Celebrating Life. Creating Community. Seeking Justice.
Wednesday, March 22, 2023, from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.We gather in community to honor the renewal of light, warmth and growth at our next Vespers service, held in our sanctuary at Heritage. Our service is loosely based on the Taizé style of Vespers worship. Join us as we listen for and learn from our inner voice during readings, song and silence.
If you have any questions, please contact Mimi Sinclair or Steph Tacy.
About UsHeritage is a vibrant, progressive church in Anderson Township that celebrates the mystery and wonder of life while caring for one another and for the world through our actions. We welcome people of all beliefs and value diversity of all types. Our 165-member congregation honors our traditions while embracing change and growth. We are seeking a talented, enthusiastic Music Director and Accompanist to infuse our services with inspiring music and accompany our 20-member Choir.
This part-time role (10-15 hours/week) involves planning and coordinating a wide variety of music to enrich Sunday worship, playing the piano, and accompanying the Choir. Primary responsibilities:
HUUC is a special place where you can share your creativity, talents and ideas to help make services engaging and reflect the diversity our congregation and choir enjoy.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Heritage’s employment decisions are made without regard to age, race, gender identity or expression, national origin, religion, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. HUUC is located at 2710 Newtown Road, Cincinnati, OH 45244. For more information about our church, visit huuc.net.
Please send resume to the attention of the Music Director Search Committee no later than March 15, to:
2/7/2023.
Heritage UU Church Board of Trustees for 2022-2023, left to right: Julie Kane, Meredith Meyer, Kay Inskeep, Michelle Kelly, John Sandman, Rebecca Pace, and Luke Walczewski
The Heritage UU Church Board of Trustees met on December 12, 2022.
1. Our endowment balance currently sits at $61,653, with a 72% stock / 28% bond split. Under the terms of our endowment, we cannot spend any funds from the endowment until the balance exceeds $100k, and then we can access any excess funds over $100k. $25k will be added to the endowment fund as part of the Feders’ generous bequest to our community, bringing us much closer to being able to derive benefits from the endowment fund. After this $25k addition, the Endowment Committee is planning to transition the fund’s ratio to a more conservative 65% stock / 35% bond split.
2. The Board approved a $36k minister’s housing allowance for 2023.
3. The Board approved the appointment of the 2023 Heritage Acres board members: Tom Bosarge, Donna Buckley, Donelle Dreese, Bill Gupton, Laura Knight, Dave Spinney and Jeff Syroney.
Tuesday, February 7, 2023, 7:00 p.m.Greater Anderson Promotes Peace (GAPP) and Anderson Churches for Racial Unity (ACRU) welcome The Greater Cincinnati Coalition for the Homeless with guest speaker Melissa Mosby. The event will be in-person and available via Zoom.
Heritage UU Church, 2710 Newtown Road, Cincinnati, OH 45244
Melissa Mosby brings her story of housing insecurity due to displacement in the West End to those it can help, by building empathy and solidarity across communities.
The complex issues of homelessness, displacement, and gentrification deserve serious study in order to find and support viable responses that seek to provide affordable housing for all greater Cincinnati’s citizens. This introduction to them will be followed by a walking tour of OTR in the spring for first-hand understanding, and a book discussion in the summer. Visit https://cincihomeless.org/ to learn more about the issues, and about the Homeless Coalition.
Registration is requested, and required in order to receive the Zoom link. Register at https://HDG101.eventbrite.com
Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at 7:00 p.m.The Heritage UU Church Indigenous issues study group will meet on February 21, at 7:00 p.m. to view the documentary film Dawnland, which looks at the first US truth and reconciliation commission to study the practice of removing Native American children from their homes and placing them with white families during the 20th century. Following the film, there will be a brief discussion.
From dawnland.org:
For most of the 20th century, government agents systematically forced Native American children from their homes and placed them with white families. As recently as the 1970’s, one in four Native children nationwide were living in non-Native foster care, adoptive homes, or boarding schools. Many children experienced devastating emotional and physical harm by adults who mistreated them and tried to erase their cultural identity.
Now, for the first time, they are being asked to share their stories.
