Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation

Getting the Word Out
2021-09-11 10:00 - 11:30, 2021-10-09 10:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, 44070, United States
The pandemic showed us the power of spiritual community. How do we share this with friends, family and neighbors? How do we strengthen and grow our congregations?
Guided by marketing consultant Cindy Carty through 3 workshops, we will define our WHY (August 21), discuss THE SEVEN FUNCTIONS OF MARKETING (September 11) and CREATE A PLAN to welcome friends, family, and neighbors this fall (October 9).

Sunday Program: Going with the Flow, Together
2021-09-12 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States
Come celebrate the Water Service. Bring water to our Zoom service, along with your responses to the questions: How are you going with the flow of pandemic uncertainty? How are we supporting one another and being supported in going with the flow? Service led by Tina Graf, Lara Lillibridge, and Rev. Mary.

Cultivating Resilience - UU Kendal Gathering
2021-09-15 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States
How are you weathering the continuing political attacks on democracy and the manipulation of mass anxiety? We?ll share strategies for cultivating resilience: emotionally, physically, and spiritually. And we’ll explore actual good news from around the city, the country, and the world, to remind us that life is vibrant and adaptable. And so are we. All are welcome.

Deepening Circles Meditation
2021-09-09 10:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States
Welcoming the wise body. Smiling at the beautiful heart. Drawing wisdom from many traditions. All are welcome. Led by Rev. Mary.

WISE Women
2020-12-17 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | In person at Oberlin UU & on Zoom, 355 E Lorain St,, Oberlin, OH, 44074, United States
Join us as we explore our spirituality and practice wisdom in a supportive group of women. Some of our past meetings have included using creativity as spiritual practice, creating and celebrating a solstice ritual and exploring current books. Meets on the 3rd Thursday from 1:00-2:30 pm. Facilitated by Rev. Mary.

Sunday Program: Possibility of Atonement
2021-09-19 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States
As we start a new academic and congregational year, and as the Jewish New Year dawns, we embrace the possibility of forgiveness: How might we forgive ourselves? Whom do we have to forgive? From whom do we ask forgiveness? How might we seek At-one-ment with Life itself? Service led by Rev. Mary and Ann Cook-Frantz.

OUUC & OUUF Sunday Services teams
2021-09-22 18:30 - 20:00, 2021-10-06 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States

What Would Jesus Do?
2020-11-25 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States
Our What Would Jesus Do? Covenant Group deliberations will center around radical religious hospitality as spiritual practice. We will focus on returning to the heart of Jesus consciousness and Christian renewal within Unitarian Universalism and on the great spiritual migration from traditional Christian churches by spiritual seekers.

Sunday Program: Protecting Reproductive Rights
2021-09-26 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States
Protecting Reproductive Rights is an expression of UU values: honoring a woman’s right to choose and respecting the rule of law in our democracy. Explore the roots of the cynical grab for power polarizing America. Service led by Rev. Mary and members of both congregations.

Congregational Meeting
2021-09-26 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States
At our Annual meeting in June, Olmsted UU members approved an interim three-month budget and agreed to meet again to review a budget for the full year. The meeting will be available on Zoom ONLY. We will not be able to offer an in-person meeting at the church.
At the meeting we will:
–Receive a report from the Audit Committee
–Review the proposed 2021-2022 budget and vote to approve it
–Accept nominations from the floor for the Board position of treasurer
A quorum is required to approve the budget, so it is very important for Olmsted UU members to attend. Please mark your calendars.

TED Talk: Four Lessons the Pandemic Taught Us About Work/Life Balance
2021-10-03 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | In person at Oberlin UU & on Zoom, 355 E Lorain St,, Oberlin, OH, 44074, United States
The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we work for good. Can it also change it for the better? Consultant Patty McCord reviews four key insights employers and employees alike gleaned from their shift to working from home — and shares how companies can use what they learned in lockdown to creatively and innovatively rethink how we do business. Our discussion will be led by Caitlin Chapman, Ann Cook-Frantz, Lara Lillibridge, Brian Warren, and Jeff Witmer. The conversation continues during TED Talk Back on Wednesday, October 6 at 7 pm.

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

Monthly UU Poetry Zoom
2021-01-05 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States
Bring poems that speak to your life, that spark your imagination in these winter days; come to listen and share. All are welcome.

