For Sunday morning worship, join us in the sanctuary (map and directions) or click the Zoom link that will appear before the service in the service description. The worship service and its attendees may be video recorded and appear later on various media.
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“Readers’ Theater”
Sunday January 12, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
HUUC member Steph Tacy leads this service.
Going to the theater can transport you to other places and times. It might be a Broadway play, a small civic performing group or wait … What about Reader’s Theater right here at Heritage Universalist Unitarian Church!?!
Join us as Steph Tacy leads this all-ages service complete with an all-star cast of familiar faces. And who knows? You may come away having experienced a valuable life lesson.
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MLK’s Dream: Walking the Long Road Together
Sunday January 19, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
HUUC member Jen Ciolino leads this service.
“I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice;”
– Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., 16 April 1963,
excerpt from Letter from Birmingham JailWe remain on a long, winding journey toward a world free of systemic racism—one where the initial outrage sparked by injustice too often recedes into silence, and even backlash, over time. Together, we will explore this road with candor, humor, reflection, and a willingness to embrace discomfort.
Our path forward calls us to grow, to act, and to move beyond complacency, transforming aspiration into tangible change.
Image from Talia Jane, used with permission
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“State of the Union”
Sunday January 26, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
Rev. Bill Gupton leads this service.
Today marks the first Sunday of a new era in American history – and the first of two consecutive Sundays in which Rev. Bill will reflect on the very unsettled state of affairs in which we find ourselves here at the beginning of the year 2025.
For two decades now, at this time of year, our minister has offered a “State of the Church” sermon, loosely patterned after the U.S. President’s annual “State of the Union” address. Well – that’ll be next week. Today, he will consider where our nation and our society are headed, and offer some thoughts on how we might survive the rocky road that lies ahead.
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“State of the Church”
Sunday February 2, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
Rev. Bill Gupton leads this service.
Heritage Church – formerly and formally known as the First Universalist Society of Cincinnati – is nearly 198 years old. This morning our Senior Minister, who will be retiring from the Unitarian Universalist ministry this spring, will share his final “State of the Church” reflection.
Legendary Unitarian minister Theodore Parker once spoke of “the transient and the permanent.” With major changes on the horizon at Heritage, what might we hold on to as “timeless” – and what might we embrace as generative transformation? Our Board of Trustees will also make a report on the status of the ministerial transition during the service, and will hold a town hall meeting immediately after the service to answer your questions.
Bonus: Our beloved Choir sings for us today!
Image source: created by Bill Gupton and Barb Barnes
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