Bring in your  boxes during January. Hopefully you’ll fill them with much spare change (or the folding tender) so we will have a good bounty for the UU Service Committee National Campaign!

January 6: OGADE. January 6th –– the day after “Twelfth Night” –– is celebrated as Epiphany or Three Kings Day all around the world, with crown and star symbols abounding.  Consequently, it is also a time of gifting. OGADE (the Oxford Gourd and Drum Ensemble) again joins forces with the Hopedale Community and Unitarian Universalist Service Committee … Continued

Most of our stash of Empty Bowls will be stored until next year but we’ll keep a few out in the sanctuary to remind us that we’ve got them. Just let Liz Woedl know if you’d like to purchase one prior to next year’s sale.

Donne Hayden will join us again as we prepare for the end to 2012 and the start of yet another new year. The service begins at 10:30am and is followed by a coffee hour. Children’s Religious Education and Childcare are available.

We will have our traditional Christmas eve service on Sunday morning this year. Join us, including our choir, for stories and song and community.  Service leader Patty Klingenberg. The service begins at 10:30am and is followed by a coffee hour. Children’s Religious Education and Childcare are available.  

The Woody Guthrie Centennial year is almost at an end. But we won’t let it go by without hearing from historian and folk music aficionado Allan Winkler about Guthrie’s career and contributions to American culture. Winkler will bring along his guitar and will perform some of Guthrie’s songs. He’ll probably have us singing along, too!  … Continued

December 9 is International  Anti-Corruption Day.  As we get close to the longest nights of the year, Diane Wright will invite us to think about the darkness inside each of us, and how we can support each other — and ourselves — on brighter, more peaceful paths. The service begins at 10:30am and is followed by … Continued

Sunday, December 9, 7:00-9:00 pm at Jennifer Blue’s house. Bring cookies, take the same number of cookies home with you! Jennifer will provide beverages and light snacks – additional other snacks are welcome but only your presence is required. All Hopedale members and friends are welcome. R.s.v.p. to Jennifer: bluejm@muohio.edu or 513-593-3220.  

We will kick off a series of seven services titled “ON PRINCIPLE,” which will examine the 7 Principles of the UUA. We are scheduling one a month for the rest of the program year.  We will start with a circle worship discussing a free and  responsible search for truth and meaning. Questions we will explore … Continued

“Bent Ain’t Broken and Hope Never Ends” In a world where good does not always win, justice often gets lost, and inhumanity may seem overwhelmingly present, where do we find our source of hope? Join Amy Shaw, student minister currently serving with St John’s UU church in Cincinnati, as she explores sources of strength, renewal, … Continued