November Event Highlights
Breaking Barriers, Building Beliefs (B4) Workshop
Saturday, November 11, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
The Ministerial Search Committee invites the whole congregation to a special workshop led by Rev. Patrice K. Curtis, UUA Transformational Interim Ministries Director. Patrice will also be a special guest in our pulpit on Sunday, November 12. Please register online by Thursday, November 9.
Winter Holiday Tree of Giving
November 5 - December 3
Tis the season when, as a congregation, we gather holiday gifts to donate to families in need in our community. The tree will be in Fellowship Hall after services in November for congregants to sign up for purchasing gifts - or, look for the link to the online signup in the November Friday Updates. Wrapped gifts need to be brought to the church on Sunday, Dec. 3. The agencies and recipients we are partnering with this year are: Head Start, IU Health Positive Link, Middle Way House, Centerstone, Monroe County United Ministries, UU Hunger Task Force’s Little Free Pantry, and the Fakherduin family from Afghanistan sponsored by UU RISE Task Force. Contact: Barb Berggoetz, barbberg@bluemarble.net.
Young Adult Pizza Lunch
Sunday, November 12, 11:45 a.m.
We will be hosting our second Young Adult Pizza Gathering of the year in the UUCB Library after the service on Nov. 12. If you would like to help get the word out, please volunteer to hang up posters around town! You can stop by the office (Room 204) to pick up a stack of posters, or email connect@uubloomington.org to coordinate with Anabel.https://uucb.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2008637
Death Cafe
Sunday, November 19, 3:30 p.m.
Everybody dies. Yet we do not talk about it. On Sunday, November 19, UUCB will host our first Death Cafe: a chance to be together to eat cake and talk about death. Why? We know that talking about death to the point that we normalize it as a part of life helps reduce anxiety about our own death and the death of loved ones – and helps us live more fully.
Death Cafe was started by Swiss sociologist and anthropologist Bernard Crettaz who organized the first Cafe Mortel in 2004. Since then, Death Cafes have been held all over the world, some on a monthly basis, some online, all with the same intent: to normalize the undoubtedly normal fact of our own mortality.
It’s important to note that Death Cafe is NOT counseling, nor is it a grief support group. It is simply a place to talk, and listen, about our thoughts and feelings around death.
Please register to help us prepare well.
Sponsored by the 2023 cohort of Inner Work of Age.
Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner
Thursday, November 23, 4 p.m.
in Fellowship Hall
Are your Thanksgiving plans up in the air? Are you dreading the days of planning and executing the perfect holiday meal? And then the cleanup! Here's a simple solution: share the holiday with our congregation! We will gather in Fellowship Hall for a Thanksgiving meal on Thursday, November 23, at 4 pm. All are welcome, including your visiting relatives and houseguests! Sign up to let us know who's coming and what you're bringing. Contact: Linda Pickle, linda.pickle@wku.edu
