January 18, 2020.

The Unitarian Universalist Association has signed on as an official partner of the 2020 Women’s March on Washington.

Over the past three years, Women’s March has knitted together a powerful movement of people who share a common belief that freedom is for everyone, without exception.

If you are able, sign up to march in Washington, D.C., on January 18, 2020.

This year, the Women’s March urges us to take to the streets and put our bodies on the line to demand that our country becomes a place that works for all of us, not just an elite few. Let us mobilize toward the future we want to live in, one where we can all be uplifted together. On January 18, 2020, we #RiseUp.

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Are you ready to become a member of Heritage Church? Is making a commitment to Heritage on your list of New Year’s resolutions? Our next New Member Ceremony will be held on Sunday morning, January 12, during the worship service. For more information, please email Rev. Bill Gupton at:

For January 2020.

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Jaime Castle resigned from the HUUC Board of Trustees to run for Congress. Bob Booth to fill the remainder of her term (through June 2020).

5-year Civil Protection Order granted to HUUC and other local UU churches regarding harassment from a particular individual. HUUC to share legal costs with other congregations involved.

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The HUUC Board is coordinating with other Cincinnati UU churches on legal action against an individual for harassment.

An HUUC Board member to participate in Cincinnati UU Council Security Breakout on 16 Nov.

The HUUC Board to apply for security grant from the Ohio Emergency Management Agency.

The HUUC Board appointed Tracey DuEst to be a delegate representing HUUC to the UU General Assembly June 24-28 in Providence, RI.

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HUUC Board of Trustees, July – December 2019.

The HUUC Board approved closing of the HUUC financial books for 2018-2019 fiscal year. Summary: Total income $253,606.91; Total Expenses $248,533.52; Net Income $5,073.39.

The HUUC Board approved Jeff Syroney as a member of the Heritage Acres Board. Jeff is a media/PR consultant, has been involved in the Cincinnati arts scene for decades, and is co-founder of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival.

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Monday, January 20. Offsite.

As a member of the Martin Luther King Jr. Coalition, Greater Anderson Promotes Peace (GAPP) announces the 45th Annual MLK Day Commemorative March and Music Hall Commemoration. Join Heritage Church member Louise Lawarre and others at these public events.

10:30 a.m. The Commemorative March begins at the Freedom Center.

11:00 a.m. The March moves to Fountain Square for an interfaith prayer service, then continues to Music Hall.

12:00 noon. The free Commemoration program begins at Music Hall. The featured keynote speaker will be Dr. Tammy Kernodle, Professor of Musicology at Miami University. Music will be performed by the MLK Chorale. Several Heritage UU Church members are part of the Chorale.

For more information, visit www.mlkcoalition.org.

If you have questions, talk with Louise Lawarre, or email her at:

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Saturday, January 18, 2020, 12 noon. Offsite.

Join with other Heritage folks and many people from around the Tri-State in the Cincinnati Women’s March for 2020. This event is sponsored by United We Stand Cincinnati, which is committed to the National Women’s March on Washington (NWMW) Agenda, as an officially recognized sister organization to the NWMW. United We Stand Cincinnati has several commitments, including: to human rights for all; to grass roots organizing; to supporting efforts of communities of color and other minorities; to being non-partisan and non-party-affiliated; and to nonviolence as practiced by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

From the Facebook Page: “We’re back! Join us on January 18, 2020, at Noon at Sawyer Point Park in Downtown Cincinnati! We will rally at the P&G Pavillion area at Sawyer Point, starting at 12 pm, with a march following a short program of speakers. We will return to the park after marching for an open mic session, music and interaction with local organizations. This anniversary action is our rededication to the international movement of women’s strength, power, and determination.”

For more information, visit the Cincinnati Women’s March Facebook page and the United We Stand Cincinnati website.

To share plans and ideas with Heritage people, talk with anyone who was at a previous Cincinnati Women’s March (you can see some pictures of Heritage people at the first Cincinnati Women’s March). Or talk with Rae Jane Araujo, or email her at:

Posted December 26, 2019.

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Friday, January 17, 2020, 7:30 p.m.

The film “Leelah’s Highway” focuses on a trans youth, Leelah Alcorn. Isolated by her parents in their basement and forced to go through six months of conversion therapy, Leelah took her life on the highway near her house in Kings Mills, Ohio. She was 17.

This 24-minute documentary was filmed over a two-year period in Kings Mills and Cincinnati, Ohio, and in Washington, DC. It will be shown at Heritage UU Church on Friday, January 17, at 7:30 p.m., in the Heritage Room.

“Leelah’s Highway” includes interviews with: Leelah‘s best friend, Abby Davis; the organizer of the highway memorial in her honor, Chris Fortin; trans counsellor Jonah Yokoyama; Bobbie Jo Justice of the Trans Lifeline; Cincinnati Councilor Chris Seelbach; and Leelah’s next door neighbors, the Davis family.

After the film, please plan to stay for discussion and involvement in a survey. If you have questions, see Rae Jane Araujo or Tracey DuEst.

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Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 7:00 p.m.

By the time this Heirloom goes out the holidays are nearly over. May the diets and other New Year’s resolutions begin! (Urgh!) But the Babes with Books (Heritage’s women’s book club) has scheduled three good reads to enjoy with during our dreary winter nights.

For our January 15, 7-9 p.m. meeting in the Heritage room, we’ve selected A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles. Get this selection early as it is a lengthy but easy read. As described by an Amazon.com reviewer, “A Gentleman in Moscow is the 30-year saga of the Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov, who is placed under house arrest inside the Metropol Hotel in Moscow in 1922 when the Bolsheviks spare him from death or Siberia because of his revolutionary poem. The relationships he forms with staff and guests, his handling of twists of fate, his moral rectitude and his perseverance to go on in the face of his lifelong imprisonment for being a ‘Former Person’ make for a compelling tale, told beautifully by Towles.”

Our February and March selections, always subject to change, currently are as follows:

• February 19 – Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens
• March 18 – American Duchess, by Karen Harper

Unless otherwise noted, all selections are held for us at the Anderson Township public library. All women members and friends are invited to all BWB gatherings, whether or not they have read the selected book.

If you have questions, please speak with Barb Barnes, or email her at:

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The church office will be staffed only on an abbreviated schedule during December.

Our Church Administrator, Denise Martinez, will be taking accumulated vacation and will not be in until Monday, December 16, 2019. We thank church member Shannon Murley, who will be filling in to handle some of Denise’s duties while she is away.

The office will also be closed December 24-26 and December 31-January 2 in celebration of the holidays.

Senior Minister Rev. Bill Gupton will be out beginning December 25 and will return on January 6.

Assistant Minister for Religious Exploration Rev. Leslie Woodward will be on vacation November 26 -December 2, spending Thanksgiving with her family in Texas. We thank church member Steph Tacy, who will be coordinating our annual Pajama Day Sunday for children and youth on December 1. Rev. Leslie will also be off December 24-28, and December 30-January 2.

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