Unitarian Universalist Congregation East

What UUCE is up to in Reynoldsburg, Ohio

Sunday Schedule


Welcome

You are invited to meditation at 10:30 prior to service.

February 2012 Services (Scroll down for January Services)

2-5  David Soliday  “Love”

2-12   Joy Brady Beer  ” Mistakes Were Made, But Not By Me”

2-19  Jan Karlak, “What Would Happen If the Federal Gov. Were Rolled Back?”

2-26  Charlotte Dihoff and Erika Bourguignon, “Aspects of Traditional African Religions in the Americas”

January 2012 Services

1-1 Jim Crowley  ”Why Do I Come to a Unitarian Universalist Church?”

Testimonials on video

1-8 Sue Crowley “Spontaneous Happiness”  What does Dr. Andrew Weil have to say about happiness?

1-15 Celebrating Martin Luther King Day  ”Abraham, Martin, John, Barack, and Evangeline”  What each has to say about peace!

1-22  David Soliday “The Elephant in the Room” inspired by the Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” and other events of the past year.

1-29  Kathy Davies, “Eco-Spirituality” with a panel of presenters

UU Services for November and December 2011

(Gordon Bixel and Committee coordinated services
For the months of November and December).
11-6    Les Kleen and David Krohn “Atheism”
11-13  David Soliday
11-20  Megan Krone  “Attitude and Groups”
11-27  Jan Karlak  “Thanksgiving”
12-4    Elisabeth Murphy  “UU History”
12-11  David Soliday
12-18  If I Could Bring a Gift to the World “Open Forum”
With Presentations
12-25 Closed for holiday (Members celebrate
Holiday with family and friends).

10-2   Matt Jorgenson “Harm Reduction”?

10-9  B?en Davids  ”Insights from Israel”

10-16 Joy Brady Beer “Lydia Marie Francis Child” and remembering  Shirley Denbroeder “Gone too Soon” Sue and Jim Crowley and Jan Karlak

10-23  David Soliday “Community”  Betty Aiken welcomes new members.

10-30  Kathy Davies  ”When God was a Woman”


September 2011 Services

9-4  David Soliday, “A Celebration of Work”

9-11  Jan Karlak, “Where were you, 9-11-2001?”

9-18  Charlotte Dihoff, “The Three Principles of Simplicity, Patience, and Compassion,”  interpreted by Sue Crowley, Stan Bradley and Betty Aiken

9-25  Elizabeth Murphy, “Unitarian Universalist History,” the second of a series

August 2011 Services

7th Rebecca Calhoun “Remembering Hiroshima and Sadako’s Story of a Thousand Cranes”

14th David Soliday  ”Krishna Janmashtami”

21 Michael Greenman “UU Social Justice Convention and Time Share Bank”

28Warren Wolf “Similarities and Differences of UU and Jewish Humanist”

NOT TO BE MISSED

The Service will be followed by a picnic with the Jewish Humanist at our church.  Bring a dish and enjoy the food and fellowship.


July 2011 Services

7-3  Gordon Bixel (Outside Service ) Celebrating the 4th of July with characters of Independence Day

7-10 Shawn Scott  ”Water Blessing”

7-17  Elizabeth Murphy, Begin first of series of Unitarian Universalist history

7-24  David Soliday

7-31 Angel Schneider



June 2011 Services

5th  The Gospel according to  John.

12th Exploring the word “Sin” and  7 members of the congregation expound on the “Seven Deadly Sins.”   Anger – Marlene and Megan, Envy – Thurman, Gluttony – Madeline, Greed – Matt, Lust – Gordon, Pride – John, and Sloth – Jan.

19th  David Soliday – Father’s Day

26th  Jan Karlak, “Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon”


May 2011 Services

5-1 Gordon Bixel

5-8 Bob Farmer, “My Study of Ancient Egypt”

5-15  Bob Bhaerman, ” The American Humanist Association – Perspective on Humanist Education”

5-22  David Soliday

5-29 Kathy Davies, “It’s a Wonderful Life:  On Calling, Purpose & Destiny”

April 2011 Services

4-3 Jim Crowley, Open Forum, “The Power of Positive Thinking”

4-10  David Soliday

4-17  Jan Karlak, “Talking Climate Change”

4- 24  John Martin, “Easter”

March 2011 Services

6th John Martin “Reclaiming the Bible from the Neo-literalists”

13th Rick Pittaway “Karen Armstrong and the Charter for Compassion”

20th David Soliday, “Sharing the visit to Jamaica”

27th Charlotte Dihoff, “Meditations”
You are invited to meditation prior to service.

February Services

2 – 6 Mary Yoder “Palestine Isreal Border”

2 – 13  David Soliday “Love”

2 – 20 Jim Crowley  “Twelve Steps to a Better Life ”

2 – 27  The abbreviated version of the movie “Gasland”

January Services   2011

1 – 2 Elisabeth Murphy, Open Forum,  Congregation will share religious stories and experiences.

