Hopedale is a Welcoming Congregation. In addition to welcoming everyone and celebrating the diversity of our gender identities and sexual orientations, there is much more that we do and can do. Each month, the Unitarian Universalist Association publishes a Welcoming Congregation Bulletin with information and suggestions for actions. HUUC member Ann Fuehrer will share the … Continue reading Sunday Service: September 22: “The Welcoming Congregation Bulletin.”
Hungry children aren’t just faces from far away that we see on TV. They are here in the Talawanda school district, too. Donna Hofmann will join us to talk about one program that is working to feed our children. Please join us after service for our monthly potluck. The service begins at 10:30am. Children’s Religious Education … Continue reading Sunday Service, September 15: “Love in a Backpack.”
In June, our Social Justice Sundays were devoted to exploring the possible role of Hopedale in creating a socially-conscious, community cafe in Oxford. At GA this year, our delegates were enthralled with the notion espoused by First Parish in Bedford, Massachusetts that their community outreach signifies that “the Church has left the building.” HUUC member … Continue reading Sunday Service, September 8: “A Community Cafe? The Church has left the building?”
Diane Wright will join us again to discuss “Flirting with Disaster.” As Mary Shmich wrote in her famous Chicago Tribune column of advice for young people, “The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.” … Continue reading Sunday Service, Septmber 1: “Flirting with Disaster.”
Our tradition near the start of each service year is to renew our bonds as a community by sharing symbols and stories of our time apart. Bring water or rocks (or virtual water or rocks) from your summer travels or activities to this in-gathering as Hopedale is renewed. Patty Klingenberg is service leader.
Promises call us into relationship. The experience of making, breaking and remaking promises is the reality of our lived faith. At this year’s Unitarian Universalist General Assembly in Louisville, Ky., thousands of UUs explored the issue of relationships from myriad perspectives. Genevieve O’Malley Knight and Judi Hetrick served as Hopedale’s GA delegates, and they will … Continue reading Sunday Service, August 18: “From Promise to Commitment.”
Our speaker, Diane Wright, has noted that 130 years ago August 12, the last known Quagga died in a zoo in Amsterdam. The Quagga, a subspecies of zebra that roamed southern Africa until the mid 1800s, was the first extinct animal to have its DNA analyzed, and now efforts are under way to use that … Continue reading Sunday Service, August 11 “Quandary of the Quagga.”
“Teach Your Children Well.” Does entertainment matter? According to 18th century Unitarian feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, it most certainly does. Join us at Hopedale UU Church as we inquire how Wollstonecraft might have seen popular culture if she were around today. Joining us for this service, Joel Araujo, a recent graduate of Meadville-Lombard Seminary who served … Continue reading Sunday Service, August 4th
UUs are known for speaking our minds, and for ‘getting things off our chests.’ Sometimes, we wear our minds on our chests, through the words and images on our t-shirts. Wear one of your favorite t-shirts and, through sharing the meanings behind our sayings, we’ll build a sense of shared community values. Ann Fuehrer will … Continue reading Sunday Service, July 28th “T-Shirt Sunday”
We will be “Communing at Acton Lake” as we glide on tranquil waters for a Canoe/Service/Picnic, 10:30 a.m. event at Hueston Woods. Bring a canoe, kayak or boat of your choice or rent one at the marina as we take paddle to water. After we return to shore, around 11:30 a.m., we will share outdoor-themed … Continue reading Sunday, July 21st Hueston Woods
