Your calendar
(All events take
place at our storefront, 3204 Lorain Ave., unless otherwise
specified.)
Sunday, March 4, 5:00 p.m.
Judy Kern, Director of Programs at the West Side Catholic Center, will speak about
the work of our close neighbor (diagonally across Lorain Ave.). Judy will also discuss the on-going and newer
concerns of the people served by the Center.
Sunday, March 11, 5:00 p.m. – Worship service, followed by Potluck
Dinner. Religious Hospitality: a
spiritual practice for UUs. Liz Erickson based this service on a
pamphlet by the Rev. Peter Morales of Colorado. Morales spoke of true hospitality as a very important
spiritual discipline. “Like meditation
or prayer, hospitality connects with a deep truth and compassion that
transcends our selves,” he wrote. That
sent Liz on an exploration, searching for the ways in which hospitality is
grounded in the beliefs of our Universalist forebears. Liz Erickson is a long-time Urban Hope community
member. She lives in Kent, Ohio and chairs Adult
Religious Explorations at the Kent UU Church as well as working with the school
garden program at Urban Hope. A
potluck dinner will follow, to which all are invited.
Wednesday, March 14th, 5:30 p.m.
Mutualizing Ministry Meeting,
all are welcome!
Saturday, March 17, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
– St. Patrick’s Day!
Wear green,
bring something to share for lunch. Come
for the entire time or an hour or three, your choice!
Sunday, March 18, 5:00 p.m.
Adult Religious Education, Week 3 of 4
based upon Brenda Anderson’s book, Playing the Quantum Field: How Changing
Your Choices Can Change Your Life. A
primary concept in Anderson’s book is the idea
that all persons and things are connected by a web of 10 “energyic
choices.” By utilizing “the power to
choose how to use your energy,” writes Anderson, you can make
yourself more efficient in your life.
Urban Hope’s Denise DeArment will lead this
educational program. Call her for more
details at 216-548-7618.
Wednesday, March 21, 5:30 p.m. – Meeting, Steering Committee, all welcome.
Sunday, March 28, 5:00 p.m., Worship service followed by Potluck Dinner
Doris Matthey
will lead this service, called What Do You Mean, “Young Lady?” Doris recently retired
from full time employment in the field of Aging. She reflects on society’s
and her own perceptions of aging as well as the impact of being a Unitarian
Universalist on her life journey. A
potluck dinner will follow
the service, to which all are welcome.
Direct from doris
Good news! Urban Hope received a
$400 grant from the O-MD Social Justice Action Committee. Thanks to Don Fredgant’s
overview of our programming and activities.
Ralph Ryan took on two roles recently,
1)Keeper of the Calendar – if you want to schedule a meeting, check with him to
make sure the time has not been taken; and 2) Supply Coordinator – if you see
any routine supplies (coffee, paper towels, etc) are running low, let him
know. His phone is 1-440-842-7402. I am grateful to Ralph for taking these roles
for the welfare of the Community.
Rob Farmer and David Frazier are making
progress on a new WEB SITE for Urban Hope!
Rob is the Editor and David is the Technical Administrator. This is another positive step for the Urban
Hope Community. I am sure they will
appreciate any comments or suggestions.
And John Cartwright is working on a new Directory, one that will give us
current phone numbers and e-mails for all regular attendees. He, too, can use your cooperation and assistance.
I am also grateful to those who stepped
up and gave services or programs, or arranged for them in the last few
months. As the programming coordinator
position is unfilled, this has been a shared endeavor with myself
as “temporary” coordinator. Liz
Erickson, Ralph Ryan, Denise DeArment, David Frazier
and I have arranged or delivered recent or upcoming Sunday events. Thanks to all!
In Peace and Hope, Doris
Books
to Prisoners?
Cleveland Catholic Worker, our neighbors at 3601 Whitman Ave., have
a project called “Books to Prisoners.”
The group seeks donations of books and money for postage to kick off
this effort. Hardbound, softbound –
makes no difference…. All genres needed,
especially non-fiction, history, self-help, text books, law books, dictionaries
and “skill building books.” For more
information, call Ryan or Chris at 216-631-3059.
Earth
spirit sanctuary
The next meeting of this group will be
on Friday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m. at the Olmsted UU
Church, 5050 Porter Rd., North Olmsted. Ostara, the pagan
Spring Equinox festival, will be celebrated.
