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Squirmy Patriotism

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

Sunday, July 2, 2023 at 10 AM in Hobbs Hall

A multi-platform service led by Elaine Yehle Bowen.

Wherever you look, it’s that time of red, white and blue everything from decorations and party goods to clothing & porch hung bunting and flags galore everywhere. And then, they’re gone, these outward signs of patriotism for summer’s BIG holiday. But what if you look beyond the merchandising and think, I’m not feeling very patriotic? I’m not in love with America or being American any more. What exactly are we celebrating in our discontent besides cookouts, fireworks and if you’re lucky, a paid day off from work? It should be freedom and equality for all but is it? 

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Honoring Mary Oliver: UU Patron Poet

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan
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Sunday, June 25, 2023 at 10 AM in Hobbs Hall.

A multi-platform service led by CLM Lori Mirkin-McGee.

Mary Oliver’s body of work is considered sacred text by many UUs.  Her poetry is read so often at worship services that many know it by heart.  Through poetry and prose, this service will celebrate the life and work of Mary Oliver. 

Join us for multi-platform Sunday service at 10 AM.  We’ll gather both in person in Hobbs Hall and via Zoom.  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!

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Special Congregational Budget Information and Voting Meetings

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

We’d like to express our appreciation to everyone who engaged and participated in the budget discussions.  We have summarized your input (link in the meeting slides) and along with input from the Ministry Executive Team have revised the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2024 (7/1/2023 – 6/30/2024).  The new proposed budget is linked below.  We will hold an information meeting to present the revised budget and listen to feedback.

In accordance with our bylaws, we are calling a Special Meeting of the Congregation in order to vote on:

  1. The 5th person to be added to the Ministry Executive Team (5th members): Kathie Slater
  2. The Revised Budget for Fiscal Year 2024

     Information meeting: Sunday, June 25 at 11 AM in Hobbs Hall
     Voting meeting:  Sunday, July 2 at 11 AM in Hobbs Hall

We encourage you to review the following information for the upcoming meeting and vote:
Information Meeting Slides
Revised Budget (revisions have been highlighted in deep orange)

Do you need an absentee ballot?  Contact Don Gregg or Kara Kramer at [email protected].

– Your UUCK Board of Trustees

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e-nUUs – June 14, 2023

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

Click here to read this week’s announcements.

Topic included:

Community Within

  • UUCK at the Kent Heritage Festival
  • Items left behind  . . .
  • Update from the Transitional Music  Director Search Team
  • Performance: What We Learned While Alone –  July 23, 2023
  • Coffee Volunteers Needed to support Social Hour

Volunteer Opportunities

  • Volunteer Opportunities – we need you!
  • It takes a village!

Worship & Music

  • Multi-platform services
  • Juneteenth: With Hope of Liberty and Justice for All  – Sunday, June 18
  • Honoring Mary Oliver: UU Patron Poet – Sunday, June 25
  • Squirmy Patriotism – Sunday, July 2
  • Wisdom’s Common Ground – Sunday, July 9
  • Sunday Greeters Needed

Social Justice and Community Outreach

  • June Special Collection – Ohioans for Reproductive Freedom
  • Special Collections – How to donate.
  • Donate to the Free Store

Lifespan Learning

  • RE Summer Schedule

UU, Interfaith & Community Connections

  • Creating Intentional Summer Communities – CERSI
  • UU the Vote is hiring a full-time Democracy Strategist
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Juneteenth: With Hope of Liberty and Justice for All  

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

Sunday, June 18, 2023 at 10 AM in Hobbs Hall

A multi-platform service led by Guest Preacher Alberita Johnson and Worship Associate Rev. Steven Protzman.

Ladies Liberty and Justice are two renowned characters in the history of this country. Juneteenth is a Federal Holiday Honoring Liberty and Justice for a people who dared to hope.  Join us as we explore and celebrate Juneteenth shining a light on these magnificent ladies and keeping hope alive!

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enUUs – June 7, 2023

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

Click here to read this week’s announcements.

Topics included:

Income Generation

  • rUUmmage Sale – June 10
  • rUUmmage Sale volunteers needed.
  • It takes a village!

From the Board

  • Congregational-wide Budget Discussion – June 11

Community Within

  • Update from the Transitional Music  Director Search Team
  • Church Picnic this Sunday
  • Sidewalk chalking
  • Save the Date:  July 23, 2023
  • Meeting space
  • Coffee Volunteers Needed to support Social Hour

Volunteer Opportunities

  • Volunteer Opportunities – we need you!

