What does it feel like to make new friends? When have you tried something new? What was it like to travel to a new place? Family Meetup Next Tuesday! Facilitated by Amber Scott, Religious Exploration Coordinator. Visit with other families on Zoom! Tuesday, 4/21/2020 from 7-8pm. We will light the chalice, share joys and sorrows, … Continue reading With You Ma – Story Time Thursday
I had lots of fun this week working with First UU’s Steve Molk to create this virtual bird watching trip and travelogue. If you don’t already know Steve, he’s an avid nature watcher and explorer having led many hikes and fossil hunts as First UU Auction trips. Here he relates his love of nature growing … Continue reading Nature Walk Wednesday – The trail of the Whooping Crane
This week’s edition features longtime First UUer Donna Greenman. In the video, Donna shares how music influences her life and how it helps in times like these. She even shares what it is like to offer music lessons online! Her closing blessing for all of us is, “May all that has been reduced to noise … Continue reading Table Talk Tuesday with Donna at the piano
Happy Monday! I wanted to come to you through writing/pictures today because this is the mediation practice I’d like to invite us all to explore this week. (Also, I have laryngitis so a video of me signing to you might not be super effective if you don’t know sign language!) Depending on when you started … Continue reading Meditation Monday – Practicing Gratitude
Welcome back to Curiosity Friday! This week, Rev Eric interviews two of First UU favorite artists, Deb and Tom Baillieul, as they reflect on where curiosity and the spark of creativity can take us, no matter our age. Rev Eric interviews Deb and Tom Baillieul about curiosity, creativity and how to thrive during this … Continue reading Curiosity Friday – Interview with Baillieuls
What’s your favorite food? What do you like to cook to share with your friends? I’d love to hear your answers! Story transcript: “Every day, I eat only raw carrots,” Rabbit said to herself. “I’m tired of raw carrots!” “Hmm, what can I do to make these better?” That afternoon, she went to the farmer’s … Continue reading Rabbit Becomes a Chef – Story Time Thursday
Hey folks! This week we have a ‘guided tour’ of five of our Metro Parks in and around Columbus. Tony Skrabak has given us his picks and included links to trail maps if you’re able to get out and about — or for down the road when we all hope to be hitting the trails … Continue reading Nature Walk Wednesday – Five Metro Parks
Welcome back to another installment of Curiosity Friday! This week, we’re back to one topic – curiosity itself – and the question, “How can we best stay curious in these challenging times?” Hello, everyone. Great to be with you all again. Welcome to another installment of Curiosity Friday. I hope you are all doing well. … Continue reading Curiosity Friday – How to stay curious
In our seventh Unitarian Universalist principle, we covenant to affirm and promote, “Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.” The children’s version of this principle is often written, “We believe in caring for our planet Earth, the home we share with all living things.” Today’s story explores air … Continue reading The Red Fairy – Story Time Thursday
This week we have special guest, Michelle McNabb… I’ll let her introduce herself in the article and bio below. At First UU, in addition to our own School for Young Children, we’ve been fortunate to be host to several other amazing educational programs that share our ideals; Red Oak Community School and the English for … Continue reading Nature Walk Wednesday – Great Backyard Bird Count
