With our UU diversity of belief, language can become a bone of contention.  Does it need to be that way?  Rev. McCarty looks at the way a concept can develop form stark fact to symbolic poetry and seeks to look at language of faith as a unifying, rather than divisive force.  Myth, allegory, and metaphor.  … Continue reading Sunday Service-March 19: The Rev. Dennis McCarty, Gentle Atheist, will share “Thoughts on Religious Language.”

March 12 is National Plant a Flower Day! Come join Diane Wright as she helps us consider all of our opportunities to plant the seeds of beautiful things in our lives.  Service Leader:  Pete Carels.

Dr. Roxanne Ornelas, Geography and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Miami University, is a Water Walker.  She will share with us her experiences of walking with indigenous women, and others, to protect water, the sacred source of life.  This is the first of three services this spring, planned by the Social Justice Committee, that … Continue reading Sunday Service-March 5: “We Walk for the Water”

Come join us for a hymn sing! We will join our voices in several hymns from both of our hymnals. Until February 19 you may submit your own requests via the box near the foyer hospitality table, and every effort will be made to include all of our favorites. Service leader: Jennifer Blue (with enormous … Continue reading Sunday Service, February 26: “Sing-Along”

Luminescence has been created as a distinctly UU holiday, to honor the many paths our faith offers for attaining spiritual fulfillment and to celebrate the freedom our faith provides each individual in seeking their own personal truth.    Come and celebrate our own religion’s wonderful, distinctive identity.  Service Leader: Linda Amspaugh.  Join us after Sunday service … Continue reading Sunday Service: February 19 -“Luminescence: A Unitarian Universalist Holiday”

In the mid 1990s, scientists around the world began organizing an annual observance of “Darwin Day” on February 12, the birthday of Charles Darwin.  According to the organizers, the mission of International Darwin Day is to inspire people throughout the globe to reflect and act on the principles of intellectual bravery, perpetual curiosity, scientific thinking, … Continue reading Sunday Service: February 12 – “Light will be Thrown: Reflections on Darwin Day, 2017”

After five years on Oxford City Council and more than a year as mayor, Kate Rousmaniere will share insights, strategies, and surprises learned from working with those with whom she agrees, as well as those whose opinions are different from hers.  Service Leader:  Linda Amspaugh.

Who says mid-winter has to be “bleak”?  The human spirit cunningly invents ways to counter such perceptions, because in the end, we all know, we’ve got no choice but to keep on keeping on.  So let’s look on the bright side.   We’re halfway to spring.  It’s downhill from here.  Service leader:  Pete Carels.  Intergenerational Service.

During this time of  uncertainty, decisions often seem to be made based on incorrect information and irrational opinions.  Dr. Sardar Tanveer, a leader at the International Academy of Cincinnati will be with us to share rational and logical information about Islam.  Service Leader:  Linda Amspaugh.

January 15 is the birthday of Martin Luther King.  We arrive at this date at a time when our country seems more divided than ever on issues of race.  Come join Diane Wright as we explore new ways of approaching race, from the launching point of our UU principles.  Service Leader:  Orlita Kissane.  Monthly Potluck … Continue reading Sunday Service, January 15: “Some of My Best Friends.”