Services

Picnic & UUA GA Viewing

Sunday Service from General Assembly, 1:00 p.m. Join us in the building to watch a livestream of the culminating GA worship service. Picnic potluck brunch ahead of the service, 11:30 a.m.  Bring your brunch and maybe a chair and any fun outdoor game you’ve got! Inclement weather could cancel the outdoor picnic, but the service … Continued

Sunday Service: “Flower Communion”

We will celebrate this intergenerational and unique UU ritual along with congregations around the country. Designed during the lead-up to World War II, the flower communion is an expression of the worth of human life in all its diversity. Of course it is also a celebration of spring, and it marks the end of our … Continued

Sunday Service: “RE Recognition”

This service will recognize the participation of our Hopedale kids in the Religious Education program and hear about what they have learned and done this year. Service Leader and Presenters:  RE Committee and Hopedale kids Children’s RE:  Intergenerational.  POTLUCK following the service.

Sunday Service: “Maternal Thinking”

All of us have in common our status as children of a human mother. In a Mother’s Day celebration of maternity and humanity we will take a humorous look at current attitudes toward mothering derived from popular culture, and then seek a wider understanding of nurturing practices of significance to everyone, whether biological mothers or … Continued

Sunday Service: “Deeper than Skin”

Join with the UU Council of Greater Cincinnati as we celebrate the music and message of Reggie Harris and Greg Greenway, two friends, one Black, one white. Musicians, storytellers, students of history and world travelers born three days apart. Two separate narratives forged into one powerful friendship aimed at finding common ground and helping others … Continued

Sunday Service: “Faith Climate Action Week” 

These days we are inundated by constant reminders of how life on our planet is imperiled and what can be done about it.  We’ll try to maintain focus through the ups and downs of the number one topic of our times as we plunge into the wake of Earth Day 2024. Presenter:  Peter Carels; Service … Continued

Sunday Service: “Poetry of Meaning”  

Join Cynthia Kelley and Muriel Blaisdell for this service where members of our community will share poetry that has moved them and a little bit about why.  If you would like to share a poem that has moved you, please contact Cynthia and Muriel at blaisdml@miamioh.edu by April 7th.  Poetic prose and song lyrics can also be … Continued

Sunday Service: “The Healing of the Green”

On this Easter Sunday Kelsey Lovelace will talk about the pagan sabbat Ostara and the promise of spring renewal. Presenter:  Kelsey Lovelace Service Leader:  TBA RE:  Class Day during the service. EGG HUNT for kids following the service, rain or shine.

Sunday Service:  “Eclipse”

Did you know that the word “eclipse” comes from the Greek word for abandonment? Join Jennifer Blue for an intergenerational service about eclipses in plenty of time for the total eclipse that we’ll be able to see on April 8. Why do eclipses happen? What have their explanations by other religions been throughout history? What … Continued