Lifespan Religious Education

Call for Lifespan Religious Education Program Proposals

Do you have an idea for a class you'd like to teach?  Or a request for a class, even if you don't want to teach it yourself? Please use this form to submit your proposal(s). Submissions may be made at any time, but those received by December 6 will be given priority for spring scheduling. Questions? Contact Stephanie Kimball, Director of Religious Education, kimball(at)uubloomington.org.

See our website for details about our current offerings! For more information on lifespan religious education, please also see the most recent issue of Education Matters, our monthly RE newsletter. 

Article II Comment Period Ending Soon--

Deadline November 28

Please take some time to read and ponder the proposed revisions to Article II of the UUA Bylaws, and submit your feedback to the Article II Commission here by Wednesday, November 28. 

Article II is the section of the UUA bylaws that currently lists our Principles and Sources. The Article II Commission has been taking feedback for the last six weeks or so; based on responses they receive they'll make revisions and release a new draft in December. Read the draft proposal here, and learn more about the revision process here. We will gather in January to discuss the proposal -- watch The Prologue for details!

Guest at Your Table: Pick up a donation box this Sunday, to be collected December 4

UUSC’s longest-established fundraising and educational program for congregations; an annual intergenerational program to raise support for and awareness about key human rights issues.

This year the UU Service Committee (UUSC) Guest at Your Table program is supporting four partner organizations, with a theme of Hope, Courage, and Action. To read about each one's story, pick up a pamphlet along with a donation box this Sunday! We will collect boxes as part of our Procession of Giving service on December 4.

Pie, Poetry, and ‘Preciation

A Celebration of Carol Marks!

December 11, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

After thirty years of service to the UUCB congregation, Carol Marks, Director of Administration, will be stepping down at the end of December. 

Let’s celebrate Carol with pie and poetry, two of her favorite things!

Please sign up here to indicate what kind of pie, sweet or savory, you would like to bring and how you would like to help.

And start writing your poetic tribute or searching for that perfect poem, which will be collected for Carol. 

Questions? Please contact Stephanie Kimball at kimball (at) uubloomington . org or Rev. Connie, grant (at) uubloomington . org.

Are you new to UU Bloomington? 

Join us on Sunday, December 4 for a short introduction, after the service

If you are new to our congregation, a very warm welcome to you! On Sunday, December 4 from ~11:30 to 12:15 p.m. you are invited to join in a brief introduction to Unitarian Universalism and this congregation. This short introduction will take place after the worship service in the church library upstairs. For more information, please email Anabel at connect(at)uubloomington.org.

UU Humanists meet Sunday, November 27

12:00 noon in Room 208 (and on Zoom)

The UU Humanist Forum will meet this Sunday at noon in person in Room 208 at the church, with an option to join online via Zoom. Dexter Edge will facilitate a discussion on "Why are humans religious?" Please contact Ann Watzel or Harold Ogren for the Zoom link.

UU Book Club Reads Braiding Sweetgrass: Discussion Monday, December 5 on Zoom, 6:30 p.m.

Our current book is Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Join us for the discussion via Zoom on Dec. 5 at 6:30 p.m. We welcome new members! Join the group to receive reminder emails with the Zoom link.