“Teach Your Children Well.” Does entertainment matter? According to 18th century Unitarian feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, it most certainly does. Join us at Hopedale UU Church as we inquire how Wollstonecraft might have seen popular culture if she were around today.  Joining us for this service, Joel Araujo, a recent graduate of Meadville-Lombard Seminary who served … Continued

UUs are known for speaking our minds, and for ‘getting things off our chests.’  Sometimes, we wear our minds on our chests, through the words and images on our t-shirts.  Wear one of your favorite t-shirts and, through sharing the meanings behind our sayings, we’ll build a sense of shared community values.  Ann Fuehrer will … Continued

We will be “Communing at Acton Lake” as we glide on tranquil waters for a Canoe/Service/Picnic, 10:30 a.m. event at Hueston Woods. Bring a canoe, kayak or boat of your choice or rent one at the marina as we take paddle to water. After we return to shore, around 11:30 a.m., we will share outdoor-themed … Continued

If you were stranded on a desert island, what one piece of music would you wish to have with you?  Come share your music with others, and hope that we would all be stranded together.  Steve Moore will be our DJ.

June 30: “Hopedale and a Community Café” We will discuss whether and how Hopedale might be involved in a Community Café. Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at 3870 Millville Oxford Rd. Oxford, OH. Children’s Religious Education and Childcare are available. July Sundays will provide opportunities for favorite summer pastimes: communing with nature through Saturday night campfire/campout and Sunday garden … Continued

Thursday, June 27, 2013, 7pm First Unitarian Universalist Church, in Avondale 536 Linton Street, Cincinnati, OH 45219 Join us in celebrating the spiritual side of pride with an interfaith evening of music, readings, prayer and inspiration! Clergy and lay leaders from across the rainbow of spiritual and religious perspectives will gather to honor how their diverse faiths … Continued

June 23: “Oxford Works” We will look at the success of the employment readiness program at the Family Resource Center. We will talk about how a Community Café might support Oxford Works. Visit www.frcoxford.org/page8/OxfordWorks.html webite. Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at 3870 Millville Oxford Rd. Oxford, OH. Children’s Religious Education and Childcare are available.    

June 16: “One World Everybody Eats Foundation” A nationwide foundation supporting Community Cafes. We will look at the example of o.n.e. Bistro in Miamisburg, OH. Visit: oneworldeverybodyeats.org website. Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at 3870 Millville Oxford Rd. Oxford, OH. Children’s Religious Education and Childcare are available.    

We will discuss the significance of localism as a social justice concept, exploring connections with local farmers, the MOON co-op market, and the Uptown Farmers’ Market. The 10:30- 11:30am session is open to the public. Childcare will be provided. Read pieces by Wendell Berry and Barbara Kingsolver at: Kingsolver reading The Pleasures of Eating – Wendell … Continued

In a community café, the food would come, as much as possible, from local farmers and gardeners.  Customers would pay based on a “pay what you can” model.  The café would be staffed by a paid, professional chef, but all other jobs would be performed by volunteers, by members of the Oxford Works program of … Continued