Roll for community. Stay for the people. Finding your people can be hard. Finding your people when your idea of a great Saturday involves dice, decks, miniatures, character sheets, or an aggressively competitive board game can be even harder. That’s why we created the UUCCHC Gamers Guild, part of our Cultivating CommUUnity program. The Gamers … Continue reading UUCCHC Gamers Guild
Our Sacred Places Indiana New Dollars/New Partners journey is moving forward, and we need your voice as we take this important next step! We’re beginning a process called Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD), a way of looking at our congregation and community through the lens of our strengths, resources, relationships, and opportunities. This process is central … Continue reading Growing Forward: Our Sacred Places Journey
Engaging in the broader UU community is a great way to understand UU values and enhance your personal spirituality. The UUA has been releasing their programs for the September start of the church year and the line-up is fantastic. As your board president, I find these programs a great way to understand what UUs everywhere are … Continue reading UU Programs Firing up for Fall
We have some exciting news about the future of our historic church home! UUCCHC has been selected to participate in Sacred Places Indiana’s New Dollars/New Partners program, an intensive training program designed to help congregations with historic buildings strengthen their financial sustainability, build new community partnerships, and prepare for future capital needs. We were selected … Continue reading UUCCHC Selected for Sacred Places Indiana’s New Dollars/New Partners Program
Board Update: Building a Welcoming Future The Board met on October 19 (delayed one week due to illness) and November 9, with our next meeting scheduled for Saturday, December 14 at 11:30 a.m. There is so much happening in our little community! Caring for Our Church Home In October, the Board discussed several important facility needs to ensure the safety … Continue reading Splinters from the Board
“You can be angry; you should be angry. But anger without organization is just venting.” – Scot Nakagawa Each month, Side With Love (the UUA’s Organizing Strategy Team) offers The Gathering. This 90-minute session offers spiritual grounding, political analysis, and collective action. But what does that mean? We as UUs often use beautiful and high-minded phrases without … Continue reading Reflections from The Gathering: UU the Vote