1 – 9 Rick Pittaway, “Philosophy of David Foster Wallace”

1 – 16   Jim and Sue Crowley, Martin Luther King, Jr. and his views on violence and non-violence”  (Including a short video)

1 – 23 John Martin, “Embrace your doubts to set you free”

1 – 30   Jan Karlak, “Standing On the Side of Love?  Lessons from Wikileaks”

December Services 2010

12 – 5 David Soliday, “Human?? Rights”

12 – 12  Jim Crowley, “8 Pillars of a Community”

12 – 19  “Gift/Gifts to Mother Earth”   Introduction by Shawn Scott.  Members of the Congregation will share  the many things they have done this past month to promote a healthy Mother Earth.  We are logging the progress throughout the month prior to this date.  We will end with a short video and audio of Native Americans.

12 – 26  John Martin, “Unitarian Christmas”

November Services 2010

11 – 7 Gordon Bixel, “Republicans Have Won”

11 – 14  David Soliday, “The Great Turning”

11 – 21  Shirley Denbroeder, “Wampanaog” for our Thanksgiving Service

11 – 28  John Martin, “Dancing With Hypocrisy”

October Services 2010

3rd  John Martin , “Why Aren’t We Sharing the Good News?”

10th  Regular Services at 11:00 will be cancelled.  Join us from 1:00 – 5:00 for the Reynoldsburg Clean Energy Rally (See 350.org) at our church.  There will be a Solar and Wind Power Demo, Music by Columbus Rock Band Hate to Cry, Green Ways Metro Park Ranger, Energy Biking, Guest speakers, drummers, and much more.  This is a day to celebrate climate solutions at this 10/10/10 Global Work Party.

17th  David Soliday, “An Attack on Apathy”

24th Open Forum,  Betty Aiken, Bring your favorite poetry to share.

31st  The Three Cranes Grove, Shawn Scott, ” All Hallow’s Eve”

September Services 2010

5th “The Seven Principles of the Unitarian Universalist Association” – Seven members of our congregation give their thoughts about  the principles.

12th David Soliday “Earth Dance”

19th Charlotte Dihoff, “Natural Resources, War and Peace – Affirming our common humanity in the new global economy”

26th   John Martin, “TBA”

August Services 2010??

1st -  Jim Crowley, “Unknown Unknowns”

8th -  Rick Pittaway, “Fundamentalism”

15th -   Rev. David Soliday, “Facilitating Paradox, My Spiritual Journey”

22nd  -  Arlene Webb,” *G*O*D* Many names”

29th  -  “AEP, Climate Change and Sustainability: A New Era?” with guest speaker, SANDRA NESSING, Director of Sustainability at AEP

July Services 2010

7-4 Outside Service around Campfire Gordon Bixel, Fourth of July Service” Members assume characters important to the Declaration of Independence, coordinated by Sue Crowley

7-11 David Soliday, “Our Mountain Is Waiting”

7-18 Mark Waite, “Sustainable Reynoldsburg” Environmental programs developing in Reynoldsburg and you could be part of it.

7-25 John Martin, What is happening with UU at a national level?  Rev. Martin reports about the UU General Assembly of 2010.

June Services  2010

6- 6 David Soliday Libertarian Theology

6-13 Rick Pittaway,  Transformation of the American Dream

6-20 Betty Aiken, Father’s Day

6-27  Matt Jorganson, The Comforting Notion of an Infinite Universe

May Services

2 nd, Stan Bradley, President,  Reports on a recent district meeting

9th Betty Aiken, “Flower Ceremony

16th Marco Vadez, “Spiritual Journey”

23rd Teri Cornell, “Fear Factor”

30th Open Forum,  Theme of  “Our Visions for UUCE Future” J. Crowley facilitating.  Share your thoughts, readings, poems,  or experiences.   Jim reports on finances.

WELCOME

?April Services

4th  Jim Crowley, “I wish I knew when I was young, what I know Now”  Jim invites you to share your thoughts with him.

11th David Soliday, “Welcome to the Conceptual Age”

18 Matt Jorganson, “Spiritual Journey”

25th Open Forum, ” Our thoughts about the Earth and Reflecting on Earth Day”

March Services

7th Jim and Sue Crowley “Faith on the Borderland”  This was rescheduled because of the snow.

14th Stan Bradley is going to talk about some of the ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche.

21st Kim Knight  “Yin and Yang”

?28th David Soliday  “Tales from Belize”  Soliday brings to us the stories from a recent mission trip to Belize in Central America.

