Posts from March 2026
No Quilt & Craft Group 4/4/26
To accommodate our Spring Egg Hunt event, there will be no Quilt and Craft group on April 4th.
This Week in Religious Education
Dear Friends, In each Religious Education class, we see meaningful moments of growth, connection, and discovery. Our children and youth remind us of the importance of curiosity, compassion, and being in community together. Thank you to all for helping create and support a space where they can continue to grow and belong. As always, thank you to our RE teachers! Bright blessings! Michele Building Your Own Theology Class “Building Your Own Theology,” led by Kathy and Dan Hislip, continues to…
Annual Meeting Voting Requirement
All members are encouraged to attend our Annual Meeting on 5/17. As a reminder, in order to vote at the UUCE annual meeting on members are required to make their minimum donation of $100 by March 31.
We Really Need Your Help to Reach Our Goal!
Dear friends, We’re nearing the end of our Stewardship Campaign, and I’ll be honest—we are still only a little over halfway to our goal, and we’re starting to feel the urgency. If you’ve been meaning to send in your pledge but haven’t yet, now is the moment. We truly cannot reach our goal without hearing from you. Every single pledge matters, and your participation makes a real difference in sustaining our community. Please take a few minutes today to submit…
March & April Share the Plate: Earthjustice
Our Share the Plate recipient through April is Earthjustice. Founded in 1971, their environmental legal expertise wields the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect people’s health, preserve magnificent places and wildlife, advance clean energy, and combat climate change. Their attorneys are funded to represent individual clients who are qualified and willing to serve as plaintiffs in local environmental and environmental-justice cases across the Midwest and the 50 states more generally Click the link below to donate to…
This Week in Religious Education
Dear Friends, Spring has sprung, and we can look forward to longer days filled with light.This season holds many holy days and holidays — Spring Equinox, Ostara, Eid al-Fitr, Easter, and Passover, just to name a few. If you are celebrating, I hope your time is filled with joy and peace.We are welcoming a new season — one of growth, renewal, and new beginnings. As the Earth slowly awakens around us, I hope we can each pause and notice what…
We Need You!
Our 3rd Annual Spring Egg Hunt is fast approaching, and we need YOU to volunteer! We’ve had only one volunteer respond so far, and we need people in many areas to make this event a success! If you’re able to volunteer, please talk with Paul or Brenda, and they’ll set you up. If you don’t know Paul or Brenda and still want to volunteer, ask me and I’ll introduce you! Even if you’re not able to volunteer, please tell your…
Drawing for Quilt Raffle
Is there a special person you’d like to honor on Mother’s Day? The perfect gift is a chance to win the UUCE queen-size quilt, made lovingly by church members. For just $5 each you could stuff your greeting card with this most welcome surprise. The drawing is Sunday, May 10 (Mother’s Day) at the church. They need not be present to win.
Stewardship Update
Dear friends, If you missed this past Stewardship Sunday, you missed a good one! Many thanks to Flora Sweeney for sharing your funny giving story—it gave us all a good giggle. And thank you to Jenn Abbey for your thoughtful reflections on why UUCE and pledging matters to you. As of Tuesday, March 10, we’ve received 31 pledges and are still waiting to hear from 29 pledge units. If your pledge form is currently living on the kitchen counter, tucked…
New Small Group – Date Change
Are you interested in embarking on a path toward deeper community? A new small group using the Deep Connections Series is forming, offering a meaningful opportunity to connect through readings, journaling, and thought-provoking exercises. Topics will range from forgiveness and loss to nature, money, and friendship. We are calling the new group “Heart to Heart”. The group will hold its second meeting on Sunday, May 31, at noon in the third-floor couch room. We will meet once more in June,…
This Week in Religious Education
Dear Friends, I hope that with all that is going on in the world around us, you are doing well and taking care of yourself — body, mind, and spirit. While that can be difficult given the demands of everyday life, I encourage you to take some time for self-care. It can be hard to do this; it is challenging for me at times, but I find that by giving myself a little break, that little moment for me, I…
We are Counting on You!
Dear friends, We hope you were able to join us for our second Stewardship Sunday, when Susan Anderson shared in her warm and witty way why UUCE holds such a special place in her heart. It was a lovely reminder of the spirit that connects us all. As of Tuesday, March 3, we have received 15 pledges and are still waiting to hear from 63 pledging units. If you haven’t yet submitted your pledge, we kindly ask you to mail…
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