Board Presentation on Proposed Changes to the Code of Regulations
2023-06-01 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
The Board of Trustees will be holding a zoom session to present and discuss the proposed changes to the Code of Regulations.
This meeting will be held on Zoom on Thursday, June 1, at 7 pm. Please register here if you would like to attend.
The proposed changes are available via the Annual Meeting Agenda.
We hope to see you there and answer all your questions!

March with Pride for All Ages
2023-06-03 09:00 - 14:00
Join UUCC’s Pride for All Ages group for the Pride Parade and Festival. We’ll meet at 9:00 a.m. at the Shaker Building and hop the Rapid to the staging area. Staging starts at 10:00, with kickoff at 11:00. If you don’t want to meet up beforehand, just look for our banner. This is a fun, family-friendly opportunity to live your UU values!

Tour of the Shaker Building
2023-06-04 11:15 - 11:45 | Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Cleveland, 21600 Shaker Boulevard, Shaker Heights, 44120, United States
Please join us for a fun and informative tour of the UUCC Shaker building immediately after service.

UUCC 2023 Annual Meeting
2023-06-04 11:30 - 12:30
The Annual Meeting of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Cleveland will be held on Sunday, June 4, 2023 at approximately 11:30 am. The meeting follows the UUCC Sunday Worship Service. The meeting will be in person, with a Zoom option. Please pre-register for the Zoom meeting here. The Board of Trustees will host a pizza, salad and ice cream picnic immediately following the meeting.

All members are urged to attend. The list of eligible members is posted at UUCC. If you are unsure of your status please inquire to boardpresident@uucleveland.org by May 31.

Click here for the Agenda and supporting materials.

Orchard Perennial Planting and Pizza Party Saturday
2023-06-10 10:00 - 13:00
June 10, 10 AM to 1 PM
We need help getting new Plants in the ground: Come fill out the rest of the UUCC apple orchard with beautiful, pollinator-friendly perennials. We’ll have almost 500 plant plugs and full-sized plants expressly designated by Cornell University as attractive to apple orchard pollinators. Bring hand trowels marked with your names. We’re inviting UUCC neighbors, as well as members for a fun event. Pizza (both kid-friendly and veggie, plus drinks) will be provided.

UU Taboos: Dogma
2023-06-11 19:00 - 20:30
The words we use matter. But the words we don’t use matter too.
I have been hoping to find a way to talk about words and what is wrapped up in them, especially when our spirituality is at issue. Here’s my attempt at that: a set of conversations about some of the words we don’t use. And hopefully along with that, a chance to enjoy one another’s company and some beautiful Summer evenings outdoors.
Being able to ask meaningful questions of ourselves requires looking at our assumptions, biases and implicit feelings. And since we create brave space at UUCC, I invite us to do just that about some of the big picture religious ideas that sometimes rattle around when we work on big ideas.
What are these ideas that often show up as what we are trying NOT to do, and NOT to be? What are our feelings about these ideas? What can we learn about ourselves by reflecting on our feelings? And how else may we understand these ideas? How can they challenge us? What can we learn by thinking with them as well as against them?
These conversations will have a particular structure. Its going to be a casual conversation. There’s no curriculum here. Instead, the goal will be to invite those who join the conversation to express their feelings about one of our taboos. After we get those feelings out, I’ll hope to give some wider context, some other points of view that we might reflect on. After some discussion, we’ll invite one another to express some new directions they could see for these taboo ideas that hopefully lead to more discussion.
We’ll be gathering on Sunday evenings in either the garden or on the East lawn, unless weather chases us inside. I sincerely hope some fireflies join us.

Film Screening and Discussion: “Our Common Humanity:
2023-06-15 19:00 - 20:30
Our Common Humanity: The 1858 Oberlin Wellington Rescue and the Trial of the Century
Shaker Library presents the documentary “A Common Humanity” on the 1858 Oberlin Wellington Rescue, in which the community defended the freedom of Black neighbor John Price against slavecatchers, and the resulting ‘Trial of the Century’ in Cleveland, which tested the Fugitive Slave Law in Ohio.
Filmmakers Kevin Cronin and Peter J. Manos (both SHHS class of 1976) will lead a discussion following the screening.
Produced with support of Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. Cosponsored by the Shaker Historical Society.
Come watch the film & meet the filmmakers at the Shaker library on June 15, 7-8:30 pm OR join the event online,
Registration link: https://events.shakerlibrary.org/event/10466989

Brush up on this amazing story:
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/oberlin-wellingtonrescue/
https://www.oberlinheritagecenter.org/cms/files/File/OB-Wellington%20Rescue.pdf

Registration is required. There are 74 in-person seats available. There are 179 online seats available.

