A Legacy of Love

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 10 AM.

A multi-platform service led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Director of Religious Education Colleen Theole.

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said that “Love is the greatest force in the Universe”. As we honor the life of the Rev. Dr. King, we will reflect on his legacy of love, a love that called him to reject violence as a solution to conflict and to devote his life to justice, peace, and equality, and ask how his legacy challenges and inspires us to continue his work.

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e-nUUs: January 3, 2024

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

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Topics included:

Winter weather and Church closing information

e-nUUs Information

Pastoral Care

  • Middle School-led Free Story

Community Within

  • Adopt a Poinsettia
  • Adult Religious Education
  • Coffee Volunteers Needed to support Social Hour

Income Generation

  • Auction News – January Seats Available
  • Auction News – Volunteers Needed
  • Grocery Cards Update
  • Acme Community Cash Back Fundraiser

Volunteer Opportunities

  • Volunteer Opportunities

Worship & Music

  • A Liberating Love  – Sunday, January 7, 2024                                   
  • Multi-platform services
  • Music Update from Emily
  • Sunday Greeters Needed

Social Justice and Community Outreach

  • Special Collection for January (how to donate)
  • Community Meal – Sunday, January 7, 2024
  • UU Youth for Justice (UUYJ) Service Project
  • Please Donate to the Free Store 

Lifespan Learning

  • Justice January Intersession
  • Religious Education Committee Looking for New Members

UU, Interfaith and Community

  • Winter Institute 2024
  • CERSI 2024
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A Liberating Love

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Sunday, January 7, 2024 at 10 AM.

A multi-platform service led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate CLM Kathy Kerns.

Hymn #323 “Break Not the Circle” speaks of a love that frees, a love that invites people “grow, to be themselves, where human bonds remain unbroken”. As we explore January’s Soul Matters theme, “The Gift of Liberating Love”, let us ask together: What does a truly liberating love look like? How does Unitarian Universalism invite us into this love? What does the love that sets us free ask of us?

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New Year, New Intention

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Sunday, December 31, 2023 at 10 AM.

A multi-platform service led by Ginny Horvath and Worship Associate Lori Mirkin-McGee.

Although people often think of the New Year as a chance to make resolutions, most of those are abandoned within a few weeks. Instead, this intergenerational service will look briefly at global New Year’s traditions and then focus on our own intention. Using wisdom from reflective spiritual practices and social science research about befriending our future selves, we will consider ways to think about the people we intend to be. Your intention can lead you to a new understanding of yourself and your choices to care for your future self as you would a trusted, valued friend.

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e-nUUs — December 20, 2023

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

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Topics included:

Christmas Eve Services – 6:30 & 8:30 PM

Holiday break – Church Office closed 12/25 – 1/2

e-nUUs Information

From Rev. Steven

  • Rev. Steven’s Schedule

Pastoral Care

  • Kevin Kerns Memorial Service Today
  • Middle School-led Free Story

Community Within

  • Cookies or Finger Foods Needed for Christmas Eve Services
  • FY2025 Budget Requests
  • New Safety Team Volunteers Needed
  • Adult Religious Education
  • Coffee Volunteers Needed to support Social Hour

Income Generation

  • Auction News – Seats Available
  • Grocery Cards
  • Acme Community Cash Back Fundraiser

Volunteer Opportunities

  • Volunteer Opportunities

Worship & Music

  • Community Christmas – Sunday, December 24, 2023 at 10 AM in Hobbs Hall
  • Christmas Eve Services – The Mystery, the Magic, and the Music   – Sunday, December 24, 2023, 6:30 PM and 8:30 PM  in the Church Sanctuary
  • New Year, New Intention – Sunday, December 31, 2023     
  • Multi-platform services
  • Community Sing
  • Sunday Greeters Needed

Social Justice and Community Outreach

  • Special Collection for December – Church’s Minister’s Discretionary Fund (how to donate)
  • UU Youth for Justice (UUYJ) Service Project
  • Please Donate to the Free Store 

Lifespan Learning

  • RE is on break until after New Years
  • December RE Events
  • Religious Education Committee Looking for New Members

UU, Interfaith and Community

  • Peer Led Support Group
  • Vision Board Workshop 
  • CERSI 2024
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Community Christmas

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Sunday, December 24, 2023 at 10 AM in Hobbs Hall.

