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WORSHIP SERVICE AT THE LANCASHIRE BUILDING
July 14th through September 1st
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SUNDAY July 14 through September 1
Worship Services will be held at the Lancashire Rd building (2728 Lancashire Rd, Cleveland Heights) which has air conditioning! There is also a stair lift, but no elevator.
Parking at the building is limited, but there is a lot of street parking, as well as a few nearby city lots. In case you need them, bring quarters for parking in the city lots which are on both sides of the Lancashire building.
The Lancashire building has a stair lift for those are not able to climb stairs alone. It does require that you are able to get into and out of a seated position (with assistance).
While we're celebrating in a smaller space, please remember to place your purses, bags and other belongings on the floor to free up seats for others.
We'll return to the sanctuary in Shaker on September 7th for the big Reunification Service and the Water Communion on September 8th.
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This Week's Worship Service
Universal Love
Service Lead by Rev. Joe Cherry & Amy Collins
Music by Karin Tooley
Sunday, August 4th at 11:00 am
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A Big THANK YOU to All for Our Revitalized Playground!
On Saturday, July 27th, a team of worker bees from our congregation and our neighborhood put the finishing touches on our updated playground.
This project was started by a group of neighborhood kids who enjoyed playing on our equipment, but were getting splinters and be stings. They asked if we would make the space safer for them and we gave a resounding YES!
You've given generously of our time, talent, and treasure to create a fun, inviting space for young people. Through a crowdfunding campaign with IOBY, you gave $4,409 for supplies. You showed up for work days to pull down the old equipment and put up the new.
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
We have to give a special shout out to Leila, Jackson, Jaryn, Arlo, Rachel, Jonah, Devin, and Alexa and their parents, Staci, Lindsay, and Laura for first proposing this project almost a year ago; to Nancy King Smith, Dell Salza and Ray Gonzalez, who were the leaders of this project; the Arrington, Burkel, and Ogbuji families for their input in planning; and Dawn Arrington and IOBY for the fundraising; and all who showed up for work days.
It is amazing what we can do when we do it together.
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The Hawk: August 2019
The August edition of our newsletter, The Hawk, is out now!
**Please note that the July Services are a recap of what we did in July. We hope to offer this every month going forward for our friends who couldn't be with us at church.
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Religious Education This Summer!
Our religious education programs tend to take a Summer break as the congregation comes and goes during the warm season. However, we’re going to have a few opportunities to engage our minds and our spirits this Summer! At the same time, please be in touch with me if you have other ideas for how to learn and explore this Summer!
A Chance to Chat while Beverage and Banter Is on Hiatus for July!
Rev. Joe and Allan will not be meeting in the community this month because of Rev. Joe’s WELL-DESERVED vacation.
But Allan finds it difficult to shut up, and certainly not for a whole month. So, he’s asked Mark Weber to meet with him on Sunday mornings to chat informally about important and/or big topics. As with beverage and banter, EVERYONE is welcome to sit and chat, joining that ongoing and never-really-ending conversation that occupies the curious. We’ll gather at 10AM around some tables in the fellowship hall. Feel free to bring coffee or tea and we’ll hope to have coffee available as well.
Beverages and Banter returns on Thursday, August 8th!
Meet us at the University Circle Panera Bread (
11490 Euclid Ave, Cleveland
) from 7:00 - 9:00 pm for some unstructured conversations about life, spirituality, and more.
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UUMFE Ministry for Earth
"Connecting and inspiring an active community of UUs for environmental justice, spiritual renewal, and shared reverence for our Earth home.”
If this calls to you, please join us at our next meeting and learn how you can become involved with the Ministry for Earth. We are a group of individuals working in many “In my own back yard projects” making the world better one step at a time. Join us! We teach kids to grow food, protect pollinators, read about and learn how to garden, promote 100% renewable electricity, and create community through concern and reverence for all life.
Our next meeting on Sunday 9/8/19 at 12:30 in the Baker Room. We will gather and talk about our projects, report progress and seek help if needed.
Recycling Changes:
Recycling is changing across the country. The rules are not simple, it is not about numbers, it is about markets. At the church we can no longer recycle #5 plastic and alkaline batteries. There is no market for these items. Cuyahoga County Solid Wste District offers the link below to help you find out if you can recycle an item and how to recycle that item. Check it out
Our Church Playground has ben fixed up!
Check it out! This is a collaborative project between UUCC, our neighbors and members of Fairmont Temple.
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Ohioans for Gun Safety (OFGS)
Over the last five years, deaths due to firearms have increased by more than 35%. Ohioans for Gun Safety (OFGS) is a grass-roots, citizen’s organization committed to changing this tragic situation.
Beginning in August, 2019, citizens representing OFGS will be circulating petitions among Ohio voters to place a proposal on the Ohio ballot for 2020 that would close most of the loopholes in regarding background checks and, for the first time, would mandate background checks for firearms purchased at gun shows across Ohio.