UU Taboos: Salvation
2023-06-18 19:00 - 20:30

GCC presents to Cuyahoga County Council: Pre-Trial Justice
2023-06-20 16:30
Be one of the GCC 100!
Please sign up to support Greater Cleveland Congregations at the Cuyahoga County Council meeting on Tuesday, June 20 at 4:30 pm. The GCC Pretrial Justice Team will be talking about what the Council can do now to prevent unnecessary incarceration, bring down the jail’s population, and provide public safety.
We need 100 people to show up!
E-mail or text Pat Dillard to sign up (at patdillard13@gmail.com) and we will send you complete information. Join fellow UUCCers at 4pm in the parking lot to carpool to the Cuyahoga County Council meeting. We will be gathering up with other GCC people at 4:30 outside the chambers. Wear your yellow GCC shirt (if you don’t have one, you will obtain one there). Our own Pat Dillard will be one of 4 speakers! We will leave shortly after 4pm, so please be prompt. There is free parking if you are going on your own.

Don’t forget to also sign up on the form below so the GCC folks know you are coming

Pre-Trial Justice Team to Present at the June 20th Cuyahoga County Council Meeting
GCC’s Pre-Trial Justice Team is working on reducing jail before trial in Cuyahoga County. On June 20th, it will present to the County Council its research showing that jail before trial does not increase public safety and does hurt people who are presumed innocent. The team will ask the Council to reduce the number of beds they fund (through a smaller jail or renovations) and to fund pre-trial services that will improve the safety of all.The team would like GCC leaders to join them at the meeting. Wear your GCC t-shirts and/or buttons if have them! Public comment begins at 5pm at the County Administration Building, 2079 E 9th Street. If you are attending, please be there by 4:30pm. (Parking in the County lot will be free if you ask for validation.) Questions? Contact Louise McKinney at louisewennermckinney@gmail.com.Please sign up here if you are planning to attend: https://forms.gle/5N8HAoCK9PbWpcTD9
We want to show our power to the Council!

Summer Solstice: Walk the Labyrinth
2023-06-21 19:00 - 20:30
The UUCC Earth-Centered Spirituality Group invites you to a celebration of the Summer Solstice

Join us as we celebrate the coming of summer
and walk the labyrinth
Wednesday, June 21st at 7:00 p.m.
on the west lawn at UUCC
21600 Shaker Blvd, Shaker Heights, OH
Please bring a chair or something to sit on.
For more information contact Peggy at wtchywmn9@gmail.com

Also

COME AND WALK THE LABYRINTH

From June 22nd through July 3rd
On the west lawn of
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Cleveland
21600 Shaker Blvd, Shaker Heights, OH 44122

The Labyrinth is a form of walking meditation that is centuries old.
It is used by many different faiths for
spiritual centering, contemplation, and prayer.
We hope you will take some time to experience
this wonderful form of meditation.
For more information contact wtchywmn9@gmail.com

UU Taboos: Evangelize
2023-06-25 19:00 - 20:30

Spring Clean out Dumpster Arrives
2023-06-26
Dumpster will be available starting June 26th
Attention Everybody!
Congregational Members, Staff, Teachers and Renters
UUCC Operation Council and the Building & Grounds Team are going to do a “purge-cleanout” of spaces and closets in the Shaker Building. In particular we are want to clear off the stage. We have schedule a 20-30 yard dumpster to be available on-site starting June 26th.
Please take time out of your busy schedule to “pitch, throw away, dump” any broken items into the dumpster. Staff and a work party will be purging items from various spaces, e. g. stage, boiler room, garage, etc. If there is anything you want to keep that is on the stage, please remove it from the stage other wise it will be tossed into the dumpster.
There may be items that you have in cabinets and/or closets that would be ideal for the FREE CYCLE event. Free Cycle is planned for later in 2023. You could save some items for Free Cycle, but put them in a box, mark it “Free Cycle” and remember to bring them out on Free cycle Day.

Proposals Reviewed at Board Meeting
2023-06-27 19:00 - 21:00
Details TBD

Walk the Labyrinth with Shirley Nelson
2023-07-02 11:30
The Labyrinth is a form of walking meditation that is centuries old. It is used by many different faiths for spiritual centering, contemplation, and prayer. The Earth Centered Spirituality Group will be constructing a labyrinth on the west lawn. It will be available from June 22nd through July 3rd.

On Sunday, July 2nd around 11:30 after the Sunday Service Shirley Nelson will be facilitating a Labyrinth Walk
All are welcome: for anyone who would like to learn more about the Labyrinth and how to walk it.
We hope you will take some time to experience this wonderful form of meditation.

