The UUFA Choir invites all musically inclined members and friends to join us on Tuesday evenings at 7:30 – 8:30 for rehearsal. The choir will be working on preparing holiday season caroling and we hope to take it on the road to local nursing homes or other communities. In addition, we will be working with … [Read more…]
The Executive Board had another productive meeting on Nov. 12th. Thanks to all board members and leaders who attended to engage in the discussion. Here are some informational highlights covered at the meeting. * UUFA to conduct monthly special collection for Athens County Food Pantry on Potluck Sundays. Our own Charlie Barman , Athens County … [Read more…]
On Saturday, November 2, 2013, Harry Coffey, Alexa Ross and Lois Whealey participated with 75 other Ohioans from Ohio-Meadville and Mid America Districts at the UU Justice Ohio Assembly. It was held at the UU Church of Columbus, Weisheimer Road, where we encountered former UUFA members John Kachuba and his wife Mary, and Don Hippensteel. … [Read more…]
This Sunday, we took up a collection for the UUSC-UUA Joint Philippines Typhoon Haiyan Relief Fund. We raised $97.25. If you missed the collection, you may donate online at uusc.org, or send a check to UUSC, PO Box 808, Newark, NJ 07101-0808.
RE children’s program Children are invited to come to service Nov. 10 th and help plant fall flower bulbs around the new peace pole during service (10:30 am). Everyone is welcome!
Multicultural Training The OMD is please to offer Building Capacity for Authentic Diversity on January 11 at the UU Fellowship of Wayne County with Rev. Renee Rutchotzke and Evin Ziemer. This training is for leaders to learn how to build relationships effectivity across differences including ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, gender and more. It is ideal … [Read more…]
The youth program has started up again this month. We’ve created our covenant and began discussing issues of relevance to social justice and the importance of organizing for change. This coming month we’ll be learning more about important entities on the national level (such as the ACLU) and the local (such as UCM, Rural Action … [Read more…]
This year the fellowship had five people walking representing 15 donors for a total of $392. It was a gorgeous fall day to walk. A few more pledges should be coming in that will raise an additional $100 for the Athens County Food Bank. Thanks to everyone for their support!
by Lois Whealey UUSC has vastly expanded its sales items. Google http://www.shop.UUSC.org/ , and “Choose Compassionate Consumption” will come up. A bar at the top of that page presents choices for purchase; click on holiday cards and gifts, eco-apparel, fair foods, justice jewelry, etc. Guest at Your Table is a traditional funding program for the Unitarian Universalist … [Read more…]
Register Now for Justice Ohio and Stand on the Side of Justice, Saturday, November 2, 2013 10-3 Columbus Unitarian Church, Weisheimer Rd. Registration forms at: http://ohiomeadville.org/uujo/ Keynoter: Al Gerhardstein “Seeking Justice: A Civil Rights Attorney’s Journey With Our Second Principle” addressing the question: What do same-sex marriage, tasers, country music and courtrooms all have in … [Read more…]