OFGS needs our help. If you have the time, please consider circulating a petition.
Submitted by Mark Weber
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After Church Potlucks are moving to 4th Sundays in September!
Our communal meals will continue during the 2019-20 Congregation year as the “4th Sunday Potlucks.” The date was adjusted to create a bit of space between the 2nd Sunday Breakfast and the Potluck. Here are the 2019-20 dates:
September 22 2019 (adopted by Strategic Planning)
October 27, 2019
November 24 2019
December 22 2019
January 26 2020
February 23 2020
March 22 2020
April 26 2020
May 24 2020
Adopt-a-Potluck
Groups are needed to adopt Potlucks. What does that mean? If you would like to use the Potluck event for a presentation or discussion with the congregation, please send a note to
potluck@uucleveland.org
to get it on the calendar. Groups that adopt a Potluck will need to recruit volunteers to staff the meal--the volunteers do NOT need to be limited to group members.
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Two Black Men a Week
the next movie in our Racial Justice Film Series
We had a good group for the first of our Racial Justice Film Series – please join us for the next one! The Authentic Diversity Covenant group is hosting this Racial Justice Film Series where we will screen thought provoking films followed by facilitated discussions. We’ll meet once a month at 6 pm on Friday evenings at the Lancashire building (it’s air conditioned!), share some pizza, and start the film around 6:30. Please join us! Contact Laurie Albright (
ljalbright@hotmail.com
) with questions.
Two Black Men in a Week
Friday, August 16, 6:00 PM
2728 Lancashisre Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH (upstairs in the sanctuary)
Future Screenings (mark your calendars!)
- Friday, September 20 – Crash
- Friday, October 18 – Race, the power of an illusion, part 2
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SECOND TUESDAY BOOK CLUB
AUGUST 13, 2019
The Second Tuesday Book Club is skipping July and our next meeting is August 13. We will be reading
Factfulness by Hans Rosling
. It has ten reasons we are wrong about the world and why things are better than you think. It is a hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases. This is an urgent and essential book that will change the way you see the world. We will be meeting in the Library at the Lancashire Building at 7:00 pm.
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North Union Farmers Market Needs You!
North Union Farmers Market, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is looking for volunteers for our 10th annual Garlic Festival to be held in Shaker Square on August 24th and 25th. With additional help needed for set up on the 22nd and 23rd. This is a really wonderful community event, a lot of fun, and three free tickets are available for each volunteer to give to family or friends.
For more info visit:
Or to sign up for a volunteer position:
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It’s summer at UUCC and the Welcome Office needs you!
Everybody seems to like to take a little break in the summer - even our office volunteers! With that we need some substitutes in the Welcome Office. You can help out as little as a single 2-hour shift to as much as a day each week. The work is easy – mostly answering the phone, helping out visitors, and making the occasional copy. We have a handy reference guide so even if you feel like you don’t know everything you can still be useful. It’s easy work, but extremely valuable – callers really appreciate having a person answer their call!
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New Staff Phone Extensions!
We recently updated our phone system, so the extensions for staff members have changed.
Rev. Joe Cherry, Minister - 104
Dr. Allan Georgia, Director of RE - 106
Mike Carney, Music Director - 107
Shirley Nelson, Office Administrator - 103
Angie Coats, Bookkeeper - 105
Erin Justice, Community Relations Director - 102
Welcome Office - 101
Our phone number has not changed. Give us a call at 216-751-2320!
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Save the Date for UU Justice Ohio's Annual Assembly
Nov. 9, 2019
Methodist Theological School in Ohio, Delaware
UUJO Needs Your Support
UU Justice Ohio needs your support to continue to amplify our UU values for justice in Ohio. Please join us today at
https://www.uujo.org/join
UUJO needs needs your support as we engage in –
- ongoing Ohio Statehouse policy advocacy and education work,
- organizing for voter registration/education/support,
- congregational coaching,
- organizing our Nov. 9 Annual Assembly in Delaware OH (information is coming soon!)
- organizing to support immigrant families traveling through Ohio by bus
- creating our new website under construction, and expansion of our social media outreach
- and working to increase our volunteer base to meet the demands of the 2020 election season
Your direct donations to UUJO help pay for these many other programs as well as the expenses that keep things running (software, online meeting subscription, salary for our one part-time staff person, registration and bookkeeping software, travel, workshop supplies and more). All of the necessary but unglamourous things that enable us to serve you here in Ohio.
Will you help UUJO continue to offer its programs in Ohio?
Will you help UUJO keep operating?
We need your support now as we prepare programs and plan for the Fall.
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We've Launched our new Facebook page as UU Congregation of Cleveland!
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WORSHIP SERVICE AT THE LANCASHIRE BUILDING
July 14th through September 1st
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