SUNDAY September 8, 2019 – “Welcoming NameTags”: A Lesson and Art Project Today we begin a new year by crafting new name tags for ourselves and our children. This intergenerational service will include information about current pronoun usage in accordance with our vote at our annual meeting to update our Welcoming Congregation status. If you have … [Read more…]
SUNDAY September 1, 2019 – Striving for Peace in Troubled Times by Barbara Harrison. Coffee 10:30am, Service 11:00am, 184 Longview Heights Road, Athens, Ohio 45701 Save the Dates! Our UU Principles compel us towards social action as well as interfaith activism. Please mark your calendar for two upcoming opportunities with UUFA members as well as members of … [Read more…]
SUNDAY August 25, 2019 – Open Discussion: Spirituality and Health. Come join our monthly open discussion. Listen and/or share. Service Leader: Brian Richards. Coffee 10:30am, Service 11:00am, 184 Longview Heights Road, Athens, Ohio 45701 For Your Children: We’ll start our children’s program this Sunday with the Love Bowl, as usual. Then we’ll go outside to find seeds as Mother Nature … [Read more…]
SUNDAY August 18, 2019 – A Spirituality of Existentialism: The Beauty in Making Your Own Meaning Are your existential crises a bit of a drag? Finding ascribing meaning in a meaningless world less fun than a barrel of primates? Do you struggle with bad faith or think nihilism is for the birds? Join us at the UUFA … [Read more…]
SUNDAY August 11, 2019 – POTLUCK & “Mike & Freddie & Me” Five years after the extrajudicial murders of Mike Brown and Freddie Gray, UUFA member Susan Westenbarger will explore the ramifications of their deaths at the hands of those pledged to “protect and serve” and how today’s Movement for Black Lives resonates within Unitarian … [Read more…]
About this SUNDAY August 4, 2019: The minister who was scheduled to be our guest this Sunday is unable to attend. We are grateful that delfin bautista, a graduate of Yale Divinity School who formerly worked as the UUA’s LGBT coordinator in Washington, DC, will join us once again and will introduce us to the UUA’s new … [Read more…]
SUNDAY August 4, 2019. Reverend Bruce Livingston will share his story and insights into the divine. From a troubled youth, to life as a Baptist minister, to retirement, he has a message and a story that can excite and inspire us all. Coffee 10:30am, Service 11:00am. 184 Longview Heights Road, Athens, Ohio 45701 This week’s SPECIAL … [Read more…]
SUNDAY July 28, 2019. Spirituality & Environment. Come join our monthly open discussion. Listen and/or share. Coffee 10:30am, Service 11:00am. 184 Longview Heights Road, Athens, Ohio 45701 Service Leader: Brian Richards SPECIAL FOR CHILDREN: This SUNDAY July 28, 2019, Jessie and Roberta will be making bird feeders with the children. A perfect Sunday to bring children. … [Read more…]
SUNDAY July 21, 2019. The Science of Happiness, by Brian Richards. Old questions have a way of generating old answers wrapped in new words. The Science of Happiness is a UC Berkeley class, and the vast majority of this service will be a summary of that course. The remainder is a splash of Zen wisdom and … [Read more…]
SUNDAY July 14, 2019. Life, Death and the Dharma of Dogs: A Conversation on Zen. Join Kojun, also known as Nate Hayes, as he talks about his discovery of the path of Zen Buddhism, his experiences with his parent’s end of life with Alzheimers and the stunning teachers he feeds twice a day and takes for … [Read more…]