Direct questions to Molly or John Dahlgren at
440-236-9633, or by e-mail to j_dahlgren@adelphia.net
.
Global
warming in
north olmsted
Friday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m., see “Too Hot Not to Handle,” from Interfaith
Power and Light. It’s a collection of
scientific presentations for lay folks who can use these facts to persuade
politicians. Contact Glenn Davis at
440-235-9111. It will be held at Olmsted
UU Church, 5050 Porter Rd., North Olmsted, OH.
Dialogues in diversity
at west shore UU march 11
Dialogues in Diversity (“Eliminating
Hatred One Conversation At A Time”)
was created to promote
conversations between persons of different races, religions, sexual
orientations, and backgrounds as a way of getting to know
people. On Sunday, March 11, at 12:00 noon, guest speakers Janis
Arnold (principal of Buhrer School for 15 years) and
Bill Montoya (Dual Language Coordinator at Buhrer)
will speak about the innovative program offered at Buhrer,
the first dual lingual school in the area.
Their talk is open to everyone.
It will be held at West Shore UU Church, 20401 Hilliard
Blvd., Rocky River.
For more information, call 440-333-2255.
Worship better after
conference at east shore UU on March 24th
It’s a one-day worship arts conference, sponsored by the Ohio-Meadville
District and hosted by the East Shore UU Church, at 10848 Chillicothe
Rd. in Kirtland.
Titled Worship Arts: Better Worship by Next Sunday!,” the keynote
speakers are the Rev. Kathleen Rolenz and the Rev.
Wayne Arnason, parish co-ministers at West Shore UU
Church since 2000. The conference is
billed as intended for Worship Associates, Sunday Service Committees, Lay-Led
Congregations, Music Directors, Directors of Religious Education, Music
Committees, and Religious Education Committees.
Lunch (provided) will be followed by two breakout sessions with four
workshops. It’s just $20 for
registration postmarked by March 16, $25 if registration is postmarked after
March 16. Contact Renee Zimelis Ruchotzke at 330-678-9350
or by e-mail at zimlar@juno.com . Or, you can register at Ohio-Meadville
District, 114 Bank St., Suite B, Lodi, OH 44254 (and put “Worship
Arts Conference” on your memo line).
Free all-day workshop in wooster
march 31st
If you can make it to the UU Fellowship
of Wayne County (in Wooster) on Saturday, March
31st, you can have one heckuva
bargain. You can attend a curriculum
fair sponsored by the Ohio-Meadville District’s Lifespan Faith Development Committee,
focused on Non-Violent Communication (or Conflict Resolution) with Rita Herzog
as keynote speaker. The price is FREE,
including lunch and childcare if requested in advance. Registration deadline is Friday, March
16. See the flyer on our bulletin board
for information.
From the editor’s messy desk
Forgot to include
this column last month. Nobody
noticed. (Sigh.) Please notice that we are still collecting
used printer cartridges. In fact, we
were donated a group by the fine folk at the Unitarian Universalist Society of
Cleveland (in Cleveland Heights), as many as we had
donated from our own members!
And coming in april…..
April 7th, at West Shore UU,
Alvidas Jasin (recently
trained by Al Gore) will make a slide show on which “An Inconvenient Truth” was
based. Potluck at 5:30, followed by program at 6:45….. April 14th,
at First Unitarian Church of Cleveland, former pastor Michael Dowd and
scientific author Connie Barlow will present, Thank God for Evolution: How
Science Will Usher Religion Into Its Greatness. This free presentation runs 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. but does require registration for lunch. Call 216-382-4367 for more information……..April
20th & 21st at West Shore UU Church, the
Ohio-Meadville District of the Unitarian Universalist Association holds its Annual District Assembly. Registration is $45 if postmarked by March 20th,
$55 if by April 15th, and $60 if you wait to register on site. For more information, contact the O-MD at www.omd.uua.org .
Newsletter notes
The deadline for the next newsletter is
March 25th. Feel free to
contact the editor with pithy comments, angry ruminations, or such. You can reach him at dondor2@sbcglobal.net, or by phone at
216-228-5270.
Urban Hope Unitarian Universalist
Community
New Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 770381
Cleveland, OH 44107
Meeting Address: 3204
Lorain Ave.
Cleveland, OH
Message Phone: 216-631-4981
Contact Information:
Steering Committee Chair
Doris Matthey 216-228-5270
Treasurer
Anne Osborne 440-617-9000