April 16 is World Semicolon Day. Project Semicolon was founded in 2013 by Amy Bleuel when, after the death of her father, she posted a picture of her new semicolon tattoo and wrote, “A semicolon is used when an author could’ve chosen to end their sentence but chose not to. The author is you, and … Continue reading Sunday Service: “Hope in Unexpected Places on World Semicolon Day”
Leigh Waltz, Unitarian Universalist seminarian and ministerial aspirant, will discuss symbolic and literal returning to life. Through a cross-cultural lens, he will briefly look at commonalities in the theme of “life’s broader proportions” represented in various historic sacrifice events and other public challenges to mortality as they may relate to the Jesus event. Considering physical … Continue reading Sunday Service: “Easter, Large Cycles and Consilience in Broad-Scope Yeshu Theory”
Associated throughout her professional life with death and dying, Kim Ogle has experienced and studied the subject of death from many perspectives. She will share how her recent training as a death doula provides compassionate and intimate understanding and insights to families and friends who surround someone living with dying. Service leader: Kathleen Carels. Children’s … Continue reading Sunday Service: “What is a Death Doula?”
Join Dr. Matthew Smith (Miami University Hamilton), author of The Spires Still Point to Heaven: Cincinnati’s Religious Landscape, 1788-1873, for an illustrated tour of the forgotten Queen City. Discover how immigrants made Cincinnati the sixth-largest city in America by the eve of the Civil War, how Cincinnati earned its nickname Porkopolis, how religion shaped civic … Continue reading Sunday Service: “Exploring Cincinnati’s Forgotten Religious Landscape.”
Continuing our exploration of UU sources, the Reverend Alix Klingenberg will help us trace the connections between our origins in Transcendentalism and today’s religious naturalism, with a nod to pagan traditions surrounding the spring equinox. Spring is just around the corner, so come get ready. Rev Alix will join us via the magic of Zoom. … Continue reading Sunday Service: “Nature Is Enough”
March 12 marks the 101 st birthday of Jack Kerouac, the writer who became a symbol of cultural change in the United States. Join Diane Wright as we look at the details of his life and the themes of his writings. Service leader: Doris Bergen. Children’s RE: Activity in lower level during the service. Note … Continue reading Sunday Service: “Something Good Will Come of All Things Yet: Reflections on the Birthday of Jack Kerouac”
“A Little History: The Unitarian Universalist Flaming Chalice and the Hopedale Community’s Mission Statement and Covenant.” Presenter and service leader: Celia Ellison. Please note that Hopedale will be celebrating its 33 rd birthday with a birthday party social hour. Please come! Children’s RE: Class from 9:30 – 10:15 a.m., then they will join their families … Continue reading Sunday Service: “A Little History”
Join Terry Perlin, Miami Professor Emeritus and former member of Hopedale to explore one of our sources. Humanism – the theory that humans are the true source of values and morality – has roots in Ancient and Renaissance teachings. It is alive today and includes the spread of a “religion of Ethics.” Service leader: Celia … Continue reading Sunday Service: “Searching for Humanism: Then and Now”
UUs celebrate and/or recognize several religious holidays from other faith traditions. On this Sunday we will celebrate Luminesence, a UU holiday which represents the light we generate as members of the UU faith. For the past two years we have celebrated this candle-lighting service only on Zoom. Please join us in person as we have … Continue reading Sunday Service: “Luminesence: A Holiday UUs Can Call Their Own”
The UUA lists six categories of sources that inform and guide our faith. This list is not exclusive, and many of these tend to overlap or enhance each other. This leads to the conclusions that in each individual’s free and responsible search for truth and meaning some sources will have a greater resonance than others, … Continue reading Sunday Service: “Brotherly Love, Relief, and Truth: Symbolic Freemasonry as Personal Source”
