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Why should you attend a leadership seminar at Second Unitarian Church? Maybe you’re an established leader at Second Unitarian and want to improve your skills for leading groups. Or maybe you are just embarking on your leadership journey and don’t feel confident of your leadership skills. Or you’re uncertain of your leadership skills and fear … Continue reading Find Your Inner Leader
Religious Education is looking for some pretty specific items… If you have any of these things that you’d like to clean out of your house, we’d be glad to take them off your hands! It would also mean more if an item had your touch, your interaction with, rather than an Amazon.com purchase from me. … Continue reading Religious Education Needs These Items!
It has been a long-standing tradition here at Second Unitarian to share a Thanksgiving meal the weekend before Thanksgiving Day. This year our Thanksgiving dinner will be on Saturday, November 22, at 6 p.m. Please bring a salad, vegetable, or dessert that can serve 10-12 people. Fellowship will provide turkey and beverages. Donation is $5 … Continue reading Annual Thanksgiving Dinner
One half of Second Unitarian’s offering received in November will go to One Spirit: for benefit of Pine Ridge Reservation residents. One Spirit is a Native American service organization that assists and supports American Indians. At present, they focus on the Lakota Sioux in South Dakota. Their programs reduce or eliminate hunger, replace the high … Continue reading November Share the Plate: One Spirit
The Social Justice Committee asks you to vote for Initiative 425 which will amend the Nebraska statute establishing a minimum wage rate for employees to increase the current state minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $8.00 per hour on 1/1/2015, and to $9.00 per hour on January 1, 2016. From the National Employment Law Project, … Continue reading Vote on Tuesday November 4
We will take our energy and curiosity to Potter’s Field at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 26, to provide maintenance and plant some bulbs. Potter’s Field in Omaha was part of a movement in the 1800s to find a burial place for individuals who could not afford a standard burial in a cemetery or who … Continue reading October 26 Service Learning Project
One half of Second Unitarian’s offering received in October will go to GLSEN Omaha (Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network – Omaha Chapter). GLSEN Omaha supports lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and ally students, educators, and parents, and they provide professional development for future and current educators. Last year, they provided more than 30 hours of … Continue reading October Share the Plate: GLSEN Omaha
The MidAmerica Region of the Unitarian Universalist Association presents a Webinar on “Nurturing Generosity in Your Congregation” The same Webinar will be offered twice: Thursday, October 16, and Tuesday, October 21, 2014, at 6:45 p.m. Central both days Learn about ways to encourage and support generous giving. This workshop will be presented with visual and … Continue reading Nurturing Generosity in Your Congregation
Find Out Where State Candidates Stand on Local Issues (scroll down for Federal Candidates) Omaha Together One Community (OTOC) has organized a Candidates Accountability Session so voters can be informed about how candidates for Nebraska governor and legislature stand on issues that OTOC has identified as being of concern to families in Omaha. These issues … Continue reading Where Do Candidates Stand?
The Social Justice Committee meets Sunday, September 14, at 12:30 p.m. starting with a light lunch. This month the committee discusses how to structure its work so current successful programs continue and also how to address day to day needs of operation. Please join us! The group will discuss options like having small groups responsible for soliciting, researching and … Continue reading Social Justice ReImagined
