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Sunday, May 17, at 4:30 p.m., our Second Circle Teen Movie will be the Martin Scorsese film Kundun. In Tibetan, Kundun means The Presence; The Dalai Lama. This biopic is about the current Dalai Lama. He was forced to escape from his native home, Tibet, when communist China invaded and enforced an oppressive regime upon … Continue reading May Second Circle Teen Movie
One half of Second Unitarian’s offering received in May will go to HELP Adult Services. HELP Adult Services’ programs provide hope, offer resources to those in need, and are accessible regardless of race, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, or economic status. Their goal is to strengthen participants’ limited support system by connecting them to others … Continue reading May Share the Plate: HELP Adult Services
April’s selection for Second Circle Teen Movie Night is Remember the Titans. Denzel Washington plays Herman Boone, who is hired as the T.C. Williams High football coach over a white coach in Alexandria, Virginia, in the early 1970s during a time when the school has just been integrated to allow blacks into the school. Please … Continue reading April Teen Movie
One half of Second Unitarian’s offering received in April will go to Heartland Family Service – Better Together. Heartland Family Service – Better Together is a family-centered intensive outpatient substance abuse treatment facility. Parents suffering from an addiction oftentimes can’t or won’t get the help they need because it requires being separated from their spouse … Continue reading April Share the Plate: Heartland Family Service – Better Together
Mark your calendar for the Second Unitarian Live & Silent Auction Saturday, April 11 at 6:30 p.m. Join us for food, entertainment, fellowship, and special festivities. RSVP by Thursday, April 9, indicating name(s) and number attending to Auction@2uomaha.org. Also indicate need for childcare with names and ages of children. You will find a wide array of … Continue reading Live & Silent Auction with Jim Coppoc
Please join us at 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 1, at Second Unitarian Church as we discuss frightening economic trends while we eat pizza (along with whatever else anyone brings) and watch leading economist and former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich in the stirring documentary Inequality for All. The film covers several relevant topics, including … Continue reading Social Justice Potluck and Movie March 1
Poetry, at its best, reaches beyond and beneath our rational minds and material world into a realm of intuition and insight, of something higher and deeper than the superficial world of everyday reality. It pierces through stale and tired appearances, conventional thinking and perception, and gives us flashes of the untarnished beauty, tragedy, challenge, and … Continue reading March 1 “Poetry & Spirit” Service
Selections for the first half of the calendar year for Second Circle Movie Night have been laid out and were announced at our January meeting. Titles were nominated by the teens and those chosen reflect or raise issues related to our UU principles and present good themes for discussion. So many good ideas were provided … Continue reading Second Circle Teen Movies
OTOC (Omaha Together One Community) kicks off its 20th anniversary year with a Leadership Retreat. Second Unitarian is an active participant in this successful congregation-based community organizing. When: Saturday, February 21, 9:00 – noon (registration/coffee at 8:30) Where: St. Pius X Parish Center, 70th and Blondo Join with congregations and solidarity groups from all areas … Continue reading OTOC Leadership Retreat
The Community Garden committee is soliciting applications for the garden plots located north of the church. The plots are the same size as last year: 8 feet by 8 feet, approximately. The expectations from growers are: All crops are to be grown organically There is a $10 fee associated with each plot to reimburse the church … Continue reading 2015 Garden Plots Now Available
