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.

On behalf of the UUCB Board of Directors, it is my great pleasure to invite you to join us in the sanctuary or via livestream on Sunday, March 6 at 1:00 p.m. for a special program with the Rev. David Pyle, the Regional Lead and a Congregational Life Consultant with the UUA MidAmerica Regional Staff.

Rev. Pyle will be leading the Worship Service on Sunday, and he has accepted the Board’s invitation to provide our congregation with a special presentation and Q and A on Ministerial Transitions.

The program will begin at 1:00 p.m. in our sanctuary and will also be live streamed through the Church website: uubloomington.org/live-stream

The next few years will be an exciting time in the history of our church as we work together charting the course ahead for our beloved congregation.

Stuart D. Yoak

Congregational President

We are starting a push to get as many numbers as possible recorded in our Covid Memorial Installation before our Multi-faith Covid Memorial service on March 23 at 6:30 pm. If you are able to do a roll or two in the coming weeks, it would be greatly appreciated. To volunteer, sign up here or email Reverend Emily at leite(at)uubloomington.org.

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. 

Widening the Circle of Concern Study Group

For more details and registration information, click here.

More adult religious education opportunities can be found on the adult religious education page on the UU Bloomington website. Watch for new additions! If you have any questions or would like to discuss a possible offering, reach out to Michele Grove, interim religious education consultant at grove(at)uubloomington.org. Registration for Still Building Our Own Theology is now closed.

Composer Don Freund, husband of UU member Sandra Freund, will celebrate the premiere of his orchestral work “Urban Pastorale,” conducted by Thomas Wilkins at the Musical Arts Center this Sunday, March 6 at 3:00 p.m. Click for info here.

Have you recently signed up for an event or volunteer activity and forgot the details? If so, you can find those details by signing into your Church Center profile and clicking on "My Registrations," then click on the picture next to the event or activity. Lastly, click on "view details" to see all the details of your registration. 

If you are new to our congregation, a very warm welcome to you! This Sunday, March 6 at 2:00 pm you are invited to join in a brief online introduction to Unitarian Universalism and this congregation. Just click on this link at 2 PM on Sunday.  If you have questions, you are always welcome to email me at connect(at)uubloomington.org. Hope to see you online this Sunday!    

If so, please click here to fill out our online connections form so we can learn about your talents and interests. You can also click here to sign up on Church Center for activities and events.

The UU Humanists will meet this Sunday at 12:45 pm via Zoom. The discussion will be led by Harold Ogren on "The Genetic Lottery – based on a new book by Kathryn Paige Harden." 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.

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.

Habitat Chili & Soup Sale - Order online by March 8!

The UU Habitat Task Force is now sponsoring an online sale of delicious homemade chili and soup through March 8, as one way to highlight our efforts during our March social justice month. Task force members and supporters have made beef, turkey, bean and vegetable, and black bean chili, cauliflower/pepper jack cheese soup and vegan lemon rosemary white bean soup. Place your order asap because quantities are limited! Cost is $14 per order, which is a 5-cup container of soup or chili and with two pieces of corn bread. Funds will help us support Habitat for Humanity’s new Osage Place neighborhood on the southwest side, which will have about 70 homes.

Volunteers are needed to complete the two Women Build homes at Osage Place on March 19 or 26. COVID-19 vaccinations and booster shots are required. Register here.

Would you like to nominate a local non-profit agency to receive 25% of Sunday non-pledge plate collections for our next fiscal year (July 2022 - June 2023)? We are now accepting applications! Please click here! The deadline for nominating an agency is April 15th -- from there, three finalists will be chosen to be voted upon at our congregational meeting in June. Learn more.

MidAmerica Regional Assembly 2022 is now open for registration! Join us on Saturday, April 30, 2022 from 10am – 2pm ET. Our keynote speaker is social justice educator, storyteller and speaker, CB Beal. There will be worship, the annual business meeting, a keynote address and conversation, as well as community break out rooms for discussion. There is a sliding scale fee between $25-50, and scholarships are available. Learn more and register today!

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

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 at the Waldron Auditorium. For more info: cardinalstage.org.

Jayne Deely’s Uncle Play

A vaudevillian journey of love, grief, and community through time. Inspired by the loss of Jayne's beloved uncle to liver cancer, Uncle Play is a titanic debate of queerness within multiple generations of the same family that asks "how do we both honor the work of those on whose shoulders we stand while also taking ownership of our moment?" With musical direction by the incomparable Ray Fellman. More info here.