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The Heritage UU Church Board of Trustees met on April 15, 2024. The following summaries their activities.

After a review of the financial, senior minister, and DLFD monthly reports, the Board discussed following items:

• Jen Ciolino joined our meeting today to discuss potential plans for security cameras on our property, which will be funded by the security grant we received in the fall.  Thank you Jen!
• Russ Arujo, Rae Jane Arujo, and Rebecca Pace will be our delegates to the MidAmerican Regional Assembly.  Thank you for your service!

The next meeting is currently scheduled for May 13, 2024.

Image: Heritage Universalist Unitarian Church Board of Trustees, November 2023 through June 2024, left to right: Kate Wells, Luke Walczewski, Rebecca Pace, Garry Wilson, Jaime Castle, Meredith Meyer, and Julie Kane.

Image courtesy of Laci Lee Adams.

The Heritage UU Church Board of Trustees met on March 11, 2024. The following summaries their activities.

1. The Board approved the language of a proposed land acknowledgment for HUUC. It is still to be determined exactly what will happen with this language, but possible options include a sign on our grounds and/or in the building.
2. The Board approved a change to the Heritage Acres Operating Agreement, allowing up to nine Heritage Acres board members and requiring that three be members of HUUC.

Image: Heritage Universalist Unitarian Church Board of Trustees, November 2023 through June 2024, left to right: Kate Wells, Luke Walczewski, Rebecca Pace, Garry Wilson, Jaime Castle, Meredith Meyer, and Julie Kane.

Image courtesy of Laci Lee Adams.

Heritage member Rebecca Pace has organized and will host a free series of four on-line webinar discussions over the next several months. The sessions will address numerous aspects of and issues related to the proposed final Article II, as approved at the 2023 GA for continued discussion, and Article II actions that have taken place since the last GA. These webinar sessions occur on March 27, April 24, May 11, and June 1, 2024.

The first webinar on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, held at 8 p.m., discusses four new amendments to the final Article II proposal from the Article II Study Commission (released in October of 2023) that will be on the GA agenda in June 2024. In addition, the previously approved Amendment 52, will be discussed.

The Wednesday, April 24, 2024 webinar, held at 8 p.m., is entitled “What We Gain, What We Lose.” The meeting content addresses proposed Article II’s new ideas that suggest modifications to the way UUs have been functioning and the future direction of the faith. The panelists will include Howard Tolley, of St. John’s Unitarian Universalist, Cincinnati, OH, and Steve Myles of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax, VA.

Two more webinars are planned to cover “Accountability and Covenants” on Saturday, May 11, 2024 and “Getting Ready for General Assembly” on Saturday, June 1, 2024.

For further information on the webinars, contact Rebecca Pace at

Images sources: Rebecca Pace in the 2023 GA hall and https://tinyurl.com/4rwvwztz

For at least the past ten years, a Unitarian Universalist team (led by St. John’s UU Church) has participated in Cincinnati’s “Out of the Darkness Walk.” This walk is in support of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and is designed as a journey of remembrance, hope, and support. On October 1, Heritage Church’s Rebecca Pace (first person on the left in the picture below) participated in the 2023 walk.