Hopedale members Linda Amspaugh and Don Isaac have been longtime participants in the Oxford Farmers Market Uptown. Linda and Don will talk with us about their work, and help us think about our own gardening as spiritual practice. Service leader: Ann Fuehrer.

This is our second field trip of the summer. We will meet at the easement-protected property of longtime Hopedale friend Ann Geddes, 2575 Indian Creek Road, Oxford. Ann will give us a tour of the property and talk about the importance of land protection. She will host us for lunch from her garden/chickens, though dessert … Continue reading Sunday Service -July 24, 10:30 “Tour and picnic at a Three Valley Conservation property.”

Diane Ruther-Vierling, Faith Community Outreach Coordinator for the local chapter of PFLAG (Parents, Friends and Families of Lesbians and Gays), will join us to talk about the organization. Service leader: Ann Fuehrer.

July 10, 10:30 “Continuing our Alliance-Building work” On June 12, we hosted 28 people at Hopedale for an Alliance-Building workshop, facilitated by Busi Diamini. We will continue the conversation to plan the work of the Social Justice Committee for the near future. Service leader: Ann Fuehrer.

On September 24, we will be heading to Ohio State University to participate in the Ohio Interfaith Power and Light’s Earthkeeping Summit, celebrating the Wonders of the Earth. Libby Earle will help us construct a fabric panel to display at that gathering. Service leader: Ann Fuehrer. This is an INTERGENERATIONAL service.

This year the Unitarian Universalist Association’s General Assembly is being held in Columbus, OH.  Some of us will be traveling to Columbus.  For those of us staying in Oxford, we will view the Assembly Sunday Worship remotely in our own sanctuary.  This is the largest annual gathering of UUs joining in worship.  Host:  Ann Fuehrer.  … Continue reading Sunday Service, June 26: 10:30 a.m. “General Assembly Sunday Worship.”

Libby Earle will help us celebrate the Summer Solstice with a fire circle and rituals and stories.  This is an INTERGENERATIONAL service.  The celebration will be followed by a potluck. Service at 10:30am.

Join us first at 11:30 a.m. for a lunch which we will provide followed by the workshop from 12:30-2:30 pm .  We will welcome Busi Diamini, a cofounding member of Democracy Works in South Africa.  She is currently a research fellow at the Kettering Foundation in Dayton.  Busi will facilitate an alliance-building workshop, focused on … Continue reading Special Workshop June 12, at 12:30pm “Democracy Works”

Our social justice focus for much of the summer will be to tend our garden to grow and harvest produce, particularly green beans, to donate to customers at the Oxford Community Choice Pantry. We will have a short service to connect our summer focus with this past spring’s         reading group book, Michael Pollan’s … Continue reading Sunday Service, June 5: 10:30 a.m. “Summer of the Green Bean: Social Justice.”

Please join us for this colorful and joyous celebration of our first UU principle, the worth and dignity of all human beings. A favorite ritual of our denomination, it is a ceremony in which we exchange flowers as a concrete expression of hope and love. We will use the original words of worship inaugurated by … Continue reading Sunday Service, May 29: “Flower Communion.”