First Unitarian Church of Cleveland
21600 Shaker Boulevard
Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122
|
|
150TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Our congregation was founded on January 14, 1867, with the Bond of Union. In our "birthday" month, plans are being made to have a gathering of UUs at Trinity downtown from a number of congregations, highlighted by Jim Key, current UUA moderator. We hope everyone turns out for this wonderful celebration, with a workshop, worship, and reception.
We can't let this joyous occasion pass with just one event. Plans are also underway for an open house or two, special guests in the pulpit in most months, opportunities to hear stories from our long term members, special music, and more. We are also eagerly anticipating the Spring unveiling of the commissioned history of our congregation, by Virginia Dawson.
Did you notice our updated logo? We thank Harriet Abigail Ward for her graphic design contribution.
This church year will be a rich time of discovery and engagement, especially if you contribute your ideas and energy. There's plenty of room in the plans for more.
Please contact Laurie Albright at 216 371 8163 or
[email protected] to offer ideas and support. We stand on the shoulders of those who have come before us. What will be our contribution to our future?
|
Inclement Weather Closings
Check Cleveland.com
First Unitarian Church of Cleveland closes whenever Shaker Schools Close. (Including cold weather without snow.)
We never close on Sundays.
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Hey UU: What's Cooking? #14
Are you looking for a delicious soup to serve cold on a hot day this summer? This is just the ticket.
4 large red, orange or yellow bell peppers (2 lb.) diced-- stems, ribs, and seeds removed
1 medium Yukon Gold potato (8 oz.); diced
1 small onion, roughly chopped (one)
½ tsp. salt; more to taste
Generous pinch red pepper flakes
1 ½ cups simmering broth; more if needed
Optional: sour cream or crème fraiche
4 small springs fresh dill for garnish
1. In a heavy stockpot or Dutch oven, heat the oil over medium-high heat.
2. Add peppers, potato, onion, salt and red pepper flakes.
3. Cook, while stirring, for a minute or two. Then reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are tender, close to 1 hour.
4. Transfer to a blender or food processor and puree in batches, or use a hand blender.
5. Stir in the broth, adding a bit more if you like a thinner soup.
Adjust seasoning; serve warm or cold. Garnish if you wish to with a dollop of sour cream, crème fraiche and fresh dill to taste.
|
|
Teacher Recruitment
Unitarian Universalism is a religion of immense awe and wonder. Join our children and youth in examining the mystery of religious exploration during the 2016-2017 Church Year. Volunteer opportunities are vast. Please contact Bethany Ward, DLFD, if you would like to volunteer your time this fall in service of educating and guiding the youth of our community.
|
|
Part-Time Employment
Are you looking for extra help around the office or your store? A childcare provider? A part-time employee?
Please contact the Senior High Youth Group advisors to be connected with First Unitarian Church of Cleveland high school youth (in the Cleveland, Mayfield, Shaker Heights, and Painesville areas) who are eager and prepared for part-time employment during the summer and school year. Many youth have prepared resumes for review. Inquiries and opportunities can be sent to: [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected]
|
|
|
 |
Sunday, July 24 at 11:00 am
"The Bonds of Union"
Ms. Valerie Freseman, Killam Ministerial Intern
Sunday, July 31 at 11:00 am
"First Harvest"
Ms. Valerie Freseman, Killam Ministerial Intern
|
|
FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
by working for an end to fossil fuel dependency and promoting a paradigm shift to renewable energy.
Saturday, July 23, 2016 1:00 - 3:00 pm
First Unitarian Church of Cleveland
21600 Shaker Blvd.
Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122
|
|
|
|
Sunday, July 24, 2016 in the Baker Room. This meeting is a follow-up to the Education Issues discussion at the GCC Congregational Conversation on June 5, 2016. We'll discuss next steps, beginning with educating ourselves so that we have some background on education reform in Cleveland (e.g., what is the Cleveland Plan, GCC's role in supporting the Plan, history of Adopt-a-School). We'll also learn about the new relationship GCC is helping us develop with FDR Academy, that will involve tutoring by our Adopt-a-School tutors and other supports requested by the school. All interested in education reform are invited. If you are coming to the meeting, please share any questions you have with Pam Gibbon, so that we are sure to address them.
|
|
Don't miss these exciting musical events at First Church during the month of July!
Organist extraordinaire Bob Miller will be playing during the service on Sunday, July 24th.
Don't miss him!
|
|
Calling all fruits, vegetables, and sundries!
A special request! The theme of the worship service on
July 31st is "First Harvest". Please bring if you are willing and able, items that represent "harvest" to you. If you garden, pluck a flower, herb, fruit or veggie and it will grace our worship space!. If you don't garden, any small object that represents a skill you have been working on this year- for example, if you knit, a pair of knitting needles, if you are working on a manuscript, a flash drive.... Just so long as it is small!
|
|
More important, did someone say "hip-hip-hooray for Valerie!" As hard as it is to believe, our church's first year-long Killam Internship is coming to a close. A year ago, like an early pioneer, Valerie Freseman was preparing to leave her home in New York City to travel west for a year-long internship experience at some church in Cleveland, Ohio. Since then she has accomplished a lot - services, sermons, classes, protests, workshops, pastoral care sessions, and countless meetings, etc. - and she has learned a lot. In just a year, she has become a loved, trusted, and respected part of our community, a leader with ministerial presence, and she has taught us a lot. Now, she is preparing to reverse the process and head home. Please join us on Sunday, July 31 after the service to celebrate Valerie's Killam Internship and wish her well in the future. By the way, there will be cake.
If you have any questions, please contact one of her committee members: Betty Root, Jean Ellsworth-Wolk, Mark Weber, Roland Moore, or Tracy Segall.
|
|
|
|
Thousands of people have reached out over the past week to connect with SURJ and find ways to move into action against police violence and for racial justice.
Below is a statement from SURJ's leadership in light of the 136 murders of Black people by police this year and the shooting in Dallas last night. SURJ condemns loss of life, no matter who is dead. As an organization committed to organizing white people to dismantle a criminal justice system brutalizing communities of color across the nation, SURJ condemns violence against the police and mourns the injuries and deaths of police officers killed in Dallas.
A system that brutalizes people of color communities and destroys the lives even of those who are enforcing it, is not a sustainable system, a moral system, nor a system that can serve the kind of world in which ALL people are valued and cherished.
Across this country, Black communities live in terror that someone among them, a father, a sister, a child, could be next in the rising death toll of their lives.
The silence of a majority of white people in the face of this daily horror sets up the atmosphere and the on-the-ground reality in which more Black and Brown bodies will be cut down by police, and drive the possibility that more officers will be vulnerable to individual acts of rage.
Many white people will see the deaths of police officers as an opportunity to turn away from racial justice and police violence, and focus on better policing, guns or interracial healing. While all of this is part of the conversation, only by directly challenging the ongoing violence and devastation in communities of color caused by the policies & practices of racism and white supremacy can we move forward. This is a moment where we must keep our eye on the prize: racial justice and the systemic oppression and silence of white people that keeps it in place.
|
|
During the summer months of June, July, and August, cards will be available in the Church Office, Monday through Friday, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Please see Doug Aubin.
In addition, cards will be sold during Coffee Hour after services the first Sunday of August
(August 7th). Please mark your calendar with this sale date!
Gift cards come in $25 and $100 denominations, and 7% of all proceeds go to support our Church Social Justice activities. Thanks for your continuing support!
|
|
We bring high school students from countries around the world to the U.S. to study in local high schools for the year. We are currently looking for host families for students arriving in August.
|
|
|
