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Visit our Fair Trade store in the back of the sanctuary to do your holiday shopping! Check out our variety of olive oil, hot chocolate, coffee, and chocolate bars. These gifts make great stocking stuffers, gifts to co-workers, holiday pot lucks, and host/ess gifts. Live out your UU principles by assisting farmers committed to growing … Continue reading Fair Trade Holiday Gifts
This Thursday, December 8th, Rev. Cyndi will be leading the Pastoral Care Program, “Loss at the Holidays” from 7pm to 8:30pm at Second Unitarian Church. This program covers all types of losses, including death of a family member or friend, loss of job, loss of pet, relocation, and general “holiday blues.” Please join us in … Continue reading Loss at the Holidays
Reverend Cyndi will hold “Safety Pin” or De-escalation / Bystander Intervention Training on January 24th at 6:30 p.m. Mark your calendar now!
A big thanks to those that donated for their generous contributions to our KIOS advertising fund! We raised $1915, which will enable us to have 52 spots on All Things Considered (our spots have been on Friday afternoons at around 5 pm) and 14 spots on Morning Edition between 7 and 9 am. These will … Continue reading KIOS FUNDRAISER UPDATE
We are trying to plan an ADULT OWL class but need your input! Help the facilitators and DREs determine what Adult OWL to offer, how to structure it, and which topics to present. If you are interested in taking this class, please take a moment to fill out the survey to help us appropriately plan … Continue reading Attention Adults:
It would not be the Holiday Season at 2U if we did not adopt a local family in financial need. We have received the information on our family … 2 adults and 12 children! Please consider donating a gift or a Hy-Vee gift card. Simply choose a tag off the “Angel” tree, pick something up … Continue reading Be A Holiday Angel
One half of Second Unitarian’s offering received in December will go to the Stephen Center. The Stephen Center partners with the community, families and individuals to overcome homelessness, addiction and poverty. Find out more at: stephencenter.org
Calling all 7th through 12th Graders – Join us for Juno The Second Unitarian teens (7-12 graders) will be viewing Juno this month, December 18th at 4:30. Synopsis: Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child. Starring Ellen Page, Michael Cera, and Jennifer Garner. A discussion … Continue reading Teen Movie Night for December
Our monthly worship theme is LIGHT. I chose this theme several months ago and am now seeing it in a bit of a new way. Certainly, there are many sacred festivals of light around the world this month – Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Yule (the Winter Solstice), Diwali, the Loi Krathong (Floating Lotus Candle) Festival in Thailand, … Continue reading A Season of Light
Everyone is invited to this service of remembrance for those who have been lost to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and of committing ourselves again to justice for people living with HIV/AIDS. Reflecting on what we have learned, seen and felt together over the years, we gather in prayer and song, loss and hope, renewal and solidarity. … Continue reading World Aids Day Remembrance and Justice Service
