This Week Sunday Service October 8th “The Blessings of Conflict” Conflict is often thought of as something to avoid or that will cause rupture, but what if we thought about it in terms of what it has to teach us, about ourselves and about others? Worship Presenter: Rev. Dr. Terasa Cooley Share the Plate: Pro … Continue reading Friday News – October 6, 2023
Part One: The Choice to Sing It seemed so simple, what they did over at The Harmony Project. They got together in a big room and sang a few songs. But there was magic there – beautiful, strong magic, that those like Ms.Peggy (Director Of Communications and lead for the Community Arts Program) knows just … Continue reading The Choice To Sing…
This Week Sunday Service October 1st “Our Liberation is Fractal” The headlines and looming environmental crisis can overwhelm us with worry for our world. It can be easy to despair, to feel like just one person can’t make any difference. Adrienne Maree Brown’s Principles of Emergent Strategy teach us that our world is fractal and … Continue reading Friday News – September 29, 2023
Dear Friends, Coming back together can be a joyful, exciting, and hectic time in Unitarian Universalism. Across our Association, we are continuing to shift out of more restful modes and into a more planful mode in order to welcome returning friends, newcomers, and the wider community into our faith tradition. While this is an annual … Continue reading UUA News – September 28, 2023
Happy Friday! How wonderful to see so many people on Sunday, as well as to know many were joining us online! Many people signed up for new opportunities in our Engagement Fair, and our RE wings were hopping! I can tell you are ready to move into the future with excitement. I hope this means … Continue reading Friday News – September 22, 2023
A note from Rev. Terasa It’s been great to see many of you as we move into the regular church year. SO MUCH is happening, and I love seeing an active and engaged congregation. You’ll notice a few changes in the worship services. We’re trying to tighten it up a bit and help make the … Continue reading Friday News – September 15, 2023
A Gratitude List The following is a gratitude list. Twenty-five reasons I am grateful for Red Oak Community School. This idea came from: 1) a personal goal to make my first thought of the day a grateful one 2) a twenty-one-day family gratitude challenge, recently completed and 3) Theresa, (assistant school manager) who during a … Continue reading A Gratitude List
Happy Friday! We have two important staffing pieces of news to share with you all this morning. First – huge congratulations to Rev. Kathleen Fowler who is officially retiring from her service with us as our Minister of Pastoral Care. Rev. Kathleen stepped in during a rocky time for our congregation and has provided incredible … Continue reading Friday News – September 8, 2023
THE AUCTION IS OPEN! Check out our new First UU Auction Website where you can register to bid on items. Auction committee members will be at the Auction Table in Beach Hall after the Sunday services to demo the Auction site, and offer tech support and answer any questions. Similar to years past, there will … Continue reading It’s Bidding Time!
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UUA Newsletter Unitarian Universalist Association It is with a mixture of joy and a heavy heart that I welcome you into this season of return, as Unitarian Universalists celebrate ingatherings in congregations and communities and we come back to each other. With natural disasters looming, violence in our streets and in our … Continue reading UUA News – September 2023
