Please join us for our annual service of gathering and rededication, a celebration of the beginning of a new church year. Bring water and/or rocks from your summer travels and tell us what they have meant to you. Don’t worry, though, symbolic water and rocks will be provided. Service Leader:  Patty Klingenberg.

Whether or not we have spent our summer traveling, it’s a season of transition and discovery.  At the end of these months, we come to find ourselves re-adjusting to our “everyday lives.”  Come join Diane Wright as we consider the change of seasons, and some strategies for bringing the lessons and rejuvenation of one season … Continued

“Unitarians and Universalists doing social justice in Oxford, Reily and Hamilton:  Past, present and future”  Liz Woedl and Ann Fuehrer will recap Summer Sundays’ services and field trip, highlighting the social justice focuses of U and U communities in the area over the last 100 years. Join us for the Third Sunday Potluck after service.

August 9- “WWMRD: A Celebration of Neighbors First Unitarian of Cincinnati and Hopedale are UU neighbors.”  This is a celebration to get to know each other.  But we have lots of other neighbors near and far.  How do we get to know and appreciate them?  What if fear keeps us apart?  Even if you are … Continued

August 2- “Justice, Equity, Compassion, and the War on Crime.” Steven Nelson will be joining us to talk about what are the moral and psychological implications of our 30-year old ‘war’ on crime and where has it brought us and what are we to do?  Service Leader:  Linda Amspaugh.

Sunday, July 26 “The History of UUs in Oxford, Reily and Hamilton:  A Field Trip with Liz Woedl”  We will begin at Hopedale at 9:30 am and carpool to six local sites that represent the history of UUs in Oxford, Reily and Hamilton.  After our historical visits, we will gather for lunch at J Austin … Continued

For the fifth summer in a row, the Social Justice Committee will use alternate worship formats to explore issues of justice, and to put our affirmation into practice. Sundays, July 5, 12 and 19 “Building a Movement to End the New Jim Crow.” We will continue working through Daniel Hunter’s organizing guide to build a … Continued

We will continue working through Daniel Hunter’s organizing guide to build a movement to end the new Jim Crow.  Chapter 3 is Creating effective campaigns. Stick around from Noon-1:30 for the UUA General Assembly Sunday Morning Worship.  We’ll be virtually joining the largest annual gathering of Unitarian Universalists as we live-stream the worship service being … Continued

Libby Earle will help us celebrate the summer solstice with our third-Sunday potluck at 6:00 pm, followed by a May Pole and bonfire service.  The bonfire will be friendly for s’mores so bring marshmallow sticks–we will have the makings.  Please bring bug spray.

Intergenerational teamwork to tend our garden and prepare a fire circle for our solstice service.  Breakfast will be available at Hopedale at 8 am, and we will work outside early to labor before the heat of the day.  At 10:30 or so, we will gather inside for a brief worship to reflect on the spirituality … Continued