Scholarship Information and More! The Unitarian Universalist Association’s annual meeting, General Assembly (GA) will be held Thursday, June 20 through Sunday, June 23, 2024 and will be Virtual in 2024 with all content online. The UUCC Board adopted a process in 2022 to better organize the selection of delegates and the work they do prior to GA. It is the responsibility of the UUCC Board to designate up to 7 delegates for our congregation. Please note one may attend GA without serving as a delegate! Attending workshops, About the Scholarship:        UUCC General Assembly S ..read more

As far as I know, Peter Gabriel doesn’t claim to practice any particular spirituality. And yet, a lot of Peter Gabriel songs have spiritual themes. I might even say that there are spiritual implications to the way Peter Gabriel has intentionally lifted up marginalized voices throughout his career. Although Unitarian Universalists cannot “claim” Peter Gabriel, there may be pieces of music that become part of our personal scriptures, expressing our values more fully than volumes of sacred texts. A year ago, Peter Gabriel released a few different versions of a song that—for me—captures a deep und ..read more

Good Company’s spring concert is this Sunday, April 21st!   This coming Sunday, April 21st is the concert date for Good Company: A Vocal Ensemble. The concert, called The New Day, will be a choral celebration of the hope and promise found in each rising dawn. The performance will be at 4:00 p.m. at Lakewood Presbyterian Church (14502 Detroit Road) in Lakewood. Many of you know that I direct Good Company, and several UUCC members and friends sing with the group, including Amy Collins, Leon Michaud, Anne and Steve Sanford, Pam Schenk, and Holly Walker. Click here for more information about ..read more

There’s a hyperlocal board game group where I live. A special text group lets people arrange games and chat about all sorts of other things. I’m usually not available for their weekly events because they play on weekday evenings, but a special opportunity arose recently. Aaron is a member of the chat group who isn’t really local, but Aaron has family who live pretty close, so he’s connected to the board game group through minimal degrees of separation. Aaron also happens to be an amateur game designer, and he was in town visiting family. During his time in town, Aaron reached out to the group ..read more

If the Fall is the great celebration of the end of a leaf’s life, the Spring is the unfortunate act of forgetting, when what was gorgeous and precious in October becomes litter in April. Impermanence is part of what we as human beings have to deal with, and leaves are nothing if not impermanent. But the other thing that human beings can do is remember, repair and re-create. And this video captures a remarkable effort to recapture the redolence of years past through an artistic act of repair and re-creation. @artedguru #duet with @Restoration Magic #restoration is this da da art or environment ..read more

Music Notes – Sunday, April 14th:  This Sunday’s musicians are The Chancel Choir, The Women’s Ensemble, and UUCC Music Director Mike Carney   Opening Hymn: #318 We Would Be One – Sibelius/Wright  This Sunday’s closing hymn will be #318 “We Would Be One”, one of two hymns in Singing the Living Tradition built around the Finlandia melody, borrowed from a 1900 tone poem of the same name by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957). The words you’ll singing this Sunday were written by Unitarian minister Samuel Anthony Wright (1919-2016) for Unitarian and Universalist youth at thei ..read more

Join us for a chance to see what it’s like to make sense of the world by relying on one another to understand what we don’t know. We’re hoping to have a group that includes all ages (from Middle School upward!) so that we have lots of different backgrounds and experiences present. Reach out to allan.georgia@uucleveland.org or speak with Helen Gutin to let us know if you are interested and can join us on April 28th from 11:30 – 1pm! Allan T. Georgia, MDiv, MTS, PhD Facebook Email WhatsApp The post Stranded: An Invitation to an RE Experience for All Ages. appeared first on Unitarian Univer ..read more

Music Notes – Sunday, April 7th:    This week’s musicians are The Chancel Choir and UUCC Pianist Karin Tooley   Opening Hymn: #346 Come, Sing a Song with Me – McDade #346 in our Singing the Living Tradition hymnal, “Come, Sing a Song with Me” is a well-known and beloved hymn to many Unitarian Universalists. The words and music were written by Carolyn McDade (b. 1935), a self-described songwriter, spiritual feminist, and social activist. McDade is also the composer of two other UU favorites: “Spirit of Life” and “We’ll Build a Land”.   Centering Music: With a Little Help fr ..read more

Finance Committee Report Our financial performance is ahead of budget through eight months a. Pledge income of nearly $376k is over $50k ahead of budget b. Rental income YTD of nearly $38k is about $3k behind budget c. Total revenue YTD of $462k is nearly $34k ahead of budget of $429k d. Expenses YTD of $492k are about $5k greater than budget of $487k; i. No major expense category greatly variant from budget e. Net loss YTD from operations was $30k, $29k ahead of budgeted loss of $59k f. “Other income” positive performance primarily due to investment gains Balance Sheet (not shown) – Continue ..read more

A few words from Board of Trustees Secretary, Molly Watkins Facebook Email WhatsApp The post UUCC Stewardship Testimonial: Molly Watkins appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Cleveland ..read more