Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! This week, I wanted to include a meditation, written by Brian Nelson: When many [people] return to their families for Thanksgiving they are shocked by the changed landscape. The trees are grey, barren, stark. In our memories of cherished places, we tend to picture them at their best, rich … Continue reading Happy Thanksgiving!

For over a year, our church community has worked in the community to help change the world for better while also learning about justice.  Our Service Learning Projects, usually on the last Sunday of the month, are open to all members, friends, and visitors at Second Unitarian – and particularly, we use this as an … Continue reading Service Learning Project Dec-Jan

Rabbi Ariyeh Azriel of Temple Israel, leaders of Omaha Together One Community, Nebraska Appleseed, Catholic Charities and other organizations invite everyone to celebrate the 7th day of Hanukkah at a vigil for immigration reform on Tuesday, December 3, from 6:00 to 6:30 pm at the federal building plaza, 18th and Douglas. We will light the … Continue reading Celebration of Hanukkah and Vigil for Immigration Reform

Please join the LGBTQ Welcoming Congregation Committee for our annual fundraiser for the Nebraska AIDS Project (NAP). It will be a party at the home of Dan and Ferial Pearson, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 7. We will have hearty appetizers, wine, and dessert. Free-will donations to NAP will be gratefully accepted. … Continue reading Nebraska AIDS Project Fundraiser

We at Second Unitarian are fortunate to have a loving community of friends with whom to celebrate our joys, ease the pain of our sorrows, and join in the fellowship that surrounds the winter holiday season. As we know, many people do not have these same privileges or the means to celebrate the season with … Continue reading Adopt a Family!

Your online purchases can help the church!  Here’s how:  type http://tinyurl.com/2uamazon into your browser.  When you visit Amazon using that link, a percentage of your purchase will be donated to the church.  What a great and painless way to shop and help the church at the same time!  

Our November Family Service Learning Project will take place at the church Sunday, November 24. During both services we will reflect on the different ways people create families in our world.  Part of our project will be to learn about issues facing Nebraskans and to advocate from our Unitarian Universalist perspective that all people are … Continue reading November Family Service Learning Project

In his book Savor, Buddhist monk and author Thich Nhat Hanh writes, “We all have bad days when everything seems to go wrong. After such a long day, we feel tired, discouraged, and down. We might have an urge to have some comfort food – a pint of ice cream, say, or some chocolate chip … Continue reading Meditation Reincarnated November

Teens! Please join us for a viewing and discussion of the movie “Saved” led by Bob Fischbach, movie reviewer at the Omaha World-Herald, this Sunday November 17 from 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. Snacks will be available and a free will donation will be taken for pizza. “Good girl” Mary and her domineering best friend are … Continue reading Second Circle Teen Movie for November

In the event of Sunday service cancellation, the church phone at 402-334-0537 will be the first notification, and when possible that will be done by 7:00 a.m. on the Sunday in question. Other notifications will be posted and sent following that. If weather or road conditions cause services or a church event to be cancelled, … Continue reading Weather-Related Cancellations