For more information, contact Peggy Lagodny at wtchywmn9@gmail.com

Announcement of Funded Projects
2023-07-03

UUCC Freecycle 2023
2023-07-09 11:15 - 12:30 | Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Cleveland, 21600 Shaker Boulevard, Shaker Heights, 44120, United States
Don’t throw it away. Give it away. Bring things in decent condition (nothing broken, torn or otherwise unusable) and put them on tables outside the Church and SWAP. if you would like a table contact sharon.edmond@uucleveland.org.
Set up 9 am – 9:45 am
Shop after church from 11:15 pm to 12:15 pm
Volunteers welcome and needed for clean-up at 12:30 pm

Outdoor concert with Moises Borges and Friends
2023-07-09 13:00 - 14:30 | Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Cleveland, 21600 Shaker Boulevard, Shaker Heights, 44120, United States
Join us on Sunday, July 9th for a special musical treat! You’re encouraged to bring a picnic lunch (and maybe some to share) for after the service, and then Brazilian jazz guitarist and singer Moises Borges will perform a live concert on the east lawn (or in Fellowship Hall in case of rain), beginning at 1 p.m. Moises will be joined by percussionist Dylan Moffitt along with other great musicians – there will even be a special guest appearance from members of UUCC’s Chancel Choir! Donations are welcome to defer the musicians’ costs, but there is no cost for admission. Bring a lawn chair and a friend – I’ll see you at the show!

Obon Japanese Festival
2023-07-16 12:00 - 17:00 | Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Cleveland, 21600 Shaker Boulevard, Shaker Heights, 44120, United States
Come one – come all! Cleveland Buddhist Temple is hosting the special celebration here at the UUCC on July 16th.
Come join us and be part of the fun! CBT – Obon 2023 Flyer

Farewell to Aaron
2023-07-23 11:30 - 12:30
The Smithsonian African American Museum of History and CultureWebsite

Aaron Fountain is moving to Washington DC for his new position at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. He has been active with us, participating in the Class Conscious workshop and offering speaking events and a tour of the African American Civil Rights Trail in Cleveland, which he helped to create while working with the Cleveland Restoration Society.

Please join us at Coffee Hour on July 23rd to say goodbye to Aaron and wish him well. There will be cake!

FaCT Speaker Series: “Coal and Empire: The Birth of Energy Security in Industrial America”
2023-07-30 20:00 - 21:30
VIA ZOOM Sunday, July 30th at 8:00 p.m. ET

“Coal and Empire: The Birth of Energy Security in Industrial America”

Coal and Empire offers an intellectual feast for both historians and modern energy scholars. Meticulously researched and expertly written, it attempts to show how an energy fuel, in this instance coal, became an integral part of United States national security in the nineteenth century.―Technology and Culture

Register for this Zoom Event: REGISTER

Or to register visit: www.factohio.org/dist-speak

Peter Schulman

Coal and Empire: The Birth of Energy Security in Industrial America

The fascinating history of how coal-based energy became entangled with American security.

Since the early twentieth century, Americans have associated oil with national security. From World War I to American involvement in the Middle East, this connection has seemed a self-evident truth. But, as Peter A. Shulman argues, Americans had to learn to think about the geopolitics of energy in terms of security, and they did so beginning in the nineteenth century: the age of coal.

Coal and Empire insightfully weaves together pivotal moments in the history of science and technology by linking coal and steam to the realms of foreign relations, navy logistics, and American politics. Long before oil, coal allowed Americans to rethink the place of the United States in the world.

Review:Fast-paced, engaging, and accessible, Coal and Empire reveals how the extraction and use of coal was intertwined with domestic and international politics, economics and world trade, and innovations in science, mathematics, and technology. Historians of technology and energy will naturally appreciate the book, but the easy-to-digest writing style and broad analysis will also interest readers beyond academia. Shulman’s book has wonderful potential to become a valued and well-read treatise.

— Richard F. Hirsh

Zoom participants will be eligible to win a copy of Coal and Empire

Needlers
2023-08-05 10:00 - 12:00
Did you enjoy learning about Project Linus during coffee hour on Sunday? Join the needlers on Saturday August 5 in the Library and start a baby blanket to donate. All are welcome!

Who are the needlers: Read More

Side with Love T-Shirt Sale
2023-08-06 11:30 - 12:00
T-shirts with Side with Love on the front and our congregational logo on the back are available for order in the size you want, on Sundays during coffee hour. They are a bargain at $15. Hope to put the order in after August 20th.

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Porch Talks For A Beloved Community Returns August 12, 2023!
2023-08-12 17:30 - 19:30
Mark your calendar and plan to join us on the lawn of East View UCC, 17300 Van Aken Blvd. for our annual Porch Talk! This event is co-sponsored by Heights Christian Church, East View UCC, and Plymouth UCC. This year’s event will be at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 12, at the site where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke from the porch 58 years ago.

The Rev. Dr. Marvin McMickle, who spoke during the first Porch Talks season in 2019, returns as this year’s speaker. The title of his talk is “No Room in the Inn, Part 2.” Music will be a combined choir, with members of all 3 sponsoring congregations.

