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e-nUUs: September 4, 2024

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

CLICK HERE to read this week’s announcements.

Topics included:

e-nUUs Information

Community Within

  • Celebration of Life for Betty Jean Munro – September 7, 2024
  • Volunteers Needed for Betty Monro’s Celebration of Life
  • Fall Harvest Potluck –  September 8, 2024
  • A De-Escalation Safety Training – September 12, 2024
  • Dances of Universal Peace – September 14, 2024
  • Kirtan Gathering – September 20, 2024
  • Naloxine Training – September 22, 2024
  • Shared Ministries Council Meeting – October 6, 2024
  • Dauber Divas of Cleveland – October 13, 2024
  • Quiet Time with Hal
  • Knitting, Crochet, and Needle Point  
  • Coffee Volunteers Needed to support Social Hour

Worship and Music

  • Sunday, September 8, 2024 – Water Dance
  • Sunday, September 15, 2024 – Dignity as a Group Spiritual Practice
  • Change in Church Sunday Morning Worship – September 22, 2024
  • Kent Community Sing – September 10, 2024

Lifespan Learning

  • Sunday, September 8,  2024  – In-gathering
  • RE September Calendar of events

Income Generation

  • Acme Community Cash Back Fundraiser

Volunteer Opportunities

  • Betty Monro’s Celebration of Life
  • Divas of Cleveland Event
  • Sunday Morning
  • Social Justice

Social Justice and Community Outreach

  • September’s Special Collection – League of Women Voters of Kent
  • Middle School Free Store

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Drag Queen Bingo

Posted on by Renee Ruchotzke

Sunday, October 13, 6:00pm

An evening of fine food and games!

Join us as we host the Dauber Divas of Cleveland (aka Anhedonia Delight and Peach Fuzz) for Drag Queen Bingo as part of Kent’s Rainbow weekend! Bingo follows a dinner featuring live music by trans artists.

This is an adult event for guests 18 and over. Entertainment consists of adult humor and may contain profanity. This is a fundraising event for the UUCK.

Tipping of the Queens is encouraged!. 

Date: Sunday, October 13, 2024  Doors open at 5:45pm, Dinner and live music at 6:00pm, Drag Queen Bingo (with prizes) at 7:00pm

Location: Hobbs Hall, 217 N. Mantua St. Kent, Ohio 44240
(parking available in Hike & Bike lot on Gougler, north of the church campus — see below for map)

Tickets: $50

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Sunday, September 8, 2024 Water Dance

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

One service at 10:00 AM in Hobbs Hall
(Followed by a Fall Harvest potluck at 11:15 AM)

Join us as we welcome our new Minister, Rev. Kristina Church at this multi-platform ingathering service offered both in-person and on Zoom.

The dance of water is essential to our lives. Mists and storms move through and raindrops reveal new light. Like the water, our congregation continues to move forward and transform.  At our annual ingathering and water communion, we will welcome our new minister and begin our dance together. Please bring a small amount of water with you for this service. 

CLICK HERE to view, print, or download the Order of Service.

Join us for a Fall Harvest Potluck on September 8 after our Ingathering Service (11:15am)!
Let’s Welcome Rev. Kristina with what we do best — feed each other!

Please fill out the signup — it will help us see what others are bringing so we make sure we have a nice variety of dishes for all diets. (Dishes made from a home garden are especially welcome!)

We also need a few volunteers to help set up and clean up.

For those joining via Zoom, our meeting room opens 15 minutes prior to the start of the service (at 9:45 AM) for weekly announcements. We request that everyone joining the service please display your first and last name. Thank you!

10:00 AM Zoom Information:

https://zoom.us/j/97464785626
     Meeting ID: 974 6478 5626
        Dial by your location:  1 646 558 8656 (New York)
        Meeting ID: 974 6478 5626
     Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/acCRYGAK

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Sunday, September 1, 2024 Reimagining the Human Story

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

One service at 10:00 AM in Hobbs Hall

A multi-platform service, both in-person and on Zoom, led by Rev. Christie Anderson with Director of Music Ministries Emily Hall.

Can a shift in our perspective about the place of humans in the universe give rise to greater harmony between humans and a more sustainable relationship with the earth? Exploration of this question will be facilitated in dialog with a special guest who incorporates science and mysticism to challenge common perceptions of human existence.

CLICK HERE to view, download, or print the Order of Service.

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August 25, 2024 It Started with a Riot

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

10:00 AM in Hobbs Hall

A multi-platform service, both in person and on Zoom, led by CLM Lori Mirkin-McGee and Worship Associate Lo Thoele.

