Food Insecurity and the intersection with Justice Issues. Ann Fuehrer will present the concern of food insecurity.  How does our food access differ from some people, especially locally? How can the community respond? Children and adults will respond to this question by making a collage mural which will be used in the June 30 service. Intergenerational. Child care for the … Continue reading Food Insecurity and the intersection with Justice Issues

Oxford Injustice: History Often Avoided. Liz Woedl will discuss past episodes of racial injustice in Oxford. We’ll explore an opportunity for reconciliation through community and university collaboration and a partnership with the Equal Justice Initiative’s Community Remembrance Project. Mature subject matter. Child care provided. Hospitality afterward.

UUA Congregational Study/Action Issue: Undoing Intersectional White Supremacy, Dismantling White Supremacy. Through visuals, discussion and interactive activities we will begin to broaden our understanding of “whiteness” and privilege and how to be an anti-racist ally. This service is intergenerational with child care available for the little ones. Followed by hospitality.

We join other Unitarian Universalist congregations who annually celebrate the Flower Communion Service, originated in 1923 by Dr. Norber Chapek, founder of the modern Unitarian movement in then Czechoslovakia.  If you are able, please bring a flower to share (extra flowers will be available) for this intergenerational service.  Service leader:  Celia Ellison.

Join Adriane Ruther as she showcases the Erik/Talawanda natural areas and land lab.  These 97 acres of varying Ohio ecosystems were established for study and leisure on the Talawanda High School property in 2012.  Service Leader:  Drew Ruther.  Potluck will immediately follow Sunday service. After the potluck there will be an opportunity to tour the … Continue reading Sunday Service & Field Trip: Erik/Talawanda natural areas and land lab.

To close out our Program Year, the Children’s Religious Education classes will be leading the Sunday Service on Mother’s Day, with a focus on gratitude.  What are we grateful for in our families, in our communities, and in our Hopedale Community? How do we best like to say and to hear “thank you”?  This multi-generational … Continue reading Sunday Service: Gratitude

Join Diane Wright as we reflect on the “give and take” of our connections with others, and the ways our own actions can be reflected back to us. Service Leader: Bethany Smith.

Let’s all share in creating a unique orchestral rendering of the (new) year. Our shared composition in four movements will celebrate the four seasons. A variety of instruments that everyone can play will allow us to give voice to the several sounds of winter, spring, summer, and fall. We’ll have plenty, but feel free to … Continue reading Sunday Service: Hopedale Symphony

Join us this Easter Sunday when the Rev. Dennis McCarty, a self-described “gentle atheist,” will discuss a doctrine which continues to influence American culture.  The Doctrine of Original Sin has been abandoned by liberal Christian theologians. Not only does it fail to reflect what science has taught us about human origins, it’s not even an accurate … Continue reading Sunday Service: The Myth of Original Sin

Poetry Fest!!!  “Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments…”  Percy Bysshe Shelley.  Come and share your favorite poem–limerick, haiku, or even a sonnet.  Perhaps you have written a poem or remember lines from a poem you learned as a youth–bring them all, we’d like to hear them. Service Leaders: Susan Thrasher and … Continue reading Sunday Service & Congregational Meeting