Save the Date

Our Annual Congregational Meeting will be held on June 11. Please put it on your calendar.

Sponsored by the Board

Adult Religious Education Needs You!

The Adult RE Committee serves to provide lifespan religious education programs designed to deepen and enrich our emotional, spiritual, material, and/or intellectual lives. Please join me for a discussion of how we can implement activities in the church to achieve these ideals. We will meet in the Adult RE room on Monday, May 22 at 6 p.m. Please drop me an email if you can attend. I’d like to get a head count.

Teri Thomas

Chair, Adult RE

adult.re@uuch.org

Sponsored by the Adult RE Committee

Third Sunday Adult RE

The third Sunday of every month we will be exploring the media content that has been supplied with our monthly Soul Matters packets. You do NOT have to be a member of a Soul Matters group to participate. Come and join us at 9:30 for viewing and discussion in the ARE room of our education wing. The topic for May 21 is Creativity. While I am facilitating this, I am looking for another person to assist. Please contact me if you’re willing.

Teri Thomas,

Chair, ARE

Adult.re@uuch.org

Sponsored by the Adult RE Committee

Summer Solstice Service

Do you love the UUCH tradition that is our Winter Solstice Service? Do you love the darkness, the ritual, the music, but wish it happened more than once a year? Well you are in luck. This year on Sunday June 18th, we will be celebrating the Summer Solstice as our Sunday morning service. We need a team of 3 or more lay leaders to plan and lead this service. Please reach out to Rev. Jaimie at minister@uuch.org to be a part of this team!

Spring Property Work/Fun Day

It has been a while since we've had a Property Work/Fun Day and the church needs some TLC. So, on Saturday, May 20, 2023 you can join with other UUCHers to help maintain the church building and grounds. We'll start at 9am and go until around noon/early afternoon. For many tasks no special skills are needed, just willing hands. Outside tasks include trimming shrubs, planting/weeding flower beds and the community garden, and general cleanup. Indoor tasks include replacing burned out light bulbs, HVAC filters, and tidying up, so even if the weather doesn't cooperate for the outdoor tasks, there are still things to do. Even if you can help for only an hour, that would be a valuable contribution to the church. So, mark your calendars for May 20 to help keep UUCH beautiful! Contact Paul at property@uuch.org for more information.

Sponsored by the Property Committee

A Record Budget Drive

The Stewardship Committee is happy to announce that in recent weeks we have received pledges totaling $286,000, from 84 households! This record amount will enable UUCH to continue to provide and expand the services and ministries that make our church life so meaningful, and also to begin to make some important repairs to our property here. The Annual Budget Drive (ABD) is conducted every spring as part of our process of developing a budget for the new church year that starts on July 1. From the pledges of financial support for next year, the Finance Committee and Board develop a new budget proposal to bring to the congregation. We will hear details about the proposed budget at our annual congregational meeting on June 11.

From Tim Miller and Zena Tucker (ABD co-leads): Thanks go out to all who pledged, those who hosted cottage meetings, and all who helped with the many details required for such an effort (especially Pam Korb, data tracker and overall adviser extraordinaire)! If you have not yet given your pledge but would like to do so, please email stewardship@uuch.org.

Sponsored by the Stewardship Committee

Dinner at G's Country Kitchen

It's time for some good ol' country cookin' with your good 'ol (and young) UU family. Please join us on Thursday, May 25 @ 5:30 pm for a dinner of Meat + 3. Or Catfish. Or anything else on their large menu.

When: Thursday, May 25 @ 5:30pm

Where: G's Country Kitchen. 2501 Oakwood Ave NW #5, Huntsville, AL 35810

Please sign up so we know how many to expect. SignUp Genius link here.

Money will never be a barrier to participating in Fellowship at UUCH. If you need financial assistance to participate, please contact Rev. Jaimie at minister@uuch.org.

Contact Sarah Rody (sarahsrody28@gmail.com) or Steve Rittenberg (srittenberg@gmail.com) if you have questions. Thanks!

Sponsored by the Fellowship Committee

Circle of Candles

Bob Weed lit a candle of Joy: "Sunday was Jefflyn's 75th birthday."

John Jeter lit a candle of Joy: "On Monday, May the 1st, John celebrated his 83rd birthday."

Kathy Fisher lit a candle of Joy: "I was finally able to talk with my son, who was critically wounded 3 weeks ago. He is recovering extremely well. I have the best family, friends, and church home! Love all around."