Showing Up for Trans, Nonbinary+, and LGBTQIA+ Community Dear Friends, You all are so much in my heart. These are heartbreaking and terrifying times. An onslaught of oppressive laws and policies are threatening the well-being of our children, young people and adults, and the very fabric of communities. I know how hard you all are … Continue reading UUA News – March 2023
UUA Newsletter Unitarian Universalist Association February 2023 Unitarian Universalism is an evolving, thriving, living tradition shaped by the Unitarian Universalists in UUA member congregations, UU groups and communities. Our annual General Assembly (GA) is the primary way we come together as a single body to deliberate, discern and take democratic action to move the UU … Continue reading UUA News (Feb23) – GA Update
CHAIRS COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES There was an issue to be solved and a solution to present even before word of the problem hit Cheryl’s ears. The Owls, the eldest students at ROCS, did not like sitting on the wooden stools during class time. They all preferred the more comfortable wooden … Continue reading Learning Democracy
The School for Young Children (SYC) impacts not only children but families. We are a safe, supportive community in which to learn and grow as a family. Registration is open now for the 2023-24 school year. Scholarships available. Details online at the SYC website; https://www.syccolumbus.org/ Call 614-267-0254 to schedule a tour.
UUA Newsletter Unitarian Universalist Association January 2023 As Unitarian Universalists, we know that to hold Unitarian Universalist values is to live them out in the wider world and to work for justice as we are called to it. Side With Love has supported this faithful commitment for many years. One way this support has … Continue reading 30 Days of Love
Plant It and They Will Come Anyone who has tried their hand at gardening knows that it can be a long and tedious process, especially in the beginning. From choosing plants, to tilling the soil, each step must be a labor of love to get on to the next. Well, this past fall ROCS took … Continue reading Red Oak School Update
Click to watch a video message Christmas Eve Services Canceled Due to Weather Well, this is not how we had hoped to be speaking with you all today! As you may know, the city of Columbus is under a Level 2 Snow Emergency, which means, unfortunately, that the church is closed. Hundreds of supplies have … Continue reading Christmas Eve Services Cancelled
UUA Newsletter Unitarian Universalist Association December 2022 Dear Friends, It has been a year. Unitarian Universalist congregations and communities have pivoted to find safe ways to re-gather in the evolving COVID pandemic and pivoted again as staffing and leadership changes forced many to rethink their programming. And, in many ways, we stayed the course together—advancing … Continue reading UUA Year in Review 2022
Dear Friends, What times we continue to live through. We are in the churn of change. Systems and practices we’ve relied on are breaking down and what is needed is still being imagined, not yet here. When we are worn down and worn out, sometimes we still push ourselves knowing the urgency and importance of the challenges ahead. But … Continue reading Giving Thanks & Taking Care
Dear Friends, Unitarian Universalists across our Association are grappling with a charge from the Commission on Institutional Change to dismantle white supremacy in ourselves, our communities and our wider world. The Commission’s 2020 report, Widening the Circle of Concern, affirms that multicultural congregations are on the rise and that progressive-minded people expect basic practices of … Continue reading UUA News – November 2022