Worship & Music

  • UPDATED — Church and Picnic in the Park – Sunday, June 11
  • Juneteenth: With Hope of Liberty and Justice for All  – Sunday, June 18
  • Sunday Greeters Needed

Social Justice and Community Outreach

  • Thank you!
  • Postponed — “End the Ohio Death Penalty” presentation
  • Special Collection Ballot Results
  • June Special Collection – Ohioans for Reproductive Freedom
  • Special Collections – How to donate.
  • Donate to the Free Store

Lifespan Learning

  • RE Summer Schedule

UU, Interfaith & Community Connections

  • Creating Intentional Summer Communities – CERSI
  • UU the Vote is hiring a full-time Democracy Strategist.
  • General Assembly 2023  (registration price increase on 5/15)
  • Financial Support to participate at GA
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Church Service and Picnic in the Park

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

Sunday, June 11, 2023 at 11 AM

UPDATED!
June 11, 2023   
Church Service and Picnic in the Park
Join us on Sunday, June 11 at Plum Creek Park, Pavilion #1 for our annual service in the park.  We’ll begin gathering at 10:30 AM and begin our service at 11 AM with a joyful service focused on music followed an all-church picnic.  Please bring your own place settings and a dish to share.  Other items you might consider …a folding chair, a beverage and outdoor games to share.   The church will provide a large cooler of ice water. 

All are welcome.

Plum Creek Park is located on Cherry St. in Kent.  Pavilion #1 is the shelter closest to the ball field and restrooms.  Please consider leaving the parking spaces closest to the shelter open for those with mobility challenges.  Thank you.

PLEASE NOTE: As we will be off campus this Sunday, a Zoom option will not be available.  We’ll look forward to our Zoom participants joining us on June 18.

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e-nUUs – May 31, 2023

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

Click here to read this week’s announcements.

Topic included:

Income Generation

  • rUUmmage Sale – June 10
  • rUUmmage Sale volunteers needed.
  • It takes a village!

From the Board

  • Congregational-wide Budget Discussions

Community Within

  • Sidewalk chalking
  • Save the Date:  July 23, 2023
  • Meeting space
  • Coffee Volunteers Needed to support Social Hour

Volunteer Opportunities

  • Volunteer Opportunities – we need you!

Worship & Music

  • Sunday services – 10 AM both in person in Hobbs Hall and via Zoom
  • Off the Map – Sunday, June 4
  • Church and Picnic in the Park – Sunday, June 11
  • Juneteenth: With Hope of Liberty and Justice for All  – Sunday, June 18
  • Sunday Greeters Needed

Social Justice and Community Outreach

  • Community Meal this Sunday – June 4
  • Special Collection Ballot Results
  • June Special Collection – Ohioans for Reproductive Freedom
  • Special Collections – How to donate.
  • Donate to the Free Store

Lifespan Learning

  • RE Summer Schedule
  • Summer Hogwarts Registration Deadline is TODAY!

UU, Interfaith & Community Connections

  • Creating Intentional Summer Communities
  • UU the Vote is hiring a full-time Democracy Strategist.
  • General Assembly 2023  (registration price increase on 5/15)
  • Financial Support to participate at GA
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e-nUUs – May 24, 2023

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

Click here to read this week’s announcements.

Topics included:

Income Generation

  • rUUmmage Sale – June 10
  • rUUmmage Sale volunteers needed.

From the Board

  • Annual Voting Meeting – May 28
  • Annual Information Meeting Video
  • Annual Meeting Voting Eligibility

Community Within

  • Knitting, Crochet, and Needle Point!
  • Coffee Volunteers Needed to support Social Hour

Volunteer Opportunities

  • Volunteer Opportunities – we need you!

Worship & Music

  • Sunday services – 10 AM both in person in Hobbs Hall and via Zoom
  • The Language of Rowing – Sunday, May 28
  • Off the Map – Sunday, June 4
  • Sunday Greeters Needed

Social Justice and Community Outreach

  • Cast your vote for Special Collection Recipients (Deadline 5/28)
  • End the Ohio Death Penalty presentation – June 9
  • Donate to the Free Store
  • May Special Collection – Minter’s Discretionary Fund
  • Special Collections – How to donate.

Lifespan Learning

  • This week in RE!  Sunday, May 28
  • Summer Hogwarts Registration is Open

UU, Interfaith & Community Connections

  • UU the Vote is hiring a full-time Democracy Strategist.
  • UU Mental Health Network Online Worship Service – May 28
  • Summer Institute
  • General Assembly 2023  (registration price increase on 5/15)
  • Financial Support to participate at GA
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The Language of Rowing

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 10 AM in Hobbs Hall

A multi-platform service led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Elaine Bowen

In the book “Boys in the Boat”, author David James Brown speaks of when “all eight oarsmen are rowing in such perfect unison that no single action by anyone is out of sync with those of all the others….”  As we gather for our annual meeting, we’ll reflect on the last year and the ways we’ve been rowing together as well as how we will continue to row together as our journey continues.

