e-nUUs: August 7, 2024

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Sunday, July 21, 2024 Cultivating Presence in Sound and Silence

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

10 AM in Hobbs Hall

A multi-platform service led by Adam Moskowitz and Director of Music Ministries Emily Hall with Worship Associate Heidi Shaffer Bish.

You are invited to discover the joy of weaving the elements of worship and presence. Together we will lean into the familiar aspects of our service with the addition of extended periods of guided meditation and a chance to sing from a place of connection to the here and now. This service will include a short teaching on the relationship between presence and prayer. Join us to foster community as we merge the teachings of sound and silence!

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e-nUUs: July 10, 2024

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

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Topics included:

e-nUUs Information

Messages from the Board

  • 2024-2025 Board Members
  • 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

Income Generation

  • Grocery Cards

Volunteer Opportunities

  • Sunday Morning
  • Social Justice

Worship and Music

  • Sunday, July 14, 2024 – It’s a Jungle Out There
  • Sunday, July 28, 2024 – The Dance of Shared Ministry

Lifespan Learning

  • Religious Exploration – Sunday, July 14,  2024
  • Summer RE 2024 Schedule
  • Summer Volunteers Needed 

Social Justice and Community Outreach

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

UU, Interfaith and Community 

  • UUA General Assembly
  • International Cultural Exchange Services (ICES)
  • Kids Summer Lunch Program
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Sunday, July 14, 2024 It’s a Jungle Out There

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10:00 AM in Hobbs Hall

A multiplatform service (in-person and via zoom) led by Julie Swango and Worship Associate Randy Bish.

Does it feel like we live in a world where we trade our privacy, our personal data and our rights just to send a text message, read a book, watch a video or play a game? How did we get here? Is there an alternative? This service explores how free software is designed to preserve our rights as we navigate the tech jungle. It includes personal stories about morals, discovery and hard decisions concerning technology.

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Sunday, July 7, 2024 Whoa! Opening Ourselves to Awe

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10 AM in Hobbs Hall.

A multi-platform service led by Ginny Horvath with Worship Associate Rev. Christie Anderson

We all have moments that take our breath away, moments that cause us to say “Whoa!” because we are surprised or delighted or simply in awe. We may think of these as unpredictable occurrences, but it is possible–and healthy–to develop a practice of everyday wonder. This intergenerational service will include details about research on what psychologist Dacher Keltner calls the “8 wonders of the world” and present suggestions for a spiritual practice of awe–no matter our age or circumstances.

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Sunday, June 30, 2024 The Gift of Listening

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10 AM in Hobbs Hall

A multi-platform service led by our guest Interfaith/Interspiritual Minister, the Rev. Susan Odessky and Worship Associate Kathy Kerns, CLM.

There is an unexpected gift we can give our loved ones and friends. It’s just listening to them. Not the kind of distracted “listening” we do while scrolling on our phones or gathering our belongings as we are about to head off somewhere, but a deep listening that requires time and the paying of attention. We’ll explore how listening fully to others is a gift not only for the person to whom we listen, but a gift to our own spirit.

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e-nUUs: June 19, 2024

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

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Topics included:

e-nUUs Information

Messages from the Board

  • Short-term Ministerial Coverage Plan

Community Within

  • Last Out the Door?  
  • Coffee Volunteers Needed to support Social Hour

Income Generation

  • Auction Events Tickets Available
  • Grocery Cards

Volunteer Opportunities

  • Sunday Morning
  • Social Justice

Worship and Music

  • Sunday, June 23,  2024 –  The Invisible People – UUYJ’s Experiences with the Oglala Lakota
  • Sunday, June 30, 2024 – The Gift of Listening
  • Orders of Service
  • Community Sing  – June 25, 2024

Lifespan Learning

  • Religious Exploration this Sunday, June 23, 2024
  • Summer Volunteers Needed 

Social Justice and Community Outreach

  • June’s Special Collection – Freedom House (how to donate)
  • Middle School Free Store

UU, Interfaith and Community 

  • UUCK for local historic property designation
  • Kids Summer Lunch Program
  • TimeBank Repair Cafe June 23, 2024
  • CERSI July 7-13, 2024
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Sunday, June 23, 2024 The Invisible People: UUYJ’s Experiences with the Oglala Lakota

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10 AM in Hobbs Hall

A multi-platform service lead by Youth Leader Ellen McWilliams-Woods, our UU Youth for Justice, and Director of Religious Education Colleen Theole.

Lakota people of South Dakota remain largely invisible to mainstream society in many ways.  Fifteen members of our high school youth group (UUYJ) just returned from a service/cultural immersion trip to the Pine Ridge Reservation.  Through music, art, reflections, and spiritual readings, our youth will bring beautiful Lakota spiritual practices out of the shadows and elevate the awareness of the devastating conditions on the reservation that are rooted in the historical trauma Lakota people have experienced. 

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