Join us for a traditional Christmas Eve service, with candlelight (have a candle ready to light if you can!), music, and stories. Susan Ritchie is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Christmas Eve WorshipTime: Dec. 24, 2020, 7:00 PM Eastern Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/7541126323?pwd=d1J2dVhJeTJBMEk3UHA5emlhckppUT09 Meeting ID: 754 112 6323Passcode: 152468One tap mobile+16468769923,,7541126323#,,,,,,0#,,152468# US (New … Continue reading Christmas Eve Service

The younger children are with us for the entire worship as we introduce this month’s theme in worship and religious education, “Expectation.”  We also celebrate Ingathering and our annual water celebration.   We are keeping this year the changes to the water celebration begun two years ago. You are invited to bring a vial or water … Continue reading Expectation: Ingathering and Water Celebration

On this Labor Day weekend, we look at religious communities of the past and present that have empowered themselves and others by taking collective responsibility for both the worth and dignity of workers and the work they do. Susan Ritchie (she, her, hers) is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: NUUC VIRTUAL WORSHIP … Continue reading What Work Is

Rev. Susan Ritchie hosts and Intern Minister Liora Malicdem offers the message. Chicano poet Francisco X. Alarcón concludes his poem “Face and Heart” with a call to “arrive as children to this huge playground – the universe.” This playful, expansive conclusion resides uneasily with the opening call to “hear what nobody wants to hear” and … Continue reading Of God and Garbage Trucks

Most utopian communities arise after major, disruptive events such as wars and pandemics, that challenge established ways of living.    In this worship, we’ll look at what lessons we can learn from failures and successes of utopian communities of the past and present about how to live better as we intentionally recreate our lives and communities … Continue reading Utopias, Practically Speaking

Most utopian communities arise after major, disruptive events such as wars and pandemics, that challenge established ways of living.    In this worship, we’ll look at what lessons we can learn from failures and successes of utopian communities of the past and present about how to live better as we intentionally recreate our lives and communities … Continue reading Utopias, Practically Speaking

Rev. Ritchie explores how the Christmas Story, along with other winter holidays, function to rekindle our sense of what is possible—for ourselves, and our world.  Join us in person or online at 10:30 AM, online link here: Susan Ritchie (she, her, hers) is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: NUUC Sunday Morning WorshipTime: … Continue reading Baby, What Are You Going to Be?

Rev. Susan examines how in many aspects of life, from parenting to the struggle for peace in the Middle East, there is much evidence that striving for good enough (as opposed to perfection) leads to superior outcomes for all involved.   

Seminary Student John McConnell reflects on how an educational trip to the Deep South forced an uncomfortable examination of his complicity in racism but ultimately revealed a path from apathy to action. A father of five, John, his wife Andrea, and their two youngest share their home with four silly dogs and a sweet bird. … Continue reading What Will You Do?

NUUC Member John Daquaila speaks about the history and theology around beliefs in reincarnation, and how it is both compatible with and challenging to Unitarian Universalist beliefs. Join us at 10:30AM at our newly renovated and expanded church home at 1574 Franklin Street, Lewis Center, Ohio, or, attend online using this link: Join Zoom Meeting:  … Continue reading This Time Around: Reincarnation and Unitarian Universalism