Friends, The UUJEC Fall Newsletter is available for your enjoyment and circulation here. Please share it with your congregation. To view our archived newsletters, please visit our webpage http://uujec.com/newsletters Thank you for your readership. Karla Chew, UUJEC Newsletter Editor
“Strength for the Journey: Expanding Our Skills, Engaging Our Spirits” Saturday, October 14 10 am – 4 pm (check in and on-site registration at 9:30 am) Methodist Theological School in Ohio (MTSO) 3081 Columbus Pike, Delaware OH 43015 (once on campus, follow signs to “The Centrum”) Registration is on a sliding scale from $25 to … [Read more…]
The Commission on Social Witness will hold its October video conference call Tuesday, October 17 at 11:00 a.m. EST. Join online or call 1-646-558-8656, meeting ID: 559 774 6972. The agenda will include reviewing the current Congregational Study and Action Issue (CSAI) submissions. The Commission is also hosting a meeting Wednesday, November 8 at 7:30 … [Read more…]
On January 13, 2018, one of the world’s first statements of religious tolerance will have its 450th anniversary. In 1568, in the city of Torda, in what is now Romania, a religious gathering presided over by Unitarian King John Sigismund proclaimed: “In every place the preachers shall preach and explain the Gospel each according to his understanding of it, and if the … [Read more…]
Imagine what our faith would look like if we upheld and centered the history, the perspectives, the voices, and the leadership of Black Lives of Unitarian Universalists… The Promise and the Practice of Our Faith Campaign is our opportunity to take the lead as a faith denomination in addressing our history of upholding white supremacy. Together, we can collectively work to dismantle it and amend a long broken … [Read more…]
Our UU friends and neighbors in Florida and the Caribbean—including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands—have experienced extraordinary devastation following Hurricanes Irma and Maria. We invite you to contribute to the UUA Disaster Relief Fund (formerly the Hurricane Irma Recovery Fund) so the UUA can provide financial assistance to UU congregations impacted by these … [Read more…]
2018 General Assembly: All Are Called June 20-24, Kansas City, Missouri Grounded in a deep belief that we are all prophets, Unitarian Universalists ask, “How can we faithfully meet the demands of our time?” The call to witness and act for justice in our society and in the world is clear. So, too, is the call … [Read more…]
Looks like the Greensheet notices are making it out again. I am still working on the formatting and such. I had to disable and remove our old software as it wasn’t working and add in a new system. Hope we can still use this service. Some of you will still receive a paper Greensheet at … [Read more…]
Present: Patrick Gordon, Wenda Sheard, Fred Snell, and by conference call Fred Woodley. Absent: David May, Kate Mitchell. Also in attendance: Barb Harrison Quorum determined—(We have 2/3rd of our at-large members). Motion to approve minutes of July 8th board meeting by Wenda, seconded by Patrick, unanamously approved. RE person Wenda read her minutes of the … [Read more…]
Please consider joining our board. We have the following two positions open: Open At-Large Position for ONE YEAR to serve the remaining year of Jazz Armstrong’s position: * At-Large Representatives – there are Four At-Large positions within the Executive Committee. Each representative serves a two year term on a rotating basis so that there are never … [Read more…]