Welcome to First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus’ Sunday service. We are a part of a summer coalition of congregations where we visit each other’s churches. This morning, we are gathering with the congregation in Lawrence, KS. “The Poetics of the World” 2020 has been quite a year, and there is still more to go. … Continue reading Sunday Service – July 26, 2020
with First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus JAM Action Team (Justice Action Ministry) The Justice Saturday for July 25th is about GETTING OUT THE VOTE. November 3rd will be here soon. In the words of the late civil rights leader, Congressman John Lewis; “Voting is the most powerful, non-violent instrument we have.” Today’s message is … Continue reading Justice Saturday – UUTheVote
July 18, 2020 with First UU’s JAM Team (Justice Action Ministry) Today’s edition of Justice Saturday features a video with Kel McConaughey, Development Director at NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio, and a member of First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus, OH. Kel shares about the ongoing work on NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio including findings from The State of Choice … Continue reading Justice Saturday – NARAL Ohio
This summer, we will be visiting with UU congregations across the Midwest. The services will be interesting and offer differing points of view (along with different ways to do a service!) First UU is in the rotation and is an important participant in our larger UU community. July 12th 2020: “Tragedy + Time” Scholars of … Continue reading Sunday Service – July 12th 2020
This summer, we will be visiting with UU congregations across the Midwest. The services will be interesting and offer differing points of view (along with different ways to do a service!) First UU is in the rotation and is an important participant in our larger UU community. July 5th 2020: “What Happens Next” We are … Continue reading Sunday Service – July 5th 2020
Sunday morning worship at UUA General Assembly 2020 Video is now online! Sunday Service, featured Rev. Joan Javier-Duvall, minister of the Unitarian Church in Montpelier, VT and Rev. Mykal Slack the Community Minister for Worship & Spiritual Care for Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism. The collection taken during the service benefits the Tomaquag Museum, an indigenous … Continue reading UUA GA Sunday Service
For Nature Walk Wednesdays, I’ve featured several blog posts about birding which seems of special interest to a lot of our readers. Steve Molk has already sent me several more birding journal entries that I’ll be featuring at some point in the future when we resume a more active posting schedule (after a summer … Continue reading Nature Walk Wednesday – Black Lives Matter pt.2
In the past few weeks, I’ve received countless… many… emails and outreach from the environmental organizations I’m connected with. Universally, and in a direct manner that I’ve never seen from the environmental movement before, the only message they have right now is. Black. Lives. Matter. Greenpeace, The Sierra Club, the Audubon Society, the Nature Conservancy, … Continue reading Black Lives Matter – Nature Walk Wednesday
This week as part of our countdown to the Annual Congregational Meeting I’ve asked Board member Larry Drake to introduce himself in the following video and talk about how the church fits into his and Heidi’s lives. And as a tie-in to our Wednesday blog theme of Nature, he also speaks to the importance of … Continue reading Annual Meeting Countdown – 4 Days to Go!
We’re taking another birdwatching trip with First UU’s Steve Molk. This week he takes us through the sights and species experienced while birdwatching in Florida. Steve is an avid nature watcher and explorer having led many hikes and fossil hunts as First UU Auction trips. As these trips were a long time ago before … Continue reading Nature Walk Wednesday – Bird Watching in Florida
