It’s wonderful to be back with you as I return from my study leave. This Sunday our ASH group will be presenting a lay-led service and we are having a ceremony afterward to celebrate the Solar Panels coming online. I hope to see you all there. Looking forward, we are deep into plans for the fall … Continue reading Friday News – August 7, 2026
Many people are struggling these days, but especially our immigrant neighbors and their children, who live under threat of deportation, poverty, and hunger. Each month First UU works to make a difference by donating food and necessities that Jacques Angelino distributes to hundreds of local families via Feed and Read Ohio. Join us this Sunday … Continue reading Friday News – July 31, 2026
On Tuesday night I, like probably many of you, was out of power for several hours. As it was right before bedtime I had all my usual routines disrupted. I couldn’t read, watch TV, listen to audiobooks, or other things I use to lull myself to sleep. Having no distractions I was left with just … Continue reading Friday News – July 24, 2026
When I came to First UU on September 7, 2025 I was unaware of how my life would be changed. But when are we ever aware of how a calling or a job can change us? I was in student mode, trying to learn and apply my learning and hoping to do a job worthy … Continue reading Friday News – July 17, 2026
Happy Friday! One of the questions I received in last Sunday’s question box service was about our seeming unwillingness here to celebrate the 4th of July. In my response I admitted to some real ambivalence about how to do that in these times
*Happy Fourth of July!* Happy Friday! And happy summer! Though the heat has been oppressive, I hope you have been able to find some freedom during these more low-key months. I am beginning my fourth year of ministry with you (can you believe it?) and I am so happy about that! I do get questions … Continue reading Friday News – July 3, 2026
What better way to bring in the summer than “Play”? This week, I hope you will come to not only hear us talk about play, but to play yourself in various ways as we dedicate the SYC playground. We will serve lunch and our Board of Trustees will be scooping out ice cream as we … Continue reading Friday News – June 26, 2026
Board Welcome Raina Bradford-Jennings Opening Hymn “Let It Rise” by William Murphy Indigenous Land Acknowledgment Dr. Leo Taylor Centering Words Robin Blair Ackison (guest speaker) Congregational Greeting Bringing in the Light “I Am Not Forgotten” by Israel Houghton & New Breed Chalice Lighting Time for All Ages Tara Mullins-Cosme The Artivist written & illustrated by … Continue reading Sunday, June 21, 2026 “Breathing Fire” Juneteenth Service (Paisha Thomas)
A Year in Review by Rev. Tyler Coles, CER Regional Lead What a year it has been! Like all church years, it has come with twists and turns, great successes, and a few misses. Yet this is the course of life. Neither good nor bad, right or wrong, it just is. So much of the … Continue reading CER Regional News – June 2026
Today is Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating the end of slavery. It celebrates the day in 1865 when the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas began. Mind you, this was 900 days after Abraham Lincoln delivered the final Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, and 71 days after Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union. Slavery had … Continue reading Friday News – Juneteenth 2026
