mother or father or graduated or started a new job. Ann Fuehrer and Genevieve O'Malley Knight will help us explore this topic; sharing writing, about beginnings in their lives and inviting congregational partic.
May 15-"Flower Communion Ceremony." This service for all ages, children and adults, will focus on the traditional flower communion. It will be Rev. Linda Eppert's final service with us. As we bring a flower to share and give away we recognize and celebrate our oneness in diversity. A potluck lunch will follow the service.
May 22: "Religious Roots of My Huguenot Ancestors and Me." Huguenot describes both a kind of religion and the people who practiced it centuries ago. It tended to call for self-study of the Gospels, a period of vegetarianism, purification through catharsis, and rejection of heresy such as the Trinity. However, there was no enforcement through an organized church hierarchy. During the 15th to the 17th centuries the Catholic Church in France and Rome felt threatened, and Huguenots were murdered or driven out. A surviving descendant, Orie Loucks, will describe what we should know about these religious roots and compare that to Unitarian Universalist practice today. Sallie Killian will be the service leader.
May 29-"Universalism: Then and Now." SERVICE TO BE HELD AT BUNKER HILL PARK. Universalism has always been about "inclusion" – the radical, heretical good news that all are welcome, all are loved. Our guest preacher this Memorial Sunday, Rev. Bill Gupton, will share thoughts on our historic roots in Universalism, and reflect on the state of Universalism within UUism today. Rev. Gupton is the minister at Heritage Universalist Unitarian Church in Cincinnati ("where the Universalist comes first!"). Service Leader: Liz Woedl. Please note, Butler Co. residents must display a FREE Butler Co. Metro Park decal to park at Bunker Hill. For more information for both residents an non-residents, please go to
http://www.butlercountymetroparks.org
We covenant to affirm and promote:
Acceptance of one another and encouragement to
spiritual growth in our congregation.