On June 7 and 28, we will work through Daniel Hunter’s organizing guide to build a movement to end the new Jim Crow. The Social Action Committee has purchased 10 copies of the 71-page guide for attendees. On June 7, we will discuss and work with Chapter 1, Roles in movement building, and Chapter 2, … Continue reading Sunday Service, June 7 “Building a Movement to End the New Jim Crow.”
At the Congregational meeting on April 26, we began to talk about our hopes for the future of Hopedale. Let’s continue that process. As our minds open up with the transition from spring to summer, let’s creatively reflect on the now Hopedale and imagine our future. Bring a poem to read that reflects your feelings … Continue reading Sunday Service, May 31 “Creating Hopedale into the future.”
Diane Wright will join us, and the congregation will be participating in the ceremony of Dedication, where the congregation dedicates itself to the support of a new child. Come join us as we consider the ways our commitments and actions today support a brighter future.
A favorite Unitarian Universalist ritual is Flower Communion. It’s a time to celebrate spring, a time to affirm the principles of our liberal faith, and a time to remember the ritual’s founder, Dr. Norbert Capek, who was killed by the Nazis in 1942. In our service this year, we will blend reflections on the Flower … Continue reading Sunday Service – May 17 “Flower Communion.”
What: Hands Across the Land demonstration for clean energy When: Saturday May 16 11AM to Noon Where: Memorial Uptown Park is located in city center. Oxford . GATHER ON SIDE WALK. DO NOT OBSTRUCT WALK. [Friday Evening before event there will be a poster making party 6PM at Hopedale with pizza. RSVP to Libby Earle.]
We will honor mothers through songs, stories, and photos. If you wish, please bring a photo and/or a story of your mother or grandmother to share. Service Leader: Susan Thrasher. Second Sunday Collection – Oxford Literacy Team.
The famous lyricist was a Unitarian Universalist and in his songs we can see our theology sung from the mouths of characters from Siam to Mississippi. Rev. Denise Tracy is our preacher. She has had ministries in the parish, on campus, as a consultant, as Interim and now is a police Chaplain for the Elgin … Continue reading Sunday Service-May 3 – Sunday, May 3 “Proud Protestations of Faith: The Life and Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II.”
Michael Pollan’s Second Nature never made it to the best-seller status that his later works have attained, but this early book contains ideas for ways that individual homeowners can make the world better for our fellow species, both plant and animal. In honor of Earth Day, Patty Klingenberg will present his argument about rethinking our … Continue reading Sunday Service – April 26 – “Re-imagining Nature.”
A soldier, a martyr, and over 1700 years of “saintdom by mistake”; the legend of St. Expeditus will be our topic, on the Feast Day of this Armenian martyr. His story, and the story of the subsequent misunderstandings that led to the cult of Expeditus, give us examples of how our need for the sacred … Continue reading Sunday Service-April 19 – “Shedding Light on Expeditus”
Touring recording artist Andrew McKnight comes from his home in the Blue Ridge Mountains to lead us in a musical service. He will explore with us the driving force that makes us stand up and take action, or in his words: “Will ‘We the People’ ever again rise up and march a million strong for … Continue reading Sunday Service, April 12 -“What Moves You to Move?”
