Announcements – Heritage UU Church

Safety and Security Team

Bob Lamb

The Board of Trustees has determined that there is a need for a Safety/Security Team for Heritage Church. Bob Lamb has agreed to direct this team, and will be in training for the task on September 24. After his training, he will select a team. Team members should be regular attenders, and be physically and mentally able to monitor church facilities and grounds, make quick decisions under pressure, and handle tense situations. If you would like to help with this important task, or have questions about it, please contact Bob Lamb directly at 513-479-0111, or email him at:

9/19/2022.

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Vespers Schedule Change

Starting this September, Vespers services at Heritage will be held quarterly. Begun in 2014 by Connie Booth, Heritage has held a monthly Vespers service on Wednesday evenings. Services continue in virtually the same format as originally designed by Connie, with repeated sets of readings, chants, and periods of silence. This follows the Taizé tradition which has a strong meditative character. According to Mimi Sinclair, Connie first experienced the format at a UU Summer Retreat and was anxious to share it with the Heritage Community. After several years of co-leading the services, Connie stepped aside to pursue other passions and Steph Tacy stepped up to co-lead with Mimi.

Vespers at Heritage is an intimate experience, with participants seated in a small circle in the sanctuary. Readings and chants are drawn from a wide array of sources, all chosen to nurture spiritual life. From one of Connie’s early programs, “This service is intended to bring a time in our lives to center, sing, speak, and be contemplative together, whether we choose to meditate, pray, or simply quiet the mind. This is a special way to be in community together, as we renew our inner lives and nurture our souls.” Services generally last 50-60 minutes with everyone entering and leaving in silence.

For the remainder of 2022, there will be two Vespers services, September 28 and December 28, at 7:00 p.m. Vespers services for 2023 are yet to be scheduled.

8/21/2022.

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Keep Your Contact Information Up-to-Date

We are asking everyone to check the contact information that the church currently has for them, to see if it is complete and up-to-date. Access the church directory from this password-protected page: https://huuc.net/members-area/church-directory/

(If you don’t know the password, you can email Martha Viehmann, Church Administrator, to ask for it. Martha will call you, since passwords are provided by phone call only.)

Having correct information makes it SO much easier to contact you!

You can email Martha with updates at:

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TOUCH MENU Item Makes Navigation Easier on a Smart Phone

If you go to the HUUC website on any device (you may need to Refresh or Empty Cache), you will see that the menu has a new item on the far right, named “TOUCH MENU.” If you touch this, you will go to a webpage that has all menu item choices laid out on the page, so that all that you need to do is touch a single link to go to the desired area of the website. This should make it easier to navigate the website on a phone or tablet.

5/4/2022.

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Church Office Hours

The Heritage UU Church office is open Monday, Thursday, and Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and Wednesday from noon to 5:00 p.m.

Posted 7/20/2022.

New Email Addresses

Please update your contacts info/address book to use the email addresses shown at the left. (The one for Rev. Bill is very new.) (The old email addresses have occasional technical glitches which we can’t seem to resolve.) Thanks!

Featured UU Hymns Are Now Available on Our Website

You can now hear again many of the UU hymns that have been featured on the HUUC homepage during the pandemic. On the website’s main menu at the top, point to WORSHIP, then point and click on UU HYMNS. Unfortunately, the early featured hymns are not available, but over 30 of the recent ones are.

2/13/2022.

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Heritage UU Church Gathering Policy (COVID-19 Policy)

Heritage UU Church Gathering Policy

This and all policies regarding meetings in the church building will be periodically reviewed and potentially updated by the Board of Trustees.

The following applies to HUUC-affiliated gatherings regardless of location.

We strongly request the use of masks in indoor spaces to protect our most vulnerable and our children without access to vaccines.

Any meetings should:

Be held in the largest room/area possible. Room choice and assignment will depend on
anticipated attendance.
Include an option for a video connection for those who do not feel comfortable, or
cannot, attend the meeting.
Have hand sanitizer and masks available for those who wish to use.

Staff and volunteers working directly with children will still be required to wear masks for their protection.

HEPA air circulators located in the sanctuary and Great Hall should be turned on to increase airflow and ventilation for all meetings and should be operating in any meeting rooms.

Any persons exhibiting fever, cough, or shortness of breath, or other symptoms of COVID-19 should avoid any in-person meetings of any size. For their safety, we recommend unvaccinated individuals to avoid large indoor in-person gatherings and take advantage of remote options.

3rd-Party Use of HUUC Facilities (e.g. rentals) will be considered on a case-by-case basis by the Board with aligned expectations on personal safety that may not necessarily conform to the above policy designed for our HUUC community.

Posted 5/26/2020. Last revised by the Board of Trustees on 6/13/2022.

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Videos of Missed Worship Services

A church congregation is a community, and part of what strengthens community bonds is being together in real time during worship, whether in person at the church building or connected during a Zoom service.

If your schedule doesn’t allow you to participate in real time in a Sunday morning worship service, you will soon be able to watch the service at a later time. Danny Goldstein, our technical Zoom and video wizard, will be creating videos of worship services, whether they were in person or via Zoom. To protect privacy, some aspects of the worship service, such as Candles of Community, will not be in the video.

The videos are likely to become available during the week following the service. The latest worship video will be viewable at the bottom of the Heritage UU Church homepage, at huuc.net. The website will also keep the various prior worship videos over time. To find these, on the website menu bar, point to WORSHIP, then point and click on WORSHIP VIDEOS. The first worship service video will become available in late September or early October, 2021.

Any questions can be relayed to our webmaster, Russ Araujo, at:

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Collecting Family Information

As we continue to be mindful of the safety and security of our members and friends when they are in the Heritage building, we’ve discovered that information for many of our families is incomplete.

Security professionals have urged us to have emergency contact information for everyone who attends programming in our church, especially on Sunday mornings. In January and February, you may receive an information form via email. We urge you to fill it out as completely as possible and assure you that all information collected will remain safe and secure from hacking or other unauthorized access.

Paper forms will also be available at the Religious Exploration recruiting table on Sunday mornings.

Please help us ensure the safety of our Heritage children and youth!

January 2020.

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