Led by CLM Lori Mirkin-McGee and Randy Bish.

If you need a break from the hustle and bustle of Christmas preparations, come join us for some all ages (children, be sure to bring your parents!) community time of singing carols, being together, enjoying a cookie swap, and/or making an ornament or two. For the cookie swap, please bring some cookies to share and a container to take some home.

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve services, The Mystery, the Magic and the the Music, will be held at 6:30 PM and 8:30 PM in the Church Sanctuary.

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Christmas Eve: The Mystery, the Magic, and the Music

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Sunday, December 24, 2023 at 6:30 PM and 8:30 PM in the Church Sanctuary (and Zoom).

A multi-platform service led by Rev. Steven Protzman, Dir. of Religious Education Colleen Thoele, and Worship Associates David Weaver and Heidi Shaffer Bish.

As we welcome Christmas once again, we will tell stories and sing songs about the birth of Jesus and reflect on the magic, mystery and beauty of this night with its promise that amid the struggles, problems, and suffering of life, there is wonder and joy.

We will have an all ages candlelight service at 6:30 pm, and a meditative candlelight service at 8:30 pm. There will be no morning service.

6:30 PM — CLICK HERE to view, download, or print the 6:30 PM Order of Service.

8:30 PM — CLICK HERE to view, download, or print the 8:30 PM Order of Service.

6:30 PM Podcast

8:30 PM Podcast

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e-nUUs – December 13, 2023

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

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Topic included:

e-nUUs Information

Holiday Break: Church Office closing

Pastoral Care

  • Kevin Kerns Memorial Service
  • Middle School-led Free Story

Community Within

  • Cookies or Finger Foods Needed for Christmas Eve Services
  • FY2025 Budget Requests
  • New Safety Team Volunteers Needed
  • Adult Religious Education
  • Coffee Volunteers Needed to support Social Hour

Income Generation

  • Auction News – Seats Available
  • Grocery Cards
  • Acme Community Cash Back Fundraiser

Volunteer Opportunities

  • Volunteer Opportunities

Worship & Music

  • Blue Christmas – Wednesday, December 13, 2023
  • The Tree That Was Meant to Be! – Children’s Holiday Pageant – Sunday, December 17, 2023 
  • Community Christmas – Sunday, December 24, 2023 at 10 AM in Hobbs Hall
  • Christmas Eve Services – The Mystery, the Magic, and the Music   – Sunday, December 24, 2023, 6:30 PM and 8:30 PM  in the Church Sanctuary
  • New Year, New Intention – Sunday, December 31, 2023     
  • Multi-platform services
  • Community Sing
  • Sunday Greeters Needed

Social Justice and Community Outreach

  • Special Collection for December – Church’s Minister’s Discretionary Fund (how to donate)
  • UU Youth for Justice (UUYJ) Service Project
  • Please Donate to the Free Store 

Lifespan Learning

  • Pageant Sunday – No RE Classes – Sunday, December 17, 2023 
  • Children’s Holiday Pageant Rehearsal 
  • December RE Events
  • Religious Education Committee Looking for New Members
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e-nUUs – December 6, 2023

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

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Topics Included:

e-nUUs Information

Winter weather happens – info for church closing and program cancellation.

Pastoral Care

  • Kevin Kerns

Community Within

  • Cookies or Finger Foods Needed for Christmas Eve Services
  • FY2025 Budget Requests
  • New Safety Team Volunteers Needed
  • Adult Religious Education
  • Journey of Belonging Class
  • Coffee Volunteers Needed to support Social Hour

Income Generation

  • Auction News – Seats Available
  • Grocery Cards
  • Acme Community Cash Back Fundraiser