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e-nUUs — May 17, 2023

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

Click here to read this week’s announcements.

Topic included:

Income Generation

  • Donate to the UUCK Rummage Sale – June 10

From the Board

  • Annual Voting Meeting – May 28
  • Annual Information Meeting Video
  • Annual Meeting Voting Eligibility

Community Within

  • Drum Circle – All are invited! – May 21
  • Where are the Name Tags?
  • Knitting, Crochet, and Needle Point! – May 10
  • Coffee Volunteers Needed to support Social Hour

Volunteer Opportunities

  • The Benefits of Volunteering
  • Volunteer Opportunities – we need you!

Worship & Music

  • Sunday services – 10 AM both in person and via Zoom
  • On Friendship – Sunday, May 21 (in Hobbs Hall)
  • Community Sing – May 18
  • The Language of Rowing – Sunday, May 28
  • Sunday Greeters Needed

Social Justice and Community Outreach

  • Cast your vote for Special Collection Recipients
  • Call for Volunteers to assist with the Congregant Meal at Trinity Lutheran – June 3
  • Donate to the Free Store (updated needs)
  • May Special Collection
  • Special Collections – How to donate.

Lifespan Learning

  • This week in RE!  Sunday, May 21

UU, Interfaith & Community Connections

  • UU Mental Health Network Online Worship Service – May 28
  • Summer Institute
  • General Assembly 2023  (registration price increase on 5/15)
  • Financial Support to participate at GA
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On Friendship

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 10 AM in Hobbs Hall.

A multi-platform service led by Heidi Shaffer Bish and Randy Bish.

The “Bring A Friend to Church” tradition returns to UUCK with a special service celebrating friendship! Bring some friends or find them here!

The spiritual practice of friendship enriches our lives, helping us find meaning, strength, solace and belonging.  How does our church community enhance our existing friendships and help true friendships blossom?   Bring a friend (or two) to church for a special service celebrating friendship. This service will be held in Hobbs Hall to make room for more!

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e-nUUs – May 10, 2023

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

Click here to read this week’s announcements.

Topics included:

Income Generation

  • Success & Fun at the Service Auction

From the Board

  • Annual Voting Meeting – May 28
  • Annual Information Meeting Video
  • Annual Meeting Voting Eligibility

From Rev. Steven

  • Flower Ceremony this Sunday
  • Our Prayers for the World

Community Within

  • Church Potluck – this Friday, May 12
  • Where are the Name Tags?
  • Knitting, Crochet, and Needle Point! – May 10
  • Coffee Volunteers Needed to support Social Hour

Volunteer Opportunities

  • The Benefits of Volunteering
  • Urgent Need for volunteers to support 5/19 rental
  • Volunteer Opportunities – we need you!

Worship & Music

  • Sunday services – 10 AM both in person and via Zoom
  • Messengers of Love – Sunday, May 14
  • On Friendship – Sunday, May 21 (in Hobbs Hall)
  • Community Sing – May 18
  • Sunday Greeters Needed

Social Justice and Community Outreach

  • Cast your vote for Special Collection Recipients
  • Call for Volunteers to assist with the Congregant Meal at Trinity Lutheran – June 3
  • Donate to the Free Store (updated needs)
  • May Special Collection
  • Special Collections – How to donate.

Lifespan Learning

  • This week in RE!  Sunday, May 14

UU, Interfaith & Community Connections

  • UU Mental Health Network Online Worship Service – May 28
  • Summer Institute
  • General Assembly 2023  (registration price increase on 5/15)
  • Financial Support to participate at GA

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Messengers of Love

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

Sunday, May 14, 2023 at 10 AM

A multi-platform service led by Rev. Steven Protzman, DRE Colleen Thoele, and Worship Associate CLM Lori Mirken-McGee.

In 1923, the Rev. Norbert Capek created the very first flower ceremony for his Unitarian congregation in Prague, Czechoslovakia.  As he blessed the flowers, he spoke of them as “messengers of love”.  His wife Maja brought the ceremony to the United States and now many UU congregations have this ceremony each year in the spring.  As a community of all ages, we will celebrate the flower ceremony with stories, songs, and the ritual of sharing flowers.  If attending in person, please bring fresh flowers to share. If attending via Zoom, please have a flower available for yourself.

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