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Topic included:

Worship & Music

• Sunday services – 11 AM both in person and via Zoom
• Ain’t Nothing but a Thing – Sunday, September 18
• The Church of Our Dreams – Sunday, September 25
• Sunday Greeters Needed

Lifespan Learning

• Children’s RE News
• Spiritual Practices Adult Exploration Series begins September 26 (registration required)
• Nursery Volunteers Urgently Needed

From Rev. Steven

•  The Church of Your Dreams

From the Board of Trustees

• Breaking News

Community Within

• TONIGHT! Journey of Belonging – September 14
• Creative Living Series – September 26
• Fall Walden – October 5-9

Social Justice and Community Outreach

• Living the Pledge Workshop – Workshop update
• September special collection – Southern Poverty Law Center
• Special Collections – How to donate.

UU, Interfaith, & Community Connections

• Democracy Day 

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Topics included:

From Rev. Steven

•  A Reflection on Belonging

Volunteers Needed

• Large screen mounting
• Furniture Finishing
• Nursery Care Volunteers Needed

Worship & Music

• Sunday services – 11 AM both in person and via Zoom
• The Impossible Principle – Sunday, September 11
• Ain’t Nothing but a Thing – Sunday, September 18
• The Church of Our Dreams – Sunday, September 25
• Sunday Greeters Needed

Lifespan Learning

• Spiritual Practices Adult Exploration Series begins September 26 (registration required)
• Adult Religious Exploration Programming Team
• Children’s RE News
  • Fall RE begins this Sunday
  • RE Teacher blessing this Sunday

Community Within

• Sunday Meet & Greet – September 11
• Creative Living Series – September 12
• Journey of Belonging – September 14
• Fall Walden – October 5-9

Social Justice and Community Outreach

• Living the Pledge Workshop – Save the Dates
• September special collection – Southern Poverty Law Center
• Special Collections – How to donate.

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Topics include:

From Rev. Steven

• Water and Ingathering
• Sunday, September 4

Worship & Music

• Sunday services – 11 AM both in person and via Zoom
• Gathering the Waters – Sunday, August 28 @ 11 AM
• Community Sunday: Chalk Art Fest – Sunday, September 4 @ 11 AM
• Choir Rehearsal – August 25
• Sunday Greeters Needed

Lifespan Learning

• Adult Religious Exploration Programming Team
• RE News

Community Within

• Journey of Belonging
• Do you subscribe to the Portager?
• Fall Walden – October 5-9

Social Justice and Community Outreach

• August special collection – Happy Trails Farm Animal Sanctuary

UU, Interfaith, & Community Connections

• This weekend!  Environmental Clean Up Opportunity – August 27

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Topic included:

From Rev. Steven

• Water and Ingathering
• Worship & Community Life News

Worship & Music

• Sunday services – 11 AM both in person and via Zoom
• Service in the Park & Church Picnic Sunday, August 21 @ 11 AM
• Gathering the Waters – Sunday, August 28 @ 11 AM
• Community Sunday: Chalk Art Fest – Sunday, September 4 @ 11 AM
• Choir Rehearsals – Sunday, August 21 & Thursday, August 25
• Sunday Greeters Needed

Lifespan Learning

• Adult Religious Exploration Programming Team
• Blessing of the Backpacks

Fundraising & Income Generation

• Seats available: Picnic on the Patio (Auction event) – September 10

Community Within

• Do you subscribe to the Portager?
• Fall Walden – October 5-9

Social Justice and Community Outreach

• August special collection – Happy Trails Farm Animal Sanctuary
• Community Food Needs (Kent Social Services)

UU, Interfaith, & Community Connections

• Environmental Clean Up Opportunity – August 27

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Topics included:

Congregation Re-Start

• Re-Start Workshop: Part 2 – August 13 & 14

From Rev. Steven

• Water Communion and Ingathering
• Worship & Community Life News

Worship & Music

• Sunday services – 10 AM both in person and via Zoom
• Join us for services – Sundays at 10 AM
• Congregational Re-Start Workshop: Part 2 – Sunday, August 14
• Service in the Park & Church Picnic Sunday, August 21 @ 11 AM
• Sunday Greeters Needed

Lifespan Learning

• Adult Religious Exploration Programming Team
• Summer RE continues this Sunday
• Nursery care
• Blessing of the Backpacks

Fundraising & Income Generation

• Seats available: Picnic on the Patio (Auction event) – September 10

Community Within

• Newcomer Gathering – August 17
• Fall Walden – October 5-9
• Creative Living Series: Centering, Conversing, & Coping – August 15

Social Justice and Community Outreach

• August special collection – Happy Trails Farm Animal Sanctuary
• Community Food Needs (Kent Social Services)