In Maine, a historic investigation—the first government-sanctioned truth and reconciliation commission (TRC) in the United States—begins a bold journey. For over two years, Native and non-Native commissioners travel across Maine. They gather testimony and bear witness to the devastating impact of the state’s child welfare practices on families in Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribal communities. Collectively, these tribes make up the Wabanaki people.
The feature-length documentary DAWNLAND follows the TRC to contemporary Wabanaki communities to witness intimate, sacred moments of truth-telling and healing. With exclusive access to this groundbreaking process and never-before-seen footage, the film reveals the untold narrative of Indigenous child removal in the United States.
The TRC discovers that state power continues to be used to break up Wabanaki families, threatening the very existence of the Wabanaki people. Can they right this wrong and turn around a broken child welfare system? DAWNLAND foregrounds the immense challenges that this commission faces as they work toward truth, reconciliation, and the survival of all Indigenous peoples.
Living at the easternmost edge of Turtle Island, the Wabanaki people are the first to see the new day’s light. If harmony and justice begin in the east, as some prophesize, surely the TRC is a sign of this beginning.
If you have questions about the Heritage UU Church Indigenous issues study group, please contact Mimi Sinclair.
Issues of racial justice, indigenous peoples, and LGBTQ.
When the Social Justice Collaborative meets, we are taking a small step toward the realization of the Sixth Unitarian Universalist Principle, “The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all.”
All Heritage members and friends are invited to the next meeting of the Collaborative. It is a good way to offer and receive support as we work to “heal the world.”
Meeting topics include:
Feel free to bring a meal or snack for yourself to eat during the meeting. If you have questions, please speak with the next meeting’s agenda drafter, Russ Araujo.
For January 20 – 26, donate on Sunday at Heritage, or online. Our donations will help an organization that works to be a source of joy and love for the LGBT+ community and the community at large. Learn more and donate at The Cincinnati Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
This symbol celebrates the arrival of longer, warmer days and the early signs of spring, as can be seen here with Snowdrops.
Imbolc is a time of hopefulness and new beginnings. Please join us for our celebration of the next turn of the wheel and the greening of the new year. We will have our celebration ritual followed by snacks to share and community time. Please bring something small to symbolize your hopes for the new year and to be blessed on our altar. Also, please dress for the weather and bring a snack to share.
For more information, please contact Chris Whittaker at:
Wednesday, February 8, 2023, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.Learn a few basic massage techniques that you can easily use in your own home for family and friends. No special skills or equipment needed, just your own power of touch. Plenty of time to practice and experiment with techniques, simple movement and essential oils.
We will use our sanctuary space to explore simple ways to use safe, appropriate touch that has been proven to lead to:
Your human touch also has the power to lower blood pressure and reduce the production of stress hormones. Soothing touch increases oxytocin levels, which are responsible for producing a calming effect. In situations where intense pain is involved, comforting human touch can reduce the intensity, acting as a numbing agent.
Massage sessions seemed to make adolescents with ADHD feel happier, and their fidgeting was noted to be considerably lower. Human touch also appears to have a positive effect on children with behavioral disorders. Massage has been found to be effective for children suffering from diabetes, asthma, and skin or arthritic problems.
Perfect for singles, couples, family members age eight and up. FREE and open to all Heritage members and friends. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a pillow.
Led by Tracy Jo, LMT, CYT
Wednesday, February 15, 2023, at 7:00 p.m.One reviewer described the Heritage women’s book club (also known as Babes With Books or BWB) selection for their February 15 meeting as, “That rarest of beasts: the perfect thriller.” Be prepared to lose sleep when you read the club’s selection, The Silent Patient, by Alex Michaelides, since you won’t want to put it down. The novel starts as a woman shoots her husband in the head five times and then decides to stay silent thereafter. How can her physiotherapist help her when she refuses to talk? Only if you read the many intriguing plot twists will the answer become apparent. I challenge you to figure it out before the final pages, but you will have all the necessary clues.
The BWB’s reading future selections and meeting dates are listed below. Please note that this list was changed after it was first provided in the Heirloom newsletter, due to delayed availability at the public library. The list is as follows:
All meetings are held from 7 to 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 office.
