Join us for a fun evening learning creative techniques for arranging native flowers and plants with Emily Hunt, co-owner of Freida T’s Flower Farm and co-founder of the SOKY Floral Exchange. With a design and horticulture degree from Eastern Kentucky University, Emily is the creative spirit behind the SOKY Floral Exchange. Her expertise will guide attendees through the process of designing a stunning bouquet to take home.

Attendees, if possible, please bring your own vase and clippers or scissors. We’ll have a wide of variety of flowers and other interesting plants, but if you have native flowers, grasses, or ferns, we would love for you to share! If you would like to donate native stems or volunteer to help during the event, please email us at soky.wildones@gmail.com

Registration is required and space is limited. The workshop is free, with a suggested donation of $10/bouquet. Cash, credit, and checks will be accepted at the door. Register here: https://soky.wildones.org/07-10-2025-bouquet-workshop/

"Democracy is not a spectator sport.” So said Lotte Scharfman, an Austrian who fled from the Nazis and came to Massachusetts. Though some challenges are common, over time, countries develop a variety of solutions that– ideally — work together to support their democracy. Come on Sunday to hear how Germany has structured its politics, social programs, and education system. Our speakers are Uta and Claus, who were born in Germany and have been frequent visitors there during the last six decades.

The Children’s Story by James Clavell is not for children. It is a chilling tale of our susceptibility to indoctrination, to the ability of others to shape and change our minds. Placed in a classroom it is an extraordinarily relevant allegory on the impressionability of the human mind and the need for every person to keep questioning and learning. UUCBG students and adults will be featured in this 20 minute play. We look forward to continued discussion during coffee hour.

Join us as we celebrate the beauty that is the summer season, and partake of a century-old Unitarian tradition.

Awe is being in the presence of something vast that transcends our current understanding of the world. Awe moves us to focus on things outside of ourselves. Awe is all around us because awe is always within us. Let us seek awe.

Many of us grew up hearing the story in the Gospels of Jesus ‘healing’ the blind man. Some traditions emphasize that Jesus’s miracle was the most important part of this story. I beg to differ.

Every person you meet has a purpose in your life, whether it be to teach you a lesson, inspire you to grow or support you in your journey. No encounter is accidental or meaningless.

Come celebrate the beauty of the Earth during our spring festivals of Earth Day and May Day

We all live with the knowledge that we will die. How do we planning for it and come to terms with it? A panel of church members share their experiences, insights and actions as a result of their time spent in a group learning and reflecting together.

The service is livestreamed and stored on YouTube

Everyone Welcome! Carpool gathers at UUCBG at 12:45, or just meet at the Park at 1pm.

The trail is 1 mile, level, and paved. UUCBG will provide the bags.
Please bring water and sunscreen and wear sturdy closed-toe shoes, socks, sunhat, and gloves.

When Everything Changes: Beginning in Recovery.

Guest Speaker: Rev. Dr. Michelle Pederson

The service is livestreamed and stored on YouTube

Everyone Welcome! Carpool gathers at UUCBG at 12:45, or just meet at the Labyrinth at 1pm.

Guest Speaker: Rev. Dr. Elaine Strawn

The service is livestreamed and stored on YouTube

“Memories and Identity”
Tiny House Project: Huge in a Small Place

Come create art and experience Cuban food and music!

FREE! Though Donations are greatly appreciated!

You may attend the workshop, the dinner, or both.
Space is limited, so reservations are required.
Please Register by Sunday, March 2nd.

PRESENTERS

• Dr. Miwon Choe, Western Kentucky University

• Arianna Aguilera, Cienfuegos, Cuba

• Neli Ouzounova, Glasgow High School

  WHEN: 4:00 to 7:30 on Friday, March 7th, 2025.
  COST: Suggested dinner donation is $20 / plate, but donations of any amount are welcome! Consider sponsoring a plate for someone else as well as yourself.
  WHERE: Unitarian Universalist Church of Bowling Green, 2033 Nashville Road, Bowling Green KY
  CONTACT: office@uucbg.org

  WORKSHOP
  *3:45 - 4:00 pm: Doors open at 3:45
  *4:00 - 4:30 pm: Project overview by Presenters
  *4:30 - 6:00 pm: Art Workshop - transforming a symbolic house (paper and/or gingerbread) into your dream of home.

  DINNER
  *6:00 - 6:45 pm: Dinner of Cuban food served.
  *6:45 - 7:30 pm: Brief sharing by participants of their art, followed by Cuban Music.

We will lift up some early leaders of the Women's Rights movement whose work continues to inspire us today and gives us hope for a better tomorrow.

Speaker: Ken Kuehn

The service is livestreamed and stored on YouTube

We live in a world where cultural and physical relocations ask for constant transformation into the essence of who we are. As the old Cuban wisdom says, "The walls turned on their sides, are bridges." Through the symbolic imagery of House and Home, we share Inside Out: Mirror of Identity and Outside In: Connecting Memories to build a common bridge of humanity.

Speaker: Dr. Miwon Choe

The service is livestreamed and stored on YouTube

Fugitive slave, abolitionist, orator, preacher, journalist, editor, writer, and statesman, Frederick Douglass wore many hats in his lifetime to help a nation find meaning in moments of crisis, becoming, in the process, an important symbol of his age. Grounded in a combination of secular and religious ideas and drawn to Unitarianism, Douglass's outlook and interpretation of America's passage from slavery to freedom remains instructive for the current moment.

Guest Speaker: Dr. Andrew Rosa

The service is livestreamed and stored on YouTube

Speaker: Laura McGee

The service is livestreamed and stored on YouTube

Pantheism is the belief that God and the Universe are the same things rather than separate things. In other words: "God is all and all is God". This doctrine equates God with the forces and natural laws of the Universe.

Speaker: Javonni Burchett

The service is livestreamed and stored on YouTube

In our UU tradition, we strive to "put love at the center;" our society as a whole appears to hold power as its central and highest value. Wisdom lies somewhere in between, but where exactly? And what is the wise response when we see and feel power abused? Let's look into this together.

Speaker: the Rev. Peter Connolly

The service is livestreamed and stored on YouTube

Guest Speaker: the Rev. Michelle Pederson

The service is livestreamed and stored on YouTube

A commitment -- to a career, a religion, a relationship, or an exercise program -- shapes our lives. What have you committed to? What is worthy of your time?

Speaker: Janeen Grohsmeyer

The service is livestreamed and stored on YouTube

Speaker: Clancy Kiener

Embracing and understanding ourselves allows us to truly understand others, fostering a sense of unity and connection.

Due to bad weather, the service is held via Zoom and then uploaded to YouTube later.

Speaker: The Rev. Dr. Deane Oliva
It's been a turbulent yearfor most. We will ritualize letting go of last year and turn our attention to what centers us and moves us forward.

The service is livestreamed and stored on YouTube

Everyone is welcome! Please bring food to share if you can.

Our traditional Illumination Sunday includes walking a spiral path and lighting lots of chalices. All Ages Welcome! If you have a chalice or special candle, please bring it to this celebration.

The service is livestreamed and stored on YouTube

Come walk a spiral path in this evening service of music and candlelight. Children are welcome! The ceremony will run twice: 5 pm and 7pm