Most scholars mark the beginning of the LGBTQ+ rights movement with the Stonewall Riots, which took place on June 28, 1969 at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village.  What many people, including members of the LGBTQ+ community, don’t know is that there were several riots and skirmishes that took place before the Stonewall uprising.  This service will explore the history of the LGBTQ+ rights movement both pre- and post-Stonewall.  

CLICK HERE to view, download, or print the Order of Service.

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e-nUUs: August 14, 2024

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

CLICK HERE to read this week’s announcements.

Topics included:

e-nUUs Information

Messages from the Board

Community Within

  • Celebration of Life for Betty Jean Munro – September 7, 2024
  • Tie Dye Party – August 25, 2024
  • Knitting, Crochet, and Needle Point  
  • Quiet Time with Hal
  • Coffee Volunteers Needed to support Social Hour

Worship and Music

  • Sunday, August 18, 2024 – On Both the Right and Wrong Side of History 
  • Sunday August 25, 2024 – It Started with a Riot
  • Change in Church Sunday Morning Worship – September 22, 2024
  • Music Update

Lifespan Learning

  • RE Field Trip- Sunday, August 18,  2024
  • Photos from Creating Sculptures
  • Summer RE 2024 Schedule

Income Generation

  • Acme Community Cash Back Fundraiser
  • Grocery Cards

Volunteer Opportunities

  • Sunday Morning
  • Social Justice

Social Justice and Community Outreach

  • August’s Special Collection – The Nature Conservancy
  • Middle School Free Store

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Celebration of Life for Betty Jean Munro

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

Please join us in Hobbs Hall on September 7, 2024 at 11:00 am as we celebrate the life of long-time member Betty Munro.  There will be a luncheon following the service.  All are welcome.

CLICK HERE to view, print, or download the Order of Service.

We will need greeters for the service, folks to assist with setting out food, donating finger food desserts (cookies, fruit, brownies, etc), and cleaning up following the reception (food, dishes & kitchen clean-up, wiping tables, emptying trash, etc.).

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904054FA9A62BA57-50934843-betty#

The Monro family thanks you for your contribution of time, hard work and desserts. 

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Sunday, August 18, 2024 On Both the Right and Wrong Side of History 

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

10 AM in Hobbs Hall

A multi-platform service both in-person and via Zoom led by Rev. Renee Ruchotzke.

Humans love to tell stories of when we did something wonderful or life-changing, but the stories of when we have made mistakes or caused harm can be opportunities of transformation. We’ll explore a few stories of both types and how they have impacted our UU faith.

CLICK HERE to view, download, or print the Order of Service.

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e-nUUs: August 7, 2024

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

CLICK HERE to read this week’s announcements.

Topics included:

e-nUUs Information

Messages from the Board

  • Short-term Ministerial Coverage Plan

Community Within

  • Tie Dye Party – August 25, 2024
  • Fostering Connections: Helping Us “Grow In Community” – August 11, 2024
  • Retro ’50’s Picnic
  • Quiet Time with Hal
  • Coffee Volunteers Needed to support Social Hour

Worship and Music

  • Sunday, August 11, 2024 – The Relevance of Reverence 
  • Sunday, August 18, 2024 – On Both the Right and Wrong Side of History 
  • Sunday August 25, 2024 – It Started with a Riot

Lifespan Learning

  • Religious Exploration – Sunday, August 11,  2024
  • Field Trip – Sunday, August 18, 2024
  • Summer RE 2024 Schedule

Income Generation

  • Grocery Cards

Volunteer Opportunities

  • Sunday Morning
  • Social Justice

Social Justice and Community Outreach

  • August’s Special Collection – The Nature Conservancy
  • Middle School Free Store – New items needed

UU, Interfaith, and Community Connection

  • Kids Summer Lunch Program
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Sunday, August 11, 2024 The Relevance of Reverence

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

10:00 AM in Hobbs Hall

A multi-platform service led by Elaine Bowen and Worship Associate Heidi Sumser.

We sing “here in rev’rence now we gather . . . ” from Life Calls Us On, by Jason Shelton. What is this reverence we gather in? Reverence for what? Reverence for whom? What is reverence?  Author Paul Woodruff states that, “Reverence is an ancient virtue that survives among us in half forgotten patterns of civility, in moments of inarticulate awe, and in nostalgia for the lost ways of traditional cultures.” Today we will explore religious and secular reverence through a Unitarian Universalist lens and moments of inarticulate awe. 

