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Facilitating Connection: Training for UUCC Group Leaders

“Small groups are where transformation happens.” -- Rev. Randy Partain Facilitators do not make that transformation happen by themselves. They help create the conditions for it: a covenant people can use, room for different voices, careful listening, and ways to respond when a group gets stuck. UUCC is offering this participatory training twice this fall ... Read More

Chalice Circles: Making Space for Deeper Connections

This fall, UUCC is launching Chalice Circles to create more spaces that give us enough time to listen deeply, reflect together, or share the experiences that have shaped us ... Read More

2026-2027 Board Committee Liaisons

The Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the Board Committee Liaisons for the 2026–2027 congregational year. Our liaisons help maintain communication and support between ... Read More

How you can help UNSHACKLE SPRINGFIELD!!!!!

1. Call to demand the release of Haitian Pastors caged by ICE.
Script: My name is (insert your name and any affiliation). I ... Read More

Musical Musings 09-06: Special guest musician Carl Rust at UUCC this Sunday

Music Notes – Sunday, September 6th: This Sunday’s musicians are Carl Rust and UUCC Music Director Mike Carney Come, Sing a Song with Me! ... Read More

Finance Corner: July 2026 Financial Report – Good Start to the Year!

Finance Committee Report

Our financial performance from operations started the year better than budget
a. Pledge income of $117k was $9k above budget
b. Rental income ... Read More

Musical Musings 08-30: Come sing with our Multigen Choir this Sunday, plus jazz standards with Anya Ustin, Mike Carney, and Aaron Burkle

Music Notes – Sunday, August 30th: This Sunday’s musicians are Anya Ustin, Aaron Burkle, The Multigen Choir, and UUCC Music Director Mike Carney Come, ... Read More

Community Conversation on Midterms & Other Headlines

Moderator: John Bacon, UUCC Member and Leader. Since retirement as an IT Manager, he has been active in creating documentaries focusing on legal and police ... Read More

A Cleaner Energy Future – Moving Away from ‘Fuelish Ohio’

Speaker: David Beach is a writer and activist in Cleveland who speaks frequently on urban design, land use, transportation, and sustainability. Countries and cities around ... Read More

Will Resource-Hungry Data Centers Devour Ohio?

Speaker: Molly Bryden, Researcher for Climate & Sustainability at Policy Matters Ohio. Interest in data centers and their impacts is growing day by day as ... Read More

How to Lower the Temperature: Guidance on Listening & Learning in Divided Times

Speaker: Dan Moulthrop, CEO, The City Club of Cleveland. Are you dreading a Thanksgiving argument with Uncle Al over your opposing political beliefs? Did a ... Read More

Musical Musings 08-23: Ragtime favorites and more with UUCC’s own Bill McNally

Music Notes – Sunday, August 23rd: This Sunday’s musician is Bill McNally About Sunday’s guest musician: The New York Times calls him “a ... Read More

UU Student Designs UUCC Rain Garden

On Saturday, July 25, 2026, under the guidance of our very own Anya Ustin, daughter of Pauline Terebuh, and Anya's colleague, Alena Glenn, a dedicated ... Read More

Building Our Tomorrows Update

Behind-the-scenes work is moving along! An ALTA survey (a detailed land survey) is nearly complete, and an up-to-date hazardous materials assessment is in the works ... Read More

Musical Musings 08-16: Debussy, Ravel, and more with Karin Tooley

Music Notes – Sunday, August 16th: This Sunday’s musician is UUCC Pianist Karin Tooley. Centering Music: Rêverie – Debussy Postlude: Mazurka – Debussy ... Read More

Bonus Track: Away

This Sunday’s service will continue to follow some threads of interdependence we’ve been weaving through the summer. I had intended to space out some weeks ... Read More

Bonus Track: Off the Rails

Embracing the possibility that we can shift out of autopilot and choose new pathways is a powerful thing in and of itself. We might wonder, ... Read More

Musical Musings 08-09: Fun and inspiring songs for our Animal Blessing service with the talented Watkins/Burns family

Music Notes – Sunday, August 9th: This Sunday’s musicians are Becky Burns, Molly Watkins, Sophie Watkins, and UUCC Music Director Mike Carney Centering Music: ... Read More

UUCC Democracy in Action Update

6-Month Review On February 8, 2026, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Cleveland unanimously approved a Board-endorsed version of the UUSJ resolution Faithful Defiance for ... Read More

Bonus Track: Theologies of Defining and Reclaiming

We explored some lineages of things and ideas on Sunday. We barely even scratched the surface of theological evolutions. A lot of people in Unitarian ... Read More

You and me and GCC. We won!

On February 20th, GCC hosted a forum for the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor candidates and the Juvenile Court Judge candidates at Antioch Baptist Church. This GCC Candidates Forum was a fantastic opportunity for GCC to highlight the injustice of youth bindover to the adult justice system ... Read More

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