This Week:

Sunday, July 21 at 10:30am in person or online via Youtube

“Music Is the Very Foundation of Humankind” 

With Judi Unger, Music Director 

Explore the traditional music and customs of Ghana, from Judi Unger, who just returned from three weeks of study at Nunya Academy Summer Institute in Dzodze, Ghana. Unger will share her experience from her cultural and musical adventure in learning about West Africa.  She will share about the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its historical significance specifically in Ghana and West Africa, including the slave castles, used to house captives before being forced onto ships for the Middle Passage. Experience a traditional movement activity and learn a traditional Ewe welcome song. Explore how music is not just an entertainment activity, but built into every fiber of our lives, culture, and being.

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YouTube page for services' livestream:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCg3uthKVVYfWS55zpRTv8LA

​​(then click on the livestream for that day's date)

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Sunday School Info: 

Sunday School: This summer, our Elementary Sunday School class (K-5th grade) will be exploring LEGO® ValUUes, a LEGO®-Centered & Experiential Curriculum on Unitarian Universalist Values. They will meet in the classroom for the full hour, beginning at 10:30. [Please note that children of all ages are also always welcome to attend the worship service with their families]. Our Middle/High Sunday School class will take a break from their regularly scheduled Sunday morning classes until Aug 11. They will meet a few times throughout the summer for special activities (dates TBD). Watch your email for more details, or contact dre@firstuuomaha.org if you need to be added to our Mid/High School families contact list. 

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The Order of Service may be downloaded on Sunday morning. 

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To submit a Joy or Concern to be shared in worship, click here.

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Our Share the Plate recipient for July is OATS (Open Arms Trans Social Group). OATS welcomes the trans community of all ages, gender identities, and gender expressions, drawing people from well beyond the Omaha area. While OATS centers the trans experience as we lift one another up in the spirit of fellowship and love, we invite our cisgender allies, family members, and partners to attend as well. This group meets at Second Unitarian Church. Click here to donate. 

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Coming Up...​

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Sunday, July 28 at 10:30am in person or online via Youtube

“Cults, Control and YoUU”

by Rev. Shari Woodbury
In recent months, an old accusation against Unitarian Universalism has risen again: that this young liberal religious tradition is a cult. Rev. Woodbury, herself no stranger to culty groups, offers her take on how UUism is or isn’t like a cult. She also speaks to what a contemporary spiritual seeker should know, to help them make healthy choices about involvement in any group or program. 

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Sunday, August 4 at 10:30am in person or online via Youtube

More information coming soon.

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Sunday, August 11 at 10:30am in person or online via Youtube

 “Ch- ch- ch- change in the Church”

by Rev. Shari Woodbury
The landscape of religion in America continues to shift dramatically from previous generations. What is church for? What is transient and what should be permanent in religion – including at First Unitarian Church of Omaha? As we begin a year of exploring the purpose of our church, Rev. Shari steps back for a birdseye view on change in the church.

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Land Acknowledgment

It is appropriate to acknowledge that the First Unitarian Church of Omaha occupies the traditional treaty lands of the Omaha and Otoe-Missouria Tribal Nations whose sovereignty existed long before the state of Nebraska. We would also like to express our respect to the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska, and over 170 other tribes represented within the Omaha area