Thank you to everyone who donated items, bid on items, and otherwise helped with the budget. Special gratitude to the auction team, including Laura Bultman, Rochelle Habeck, Dolores Strom & Eli Emrich. The auction team is not planning to lead the auction again next year. If you are interested in helping make the auction happen … Continue reading Auction gratitude – and future plans
It is time to make your financial pledge to the church for the coming fiscal year. Pledge forms will be given and sent on Sunday March 3rd. If you’d like to complete your pledge form online early, CLICK HERE! Please complete your pledge by March 30! We are asking people to participate with care and quickness this … Continue reading It’s Stewardship Season!
Artist: Glenda DemissianosArt Wall Exhibit: February 16thYou’ll find no deep introspection here… just my love of color and flowers.I prefer to experiment with various water media, gouache, ink, acrylic and watercolor to add life and color to any space.Art was one of my majors at Western Michigan University and I have been a painter for … Continue reading Art Wall: WORKS ON PAPER
The BLM Mutual Aid Train is a sustained practice in collaborative community care and a step toward the accessible, equitable, and liberated world we want to realize. Established in 2020 during the Summer of Uprisings, this mutual aid effort provides diapers, baby wipes, menstrual supplies, and other requested care items for pregnancy to 30 Black … Continue reading Special Collection: Black Lives Matter Mutual Aid
Begins Sunday October 20, 12:30-1:30pm, with sessions held every other week until March (with breaks at Thanksgiving and the end of the year). The first session is in Room 6/7. The remainder will be in Room 19.Visitors, newcomers, members, and anyone who wants more information about People’s Church are invited to participate in the Inquirers … Continue reading Inquirers Series
At our day after the inauguration Zoom check-in, participants shared how they are practicing self-care and community care in this challenging moment. This is a moment to be purposeful about how we care for ourselves and each other. I was inspired by this list and will likely try a few new practices from it. Perhaps … Continue reading Practices for Self-Care and Community Care
Tuesday February 18, 1:30-3pmZoom link: https://uuma.zoom.us/j/5527667326Join Rev. Rachel and other People’s people to talk through making plans for one’s body after death. We will explore possibilities including cremation, medical donation, traditional burial, and green burial. Come to learn together – and to share the choices you are making for what will happen to your body … Continue reading Options for Bodies after Death
MARK YOUR FEBRUARY CALENDAR“Let It Be A Dance” Join us for an evening of celebration, dancing, and community fun for all ages as we honor and show our love for Rev. Rachel’s 10 incredible years at People’s Church! If you’re able to assist, please contact Brian Lewis at brianlewis@bhhsmi.com or 541-870-6658.Let’s make this a memorable … Continue reading Let It Be A Dance!
Care Collective of Southwest Michigan provides free diapers and period supplies to people in our community. These products are essential for health and well-being, but half of children in Kalamazoo live in households with an income too low to meet their basic needs. Care Collective prioritizes BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and immigrant youth and caregivers in their … Continue reading Special Collection: Care Collective of Southwest Michigan
Mark your calendars and be part of an exciting evening as we celebrate our community’s climate action progress and look ahead to new possibilities! We Need Your Voice!This celebration is all about community. Join us to share your ideas, learn how to get involved, and help shape the future of climate action in Kalamazoo.RSVP Direct … Continue reading RESCHEDULED: Join Us for Kalamazoo Climate Crisis Coalition Annual Celebration!
Lincoln International Studies School principal, Mrs. Dionna Roberts, is looking for Global Reading Challenge coaches. This is a battle of the books type of program sponsored by the Kalamazoo Public Library. This would involve coaching a team of no more than seven 4th and 5th grade students. Meetings would be once a week at school … Continue reading Lincoln School Needs Reading Coaches
In our November 10th service, An Honest Thanksgiving, Rev. Rachel told a truer story about Native American history than what is traditionally portrayed in our culture. As the service description noted, “An honest history invites us all to begin moving toward right relationship with Native communities.” The Reckoning Team* is a newly formed group exploring … Continue reading The Reckoning Team
Tuesday, January 21 1:30-3pm on ZoomZoom link: Zoom link: https://uuma.zoom.us/j/5527667326On the day after the election, gather with other People’s people for conversation. We will focus on how we are doing spiritually and emotionally, less on the steps we are taking to keep ourselves and those we love safe, though there might be time for that … Continue reading Day-after-the-Inauguration Check-In
Access the Survey Here: https://forms.gle/BsjnSByYjBYrGD659 Help us capture a snapshot of who People’s Church people are right now. We’ll be comparing the data we collected here with data from surveys from 10 years ago & 25 years ago. We’ll be sharing results and trends with the congregation in early 2025. If you consider yourself part … Continue reading People’s Church Survey
Open House Theatre Company is thrilled to present The Night Before Christmas, a heartwarming holiday play by local playwrights Deborah Ann Percy and Arnold Johnston. Performances will take place at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church, located at 10441 Shaver Rd in Portage. Mark your calendars and join us for the performances! December 13th and 14th … Continue reading Open House Theatre Company: The Night Before Christmas
Do you enjoy singing holiday songs? Do you enjoy spreading holiday cheer to those who might be feeling depressed? If so, please join us Sunday December 22nd as we go Christmas Caroling to members of People’s Church who are presently home bound due to a serious ill-ness or injury. We will meet at the church … Continue reading Holiday Caroling
The Friends’ Free Store for Refugees sponsored by our Interfaith Refugee Resettlement Team needs donations of clothing, personal care items, cleaning products, toys and fabric. For almost three years now, volunteers from the Interfaith Refugee Resettlement Team, made up of members of People’s Church, Temple B’Nai Israel, and The Congregation of Moses and community members have … Continue reading Donations Needed for The Friends’ Free Store for Refugees
Tuesday December 17, 1:30-3pmZoom link: https://uuma.zoom.us/j/5527667326People’s person and retired marriage and family therapist Jackie Himelright-Smith will lead a conversation about the grief process, handling grief, and the challenges around holidays for those who are grieving. All are welcome to join this Zoom gathering.
Ministry with CommunitySunday, December 8 during the serviceMinistry with Community is a daytime shelter and resource center in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It is open 365 days per year to anyone who needs our ser-vices, including those experiencing homelessness, poverty, substance use dis-order, and other crises. Minister’s Discretionary FundTuesday, December 24, during the Christmas Eve serviceThe minister’s … Continue reading December Special Collections
Since the election, some of my college students are despairing about their futures. They know steep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions must take place by 2030 to avoid acceleration of the cli-mate crisis. One said the election ‘made me think a lot about the uncertain future. I’ve been especially trying to make my impact on … Continue reading Climate Action in a Time of Despair