February Services 2010 (Scroll Down)

7th  Jim and Sue Crowley “Faith in the Borderland”

14th Kim Knight “Chinese New Year”

21st David Soliday “Love”

28th Jan Karlak “Darwin and Lincoln”

January Services 2010 (Scroll down for Dec. Services)

3 – Open Forum, the Congregation shares New Year’s Resolutions

10 – Guest Speaker Rob Mathews, Zen, with K. Knight Facilitating

17 – David Soliday, The Life of Martin Luther King

24 – Jan Karlak and Becca Calhoun, There Is No Planet ‘B,’ The State of the Planet and Copenhagen Accord

31 - Shawn Scott, Meditation, What it is with thoughtful commentary, and experiencing meditation with the Presenter

POT- LUCK, January 23rd, Celebrating Birthdays with the birthday boy and girl

December Services  2009

12-6 Joan Phillips, Compassionate Care Giving and Sue Crowley, Being Informed about a Hospital Visit and Stay

12-13 David Soliday Celebrating the Light

12-20 Sharing Gifts of Talent and Fun in a Seasonal Service of Songs, Poems, Paintings, Stories, and Surprises from the congregation

12-27  Perry Straughten, My Spiritual Journey

November Services

11-1  Gordon Bixel  “Selfish”

11-8  Jim Crowley  “Forgiveness”

11-15  Jan Karlak “Don’t Believe in God?  You’re Not Alone.”

11-22  David Soliday, “Thanksgiving”

11-29  Three Cranes Group, Shawn Scott, Leesa Kern, and Lisa Allshouse

October Services

10-4  Becca Calhoun “Association Sunday” and Jan Karlac  “Addressing and Preventing the Flu”

10-11  David Petras  “Non Violence, A Universalist Imperative”

10-18  Betty Aiken  “Welcome t0 New Members” and “Dedication to Members Who Have Passed”

10-25  David Soliday  “Earth’s Spirituality”

September Services

9-6  Presenters (Members of UUCE) will give their ideas about “What I Would Like This Church To Be”

9-13  David Soliday  “Comfortably  Numb”

9-20  John Barnes “Practical Christianity”

9-27  Joy Brady Beer  “Who Says I need to Find A Purpose in Life?”

August, 2009   Services

8-2  Beth Bradley   “Getting to Know Humanism”

8-9  Deepa Perera “Journey Towards Meaning”

8-16   Darby Place “Hope”

8-23  Rick Pittaway “My Spiritual Journey”

8-30  Dick Leavy, “Search for Happiness”

July, 2009

7-5  Jim and Sue C. ”Experiences from GA”  Members share reports, information, materials, views of Key-note speakers and videoes from the national conference.

7-12 “More Experiences from GA”

7-19 Stan Bradley, “My Spiritual Journey”

7-26 Seventh Principle “Respect For the Interdependent Web of All Existence of Which We Are A Part”, (as written by Forrest Gilmore and delivered by T. Sinks).

JUNE 2009 Services (Scroll down for May Services)

6-7, Heather Moore, “Gardening Is A Spiritual Experience”

6-14, Kathy Reinoehl, “ The Bahai Religion”

6-21, Beth and Stan Bradley, “Music for the Spirit”

6-28, David Soliday, “My Spiritual Path”

May 2009 Services (Scroll down for April Services)

Attention:  Movie/Potluck cancelled this month, due to Dinner Celebration at end of month

May 3, Abby Maitland “All You Need Is Love”

May 10, Marco Valdez facilitates, Mother’s Day Celebration –  At Open Forum members of the congregation will share the memorable stories of their mother.

May 17, Rachael Krauss, “Touch”

May 24, Rebecca Morse, “Nature of Change”

May 31, 2009, End of Fiscal Year Program, building on successes of the past with testimonials of dreams for the future of UUCE.  After the service, there will be a Dinner Celebration of the Congregation’s Generosity- Thank You!” This is a work in progress.

April 2009 Services

4 – 5, Jan Karlak and Sue Crowley ”Living On Less in Lean Times”  Also, share your ideas of being frugal and stretching a dollar.

4 – 12, Leesa Kern, “Connections of Pagans to Christians”

4 – 19, Celebrating Earth Day,   Guest Speaker, David Rutter talks about the health of Blacklick Creek and other environmental issues.  Mr. Rutter is employed by the Mid Ohio Regional Planning Commission and Coordinator for Big Walnut Creek and Tributaries.

4 – 26, Nick Ford, “Sharing My Spiritual Journey”

March 2009 Services

3 – 1,  Sue Crowley – “You are a Leader”

3 – 8,  Jim Crowley, – “The Year of 2012″

3 – 15,  Jan Karlak, “What You Would Like to Know About the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act”

3 – 22,  Marco Valdez, “Music and Poetry”

3 -29,  Carmen Crowley, “What Are You Eating?”  How the food you eat effects your health!

February 2009 Services

2-1, “What Would the Founders Do?”, Stan Bradley, CANCELLED

(We have a thick layer of ice in the parking lot! Ramps – Dangerous!

2-8, “Valentine’s Day”, Betty Aiken

2-15, “Musical Inspiration,” Mary and Courage Woodward

2-22, “What Would the Founder’s Do,”  Stan Bradley

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