SPECIAL LARGE Sunday Service, lots of news. Thanks for reading.

“Across our Mountains: A Special Multi-Congregation Service“    Sunday 11am EST by Zoom January 10, 2021 Join our Unitarian Universalist Congregations of Athens, Marietta, Charleston, and Beckley for a special Sunday Service of reflection, contemplation, and music this weekend!  Ministers Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker, Rev. Donald Rollins, and Rev. Caitlin Cotter Coillberg will offer words, music … [Read more…]

New Year, New YoUU

“New Year, New YoUU”    Sunday 11am EST by Zoom January 3, 2021 The calendar may have flipped and January 1st may feel like a res-tart but the reality is the political, cultural, religious, economic, public health disaster that was 2020 has followed us into the new year. As members of the larger human community, … [Read more…]

“Doing Nothing” as Resistance

“Doing Nothing” as Resistance: a discussion on the concepts in  How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy  by Jenny O’Dell    Sunday 11am EST by Zoom We’ll ponder the importance of doing nothing. We’ll ponder ways to shift our lives from the “attention economy” to the more-than-human world around us. We’ll ponder subtleties of resistance, … [Read more…]

Christmas Eve 7pm Zoom Service

CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE Thursday, December 24, 2020 7pm EST by Zoom  Join us for a Zoom celebration of the season with music, family, and light. Bring a candle and wear your favorite holiday outfit. To help us create a festive atmosphere in a virtual world, send a photo of your holiday decorations or holiday celebrations … [Read more…]

Our Winter Solstice Service

OUR WINTER SOLSTICE SERVICE Sunday 11am EST by Zoom  Please join us this Sunday, December 20th  as we observe the Winter Solstice. We are moving from the darkest night of the year into welcoming the return of the light. We pause to consider the interdependent web of which we are a part. Within this web … [Read more…]

TONIGHT 7pm & Sunday: Emerson in Winter

BULLETIN:  Rev. Rollin’s “Time Out Tuesday” is 7pm TONIGHT by Zoom.  Join us if you can. Small group, informal. An every-other-week event.  DETAILS BELOW under “Time Out Tuesdays.”   “Emerson in Winter, Part 1” with Rev. Don Rollins Sunday 11am EDT by Zoom  UUs tend to know a little about Ralph Waldo Emerson’s work, but … [Read more…]

A Season for Surviving and Thriving

“A Season for Surviving and Thriving” with delfin bautista Sunday 11am EDT by Zoom  During this hectic time of the year made more hectic due to the pandemic, politics, social issues, and life as a whole, delfin will help us explore how to not only survive but thrive through the rest of the year by … [Read more…]

Giving Thanks

“Giving Thanks“ Sunday 11am EDT by Zoom  We say “Thank You” a lot. At the end of emails. Out of politeness. But what does giving thanks really mean? Is it the same as gratitude? And how do we give thanks during a pandemic? SUNDAY SERVICE Join by Phone:  Use your phone to dial either 312 626 … [Read more…]

Events Tonight!, Saturday, Sunday & Tuesday

TONIGHT 7pm: Introduction to Natural Burial SATURDAY 10am: UUJO Annual Assembly SUNDAY 11am: Service via Zoom with Marietta’s Rev. Hawbaker TUESDAY 7pm: Time Out Tuesday with Rev. Rollins SUNDAY: Thanksgiving: Let’s Tell a Truer Story by Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker of the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta Sunday 11am EDT by Zoom  This Sunday we … [Read more…]

The Stars are Nothing Without the Darkness in Between

“THE STARS ARE NOTHING WITHOUT THE DARKNESS IN BETWEEN” Sunday 11am EDT by Zoom  What started as an idea to explore the ways in which winter holidays and festivals focus on light—candles, stars, and so on—has morphed into a reflection on the distinctions between lightness and darkness. Light and Dark, black and white, day and … [Read more…]