Wednesday, December 23, 2020, 7:00 p.m.Join us for an hour of contemplation of this season of holidays. Readings, music, and silent reflection will center on a variety of faith traditions that observe special days in the month of December.
See the church homepage prior to the meeting for the Zoom link.
If you have questions, please contact Mimi Sinclair and Steph Tacy at:
Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Via Zoom.Even a pandemic can’t stop the Babes with Books (BWB, the Heritage Women’s Book Club) from observing their traditional holiday gathering. However, just like everything else in 2020, we are just doing it a bit differently, on Zoom. So “BYOE@H” or bring your own everything at home for our December 16, 7 to 9 p.m. Zoom party. Supply your own snacks and beverages without concern for the consequences (nearly all of us have already gained the “pandemic pounds” and you won’t have to worry about driving home!) Previous BWB attendance is not required to join the party.
Since we usually watch a video during this meeting, we’ve changed the focus slightly. We suggest watching on our own the movie RBG, the bio/documentary on Ruth Bader Ginsburg, then discussing it during the gathering. Both Hamilton and Clermont county library have several available copies on DVD or Blue Ray. Or try the library’s free streaming service Hoopla. A one-time rental is also available on YouTube.
The Zoom email invitation will be sent to the BWB Google group approximately December 8. If you are not a part of this group but wish to be, contact Denise in the office to be added to BWB email communications. (If you were a part of the previous BWB Yahoo group, you were added automatically to the Google group.) If you wish a one-time only invitation to the December gathering, then send an email requesting an invitation before December 15. Send the email to:
Moving forward, the January 20 meeting’s selection is All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr. The February 17 selection is Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson. The Babes have yet to settle on selections beyond February, but contenders include The Ten Thousand Doors of January, by Alix Harrow; Dear Edward, by Ann Napolitano; and Ellen Foster, by Kaye Gibbons – if you want to read ahead. Final decisions on further reads will occur no later than the January meeting. See future announcements for details.
Second Tuesday of Each Month At 7:00 p.m.Women Singing In Sacred Circle still meets the second Tuesday of every month via Zoom. Shelley leads the chants and we mute ourselves and sing along from home. It is surprisingly nourishing! SISC continues to be a source of deep friendship, support and healing for many women across the city. Watch the sisterhood email list for the zoom link or email:
Singing In Sacred Circle is a wonderful opportunity to share voice and spirit through song. While learning short, repetitive women-centered and earth-based songs/chants from a wide variety of traditions, all voices create an energy that is both empowering and healing. This opportunity is intended to allow women, regardless of singing experience, to share their voices in a noncompetitive, virtual safe space.
Shelley Graff, the facilitator, is a longtime teacher/healer/singer/songwriter who believes her sacred journey is guiding her to share the Singing In Sacred Circle experience with other women.
8/3/2020.
Les Tacy
Les Tacy, music director, is featuring a UU hymn each week. After a short story about the background of the hymn, Les plays and sings the hymn. We invite you to sing along, listen, and meditate.
For the current hymn, look for the “UU Hymn of the Week” entry on the Heritage UU Church homepage. For past hymns of the week, visit Les Tacy on YouTube by searching “Les Tacy UU Hymn of the Week”, or by requesting a list from Les at:
If you have a favorite hymn you would like to hear, email Les and he will schedule your hymn for a future week. You can email Les at:
You’ve heard about Midweek Mindfulness. Maybe now is the time to recommit to this powerful, transformative, very easy and quick spiritual practice. Set a recurring reminder on your phone for 12:30 each Wednesday. Then join others in the Heritage community (and literally around the world) in five minutes – just five minutes – of mindfulness. Take a break, right in the middle of your busy and stressful week, from 12:30-12:35 p.m. each Wednesday, to breathe. To rest. To meditate. To be. Stop and smell the roses. Look at the clouds passing overhead, or a flower in the grass (or on your desk). And know, as you are doing it, that many others are doing the same. Join them in mindfulness and spiritual connection.
August 2018.
