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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Mystic Poetry and Hammered Dulcimer
Sunday December 8, 2024, 10:30 a.m.
Rev. Alexander Riegel of First Unitarian Church of Cincinnati leads this service.
Rev. Alex Riegel describes this service as “something a bit different than the usual sermon.” It will involve “mystic poetry interspersed with playing music on my hammered dulcimer. So, the theme is loosely spirituality by means of mystic poetry set in a reflective tone…”
Rev. Dr. Alexander Riegel is First Unitarian Church of Cincinnati’s developmental minister. Originally from Michigan, Riegle attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and the Harvard Divinity School. According the First Unitarian’s website, “Alex’s ministry is not rooted in his mind; he draws upon study of world religious traditions and his commitment to spiritual practice. His spiritual journey is one of heart and his ministry calls our best selves through the path of the heart.”
Image source: https://firstuu.com/who-we-are/our-minister-and-staff/ and https://tinyurl.com/y5c6h9nf
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Christmas Song Extravaganza
Sunday December 15, 2024, 10:30 a.m.
Bruce Bowdon leads this worship service.
The Extravaganza will include a slide show with video of Christmas songs that you’ve forgotten, ones you hoped that you would never hear again, and Christmas songs that never mention Christmas.
The congregation is encouraged to wear holiday hats, ugly Christmas sweaters, and/ or costumes.
Guaranteed to be the most fun ever!
Image source: https://tinyurl.com/384mvjzw
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Strike a Pose: An Interactive Holiday Pageant
Sunday December 22, 2024, 10:30 a.m.
DLFD Laci Adams leads this service.
The winter is a season full of holiday celebrations, timeless stories, jovial festivities, plus ancient and modern rituals. Join us today for a holiday pageant that embraces balance and strengthens our light through an exploration of holidays both familiar and new to us. The pageant will be an interactive, multimedia experience including our kids, families, and even you. Laci Lee Adams, Director of Lifespan Faith Development (DLFD), leads this All Ages worship.
Image sources: https://tinyurl.com/ywebmhru and https://tinyurl.com/5ybkwt2f
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Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
Tuesday December 24, 2024, 7:00 p.m.
Rev Bill Gupton, DLFD Laci Lee Adams, and others lead this service.
Join us on Christmas Eve for our traditional Heritage Church Christmas Eve candlelight service with beautiful music from our Choir and all the things you’ve come to love over the years in this very special evening. Hear the familiar words, bask in the beauty of familiar (and new) faces, lift your voice in song, thrill to the silent warmth of our sanctuary Christmas tree and luminaries, enjoy welcoming community (and Christmas cookies) afterward… Bring out-of-town (and in-town!) friends and family to this memorable evening at HUUC — but be sure to come early to get a parking space and a seating space in the sanctuary.
Image source: https://tinyurl.com/36uztufr
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“New & Old: The Kin-dom Option”
Sunday December 29, 2024, 10:30 a.m.
Rev. Doak Mansfield, HUUC Minister Emeritus, leads this service.
The times are a challenge. In a few weeks, a new regime will take over in Washington, Rev Doak says of his message. “I’ll speak of the spiritual resources my personal and professional life has taught me. Life offers fine lessons!”
Doak served as HUUC’s minister from 1975 to 1985, and led the relocation from Salem Road to old Anderson High School and to HUUC’s present location. An avid amateur historian, he has served seven congregations during his fifty-year career, as well as ministry with the US Army Reserve (eight years as chaplain) and hospital chaplain. He received a successful heart transplant in 2010. Doak is the author of five books, two fiction (Mockingbird’s Ballad, Jones of Old Lincoln) and three non-fiction works (An Irreverent Guide to Spirituality, Kin-Ship Spirituality, and The Kin-dom Option). He is a portrait artist/caricaturist, old movie fan, avid reader, and will choose almost anything related to history over any other option for fun or recreation.
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