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2017’s Theme: Alive With Pride! Unitarian Universalists were well represented from both First and Second Unitarian Churches this year in the Heartland Pride Parade in Council Bluffs. Above, Clyde and Tammy carrying our banner. Our High Five Brigade youth energized the crowd as they gave high fives to people along the parade route. Below, Sabrina, Jaime … Continue reading Heartland Pride Highlights
The group will not be meeting in July or August.
We gathered to dedicate our Little Free Library on Sunday, June 18th. We built this library for our community. Second Unitarian Church has been in the Prairie Lane neighborhood for nearly 50 years and wanted to give something back to our neighborhood home. Our congregation seriously loves books, as our yearly book sale attests as well as our recent … Continue reading Our Little Free Library is Open!
Please join us for the annual Heartland Pride Parade on Saturday, June 17 and the Pride Festival on Saturday, June 24. The theme this year is Alive With Pride. Through our involvement, we affirm our support for LGBTQ individuals to be fully themselves, as well as our commitment to work for equal rights for all. … Continue reading HEARTLAND PRIDE PARADE AND FESTIVAL
Please join us for Retirees Group on Tuesday, June 13th at 1:00. Our speaker for June will be Mele (pronounced “mailey”) Mason, owner of Mason Video. Mele followed the 2016 political campaign as a videographer in Iowa and Nebraska and will share her experiences and reflections of the campaign with us. Mason Video covers network … Continue reading Retirees’ Group Mele Mason
“AWAKE, A Dream From Standing Rock” is a collaboration between Indigenous filmmakers Myron Dewey and Doug Good Feather, and environmental Academy Award Nominated filmmakers James Spione and Josh Fox. This 90-minute documentary details native led resistance of the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota. Through the fall and winter protestors at Standing Rock endured harsh … Continue reading Social Justice Documentary Night “AWAKE: A Dream From Standing Rock”
Tai Chi for Balance is a program for Seniors offered through a partnership with Friendship Program, Eastern Nebraska Office on Aging, and CHI Health. The classes are twice a week at Senior Centers in Omaha. Suggested voluntary donation is 50 cents per class. This allows low income Seniors to participate. Tai Chi for Balance teaches … Continue reading June Share the Plate – Tai Chi for Balance
Flower Communion is an annual ritual that celebrates beauty, human uniqueness, diversity, and community. Originally created in 1923 by Unitarian minister Norbert Capek of Prague, Czechoslovakia, the Flower Ceremony was introduced to the United States by Rev. Maya Capek, Norbert’s widow. Each Celebrating the Flower Ceremony is an excellent opportunity for Unitarian Universalist congregations to … Continue reading Flower Communion is June 4th
We raised $3840! Plus a bonus $535 from an hourly drawing from Omaha Gives! That gives us a grand total of $4375! Thank you to everyone who gave. (Even though we did not meet our $7000 goal, donors gave more than last year. Last year we had a $3500 matching gift. We didn’t have match this … Continue reading Omaha Gives Fundraiser Update
The UU youth group from the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ames are coming to visit the first weekend in June. Spend Saturday showing the Ames visitors around our Zoo. We will meet up at 10:30 a.m. The Ames UU’s last visited in 2015 and great fun was had between all the youth!
