This month, we are hoping to widen the circle of people in our congregation who donate non-perishable goods. If you have been giving, please keep on giving to support our ongoing collections for Beacon and Shalom Center -- click here for the list of needed items.

Click here for the new duties of Greeters. If you are willing to be a Greeter in March, please sign up here. Whether you have been a Greeter in the past, or are looking for a new volunteer opportunity, you are invited to sign up and greet on Sunday mornings.  Questions? email connect(at)uubloomington.org.

Each Sunday, in the coming weeks, our sanctuary is open to those who would like to visit our Covid Memorial Installation, from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. Please see the February 1 Prologue to learn more.

Please register your child(ren) for Spirit Play (ages 3-7) or IMUU (ages 7-13). Registration helps us know how many adult volunteers will be needed, AND tells us who we need to contact in case of unexpected changes. 

Please use this form to tell us how you would like to engage! Many options are available. 

Don’t forget to sign up for a time to assemble your unique Home Altar Kit! This is a gift from RE to your household, a way for us to say thank you for staying engaged in whatever ways you have been. If you registered for religious education by January 1, your special “bonus” gift will be included. If you prefer to let us assemble your kit, email Stephanie (kimball (at) uubloomington.org) and we can get it ready for you to pick up.

Still Building Our Own Theology with Rev. Barbara Child.

An Adult Religious Education Opportunity for Every Tuesday Evening in March, 7-8:30 p.m. This series of conversations will take up some of the questions we are likely to keep on asking ourselves even if we would like to think we have worked out the basics of our personal beliefs. Up to 15 (plus me) will gather online March 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, meeting from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Click here for more details. Click here to register.

Coming in April 2022 -- You can sign up now!

Register here to attend this in-person listening session.

With our new database system, we will be sending everyone pledge statements for their 2021-22 pledges by the first week of March, via email. Remember to click in that email to download your statement. Sending pledge statements this way is so GREEN! It represents a big savings on staff time, paper, printing, envelopes, and postage! Questions? Please ask Monica Overman or Mandy Skinner at office (at) uubloomington.org or Carol Marks at admin (at) uubloomington.org.

The UU Humanists will meet this Sunday at 12:45 pm via Zoom. The discussion will be led by Ben Yoke on "Pantheism contrasted with Humanism as a secular existential or meta ethical foundation." If you'd like to join us, please contact Ann Watzel for the link to the Zoom meetings and to be added to our email discussion list.

Join us to hike 3 miles of the Hays Trail on Thursday, February 24. We will meet at the trailhead at 9:30 AM. There's a 10 person limit in the Hoosier National Forest, so our group will be limited to 10 hikers. Sign up here. Mary Reardon will be the hike leader. We are asking that hikers be fully vaccinated for this hike. Here is a map to the trail head parking.

Use this link to register 

In these small group gatherings you can learn more about the UU Principles, UU ministers, the history of Unitarian Universalism and this church, how to get involved here, what it means to be a member, and much more.  Plan to attend both dates, since different topics will be discussed in each session. We request completion of these sessions before becoming a member of the church. Everyone ages 14 to 100+ is welcome! Questions? Email connect(at)uubloomington.org or call (812)720-3688.

The process for nominating our next local non-profit agency to receive 25% of Sunday non-pledge plate collections is approaching. An application form with guidelines will become available on March 1, 2022 for those who would like to nominate an agency to receive the funds from July 2022 – June 2023. The application deadline will be April 15th. Learn more.

UU Online Book Club: The 1619 Project

The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones will be discussed on Monday, March 7 at 6:30 PM. If you would like to join the book discussions, sign up here. The UU Online Book Club meets the first Monday of each month at 6:30 PM via Zoom. If you have questions email connect(at)uubloomington.org.

I invite you to come along on this journey of personal exploration through writing in community. You are welcome to attend any or all sessions. Click here for a full description of how the group works. You will need to register by clicking here to get the Zoom link. The same link will work every session during the series, and you only need to register once.

If we need to cancel in-person events at church because of snow or ice, we will post a note about this on our facebook page, facebook.com/uubloomington, as well as on the front page of our website, uubloomington.org. In messy weather, please check for info in these places before coming over to the church. During business hours M-F you can also call the office mobile at 812-287-9615.

Church Administrator Carol Marks, M-F, 10-4, 812-287-9615, admin(at)uubloomington.org

Office Assistant Monica Overman, T, Th, 10-1, Friday 12:30-3:30, 812-322-5546, office(at)uubloomington.org

Office Assistant Mandy Skinner, M, W, F, 10:30-1:30, 812-340-9981, office(at)uubloomington.org

UUCB and Trinity Church are sponsoring a clothing drive for K-12 students in Bloomington and Monroe County. The purpose of Undiedrive 22 is to collect underwear and sweatpants from churches and to distribute them to children in need, in the Monroe County Community School Corporation (MCCSC). Click here for information.

Cardinal Stage presents The Mountaintop

A gripping reimagination of events the night before the assassination of America’s most renowned civil rights leader. On stage March 3-20 at the Waldron Auditorium. For more info: cardinalstage.org.