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e-nUUs: July 31, 2024

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

CLICK HERE to read this week’s announcements.

Topics included:

e-nUUs Information

Messages from the Board

  • Short-term Ministerial Coverage Plan

Community Within

  • Fostering Connections: Helping Us “Grow In Community” – August 11, 2024
  • Retro ’50’s Picnic
  • Quiet Time with Hal
  • Coffee Volunteers Needed to support Social Hour

Worship and Music

  • Sunday, August 4, 2024 – Music Making Community
  • Sunday, August 11, 2024 – The Relevance of Reverence 
  • Sunday, August 18, 2024 – On Both the Right and Wrong Side of History 

Lifespan Learning

  • Religious Exploration – Sunday, August 4,  2024
  • Field Trip – Sunday, August 18, 2024
  • Summer RE 2024 Schedule
  • Summer Volunteers Needed 

Income Generation

  • Grocery Cards

Volunteer Opportunities

  • Sunday Morning
  • Social Justice

Social Justice and Community Outreach

  • August’s Special Collection – The Nature Conservancy
  • Community Meal – Sunday, August 4, 2024
  • Middle School Free Store

UU, Interfaith, and Community Connection

  • Blues and BBQ – August 4, 2024
  • Kids Summer Lunch Program
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Sunday, August 4, 2024 Music Making Community

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

10:00 AM in Hobbs Hall

A multi-platform service, both in-person and via Zoom, co-led by CLM Lori Mirkin-McGee and Director of Music Ministries, Emily Hall.

We are so delighted to welcome Gabriel and Mango, two members of Kenge Kenge Orutu Systems, back to our congregation! Together with Mike Hovancsek and other musicians from Kent UU, we will bring alive the music and stories of how music connects people. Making music helps us understand our differences and brings us together. Join us for this collaborative, creative, energizing opportunity for connection and cultural exchange.

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e-nUUs: July 24, 2024

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

CLICK HERE to read this week’s announcements.

Topics included:

e-nUUs Information

Messages from the Board

  • Short-term Ministerial Coverage Plan

Community Within

  • Fostering Connections: Helping Us “Grow In Community” – August 11, 2024
  • Quiet Time with Hal
  • Coffee Volunteers Needed to support Social Hour

Worship and Music

  • Sunday, July 28, 2024 – The Dance of Shared Ministry
  • Sunday, August 4, 2024 – Music Making Community
  • Sunday, August 11, 2024 – The Relevance of Reverence 
  • Sunday, August 18, 2024 – On Both the Right and Wrong Side of History 

Lifespan Learning

  • Religious Exploration – Sunday, July 28,  2024
  • Summer RE 2024 Schedule
  • Summer Volunteers Needed 

Income Generation

  • Grocery Cards

Volunteer Opportunities

  • Sunday Morning
  • Social Justice

Social Justice and Community Outreach

  • July’s Special Collection – HEAL Palestine (how to donate)
  • Middle School Free Store

UU, Interfaith, and Community Connection

  • Wellness Night UUC – July 30, 2024
  • Kids Summer Lunch Program
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Sunday, July 28, 2024 The Dance of Shared Ministry

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

10 AM in Hobbs Hall

A multi-platform service led by CLM Kathy Kerns and Worship Associate Elaine Bowen with DRE Colleen Thoele and Music Director Emily Hall.

In September, we begin a new chapter in our church history as Rev. Kristina Church joins us as our minister. We will be doing the dance of shared ministry with a new partner. What expectations are we bringing to this new relationship? Are we open to learning new dance steps? How will we work together to move as one?

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e-nUUs: July 17, 2024

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

CLICK HERE to read this week’s announcements.

Topics included:

e-nUUs Information

Messages from the Board

  • Short-term Ministerial Coverage Plan

Community Within

  • Max Grubb Memorial Service – July 20, 2024
  • Quiet Time with Hal
  • Coffee Volunteers Needed to support Social Hour

Worship and Music

  • Sunday, July 21, 2024 – Cultivating Presence in Sound and Silence
  • Sunday, July 28, 2024 – The Dance of Shared Ministry

Lifespan Learning

  • Religious Exploration – Sunday, July 21,  2024
  • Summer RE 2024 Schedule
  • Summer Volunteers Needed 

Income Generation

  • Grocery Cards

Volunteer Opportunities

  • Sunday Morning
  • Social Justice

Social Justice and Community Outreach

  • July’s Special Collection – HEAL Palestine (how to donate)
  • Middle School Free Store

UU, Interfaith, and Community Connection

  • Kids Summer Lunch Program
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