UU, Interfaith, & Community Connections

• Environmental Clean Up Opportunity – August 27

The UUCK Ministry Executive Team requests your participation

Re-Start Workshop: Part 2
facilitated by Rev. Sunshine Wolfe

UUCK Leadership:  Saturday, August 13, 2022
Whole Congregation: Sunday, August 14, 2022
 

Saturday:  UUCK Leadership
Leadership as Soulful Imagining and Community Healing
Saturday, August 13^th from 1:00 – 3:00 PM

The pandemic has been especially hard for the leaders in our UU communities.  Folks are burned out, church members are overwhelmed, and we really aren’t sure what is going to happen next.  So what do we do?  This program will allow you to explore the possible in your own leadership and the leadership needs of the community.  There will be some time for self and community care before we get to the question of: what’s next?  Rev. Sunshine will stay after 3:00 PM to meet with individual committees or groups who would like some support in their work (see note below).

All participants are asked to read and watch the following before this session:

• A Garden Story by Shannon Harper
• Garden Story Part 2: The LAP by Shannon Harper
• The Art of Gathering with Priya Parker
• Emergent Strategy for Linear Thinkers by Renee Ruchotzke (optional)

Leaders, we encourage in person participation but if that is not possible for you, please join us via Zoom.

UUCK Teams and Committees, if you would like to meet with Rev. Sunshine as a team, please email Jennifer May ([email protected]) with team name. She will reply with a time slot for the team after 3:00 PM on Saturday.

Sunday:  UUCK Congregation (Members, Friends, and Newcomers)
After the Flood: A Workship for Our Times
Sunday, August 14 at 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

As we relearn how to be in community in a time of extended pandemic, the question becomes- what do we do next?  This workship (cross between a worship and workshop) will provide time to consider how we choose to be in relationship and what it means to imagine the possible.  A mixture of lament and joy built through presentation and play will allow us to do some deep and meaningful soul care for this community and ourselves.  All attendees are encouraged (but not required) to read “A Garden Story” and “Garden Story Part 2: The LAP” by Shannon Harper before the workship.  There will be a time of transition at 11am for those who need to leave.  The full workship will end at 12pm.

Update: UUCK Members and Friends who were not able to participate, this workshop was recorded. If you wish to view the session, please contact MaryBeth at [email protected] for the podcast link.

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Topics included:

From the Board of Trustees

• First Sunday Board Listening Session – August 7

Worship & Music

• Sunday services – 10 AM both in person and via Zoom
• Join us for services – Sundays at 10 AM
• Deliver Us from Evil – Sunday, August 7
• Congregational Re-Start Workshop – Sunday, August 14
• Service in the Park – Church PIcnic – Sunday, August 21
• Sunday Greeters Needed

Lifespan Learning

• Adult Religious Exploration Programming Team
• Summer RE resumes this Sunday
• Nursery care

Income Generation

• Seats available: Picnic on the Patio (Auction event) – September 10

Community Within

• Creative Living Series: Centering, Conversing, & Coping – August 15
• Annex Deck Repair

Social Justice and Community Outreach

• August special collection – Happy Trails Farm Animal Sanctuary
• Food Needs at KSS

Community Building & Volunteer Opportunities

• Sunday Slide Team Members Needed
• Join the Music Ministry – Survey deadline is July 31!

UU, Interfaith, & Community Connections

• Environmental Clean Up Opportunity – August 27

The Board of Trustees held their regular monthly board meeting last evening, July 27, 2022.  At that meeting we revised the In-Person Health and Safety Policy, as we have done many times, in response to changes in the COVID status in Portage and surrounding counties.  

Going forward, we will conduct In-person church services, starting this Sunday, July 31, regardless of the COVID status in Portage County (COVIDActNow.org).  

We will require masking inside any building on the UUCK church campus, except when the COVID status is low in Portage County.   A few exceptions to this requirement are noted in the Church’s In Person Health & Safety Policy.

We continue with our policy that no food or beverages can be consumed indoors when masks are required.

We are sorry for any confusion and are trying our best to keep up with the COVID changes in our community.  At the end of last week when the COVID status changed quickly from low to high the Board decided to cancel in person church services per the policy that was in place at that time.

We continue to encourage social distancing when indoors and in-person.  The decision to attend an in-person church service is yours to make, keeping in mind our policy to stay at home if you have tested positive for COVID or are experiencing COVID symptoms.  A Zoom Sunday service option will be available for those who don’t attend in person.

The church picnic, scheduled for Sunday, August 21st at Plum Creek will be held outdoors so masks will not be required and food will be served.  We tentatively plan to transition to the Sanctuary for Sunday services at the end of August.  Please know we may need to revise this policy at that time.  

The most recent In Person Health & Safety Policy has been posted on the church website under Members and Staff Resources, Policies and Procedures. 

Thank you for your understanding.  If you  have any questions feel free to reach out to the Board of Trustees.