Resources from Last Sunday

• Side with Love Minnesota Resource Kit
• Rev. Ashley Horan’s posts UUA VP for Programs and Ministries
• Minneapolis mutual aid fund

Valentines Day Dinner Opportunity  $100 per couple

There are still 2 spaces (2 couples/4 people) available for the Valentine Dinner, sold at the Auction. There will be appetizers and cocktails, followed by salad, then a tasty entree with sides, and promises a fabulous dessert. The evening will end with special coffee drinks or other tempting evening libations.  This is a good way to celebrate without going to a crowded and noisy restaurant. There’ll be stimulating conversation and soft music, for only $100 per couple (no tax, no tip), that’s a real bargain. Contact the office if interested.

CLCM’s Souper Bowl Sunday – Food Pantry by February 8

Super Bowl Sunday is February 8, and we all tend to enjoy great football, the great half-time show, and great snacks. But for many in our downtown neighborhood, snacks and meals are not reliably available. The food pantry at Calvary Episcopal Church serves the clients of Central Louisville Community Ministries and will be collecting canned soup, canned spaghetti, and all other non-perishable foods through the months of January and February in observance of what we call “Souper Bowl Sunday.”  Food donations are gratefully accepted.

Grounded in an understanding of the Jesus story as God’s empathic and liberating initiative towards humanity, the sermon makes the point that those, who live their faith by participating in God’s ongoing work of liberation and healing, need to develop practices of empathy. At a time when democracy is threatened by religious and political actors, such practices of empathy are practices of resistance against the exclusionary and oppressive agenda of white Christian nationalism.

About the Speaker:
The Reverend Dr. Frank Woggon is the director of Chaplaincy Services for UofL Health and Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at UofL School of Medicine. Ordained by the German Baptist Convention and endorsed by the Alliance of Baptists, he is an ACPE Certified Educator and a board-certified chaplain in the Association of Professional Chaplains. Frank is married to Kelley, a colleague in ministry and chaplaincy, and they have two adult daughters, Hannah and Erin, who shine bright in Durham, NC, and in Berlin, Germany.

Did you know that Unitarian Universalists have a long history of supporting abortion rights and reproductive justice, going back to the early 1960s? Come learn about our faithful actions on this issue through time and today.

Children’s RE Contact: Loren  

This begins in the sanctuary at 11:00 with the Moment for Ages. They leave during the Song for the Children.

The Nursery: Tadpoles will be open for babies and pre-k  from 9:30am-12:15pm on Sundays.

Registration Forms. Registration information is required for each child, including those in the nursery.

Adult (RE) Contact: Adult Religious Exploration

• All are Welcome: Members, friends, visitors, curious people, and people lost in the building are all welcome.
• Check-in begins at 9:45. Class meets in the Church Library at 10am.

No Other Land Viewing: March 8  
First U Adult RE will be joining the Jewish Louisvillians for Peace (JLP) and the All Peoples Justice Center to host a screening of the film No Other Land at First U at 2:30 pm on Sunday, March 8. A trailer for the movie can be viewed here.  Sign up for tickets here.

No Other Land won the 2025 Oscar for Best Documentary at Academy Awards – See acceptance speech here.

KY Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice Events

All Peoples Unitarian Universalist Church in Louisville (4936 Brownsboro Rd). Visit the page of the festival and register for the screening(s).

• Thursday January 22 at 6:30pm – on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, KRCRC will be participating in the Justice Center’s film festival with a screening of the documentary The Janes (2022) at Doors open at 6:30pm. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion regarding the current context of reproductive rights in KY.
• Sunday January 25 T 3:OOpm via zoom – KRCRC will host a virtual conversation with Rev. Donna Schaper who is featured in the documentary The Janes as one of the former members of the Clergy Consultation Service.
• Sunday February 1 at 2:30pm in collaboration with the Justice Center at All Peoples and the Louisville chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women, KRCRC is hosting an Interfaith Forum on Reproductive Rights. It will be held at All Peoples.

Justice Center Film Festival at All Peoples

Unless otherwise indicated, (Feb. 8) doors open at 6:30p, film begins at 7pm
Location: All Peoples Congregation, 4936 Brownsboro Road

• January 22 – “The Janes” 
  Explores the story of seven women who worked clandestinely to ensure women had access to abortion and other forms of healthcare during the time when abortions were illegal.
• January 29 – “The Territory” 
  An immersive on-the-ground look at the tireless fight of the Indigenous Ure-eu-wau-wau people against the encroaching deforestation brought by farmers and illegal settlers in the Brazilian Amazon.
• February 5 – “The Price of Fairness: Why We Accept Inequality and Social Injustice” 
  Examines why we accept huge levels of inequality and social injustice, beginning with a surprising set of social experiments in Norway, which suggest that our willingness to support systems of inequality is far greater than we are often prepared to admit.
• February 12 – “We’re All Plastic People Now”
  Investigates the hidden story of plastic and its effects on human health.
• March 8 – “No Other Land” at First U click here at 3pm
  Made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective, this film shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank’s Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.

Suggested donation: $10/person/film

League of Women Voters Louisville

Monday, January 26, at 6:00 p.m. via zoom

The program will feature Dr. Sheila Schuster, Executive Director of Advocacy Action Network; Dr. Eric Russ, Executive Director of Kentucky Psychological Association; and Jessica Klein, MPH, Senior Policy Associate for the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy. Attendees will learn about hot topics, including the Biennial Budget; Medicaid and improving the health of Kentuckians; the status of DEI programs and resources directed to public schools K-12; and assuring food security.

The public will have the chance to write questions in the chat to be asked by the moderator, Sandra Renner, co-president of the League.
Here is the zoom link.
Meeting ID: 869 8250 5727    Passcode:257072

The League of Women Voters is a non-partisan, grassroots organization working to protect and expand voting rights and ensure everyone is represented in our democracy. For questions, click here.

Green Sanctuary UU Climate Action zoom meeting January 28

Join us from 7:00pm – 8:30pm via zoom. Register and get the zoom link
The annual Celebration is a time for our Active Green Sanctuary Teams to come together to share what they’re working on. It’s a fast-paced, inspirational review of all the good work our congregations are doing. Come to learn how UUs are transforming our congregations through climate justice or share what your congregation is working on in your GS2030 ministry. Join the fun! — Come together for shared learning and mutual supports with other UUs transforming our congregations through climate justice. Green Sanctuary 2030 community meetings take place on the third Wednesday of the month.

Room in the Inn Louisville

First Unitarian volunteers will once again have the opportunity to participate in the Room in the Inn (RITI) Louisville winter shelter program, January-February 2026.

• We hope to cover 5-8 nights during the winter months of January and February, spread across the two months. We will need three volunteers for each evening shift (4:30-10 p.m.), two for each overnight shift (10:00 p.m. – 5:00 a.m.), and two for each morning shift (4:45 a.m. – 7:30 a.m.). There are opportunities for men and women to volunteer. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact the office.
• Donation If you want to support RITI Louisville but cannot volunteer, consider making a donation. We are especially looking for mattress donors; each mattress costs $350. But every contribution helps, no matter the size! You can donate HERE.

RITI Louisville is now an independent 501(c)(3) organization, able to accept charitable donations. One of our Congregation is the President of its Board of Directors. Feed Louisville will be providing dinners at both sites Mondays through Fridays, while congregation volunteers will provide the meals on Saturdays and Sundays.