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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Flower Communion
Sunday April 28, 2024, 10:30 p.m.
Rev. Bill Gupton leads this service.
The Flower Communion ritual is a cherished annual tradition at Heritage Church, featuring stories from our shared past and the beauty of flowers that are shared with one another. In this celebration of Spring, we each (young and old alike) come to church with a flower, create a lovely bouquet, and leave the sanctuary with a flower that someone else has given us. We hear stories from our past, thrill to uplifting music from our Choir, and bless one another with a gift of beauty. Please bring a fresh flower to share.
At 10:30 a.m., join us in the sanctuary or click this Zoom link.
Image source: http://tinyurl.com/539esy5s
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“Deeper than the Skin”
Sunday, May 5, 2024 10:30 a.m
An All-Cincinnati UU Worship Service at
First Unitarian Church, 536 Linton St. Cincinnati, OH 45219
starting at 10:30 a.m., Sunday May 5, 2024
or on YouTube at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VgXwxVQhAoReggie Harris and Greg Greenway, joined by Rev. Bill Gupton, lead this service.
Join other Unitarian Universalists from all four congregations in the city for a very special Cincinnati-wide Sunday morning worship service led by and featuring Reggie Harris and Greg Greenway, national touring artists (and UUs). Joined by our own Rev. Bill Gupton, along with Revs. Alex Riegel and Jenn Gracen of, respectively, First Unitarian and St. John’s, Reggie and Greg will share powerful and poignant personal stories and songs about their interracial friendship that will touch your heart and open your mind to new possibilities of connection and healing. They describe their lives as “two separate narratives forged into one powerful friendship aimed at finding common ground – and helping others do the same.”
This service is sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Council of Greater Cincinnati.
Note there will NOT be a service at Heritage Church this morning.
Image: Reggie Harris and Greg Greenway.
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“Modern Miracles”
Sunday, May 12, 2024, 10:30 a.m.
Rev. Bill Gupton leads this service.
We often speak of natural miracles – an oak tree emerging from an acorn, an iridescent sunset, the mere fact that we are alive, and part of an ecosystem on this vibrantly living planet. But this morning, we will consider instead those human-wrought miracles that our ancestors – even our own, younger selves – would never have believed possible. We are so immersed in such modern miracles that we seldom take time to appreciate them. Let’s do that today.
Our Choir will add their beautiful voices to this morning’s worship miracles.
Image Source: https://tinyurl.com/25e9bu4e
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“197 and Counting”
Sunday, May 19, 2024, 10:30 a.m.
Rev. Bill Gupton leads this worship service.
This congregation was founded in the spring of 1827. As we look ahead to the last three years of our second century of existence (what?!?), we can be thoughtful and intentional in our plans and our mission. What would we like to be able to celebrate when we gather for our big bicentennial party?
Image source: https://tinyurl.com/4n58s699 plus https://tinyurl.com/ywkmeuf7, https://tinyurl.com/4mfsmv4f
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The Practice of Attention
Sunday, May 26, 2024, 10:30 a.m.
Rev. Meg McGuire leads this service.
More than just something we pay or give, our attention can be a precious resource, an embodied experience, and a tool through which we can grow what we value most. Guest preacher Rev. Meg McGuire will explore the significance of what we give attention to and how bringing intention to our attention matters, as individuals and in community.
Rev. Meg McGuire is an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister currently serving as a hospital chaplain at the OSU James Comprehensive Cancer Center. After working as a labor organizer in New York City, Meg completed her M.Div. at Starr King School for the Ministry and her ministerial internship in San Francisco. She lives in Columbus with her wife and their enthusiastic terrier, where she finds renewal sharing meals in community and biking or kayaking along the local rivers.
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Bill and TED’s Excellent Sunday (Part 3)
Sunday, June 2, 2024, 10:30 a.m.
Rev. Bill Gupton leads this worship service.
Last fall, Rev. Bill curated a Sunday service featuring inspiration from a few of his favorite “TED Talks” and he promised that he’d offer other similar services in the winter and spring. So, back by popular demand, is the last installment of “Bill and TED’s Excellent Sunday.”
Photo courtesy of Stacie McChesney via Awesomely Luvvie.
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