Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at 7:00 p.m.

“We read the bible like we want to read it. It doesn’t change but we do.” This was the popular highlighted quote from Amazon Kindle readers for the novel Transcendent Kingdom, by Yaa Gyasi, the June 21 selection for the Heritage Women’s book club (otherwise known as the Babes with Books or BWB.) The Chicago Review of Books describes this book as “An evocative portrayal of the immigrant experience and an astutely written character study of an individual reconciling with her past, along with her struggle with faith and science.” The Washington Post describes it as “a powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered novel about a Ghanaian family in Alabama….”

The BWB’s reading established future selection and meeting date is as follows:

July 19 – Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Gamus

The following meeting dates and reading selections are subject to change.

August 16 – pool party with a location to be determined. If we party, our selection will be the BWB’s classic, “sacred” text, The Sweet Potato Queens Book of Love, by Jill Conner Browne. Copies are limited through the Hamilton and Clermont library systems, but Babes really need to own their own copy of this writing that speaks to the BWB. (One Babe has a copy that is dog-eared and highlighted!)

Should the pool party occur, the following selections will possibly occur on the following meeting dates. Should the pool party not happen, the following reads will move up to the preceding month.

September 20 – Klara and the Sun, by Kazuo Ishiguro

October 18 – Horse, by Geraldine Brooks (Currently extremely popular, this selection may have to wait a few months, but grab a copy if you can.)

November 15 – The Engineer’s Wife, by Tracey Emerson Wood

December 20 – Holiday Party and Movie TBD

All meetings are held from 7 – 9 p.m. in the Heritage Room, unless otherwise announced.

All women (be they members or friends) are always invited to any BWB meeting – whether they have read the book or not. Unless otherwise announced, the meeting’s book selection is available on hold for the Heritage Book Club at the Anderson Township branch of the Hamilton County library approximately a month in advance.

For inclusion in the BWB Google group emails, contact the Heritage Church office.

 

Wednesday, June 28, 2023, 7:00 p.m.

Join us in the sanctuary for Vespers, an hour of peaceful contemplation in community. Our Vespers service is loosely patterned after the Vespers of the Taizé Monastic Community in France. Readings, singing, silence and reflection will be shared to inspire, comfort, and perhaps even amuse you on this summer evening.

If you have questions, please contact Mimi Sinclair or Steph Tacy.

Friday through Sunday, September 22 – 24, 2023. Registration Required.

Explore what is sacred and divine while building trust and intimacy with your Heritage Sisters at the beloved Hope Springs Institute.

You are invited to join your sisters to celebrate life, friendship, and sisterhood for our 12th year at Hope Springs! If you identify as an adult woman of Heritage Universalist Unitarian Church over the age of 18, you are encouraged to take time out with the women of Heritage to nurture our spiritual selves, our friendships, and our bond as women. Spiritual exercises and workshops, crafts, song, amazing food, intimate discussion groups, nature hikes and more make this a weekend about connecting. There is also time for self-reflection and rejuvenation on your own – you are always at choice!

Cost: $290 includes all meals including dinner Friday through lunch on Sunday. Hope Springs Institute is open to Heritage women from 1 p.m. on Friday through 3 p.m. on Sunday. However, you may come as your schedule allows.

Registration/Payment Deadlines:

June 3rd: $100 Deposit Due.

September 3rd: $190 Balance Due. (After this date, you cannot be guaranteed a refund for cancellation.) Payments may be left in the Clara Barton mailbox in the Heritage office or given directly to Ellie Lamb. Checks made payable to HUUC.

For more information or to volunteer, contact April Theriot, Ellie Lamb, Robin Wickett, Allison Lang Hickey or Tracy Jo.

 

The First Wednesday of Each Month, at 6:00 p.m., in the Great Hall.

On the first Wednesday evening of each month, everyone is invited to Dinner Church – an evening potluck meal beginning at 6 p.m. followed by a variety of classes, clubs and activities for different ages and groups starting around 7 p.m.

Bring a dish to share at 6:00, and let’s break bread together! Then, adults can socialize with friends or join in on classes, while there will be activities for the young ones.

8/25/2022. Updated 9/18/2022. Updated 10/5/2022,

Second Sunday of each month, after the worship service

Julie Kane, Board President, is happy to announce we will resume Potluck Lunches every second Sunday of the month. Bring a dish of food to share with all, and join with others in a meal and conversation.

8/23/2022. Updated 9/23/2022.

Meets the 2nd Tuesday of every month

We have recently gone through a process of discernment. Through consensus we celebrate this process and the place at which we have arrived. A new circle has been created, called SING OUT SISTERS. Sing Out Sisters will meet at Heritage on the second Tuesday of each month, and is open to any person who identifies as a woman.

We are women who gather in circle to create sacred space through song. We sing simple songs and chants to celebrate the Divine Feminine and honor the lives of all women. Our themes include cycles of nature, cycles of life, women’s mysteries, community, and healing. We affirm that any woman can sing and all who identify as women are welcome.

We have free membership and communal leadership, and no musical experience is necessary. We learn music through listening and repetition within a supportive sisterhood. Feel free to bring an altar item as we co-create the altar. We begin to sing at 7:00 and conclude by 8:30. We follow the guidelines of the church board which currently says masks and vaccines are optional. Childcare is not provided, however children are welcome to sing in our circle or to play quietly outside the circle. Contact Tracy Jo for more information or the zoom link at (513) 310-9029 or:

2022.

 

Tuesdays, 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

This group is for all women members and friends of Heritage. We meet on Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m. in the Great Hall. This is a gentle support group that gives each of us the confidence to make better choices regarding our health. It includes but is not limited to healthy weight.

We each bring a brown bag lunch and socialize while we eat. We then have an opportunity to share our challenges and successes regarding living a healthy life. No cost, no scales, no judgement, just fellowship and encouragement on your journey to a vibrant and sound body, mind and spirit. We welcome any woman who has a desire to make better choices in any area of her life.

Contact Julie Kane at 513-843-2567 with questions or for more information.

July 2021.

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. Updated August 2022.