Wednesday, August 17, 2022, at 7:00 p.m.

Amazon.com describes this month’s Heritage Women’s Book Club novel as a perfect book club selection. The review of Kim Michele Richardson’s work continues with “Inspired by the true, blue-skinned people of Kentucky and the brave and dedicated Kentucky Pack Horse Library Service of the 1930s, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is a story of raw courage, fierce strength, and one woman’s belief that books can carry us anywhere—even back home.” The book club (known as the Babes with Books or BWB) will discuss this novel (and undoubtedly many other, unrelated things) during their August 17 meeting, from 7 to 9 p.m., in the Heritage Room.

Our future reading selections are as follows, subject to change a month prior to the meeting date:

September 21 – Wish You Were Here, by Jodi Picoult

October 19 – Three Words for Goodbye, by Hazel Gaynor & Heather Webb

November 16 – Search, by Michelle Huneven

December 21 – holiday party and film – yet to be determined

January 18 – The Lincoln Highway, by Amor Towles

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 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 office.

Friday through Sunday, September 23-25, 2022, Offsite.

At Hope Springs Institute, near Peebles, Ohio – About an hour from church.

Theme: Rekindle, Renew, Reconnect

You are invited to join your fellow Heritage sisters to celebrate life, friendship, and sisterhood. 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. This year, we plan to allow plenty of time for true spiritual and social connection with each other.

Cost

$260 includes room, board, activities and all meals from dinner Friday through lunch Sunday. The retreat center is open to Heritage women from 1 p.m. Friday through 4 p.m. Sunday. You may come as your schedule allows; however, the price is the same no matter how many yummy, delicious meals you miss! We recommend arriving by 6:30 p.m. on Friday night. If you can’t make it by then, let us know and we can save a meal for you.

Roommates

Often, it can seem daunting to attend a weekend like this if you’re new to Heritage or have never attended before. Know that if you need to find a roommate for the retreat, we will help in any way we can! You can talk with Julie Kane for more information.

Registration/Payment Deadline

By July 30: $75 Deposit Due (When you submit your deposit, a space will be held for you)

By September 9: $185 Balance Due (After this date, we cannot guarantee a refund for cancellation)

Payment Details

Payments and inquiries about scholarships may be left in the Clara Barton Guild mailbox in the Heritage office or directed to Julie Kane at:

Pay by Check:

Checks made payable to HUUC can be mailed to Julie at 3852 Vineyard Green Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45255.

Electronic Payment:

Please send THE ENTIRE $260 to Joelle:
Venmo – @Joelle-Tunning.
Pay Pal – @JoelleTunning
Zelle – email:

Planning

Hope Springs is the bomb when it comes to food. Meals are sumptuous and all dietary needs can be met (please let us know about dietary needs). Most bedrooms are double occupancy, with some offering three beds including en-suite bathrooms. Other arrangements are available including a rustic teepee, cots and tent camping. (See Joelle for advice!) All accommodations are the same price. Hope Springs is alcohol-free and handicapped accessible. For more information or with any questions, contact Michelle Kelly at (513) 675-3921 or:

For more info about Hope Springs, visit www.hopespringsinstitute.org.

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. A Zoom link is also available. 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.