This year Major League Baseball will begin to use instant replay in some situations. Hopedale member Genevieve O’Malley Knight will preach against this practice and explore what baseball teaches us about the subjective nature of the human experience of reality, and what this might mean for our behavior. An RE Sunday.
We will mark UU Justice Sunday with a service by the Rev. Denise Tracy centered on Seeger, a longtime Unitarian Universalist whose life exemplified justice and equality. Service Leader: Judi Hetrick. Also, special music will be played by Allan Winkler.
Following up on our February 9th service, we’ll again address the issue of personal authority in a circle worship led by Ann Fuehrer. How is personal authority related to spirituality? How do we develop personal authority? Of what does your personal authority consist? Are you pleased with it? How do others experience your personal authority? … Continued
Join the Rev. Denise Tracy at our celebration of Women’s History Month continues. We will lift up the idea of the sixth UU principle: World community with peace, liberty and justice for all. We will explore what the world might be like if equality really existed. Children’s RE class day.
In Lithuania, March 16 is celebrated as “The Day of the Book Smugglers,” commemorating efforts to smuggle Lithuanian language books into the country during the late 19th Century, when Russia banned Lithuanian books and education. What do our books mean to us now? Who gets to decide what we read? Join Diane Wright for a day of … Continued
To celebrate Women’s History Month, we welcome back to our pulpit Dr. Kathy McMahon Klosterman. She has stood and marched for equality for many years. Her co-presenter is Joane McQueen, long-time activist and well-known Oxford resident. They will help Hopedale speak up for our UU first principle: “To affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every … Continued
We’ll celebrate the 24 years since our congregation’s founding – and look to the future – by sharing stories of where we come from, and why people are with us today. Founders and early members will talk about how it all began. Other stories or reasons for attending will come from everyone – including you, … Continued
The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee says that access to safe, affordable water is a human right. But water resources are endangered not just in far away countries, but also close to home. We will explore this important topic with the help of Jonathan Levy, associate professor in Miami University’s Department of Geology and Environmental Earth … Continued
Come join us for “Share the Love Sunday,” the culmination of the our 30 Days of Love. Diane Wright will lead us as we explore what it means to commit to standing on the side of love, in our personal lives and our public lives. Round out your Valentine’s Day weekend as we come together … Continued
Circle Worship “Identifying and acting with personal authority.” Join the congregation and service leader Ann Fuehrer as we discuss: 1) Why were people like Jesus, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Vatslav Havel, Cesar Chavez, and Nelson Mandela perceived by others as “speaking and acting with authentic personal authority”? Do you have a role model who … Continued
