Announcements

Use the blue envelopes (found at the rear of sanctuary or ask an usher) for contributions or pledge payments you are making to the church when adding them to the collection. Loose cash or checks in offering plate go to weekly outreach recipient.

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We all need a little assistance now and then. So why not take advantage of the boost if your hearing needs a bit of help – no shame involved. Hearing assist headphones are available for the Sunday morning services. Just ask an usher for the device.

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It is not the same as attending in-person or viewing in real time on Zoom, but portions of some worship services are available for later viewing on the church website – HUUC.net. For personal security reasons, the Candles of Community portion of the service is removed. However, if you can’t be physically or virtually there on a Sunday morning, you can still enjoy the music and reflections. Some Sunday worship service videos are available at https://huuc.net/worship-videos/.

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On May 19, 2024, following the morning worship, HUUC member Meredith Meyer was presented with the annual HUUC Volunteer Award.

Thank you, Meredith, for all your efforts!

Photo: from left to right Board President Jaime Castle, Meredith Meyer, and Rev. Bill Gupton

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Heritage Unitarian Universalist Land Acknowledgment ¹

Today we stand on the ancestral lands of the Hopewell, Adena, Kaskaskia, Osage, Wyandotte, Shawnee, and Myaamia Nations and others whose names are not known to us. We honor those peoples who stewarded this land for countless generations.

Many nations were removed unjustly by the U.S. government. We continue to be the beneficiaries of that removal through the ongoing legacies of settler colonialism. Today’s indigenous peoples are actively striving to maintain and revitalize their traditional ways and language.

We affirm that Heritage Universalist Unitarian Church, as part of the Unitarian Universalist Association, has joined the growing list of faith communities who wholly reject the premise of the Doctrine of Discovery, which, from the 15th century to the present, provided a legal and religious framework for sanctioning the brutal conquest and colonization of indigenous lands and people.

We are committed to taking a deep look at the ways our society has justified colonialism, domination, slavery, and the genocide of indigenous people.

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1. Adopted March 2024 by the Heritage Universalist Unitarian Church Board of Trustees ↩︎

Image source: photography by Mimi Sinclair of HUUC’s nature trail