 The Share the Plate recipient for March 2021 is NAACP Lincoln Branch. We will give any contributions to the offering plate in March to this local organization.
As a part of the Sunday 9AM Service on YouTube, you will hear from DeWayne Mays, President of the NAACP Lincoln Branch. As you will hear in the interview, they will be providing three scholarships to graduating seniors this spring. Wouldn't it be amazing if we could raise enough to cover at least one of the $1,000 scholarships? Once a year at the Spring Congregational meeting, members vote for ten local organizations (or Unitarian Universalist organizations) one of which is featured each month of the church year.
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Sunday, March 21 • 1:00PM • ZOOM • • What does the church’s Board of Trustees do? • What should I look for in a Board candidate? • Would I make a good Board Member? These are great questions, and timely. In May, at our spring congregational meeting, we will be electing three new Board of Trustee members. To get some answers, the Nominations Committee will sponsor an educational forum. Current Board members will be on hand to discuss board responsibilities, talk about their personal experiences on the board, and answer your questions. This event is open to all members and friends who want to become more familiar with the board and how it works as well as to those who are considering candidacy. (Note: per our bylaws, there is a one-year membership requirement to serve on the Board of Trustees.) Watch your daily eblast for the Zoom link. To sign up for electronic communication, use the button in the footer of this website. If you have any questions or would like to discuss the process for becoming a Board of Trustees candidate, contact Mary K Stillwell marykstillwell@gmail.com or any Nominations Committee Member.  Our Green Sanctuary Committee and the UU Ministry for the Earth (UUMFE) invite you to participate in
Spring for Change – A Season of Sacred Activism • March 20 – May 23 The theme is Pathways to Healing & Regeneration. The Spring for Change program is designed for individuals, families, and entire faith communities to engage in together. More information is available on the UUMFE website: https://www.uumfe.org/resources/spring-for-change-2021 Final 2021 Winter Lecture March 7, 2021. Professor Sharon R Stoolman specializes in pediatrics in the Division of Hospital Medicine at UN-Med and practices as a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital and Medical Center. She will discuss “Sorting Through Racial Disparities in COVID-19,” emphasizing how the current pandemic affects minority communicates locally and throughout the US. 2021 Winter Lecture Series:Pandemics: Old and New For this 37th Winter Lecture Series of 2021, we focus on deadly pandemics. The Lecture Series will consist of four sessions presented on four successive Sundays beginning 2/14/2021. Each will begin at 7:00PM and end around 8:30PM, with a 45-minute lecture followed by an audience-driven Q&A. The Zoomed and recorded lectures, and Q & A sessions will then be posted on the Unitarian Church website. If you receive the daily eblasts, you may already have the zoom links. If you need the link, use the contact form in the footer of this website to send a message to the church office.   Feb 28: Professor Peter C. Angeletti of the Nebraska Center for Virology in the School of Biological Sciences, UNL will present “Zoonosis of Sars-CoV,” explaining the origins of the virus and its transmission.
37th Series - Pandemics: Old & New The lectures begin at 7:00PM and end around 8:30PM, with a 45-minute lecture followed by an audience-driven Q&A. The recorded lectures and Q & A sessions will be posted to the church YouTube channel and linked to the website as soon as possible. To register and for further information, CLICK HERE and provide your name and email address. We will use this information to alert you about the upcoming lectures and to send you Zoom links. The last lecture of 2021: March 7. Professor Sharon R Stoolman specializes in pediatrics in the Division of Hospital Medicine at UNMC and practices as a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital and Medical Center. She will discuss “Sorting Through Racial Disparities in COVID-19.”  “Democracies are threatened by the climate crisis and must evolve to meet the challenge. In order to help them do so, we all need to actively participate”. (The Future We Choose)
40 DAYS LENTEN CARBON FAST Carbon Fast action theme for this week: Advocacy – ultimately our most important action. There are a number of climate advocacy groups active locally. Choose one and become active.
Lenten Speaker’s Series on Faith, Justice and Climate Change Wednesdays beginning Feb 24 • 6:00PM - 7:00PM • Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81466060548 This series is sponsored by 1st Plymouth’s Climate Action Team. Details can be found by CLICKING HERE. The first speaker is this Wednesday, February 24. Rev. Dr. Brooks Berndt, UCC Minister for Environmental Justice, will talk about his book Cathedral on Fire and why climate change is an imperative for people of faith. Join us for online gaming streamed on STEAM. We usually play for a couple of hours with a bio break halfway through. COFFEEHOUSE IS ONLINE WITH FAMILY & FRIENDS While we are online we play Jackbox games. We own several party packs so there is a lot of variety from drawing games to trivia, and lots more. All you need in order to play is a smartphone. You log into jackbox.tv on your phone and enter the four digit code that we give you for each game. Super easy. Your second device (computer, laptop, ipad) will be where you will view the graphics of the game through the zoom room. If you haven't played before we will walk you through it. Coffee House Game Night is hosted, on the fourth Friday of the month, by the LGBTQA Welcoming Committee of the Unitarian Church of Lincoln. When we are in person, we co-host Coffee House with PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays). We do not post zoom links in pubic forums due to zoom-bombing. If you are seeing this event on a public page and would like to receive the zoom link, email lgbtqcoffeehouse@gmail.com.   Each spring our members vote for share the plate recipients for the following church year. This Sunday the offering plate will go to the Native Women's Task Force, one of the 2020/2021 recipients.
Tune into the service that premieres at 10:00AM Sunday, Feb 21 on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/unitarianchurchoflincoln. We have included snippets from an interview conducted with Colette YellowRobe. The full interview will be uploaded to our YouTube channel soon. Colette speaks passionately about the work being done locally and nationally with Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). If you would like to support the work of the Native Women's Task Force, you may:
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February 21. Professor Ali S. Khan, Dean, College of Public Health and Professor of Epidemiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center will discuss “Threats to Global Health and the Role of the World Health Organization.” 37th Series - Pandemics: Old & New The lectures begin at 7:00PM and end around 8:30PM, with a 45-minute lecture followed by an audience-driven Q&A. The recorded lectures and Q & A sessions will be posted to the church YouTube channel and linked to the website. To register and for further information, CLICK HERE and provide your name and email address. We will use this information to alert you about the upcoming lectures and to send you Zoom links. The last two lectures: February 28. Professor Peter C. Angeletti of the Nebraska Center for Virology in the School of Biological Sciences, UNL will present “Zoonosis of Sars-CoV,” explaining the origins of the virus and its transmission. March 7. Professor Sharon R Stoolman specializes in pediatrics in the Division of Hospital Medicine at UNMC and practices as a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital and Medical Center. She will discuss “Sorting Through Racial Disparities in COVID-19.”  February 17 is Ash Wednesday that starts a 40-day period where many Christians observe a period of fasting, moderation, self-denial, and spiritual discipline. The Green Sanctuary Committee is asking church members to use this period to reflect on the Climate Crisis and exercise environmental discipline by taking actions to reduce your carbon footprint. Below is a list of some actions you can take to reduce your greenhouse gas emissions:
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