Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation

Learn Mindfulness Meditation
2020-04-25 10:00 - 11:30, 2020-05-02 10:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States
Start or jump-start your practice
A mindfulness practice can be life changing. It is an opportunity to train your heart and mind in presence, compassion, loving kindness and the “here and now”.
In our world, we often lose touch with ourselves. Mindfulness is an opportunity to connect with the deepest part of who you are.
It can open many doors/insights into your spiritual path and your connection with the divine.
Life is full of schedules, activities, planning, and worrying. With a mindfulness practice, you can awaken, become aware, and participate in being – even when doing.
All are welcome.
When: Four consecutive Saturdays, April 11-May 2nd, 10-11:30 a.m. (4/11, 4/18, 4/25, 5/2)
Fee: $60 for 4-weeks or $20 per session. (Scholarships available)
Your instructor: Mick Bates is a local attorney and spiritual seeker / practitioner who is completing accreditation as a Mindfulness instructor. He has presented many well-received Sunday morning programs at Olmsted UU exploring spirituality.

Zoom Check-Ins with Poetry
2020-04-29 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States
Join us as we find support and comfort in each other’s company. Everyone brings either poetry that they like, or poetry that they have written.

The Mankind Project
2019-11-05 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States

Zoom Check-Ins with Poetry
2020-05-06 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States
Join us as we find support and comfort in each other’s company. Bring a poem or two to share or just come to check-in and listen. All are welcome.

Zoom Check-in with Poetry
2020-05-13 19:00 - 20:00, 2020-05-20 19:00 - 20:00, 2020-05-27 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States
Bring a poem or two to share or just come to check-in and listen. All are welcome.

Zoom Check-In with Poetry
2020-06-03 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States
Zoom Check-In with Poet ry – 7:00 pm, June 3,
7-8pm. Join us as we find support and comfort in
each other’s company. Bring a poem or two to
share or just come to check-in and listen. All are
welcome. (First Wednesdays)

Olmsted & Oberlin Combined Sunday Service Committees
2020-06-04 17:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States

UU Deep Dive
2020-06-21 12:15 - 13:45 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States
We’ll conclude this program with an exploration of what membership means at OUUC, All are welcome.

Olmsted UU Annual Meeting
2020-06-28 12:30 - 14:00 UTC | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States

Check-In with Poetry
2020-07-01 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States

Dream Group
2020-07-09 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States
Exploring spiritual growth through the symbolism, wisdom, and humor of dreams. All are welcome

Finishing Strong
2020-07-15 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States
Using the book, Finish Strong – Putting Your Priorities First at Life’s End, by Barbara Coombs Lee, exploring responsible health care decisions for living well and dying well. Read Chapter 8 (Escaping Dementia), Chapter 9 (Inside a Growing Advocacy). Facilitated by Rev. Mary. (2nd Wednesdays, through August, all are welcome.)

WISE Women
2020-07-16 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States
A small group of intrepid WISE explorers are bringing a video or podcast or surprise for our July gathering and ideas for future programs/focus. All are welcome.

Adult Programs Team
2020-07-16 15:45 - 17:00, 2020-08-06 15:45 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States

Board of Trustees
2020-07-21 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States

Writing Your Memoir
2020-07-24 12:00 - 13:30, 2020-07-31 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States
Have you always wanted to write your life story, but didn’t know how to start? Lara Lillibridge is offering to lead a memoir group. We’ll meet once a week on Zoom for 6 weeks. If you don’t know Lara, zhe is the author of two memoirs, Girlish: Growing Up in a Lesbian Home, and Mama, Mama, Only Mama: An Irreverent Guide for the Newly Single Parent and the co-editor of an anthology of women’s writing entitled Feminine Rising: Voices of Power and Invisibility. Lara is also a lifelong UU, growing up in the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rochester, NY.

Time: Weekly, 6 sessions, Fridays, 12:00 -1:30 pm, July 24, July 31, Aug 7, Aug 14, Aug 21, Aug 28
on Zoom

Meditation with Mudras
2020-07-26 12:15 - 13:15 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States
Hand positions to welcome intention and affirm harmony of body, mind and spirit. Facilitated by Emily W. All are welcome.

Listening to Writers of Color
2020-07-28 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States
Do you want to deepen your understanding of what it is like to live as a person of color in the US? Olmsted UU member Lara Lillibridge is leading a book group to give us a glimpse into the lives of others, told in their own words. Come for one or all.

Lillibridge holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from West Virginia Wesleyan College, and is the Interviews Editor for “Hippocampus Magazine”. Author visits will be arranged whenever possible.
Our July book is Crave: Sojourn of a Hungry Soul by Laurie Cannady.
“In Laurie Jean Cannady’s Crave, power is taken and power is given in a timeless story of the levels of existence that poverty and disenfranchisement sometimes force families to endure, and the insistence of one family to carry on. Through the eyes of an indomitable young woman, we glimpse the despair and possibility of life and witness the triumph of her finding her way to her own sense of worth and strength. Crave reminds us all that circumstances do not define us.” -Morowa Yejidé, author of Time of the Locust.

Check-In with Poetry
2020-08-05 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States
Bring a poem or two that touch your heart and speak to this time in history or in your life; come to check-in and listen. All are welcome.

Thursday Morning Meditation
2020-08-06 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States
Meditation drawing from many sources. Facilitated by Rev. Mary. A donation of $10 is appreciated.

Dream Group
2020-08-06 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States
Exploring spiritual growth through the symbolism, wisdom, and humor of dreams. All are welcome.

In Person Nature Walk
2020-08-08 10:15 (America/New_York) | North Olmsted Municipal Park, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States
Emily W and Eric J will lead a nature walk on a trail through the trees, at North Olmsted Municipal Park. Meet at the picnic benches shelter at 10:15.
“This will be a slow awareness walk that feeds the soul.”
We will be social distancing. Please bring your own mask and drinking water.