The event is free and open to the public, and will be held outdoors (unless inclement weather requires a move inside). You are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket. A reception with light refreshments will follow the program.

The Porch Talks series provides a continued call to work toward the “Beloved Community” that Dr. King envisioned, where all forms of discrimination, bigotry, and prejudice will be replaced by an all-inclusive spirit of sisterhood and brotherhood.

Side with Love T-Shirt Sale
2023-08-13 11:15 - 12:00, 2023-08-20 11:15 - 12:00
T-shirts with Side with Love on the front and our congregational logo on the back are available for order in the size you want, on Sundays during coffee hour. They are a bargain at $15. Hope to put the order in after August 20th.

If you are not coming to the service contact Suzanne Zilber to place an order.

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UUs Together Summer Picnic! Sunday August 20th
2023-08-20 13:00 - 15:00 | West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, 20401 Hilliard Blvd., Rocky River, Ohio, 44116, United States
Please mark your calendar for a Cleveland UUs Together picnic at West Shore after church on Sunday, August 20 from 1:00 to 3:00pm. We will join our fellow UUs from West Shore UU and Southwest UU. It is our second annual (we hope) picnic following last summer’s inaugural picnic at UUCC.

This is an opportunity to get to know each other better and have some fun. West Shore will provide hot dogs, buns, condiments, and beverages. We will also have vegan and gluten-free hot dogs and buns available courtesy of Southwest UU.

To help in our planning, please let me know if you plan to come and if you will be bringing other UUCC friends and family. All ages are welcome. Also, let me know if you prefer the vegan and gluten-free version of the hot dogs.

Optional: Bring a snack or dessert to share, if you like, labeled with dietary information.

Karin Tooley with The Don Disantis Band play at Cain Park
2023-08-20 13:00 - 16:00
Music Talent Of Cleveland Presents:Sunday Afternoon Concert Series in the Evans Amphitheater

DON DISANTIS QUINTETThe Don Disantis Band has been providing entertainment for appreciative audiences at lounges, country clubs, private parties, weddings and summer concerts for the past 30 years.

The talented musicians can play a wide range of music including those standards of Sinatra, Bennett, Martin and others, as well as those Big Band favorites of the Great American Songbook. But they don’t stop there. A mix of The Beatles, Elton John, Billy Joel and many others, along with some tunes from Broadway Musicals highlight the versatility of this wonderful group of professionals.

The vocals of Don Disantis are highlighted by Karin Tooley on keyboard, George Judy on drums, Brian Dorr on bass and Mike Fisher on trumpet. With Don’s easy going baritone vocals, along with his background in musical theater, it’s more than just the music; it’s a show!Cain Park link here: https://www.cainpark.com/451/Sunday-Afternoon-Concert-Series

The Northeast Ohio "Climate Fresk" workshop
2023-08-21 18:00 - 21:00 | Fellowship Hall at the UU Congregation of Cleveland, 21600 Shaker Blvd., Shaker Height, OH, 44122, United States
Climate Change is real and huge, and it’s also very local. Join us on Monday, August 21 from 6-9 in Fellowship Hall for “Climate Fresk,” a fun and informative workshop on climate change focused on the Northeast Ohio. Pizza will be served. Adults and high school students welcome. Space is limited so register soon.

The Northeast Ohio Climate Fresk is a workshop that provides quality climate education in an interactive, game-style format, followed by group discussion and reflection, current regional climate plan information, and additional engagement opportunities. The goals are to teach attendees the fundamental science behind climate change, empower them to take action, and learn about the Northeast Ohio Climate Action plan process and engagement opportunities. Register by emailing Nancy King Smith (nancykingsmith@me.com) by August 17.Limited to the first 24 adults and high school students.

UUCC Fellowship Hall21600 Shaker Blvd.Shaker Height, Ohio 44122United States

Sponsored by:NOACA (Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency)UUCC Ministry for Earth.

The Climate Fresk Website is here: https://climatefresk.org/

The Northeast Ohio Climate Planning website is here: https://www.eneo2050.com/climate-action-plan

What is Climate Fresk? read more

August 2023 UUCC Board Meeting
2023-08-22 19:00 - 21:00
UUCC is governed by an elected Board of Trustees. The Board is responsible for determining and upholding the mission and vision of our congregation, as well as for making financial and legal decisions. The Board of Trustees meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month. All Congregation Members are welcome to attend Board meetings, except when an Executive Session has been called. Members may address the Board only by prior arrangement with the President.

To attend the Board meeting, send an email to board@uucleveland.org for the Zoom link.

Pride for All Ages
2023-08-27 11:30 - 13:00
Pride for All Ages, an intergenerational group for LGBTQ+ people, meets on Sunday, August 27 in the Baker Room following the service. Read more about the group
