Saturday, March 30, 2019, 11:00 a.m. Offsite.All ages are welcome for this hiking event at California Woods Nature Preserve, 5400 Kellogg Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45230. We’ll meet in the parking lot.
Please RSVP to Kyle Mesrin via email to the address below. Please include your cell phone number, so that last minute changes can be communicated if needed.
If you have questions, call Kyle outside of work hours at 513-919-6356.
(Hula Kahiko – Volcanos National Park)
The date for our spring Get Acquainted Dinner has been set! If you are new to our church community, join others like yourself to meet one another, get to know some of our church leaders, and break bread together on Saturday evening, March 16.
Get Acquainted Dinners are relaxed, informal evenings that take place at Heritage UU Church. They begin (at 6 p.m.) with appetizers, drinks and, well, getting acquainted. Dinner is served at 6:30. There is always a fun theme, courtesy of our dinner coordinator and head chef Ann Jarboe, to help us break the ice. (She’s thinking of a Hawaiian luau for this one.) After we eat, we continue the conversation so that we can learn more about one another, and how we came to Heritage Church.
For those who wish to stay a little later, our Senior Minister, Rev. Bill Gupton, offers a quick session called “UU 101” that serves as an introduction to HUUC and Unitarian Universalism, beginning at approximately 8 p.m. (or whenever dinner ends) and lasting anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour. Here you can learn more about our church, and this thing we call “UUism.”
Please RSVP now to Ann Jarboe at:
Tuesday, March 12, 2019, 7:00-9:00 p.m., in the Sanctuary.Singing in Sacred Circle allows women, regardless of singing experience, skill or comfort, to share their voices in a fun, relaxed, safe space that is empowering, loving and healing.
Singing in Sacred Circle is an opportunity for each woman to look into her sister’s eyes and 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, relaxed, safe space. Come, sing along!
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.
We gather the second Tuesday of each month. The dates for future gatherings are April 9, May 14, June 11, July 9, August 13, September 10, October 8, November 12, and December 10.
This activity is free and open to all women. If desired, bring a simple snack to share after we sing.
If you have questions, please talk with Tracy Jo Small.
Sunday, March 3, 2019, around 12 noon, and other dates.This means it is time to clear your bookshelves of the books you no longer need. All sorts of books will be appreciated. The annual Clara Barton Guild used book sale will open Sunday, March 3rd, after the service, and conclude with a clearance on Sunday, March 7th. The Clara Barton Guild is the women’s organization of Heritage UU Church. Funds raised by the Guild have been used to buy things for the church such as the new blinds in the sanctuary and support for women to attend the Women’s Retreat. You may leave your contributions in the back hall under the coat shelf. Please consider helping with the set-up on Saturday, March 2nd at 12:30 p.m. Many hands make light work. Thanks to everyone for books and help.
For more information, please talk with Robin Wickett, or email her at the address below.
Saturday, March 2, 2019, 5:00 p.m.All are invited to the Rainbow Coloring Party! Coloring pages and things to color with will be provided. We will have a potluck meal. Bring food if you want, but it’s not necessary. This event is sponsored by Let’s Gather, Be Together (LGBT+).
The party takes place Saturday, March 2, from 5 to 8 p.m., at Heritage UU Church. Contact Tamilyn Thompson with any questions.
Every Thursday from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.Stitchers is a community of crafters (and crafter wannabes) who gather to knit, crochet, sew, etc., or just hang out and get to know each other in a relaxed setting. Not a crafter or haven’t picked up a needle recently? No problem. Assistance is always available to get you started or help you through a problem with a project in progress. The gathering occurs on Thursday afternoons between 1 and 3 p.m. in the Heritage Room.
We craft to connect with our loved ones who taught us and also to connect with one another. Crafting is slow and not necessarily economical, but it is full of love and thought and care. It takes a crafter to really understand what goes into creating something for someone. Creating something is an act of love, just about the most loving thing you can do. It takes time and precision and commitment.
This is also an opportunity to provide outreach from HUUC to the wider community. The following are a few of the opportunities to provide lovingly created items to people in need:
As you can see from this partial list the needs are many as are the the opportunities to spread the love that is the spirit of our church,
Join us when you are able, stay as long as you have time. Looking forward to seeing you on some Thursday soon.
For additional information contact Lou Kerr at 513-300-9345 or
February 2019.
Wednesday, February 27, 2019, 7:00 p.m.Love is the spirit of this church. You can follow your inner spirit to a time and space for quiet and reflection filled with love and community.
Join us at this month’s Vespers service on February 27. Held on the fourth Wednesday of each month, the service begins promptly at 7 p.m. with a musical selection that sets the tone for an atmosphere of peaceful contemplation. Several sections follow, filled with inspirational readings and short, meditative hymns/chants. These are intended to help you slow down and listen to the loving spirit within you. A period of silence at the end of each section allows for the opportunity to reflect, meditate or say a silent prayer. It’s a wonderful way to let yourself pause, and just “be” for one hour each month.
If you have any questions, please contact Steph Tacy or Mimi Sinclair at:
Every Tuesday from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.This group is for all women members and friends of Heritage. We meet most every Tuesday at 12:00 in the Great Room. 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 sisterly 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 their life.
For more information, talk with Tracy Jo, or email her at:
Posted February 2019.
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.
