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Thinking of GA? Jump on this Now

Spokane Convention Center district- aerial viewFriday, March 1, 2019, 12 Noon.

Are you planning on going to the UUA General Assembly in Spokane, Washington in June? (See the full article for more information.) Thinking of staying at one of the hotels within walking distance of the convention center? The UUA has reserved some blocks of rooms at these hotels at a discount.

Here is a tip: If you want the discount at a good, close hotel, you have to be on your computer on the Internet on Friday, March 1, at 12:00 noon Eastern Standard Time. That is when they will post the reservation link, and you only have a brief period of time before the good deals are gone.

The page where the reservation link will appear on March 1 at 12 noon is here: https://www.uua.org/ga/travel

Of course, you’ll also want to register for GA itself. You can do that at a more leisurely pace starting March 1 by going  here: https://www.uua.org/ga/registration

The main page for all of GA is here: https://www.uua.org/ga

Good luck.

IHN Volunteers Needed for April 16

IHN is Interfaith Hospitality Network, a group of congregations that help homeless families by sheltering them temporarily in the churches, synagogues, mosques and temples.

Heritage UU Church will be providing support for this on Tuesday, April 16, 2019. The homeless families will be staying at First Unitarian Church of Cincinnati. If you could lead some children and youth in fun activities in the evening, please volunteer to be an Activity Host. If you could sleep on site overnight at the church, please volunteer to be an Overnight Host. (We already have Dinner Hosts for this date.)

To read more about these roles, see the HUUC IHN webpage.

To ask questions or volunteer, please talk with Rae Jane Araujo or email her at:

IHN Needs a Dinner Host

IHN is Interfaith Hospitality Network, a neat way that churches work together to use some of their building space to temporarily house homeless families. The “hosting” takes place at First Unitarian Church of Cincinnati (in Avondale), which will have up to four homeless families staying on site for a week.

Tuesday, February 19, 2019, will be Heritage Church’s turn to provide hosts. We still need a co-Dinner-Host to help plan, prepare, and serve a meal for those being sheltered.

If you are interested in learning more, please talk with Rae Jane Araujo, or email her at:

Ready to Join the Church?

If you are interested in joining Heritage Church – or if you simply have questions about what membership in a Unitarian Universalist church such as ours means – please contact Rev. Bill Gupton. Our next new-member Sunday is scheduled for April 7, and we’d love to have you join us! You can contact Rev. Bill at 523-231-8634, or email him at:

February 2019.

Board Briefs for December 2018

The Board has approved the hire of a security officer during Sunday services through service on June 30, 2019.

The Board has designated HUUC as a fiscal conduit for Heritage Acres.

Bill Gupton, Donna Buckley, Cole Imperi, Laura Knight, and David Spinney were appointed to the Heritage Acres Board.

Racial Justice Film Night: “Marshall”

Movie poster of a young Aftican-American with a briefcase, and the movie title "Marshall"Friday, March 22, 2019, 7:00 p.m.

The 2017 film “Marshall,” directed by Reginald Hudlin, stars Chadwick Boseman as Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice. The film focuses on one of the first cases of his career, the State of Connecticut v. Joseph Spell.

“In 1940, Thurgood Marshall is an NAACP lawyer traveling the country defending people of color who are wrongly accused of crimes because of racial prejudice. Upon his return to his New York office, he is sent to Bridgeport, Connecticut, to defend Joseph Spell, a chauffeur accused of rape by his white employer, Eleanor Strubing, in a case that has gripped the newspapers.” From Wikipedia.

The film will be shown in the Heritage Room at Heritage Universalist Unitarian Church, 2710 Newtown Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45244.

Childcare is available if requested by Monday, February 18, via email. Send your childcare request to:

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

Babes Read Book about a Book

Wednesday, March 20, 2019, 7:00 p.m.

What could be more appropriate for a book club read than a story about a book! For the March 20th meeting of the Babes with Books (Heritage’s woman’s book club) we will discuss People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks. According to Amazon.com’s description of the piece, “this ambitious, electrifying work traces the harrowing journey of the famed Sarajevo Haggadah, a beautifully illuminated Hebrew manuscript created in fifteenth-century Spain.”

April 17th we move on to Masterpiece by Fiona Davis. But, bring ideas for future reads to the March meeting. All meetings are from 7 – 9 p.m. in the Heritage room. All women, members or friends, are always invited to attend, whether or not they have read the book.

If you have any questions, talk with Barb Barnes, or email her at:

Newcomers are Invited to ‘Get Acquainted’

(Hula Kahiko – Volcanos National Park)

Saturday, March 16, 2019, 6:00 p.m. RSVP Required.

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:

Used Book Sale

Sunday, March 10, 2019, around 12 noon.

The annual Clara Barton Guild used book sale will conclude on Sunday, March 10th, after the service. 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. Thanks to everyone for books and help.

For more information, please talk with Robin Wickett, or email her at the address below.

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