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This Week's Service
Holiday Sing-Along
December 14 at 10 am
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The Holiday Sing-A-Long is back! Get ready for some carol singing, jingle bell ringing, and merry cheer flinging at this service for all ages. Wear your favorite holiday sweater, feel free to go ALL out. It should be a meaningful time to hear the songs that have shaped the imagination and wonder of this time of year for generations.
Last Week's Service
UUCCI: A Community of Communities
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In 2019, Paula Cole Jones offered a provacative charge to Unitarian Universalists. We need to stop relating to the congregation as a family and start thinking about it as a "community of communities." On our 58th Annual Meeting Sunday, Rev. Nic will invite us to imagine what is possible when we see our own congregational pluralism as being not just one community, but a community of communities that can be vital, growing, and capable of meeting the needs of today.
Upcoming Events
The Power of Myth
Sunday, December 14 at 11:30am
Enjoy a presentation and discussion about Joseph Campbell’s “The Power Of Myth” in the Elsie Weekly Room. Childcare & Children’s programming provided
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Women’s Group
Tuesday, December 16th at 6:00pm
at the UUCCI Fellowship Hall.
Tradition for the yule log began centuries ago in Scandinavia and called for burning a tree trunk in your fireplace to commemorate the Winter Solstice. While we won’t be burning huge logs, we can keep the yule log Christmas tradition alive and well as a way to honor the theme of light.
Our women’s group will be decorating birch logs with ribbons, greenery, festive figurines, and even candles. We’ll leave some of the decorated logs to adorn the Fellowship Hall through the New Year. We’ll also ‘make and take’ logs for your personal use.
We will supply birch logs, glue guns, ribbons, greenery (real and fake) and assorted decorations. Please feel free to bring your own favorite seasonal decor and candles. Also, bring a snack to share if you desire.
Be sure to let Carol Kostrzewsky know if you plan to come so we can be prepared with sufficient supplies. Email her at ckostrze@iu.edu
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Winter Solstice Celebration & Interfaith Dinner
Friday, December 19 at 5 pm
Each year, UUCCI partners with Tree of Knowledge Community Coven to host a Solstice Celebration for all ages. Winter Solstice Celebrations include a "feast hour" at 5 pm (while we talk, laugh, eat, and wait for everyone who is running late), followed by an optional ritual at 6 pm. All of our friends from Columbus Interfaith are invited to share this meal, and we ask that all dishes be vegetarian and nut/sesame free.
For each holiday gathering, Tree of Knowledge takes up a collection of donations for a local cause. For the Winter Solstice, we decorate the "mitten tree" with hats, scarves, mittens, etc. Depending on the weather, we may also go for a lantern walk ending with cocoa around the fire circle. Remember to bring warm clothes, a dish to share, and a donation for the mitten tree.
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