Volunteer Opportunities

  • Volunteer Opportunities

Worship & Music

  • Worship Cafe – Sunday, December 10, 2023
  • Live in the Mystery – Sunday,December 10, 2023
  • Blue Christmas – Wednesday, December 13, 2023
  • The Tree That Was Meant to Be! – Children’s Holiday Pageant – Sunday, December 17, 2023 
  • The Mystery, the Magic, and the Music   – Sunday, December 24, 2023, 6:30 PM and 8:30 PM  
  • New Year, New Intention – Sunday, December 31, 2023     
  • Multi-platform services
  • Community Sing
  • Sunday Greeters Needed

Social Justice and Community Outreach

  • Special Collection for December – Church’s Minister’s Discretionary Fund (how to donate)
  • Lord’s Lunch Congregate Meal
  • Please Donate to the Free Store 

Lifespan Learning

  • Teachers for Sunday, December 10, 2023
  • Children’s Holiday Pageant Rehearsal Sunday, December 10, 2023
  • December RE Events
  • Religious Education Committee Looking for New Members

UU, Interfaith and Community Connections

  • Madrigal Dinner. – Kent Roosevelt High School – December 8 and 9, 2023
  • Hope for the Holidays
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Blue Christmas

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at 7 PM in the Church Sanctuary (and Zoom).

A multi-platform service led by Rev. Steven Protzman, Rev. Renee Ruchotzke, Dir. of Music Emily Hall, and Commissioned Lay Minister Lori Mirkin-McGee.

A Blue Christmas service, also known as the Longest Night service, is a time for those who find the holidays hard because of the loss of a loved one or other struggles. This special Vespers in the sanctuary and on Zoom at 7 pm will be a meditative service that will provide space for grief, for reflection and remembering, for taking the time to simply be and seek out healing stillness.

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Live in the Mystery

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

Sunday, December 10, 2023 at 10 AM in the Church Sanctuary.

A multi-platform service led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Heidi Sumser.

Lawrence Kushner wrote: “The first mystery is simply that there is a mystery, a mystery that can never be explained or understood, only encountered from time to time.” As we explore the December Soul Matters theme of Mystery, let us embrace the reality that we are surrounded by mystery, challenge ourselves to open our hearts to it more fully, and reflect on our search for truth and meaning having infinite possibilities.

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e-nUUs – November 30, 2023

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

CLICK HERE to read this week’s announcements.

Topic included:

e-nUUs Information

From Rev. Steven

  • Sharing Memories

Pastoral Care

  • With sadness

Community Within

  • Shared Ministries Council – December 3, 2023
  • FY2025 Budget Requests
  • New Safety Team Volunteers Needed
  • Adult Religious Education
  • Journey of Belonging Class
  • Coffee Hour Bulletin
  • Coffee Volunteers Needed to support Social Hour

Income Generation

  • Auction News – Seats Available
  • Grocery Cards
  • Acme Community Cash Back Fundraiser

Volunteer Opportunities

  • Volunteer Opportunities

Worship & Music

  • We Bless This Space – Sunday, December 3, 2023
  • Live in the Mystery – Sunday,December 10, 2023
  • Blue Christmas – Wednesday, December 13, 2023
  • The Tree That Was Meant to Be! – Children’s Holiday Pageant – Sunday, December 17, 2023 
  • The Mystery, the Magic, and the Music   – Sunday, December 24, 2023, 6:30 PM and 8:30 PM       
  • Multi-platform services
  • Community Sing
  • Sunday Greeters Needed

Social Justice and Community Outreach

  • Special Collection for December – Church’s Minister’s Discretionary Fund (how to donate)
  • UUYJ Community Meal – Sunday, December 3, 2023
  • Lord’s Lunch Congregate Meal – December 2, 2023
  • Angel Tree Gifts for Children due Sunday, December 3, 2023
  • Please Donate to the Free Store 

Lifespan Learning

  • Pajama Party Friday, December 1, 2023
  • Teachers for Sunday, December 3, 2023
  • Children’s Holiday Pageant Rehearsal Sunday, December 3, 2023
  • December RE Events
  • Religious Education Committee Looking for New Members

UU, Interfaith and Community Connections

  • Update on Article II Revisions
  • bUUk Fair – West Shore UU Church – December 1, 2, and 3, 2023
  • Madrigal Dinner. – Kent Roosevelt High School – December 8 and 9, 2023
  • Hope for the Holidays
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