May 7 th @ 10:30 a.m. – Choosing Barabbas: Reflections in the Weeks After Easter Christian scriptures tell the story of a prisoner named Barrabas, who was imprisoned with Jesus. There was a tradition of releasing a prisoner on the day before Passover, and when the guards asked the crowd who they desired to release, they … Continued
Greater Cincinnati Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) visits the Unitarian Universalist Council of Greater Cincinnati with a Sunday-morning service at First Unitarian Church in Cincinnati. You are invited to attend at First Church or Hopedale, where the service will be livestreamed. How do we stop systems based in relentless extraction and move toward ways of … Continued
Oxford should be greener as a result of several projects that are in the works. Some are City efforts and others are the result of citizen actions. Peggy Branstrator will share what is planned and how you can be part of the fun!! Service leader: Bethany Smith. Intergenerational Service.
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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. … Continued
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 … Continued
“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 … Continued
