Religious Education for children resumes January 8, 2023

• There will be no RE on December 25 or January 1, as our volunteer teachers take time off for the holidays. 
• Childcare will be available for the 7 p.m. Christmas Eve service on December 24, and for the 10:15 service on January 1, but not on December 25.  

Please Consider Wearing a Mask at Church

Because of the large number of Covid and Influenza cases in Bloomington and in our church community, we hope you will consider wearing a mask during church services this week. We have masks available if you forget yours!

UU Humanists meet Sunday, December 25,

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. Jason Michálek will lead a discussion around “Timothy Snyder’s Politics of Eternity.” Please contact Ann Watzel or Harold Ogren for the Zoom link.

Did you attend a virtual Membership Ceremony and miss signing the Membership Book? If so, please RSVP for the book signing on January 8, 12 p.m. in Room 112. 

Signing the membership book is a significant symbolic act in our tradition that actively marks one's affinity with our faith. I am so grateful to help facilitate this important moment and hope you will join us. Please RSVP and/or direct any questions to Anabel Watson, Connections Coordinator, at connect (at) uubloomington.org.

Open Discussion on Proposed Major Amendments to the UUA Principles

Sunday, January 8, 2023 at 12 p.m. in the Library

Join us after the service - Childcare provided

Article II of the Unitarian Universalist Association Bylaws includes our familiar seven principles, from #1, the inherent worth and dignity of every person, through #7, respect for the interdependent web, as well as our sources, purposes, and values of inclusion and freedom of belief. The Article II Study Commission was tasked with reconsidering Article II, and has recommended a wholesale revision which would delete the current principles, replace them with an entirely new statement, and make other important changes. You can read their three-page proposal here.  

The Denominational Affairs Committee and Director of Religious Education invite you to a discussion of the proposal after church on Sunday, December 8, at Noon in our church Library. Please join us. Refreshments will be served, and childcare will be available. 

Guy Loftman, on behalf of the Denominational Affairs Committee

Stephanie Kimball, Director of Religious Education

You Can Check Your Pledge Balance Yourself! Yay!

Our fabulous new database allows you to check on your pledge contributions yourself, online. Here is the direct link to your "My Giving" page:

https://uucb.churchcenter.com/giving/profile/donations

(If not logged in already, you will be prompted to log in first by entering your mobile phone or email address, and then you will receive a code to log in with -- never a need to set or remember a password!)

For step by step instructions on navigating to your Profile and My Giving pages from the home page, please click here.

If you need help, please call the church office at 812-332-3695 on Dec 27, 28, or 29. Regular weekday staff office hours will resume on Monday, January 2.

From the UU Hunger Task Force:

This month's food donation is TUNA!

The UU Hunger Task Force is fishing for canned tuna during the month of December. Please drop your donations into the bins on the north side of the church and feel good about sharing good nutrition with our community. Thanks!