RE Summer Family Film Cancelled For This Friday
The Summer Family showing of Boys Town on August 20th has been cancelled. ~ Ashleigh Fuson
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The Summer Family showing of Boys Town on August 20th has been cancelled. ~ Ashleigh Fuson
Ashleigh and the RE Vision team would like to invite parents/caregivers to join us for Zoom coffee hour after the service on Sunday, August 29th. Let’s check in with one another and talk about what RE is going to look like for kids at 2U this year! Please help us out by reaching out to … Continue reading Parent Zoom Coffee Hour August 29th
Starting September 23, Elaine Wells, First Unitarian member, is again offering her 6-week series of conversations designed to educate participants about racism in Nebraska, and to inspire them to take actions to build a more equitable society. See https://www.facebook.com/Dialogues-on-Racism-101080652217179 for more details and registration. ~ Social Justice Committee
As you know, the ReVision team spent countless hours developing a new vision of Religious Education. The Board wanted to share this innovative vision with other UU congregations, using Faithify as a vehicle to do that. What is Faithify ? Faithify is a crowdfunding platform site where passionate people inspire, unite and fund Unitarian Universalist … Continue reading Our Faithify proposal “Re-Imagine Religious Education” has been accepted!!
Has your contact info changed? A new 2U “Church Directory of Members and Affiliates” will come out in August, and we need your info! If you have moved, changed phone numbers or email addresses and have not informed the church office please do so. Send changes to info@2uomaha.org Jaime Short
These were the primary take-aways from the Board of Trustees July activities: We approved calling another congregational meeting to approve the amended budget. We will hold the board orientation on July 24th The Safety Task Force (STF) continues to monitor county numbers and work on the back-to-the-building checklist. They held a dry run on July … Continue reading Board of Trustees July Summary
ANNOUNCEMENT: The Summer Family film series will now be an indoor event. This means that spaces are limited and registration will be required to be sure we don’t exceed capacity. This also means we don’t have to wait for it to get dark so we will be starting earlier! Movies will now start at 6:30 pm. … Continue reading RE Summer Family Film Series
August’s Share the Plate recipient is the Habitat for Humanity. Habitat for Humanity of Omaha is a grassroots organization that builds and renovates houses, forges community partnerships and breaks down barriers to home ownership. It eliminates vacant lots and abandoned homes in the blighted areas of North and South Omaha while improving the overall appearance of … Continue reading Share the Plate for August 2021 – Habitat for Humanity
Our 2U service in two weeks is going to be a Question Box Service. Please write down your questions about theology, church history or polity, ethics, UUism in general, etc.. E-mail them to Jaime in the 2U office at info@2uomaha.org and she can forward them to Rev. Mary. They must be received by TUESDAY AUGUST 3. … Continue reading Rev. Mary Needs Your QUESTIONS by Tuesday, August 3
In the 4th session of our five-part series on UU history, we will turn our attention to the Universalists. Historical Universalist figures you may have heard of include: Origen, George de Benneville, John Murray, Hosea Ballou, Olympia Brown. For a modern-day perspective on Christian Universalism, check out the following homework video: “Why I’m a Universalist/Logic of Universalism: … Continue reading UU 101 Tracing Our Roots