Sunday Program: Celebrating Coming Out
2021-10-10 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | In person at Oberlin UU & on Zoom, 355 E Lorain St,, Oberlin, OH, 44074, United States
Celebrating National Coming Out Month, we explore what it may mean now, during pandemic and beyond, to be a ‘Welcoming Congregation,’ to be allies and provide sanctuary for LGBTQ members and friends. Service led by Rev. Mary.

Meditation with Mudras
2021-10-10 12:15 - 12:45 (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. All are welcome.

Sunday Program: People of the Why
2021-10-17 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | In person at Oberlin UU & on Zoom, 355 E Lorain St,, Oberlin, OH, 44074, United States
We are honored to welcome guest speaker Laura Grace Weldon at Olmsted UU Congregation this morning. She discovered OUUC in her early 20’s, and has considered herself as a UU ever since. She is the author of four books, most recently the Halcyon Poetry prize winner, Portals. She was the 2019 Ohio Poet of the Year. Her background includes working as a non-violence trainer, leading abuse survivor support groups, and writing collaborative poetry with nursing home residents. She works as a book editor, teaches writing, and maxes out her library card each week. Connect with her at lauragraceweldon.com.
Laura’s friend, OUUC’s Emily Williams, says: “In her poetry, Laura looks at every day, mundane things, and she sees them as portals into awe and wonder.”

Cultivating Resilience
2021-10-20 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States
How are you weathering the continuing political attacks on democracy and the manipulation of mass anxiety? We’ll share strategies for cultivating resilience: emotionally, physically, and spiritually. And we’ll explore actual good news from around the city, the country, and the world, to remind us that life is vibrant and adaptable. And so are we. Led by Rev. Mary (at what used to be the UU Kendal Gathering).

Sunday Program: A People of Covenant
2021-10-24 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | In person at Oberlin UU & on Zoom, 355 E Lorain St,, Oberlin, OH, 44074, United States
UU?s are bound together (re-ligio) by covenant, promises of how we will be with each other, so each and all may thrive, and together, be a blessing to Life. We’ll explore circles of covenant sustaining spiritual community. Service led by Zellda Zelley and Rev. Mary.

8th Principle Workshops
2021-10-24 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, OH, 44070, United States
The Oberlin congregation is inviting the Olmsted congregation to join them in workshops discussing racism and the 8th Principle. OUUF will be voting in January on whether they will adopt the 8th Principle and as a part of that will be hosting four discussions about the various issues. The discussions will happen immediately after the Sunday services on Zoom.
The 8th Principle states:
“We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote: journeying toward spiritual wholeness byworking to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions.”
The UUA published a report in February 2020 called Widening the Circle of Concern., which can be found at: https://www,uua.org/uuagovernance/ committees/cic/widening
Oberlin will discuss four of the chapters from the report: Here is the schedule:
– Theology, October 24th, 12-1 pm
– Congregations and Communities, November 7th, 12-1 pm
– Hospitality and Inclusion, January 9th, 12-1 pm
– Living Our Values in the World, January 23rd, 12-1 pm.

8th Principle Workshops
2021-10-28 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom, 5050 Porter Road, North Olmsted, 44070, United States
The Oberlin congregation is inviting the Olmsted congregation to join them in workshops discussing racism and the 8th Principle. OUUF will be voting in January on whether they will adopt the 8th Principle and as a part of that will be hosting four discussions about the various issues. The discussions will happen immediately after the Sunday services on Zoom.
The 8th Principle states:
“We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote: journeying toward spiritual wholeness byworking to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions.”
The UUA published a report in February 2020 called Widening the Circle of Concern., which can be found at: https://www,uua.org/uuagovernance/ committees/cic/widening
Oberlin will discuss four of the chapters from the report: Here is the schedule:
– Theology, October 24th (complete)
– Congregations and Communities, November 14, 12-1 pm in person at Oberlin UU Fellowship & November 16, 6:30-8:30 on Zoom
– Hospitality and Inclusion, January 9th, 12-1 pm in person at Oberlin UU Fellowship & January 11th, 6:30-8:30 on Zoom
– Living Our Values in the World, January 23rd, 12-1 pm in person at Oberlin UU Fellowship & January 25, 6:30-8:30 on Zoom
