The six UU congregations of greater Cincinnati will hold a combined Sunday service onMay 10, 2026, at First Unitarian Church (536 Linton St., Cincinnati – about an hour frOxford) at 10:30 a.m. Members of our choir will attend, and Celia Ellison will beHopedale’s five-minute speaker at the service. You are invited to travel to Cincinnati … Continue reading Sunday Service – Why My Congregation is my Spiritual Home: Reflections on Belonging, Becoming, Believing and Beloving

Let’s all celebrate the beginning of May and the middle of spring by singing together. Ourfellow congregants have chosen some of their favorite hymns, and we can now get togetherand make a joyful noise. If you have a last-minute request, let Jennifer Blue know and she’ll see if Ee Ning knows the music.

On April 26, 1803, over 3,000 meteorites fell on the town of L’Aigle in France. Thesubsequent scientific investigation concluded that the rocks were not from earth andchanged 2,000 years of scientific thought. Join Diane Wright as we consider the events anprocesses that change our understanding of the world and of ourselves.Presenter: Diane Wright; Service leader: Jennifer … Continue reading Sunday Service -A Rain of Stones, a Turning Tide: The L’Aigle Meteor Shower

Let’s reflect on our memories and what they do for us and to us. I will share some of myrecent memories, and I will invite you to share some of yours. Together, we’ll explore thepast in hope that it will help prepare us for what’s to come.Presenter and Service Leader: Darrel DavisMonthly Potluck following the service … Continue reading Sunday Service – Memories

Kate Poppenhagen is a doctoral student in Social Gerontology at Miami University andvolunteer staff member with Cincinnati Pride who worked for nearly two decades in long-term care, first as a direct care provider for adults with intellectual and developmentaldisabilities and later as an advocate for residents in assisted living and skilled nursingcommunities. These experiences have … Continue reading Sunday Service – Rethinking Caregiving: Beyond “Labor of Love”

Happy Easter! We’ll talk about the meaning of Easter – what are we celebrating? We’llhear the Bible story about Jesus, talk about how our Christian friends celebrate GoodFriday and Easter, then talk about what is different about how UUs celebrate. This will bean intergenerational service. There will be an egg hunt for the children afterwards.Presenter … Continue reading Sunday Service – Easter

The Reverend Dennis McCarty explores ways to navigate difficult times. Anyone who engages the national news may feel as though religious liberals face more defeats than victories these days. But might it help to look at success and failure in a different way? The Rev. Dennis will look at success, failure, and some lessons of … Continue reading Sunday Service- Finding Hope in Choppy Waters

A famed occultist has defined magic as “causing change in conformity with will.” Thatdefinition works as a goal for the arts, too. Especially now, we need art to cause change,and to keep us hopeful in the face of oppression.Presenter: Kevin Rose; Service Leader: Jennifer Blue

Albert Einstein was asked, probably many times, if he believed in god. His reply was “Ibelieve in Spinoza’s god, who reveals himself in the lawful harmony of the world, not in agod who concerns himself with fate and the doings of mankind.” Spinoza’s life as a lensmaker and his freedom to be a philosopher to … Continue reading The 17 th Century Life and UU-like Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza

The journalist Oliver Burkeman wrote, “Your experience of being alive consists of nothingother than the sum of everything to which you pay attention.”  Join Diane Wright as consider the ways our attention has become a commodity, and ways to reclaim it.Presenter: Diane Wright; Service Leader: Patty KlingenbergSocial Justice Second-Sunday CollectionRemember to Spring Forward to Daylight … Continue reading Sunday Service: Paying Attention