Letters from Leadership
Each week, our leadership publishes a message to keep the congregation informed about what’s happening at UUCE.
Religious Exploration Across the Lifespan Begins this Sunday!
Greetings, UUCE Friends! I hope you are doing well! This Sunday we will kick off our first Religious Exploration (RE) classes. If you have not registered your child(ren)/youth, please take a moment to do so. Registration must be completed for all children and youth planning to attend RE and/or Child Care (CC). Here is the registration information for RE & CC: https://forms.gle/jAE7yPTVCpWfJLL97 or scan the code We are excited to offer Religious Exploration across the lifespan at UUCE. Thanks to…
Welcome Back to the 26-27 Religious Exploration Year!
Greetings, UU Friends! I hope you are doing well! It was wonderful to see so many friendly faces, and welcome some new ones, at last week’s service. Sarah and I hope you enjoyed the service and opportunity to become familiar or get reacquainted with our spiritual home. Here are a few updates regarding Religious Exploration. Registration for the 2026-2027 RE Year is here! We’d like to get children and youth interested in attending RE registered as soon as possible. In…
Welcome Back to the 26-27 Religious Exploration Year!
Greetings, UU Friends! I hope you are doing well. This coming Sunday our service will focus on “Getting to Know Our Spiritual Home.” Littles and Youth will stay with their families for the entirety of the service. There will be time Sunday morning for families to visit RE classrooms, along with the other wonderful spaces within our spiritual home. As you explore our Church as part of the service, please make sure to grab a ‘passport’ so you can have it…
A Letter from our Director of Religious Exploration 9/12/26
Greetings UU Friends! I am hoping to see everyone this Sunday for our In-Gathering: Water and Stone Communion. As we prepare for the RE year, I’d like to introduce those who are supporting our efforts through their work as RE Facilitators: This group of wonderful Religious Exploration Facilitators provides safe, inclusive, engaging learning experiences for our UUCE family across the lifespan. Please see below about being part of this amazing group as a Facilitator or Substitute. Here are just a…
26-27 Religious Exploration & Childcare Required Registration, Information and Rules
If your child plans to attend Religious Exploration and/or Childcare during the 26-27 school year, it is required that parents review and complete the registration below with their children. No child will be permitted to attend either program until completed either online or in person. Please reach out to our Director of Religious Exploration, Michele Ramsey with any questions or concerns. Thank you! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe5YaYxwAeGMnXxkRU4J2FHzwTRHfS7l4rNzvs_tFwWbSwXrg/viewform
A Letter from our Director of Religious Exploration
Greetings UUCE Friends! I hope you are doing well! Over this past week, I’ve seen leaves changing colors and drifting slowly to the ground, signaling the coming of autumn. I’ve noticed the squirrels in my yard stowing away more of the birdseed and nuts they snatch from the feeders. My gardens and flower beds are entering the last of their blooming and food production cycles. And, like clockwork, my dog is starting to shed more than usual. It’s really kicked…
This Week in Religious Exploration
Greetings UUCE Friends! I hope you are doing well and enjoying the summer months. Being recently retired from my career as a school principal, this time of year still rings true to me as the start of a ‘new year’. Having lived the school year life for the past 30 years, old habits die hard. I have always felt fortunate to have two ‘new years’ to celebrate, January 1st of course, and then whatever day school started in August. The…
Summers at UUCE
Once upon a time, when the Sanctuary we reside in today was first being built – both our yearly operations and climate were different from what we’re used to today. Our building was originally constructed without air conditioning because it was typical for UU Ministers and the congregation to take the summers off, and the surrounding months were predictably cool enough to keep the building at a tolerable temperature throughout the year. As things change, we’ve remained a resilient bunch…
It’s Time to Tend to Our Grounds!
While it may seem that our beautiful prairie grounds do a great job of maintaining themselves, taking care of our shared outdoor spaces takes the dedicated work of many hands! This Sunday, 7/12, from 11:30-1pm Mary Alice and hopefully many others will join in the task of weeding around our Meditation Garden. We currently have many thistles flowering so the plan is to collect them in wheelbarrows and we will dispose of them later so they don’t spread their seeds.…
Chair Force One has taken off!
Great news everyone – Chair Force One has taken off! Now we would like your input. If you have opinions on seating and what you think we should look for in new sanctuary chairs, now is the time to share that with the team. Please reach out to Erica Khan, Beth Cooper-Zobott, Krista Wagner, Sharon Fincher, or Kevin Sweeney with your feedback by July 20.
2026 Spring Directory
The 2026 Spring Directory will be available for pickup in the volunteer office beginning this Sunday, 1/25/26. If you would like a digital copy, please email Sarah Stultz at administrator@uuce.org.
An Update from the UUCE Endowment Fund
As we look ahead to Giving Tuesday on December 2nd, the Endowment Committee wanted to take a moment to remind everyone about our UUCE Endowment Fund. Back in 1998, our congregation created this fund as a long-term, legacy investment – something that would help secure the future of our church for generations to come. The hope was that, over time, it would grow into both a financial safety net and a source of support for UUCE. And it has grown!…