All of Who You Are is Welcome

Please join us for Sunday service where we will be celebrating Pride Sunday 2023.  We will lift up LGBTQIA people and the history of how UUs have provided a spiritual home for all people.  As a congregation we will be engaged in Athens Pride Events as coordinated by the Southeast Ohio Rainbow Coalition.  Happy Pride Month to all.

Barb Harrison , service leader.

The service will be in-person (facemarks optional) and by Zoom.

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JOIN UUFA DURING PRIDE WEEK IN ATHENS by Susan Westenbarger

EVENT #1:
We are registered for the Pride Parade on June 10, including tabling at Howard Park during and after the parade. We need to provide our own table and chairs, plus bring our brochures, etc. I’m happy to staff the table while others parade, or we can trade off or whatever.

Details:
2023 Athens Pride Parade and Tabling Registration
When: Saturday, June 10, 2023

Parade
Line-up Time: 8:30am   Alden Library

Step-off Time: 10:00am   End Time: 11:00am
Route: Court St. to Washington Ave to College St, ending at The Green.
Tabling
Howard Park
Set up: 9am
End: 12pm

Table and chairs will not be provided and you must provide table coverage for set up and during the parade if your organization is participating in both.

EVENT #2: Family Fun Day

At Richland Avenue Park. Come at 11 with table, chairs, and brochures. This seems to be a show-up-and-we’ll-let-you-know-where-to-go. End time is whenever we’ve had enough. 🙂
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REPORT FROM THE UUFA BOARD MEETING

When the UUFA board members met on May 20, 2023, they discussed renovation to the heating system, continuing work on the soffits and fascia, and the recent installation of blink security cameras. Many thanks to Fred S. and Aaron for work on the outside of the building. Many thanks to Andy R. and Fred S. for installing the blink cameras. Thanks to Richard T. for donating the wood for the soffits and fascia.

Board members expressed concern about the number of heavy trucks using our parking lot. We will put up a sign asking that no semi-trucks come on the premises.

Richard T. has been contacting architectural firms to get an idea of a potential cost for renovating the building for handicapped accessibility and for possible daycare use.

The board agreed to make annual donations to the following local groups:

UCM Center, 18 N. College St. Athens, OH
Mt. Zion Baptist Church Restoration Society, 32 W. Carpenter St. Athens, OH
Southeast Ohio Rainbow Coalition
UUJO , state-wide UUs for social justice
Thanks to Jessie Roberson for coordinating our yearly pledge drive. Please look for information in the mail and please give generously.
The board encourages members and friends to march in the Athens Pride Parade on Sunday June 10th. Look for our Side with Love banner, and our table to join us. More detail about our participation in the parade is above.
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WEEKLY EVENTS IN THE FELLOWSHIP (but contact leader before attending):

Tuesday 6:00 to 8:00 pm West African Rhythms with Lawrence Greene,  ALL ARE WELCOME, drums provided.  $15 per session. Contact Lawrence to reaffirm your attendance and to know if the session you seek to attend is still on. Text 740-444-1407.

Wednesday 10:00 am to 11:00 am Zumba with Kim Knapp Brown. ALL ARE WELCOME. No cost, donations welcome for use of building. Contact Kim to reaffirm your attendance and to know if the session you seek to attend is still on. Text 740-590-5079.

Wednesday 7pm Alcoholics Anonymous closed meeting. See https://athensohioaa.org for details about that meeting.

Thursday 2:00 pm – 4:15 pm, Threshold Singers, with Suzanne Perry. ALL ARE WELCOME. Must join the national threshold singers organization, at $50/ yr. Then no cost, donations welcome for use of building. Contact Suzanne to reaffirm your attendance and to know if the session you seek to attend is still on. Text 740 – 591-0303

Thursday 4:30 to 5:30 pm, Zumba with Kim Knapp Brown (outside or downstairs). ALL ARE WELCOME. No cost, donations welcome for use of building. Contact Kim to reaffirm your attendance and to know if the session you seek to attend is still on. Text 740-590-5079.
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CENTRAL EAST REGION SUMMER INSTITUTE

 Our region of the Unitarian Universalist Association—the Central East Region–is hosting its all-ages, week-long Summer Institute this July 9-15 between Pittsburgh PA and Morgantown WV. Our members have attended in the past. Wenda S. and her two older grandchildren will be attending this year. For details, see: https://www.cersiuu.org

From that link: “Summer Institute 2023 is going to be jam-packed full of fun, community, music and learning. Hosted again on the Penn West California campus, in California PA, we look forward to welcoming both “regulars” and newcomers to this summer’s event!”

 

UUFA BOARD MEETING

The next UUFA board meeting will be Saturday June 10th at 10:30am by Zoom. All members are welcome to attend. For the Zoom link, text Richard 740-818-4775, or contact any other board member.

 

UUFA PROGRAMMING MEETING

The next UUFA programming meeting will be Wednesday, June 14th at 6:30pm. Contact Barb H. or any board member if you’re able to join us. More people, more music, more ideas all welcome! All members and friends are welcome to attend.

 

GREENSHEET DEADLINE (Hopefully Sunday 3pm)
& HOW TO SUBMIT

Please email items to wendasheard@yahoo.com and put “Greensheet” in the subject line.

When we receive blurbs and descriptions of a Sunday service, we aspire to publish within 24 hours, as well as create and share a Facebook event and email the Greensheet to all with emails in our Elvanto system. Thanks in advance to all presenters and others who submit information early.

Aspirational deadline for each week: SUNDAY 3pm or before publication, whichever comes last.  Thanks!