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
When my family moved to Columbus in 2008 and started attending First UU, one of the very first social activities we participated in was the First UU Camping Group. Julie and I had been camping for many years; occasionally backpacking and roughing it, but now with a 2 year old in tow our tent … Continue reading Nature Walk Wednesday – Going Camping!
We’re taking another longer “hike” with First UU’s Steve Molk. This week we learn about the springtime wildflowers he has observed in area parks and natural areas. Steve is an avid nature watcher and explorer having led many hikes and fossil hunts as First UU Auction trips. The month of May continues to … Continue reading Nature Walk Wednesday – Spring Wildflowers
This week we travel overseas for a very unique nature walk! A travelogue with photos by Danya Furda and Jim Pinkham who share with us their trip to Vietnam and the Cat Tien UNESCO Biosphere Preserve. Brian Hagemann Excursion to Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam by Danya Furda & Jim Pinkham (photos) … Continue reading Nature Walk Wednesday – Trip to Vietnam
