Unitarian Universalist
CHURCH OF SPARTANBURG
CHURCH OF SPARTANBURG
Sunday Service at 11:00
Vespers Wednesday at 6:30
Vespers Wednesday at 6:30
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Book Club
The Book Club meets the first Wednesday of each month. Strange Fits of Passion by Anita Shreeve is the choice for our November Book Group. This author also wrote the popular book The Pilot’s Wife. The paperback is available from Amazon for $5.66 (Kindle version $9.66). There are two copies in the Spartanburg Library System, both currently checked out. Discussion will be at our usual first Wednesday date (November 2) starting after Vespers (between 6:45 and 7:00) in Room 5. Come share our love of books! We have wonderful discussions and enjoy one another's company.
The Book Club meets the first Wednesday of each month. Strange Fits of Passion by Anita Shreeve is the choice for our November Book Group. This author also wrote the popular book The Pilot’s Wife. The paperback is available from Amazon for $5.66 (Kindle version $9.66). There are two copies in the Spartanburg Library System, both currently checked out. Discussion will be at our usual first Wednesday date (November 2) starting after Vespers (between 6:45 and 7:00) in Room 5. Come share our love of books! We have wonderful discussions and enjoy one another's company.
Covenant
Groups
Are you searching
for a way to feel
more connected to
others within the church? A wonderful way to connect and gain a better understanding of your own views at the same time is through our covenant groups.
These are small groups that meet monthly to discuss a specific topic. Topics are different every month and give each person a chance to discuss their own thoughts and hear others’ ideas.
Groups follow a standard format beginning with a check-in to see how members are doing. Then there’s a short reading followed by quotes related to the topic. After that, each member can share thoughts without being interrupted. Finally, everyone is invited to discuss thoughts or ideas that come up while listening to one another.
Groups meet at various times during the month, making it easy to find one to fit your schedule.
Groups
Are you searching
for a way to feel
more connected to
others within the church? A wonderful way to connect and gain a better understanding of your own views at the same time is through our covenant groups.
These are small groups that meet monthly to discuss a specific topic. Topics are different every month and give each person a chance to discuss their own thoughts and hear others’ ideas.
Groups follow a standard format beginning with a check-in to see how members are doing. Then there’s a short reading followed by quotes related to the topic. After that, each member can share thoughts without being interrupted. Finally, everyone is invited to discuss thoughts or ideas that come up while listening to one another.
Groups meet at various times during the month, making it easy to find one to fit your schedule.
Eating
Out
Lunch Bunches
Spend some time with your UU friends during the week! The Midweek Lunch Bunch meets twice a month and has an average of eight or more participants each time. We meet the second and fourth Friday of the month, alternating between the east, west, and downtown areas of town. Watch the bulletin and the Happenings to find out where the bunch will meet. Newcomers are especially welcome — it's a great way to get to know your new community.
And in the meantime, join the Sunday Lunch Bunch after the service and discussion.
Out
Lunch Bunches
Spend some time with your UU friends during the week! The Midweek Lunch Bunch meets twice a month and has an average of eight or more participants each time. We meet the second and fourth Friday of the month, alternating between the east, west, and downtown areas of town. Watch the bulletin and the Happenings to find out where the bunch will meet. Newcomers are especially welcome — it's a great way to get to know your new community.
And in the meantime, join the Sunday Lunch Bunch after the service and discussion.
Love,
Knit, &
Crochet
This group meets the third Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. They enjoy fellowship and make scarves for the homeless and shawls for the elderly.
Knit, &
Crochet
This group meets the third Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. They enjoy fellowship and make scarves for the homeless and shawls for the elderly.
Humanist Group
This is a long-running group in our church which meets the third Wednesday of each month after the Wonderful Wednesday supper to discuss issues related to humanism, science, politics, and other "secular" subjects. For more about the humanist group, click here.
This is a long-running group in our church which meets the third Wednesday of each month after the Wonderful Wednesday supper to discuss issues related to humanism, science, politics, and other "secular" subjects. For more about the humanist group, click here.
Committees
Joining a committee is another good way to meet people and make friends. We greatly appreciate our volunteers. One of the best committee for newcomers is the Hospitality Committee, which plans and recruits helpers for our church-wide social events. The Care Committee could use your help sending out cards, providing transportation, and helping to organize memorial services. Building and Grounds is your committee if you like to plant flowers or do interior decoration. Join Lifespan Faith Development if you are interested in education for children, youth, or adults. Most of the committees could use your help and would welcome you enthusiastically.
Joining a committee is another good way to meet people and make friends. We greatly appreciate our volunteers. One of the best committee for newcomers is the Hospitality Committee, which plans and recruits helpers for our church-wide social events. The Care Committee could use your help sending out cards, providing transportation, and helping to organize memorial services. Building and Grounds is your committee if you like to plant flowers or do interior decoration. Join Lifespan Faith Development if you are interested in education for children, youth, or adults. Most of the committees could use your help and would welcome you enthusiastically.
210 Henry Place
P.O. Box 1942
Spartanburg, SC 29304
864-585-9230
P.O. Box 1942
Spartanburg, SC 29304
864-585-9230
Unitarian Universalist Church of Spartanburg
We are a Welcoming Congregation
Small Groups
We have a small-group ministry here in the church, the most important of which is the Covenant Group program (see below and also under Religious Education). There are numerous other groups which do not fall under this definition but which offer members and volunteers an opportunity to get better acquainted with each other and with the church. We hope you will take advantage of the opportunity to get connected to the congregation at this level.
We have a small-group ministry here in the church, the most important of which is the Covenant Group program (see below and also under Religious Education). There are numerous other groups which do not fall under this definition but which offer members and volunteers an opportunity to get better acquainted with each other and with the church. We hope you will take advantage of the opportunity to get connected to the congregation at this level.
Caring Community
Supper Club
We now have a supper group for those who can’t make it to the Midweek Lunch Bunch or who just can’t get enough of eating out with UU friends. The group will usually meet the third Friday evening of the month. If you want your name put on an email list to receive notifications of places and times, let us know at communication@uucs.org.
We now have a supper group for those who can’t make it to the Midweek Lunch Bunch or who just can’t get enough of eating out with UU friends. The group will usually meet the third Friday evening of the month. If you want your name put on an email list to receive notifications of places and times, let us know at communication@uucs.org.
Human Needs and Healthy Human Beings
This discussion group is for both our "thinkers and feelers." Beginning with the question "what do we need from our environment to lead fully human lives," we will explore the topic of human needs in intellectual discussion and by sharing our feelings and perceptions about our own needs. What are our basic needs? What is the result of being deprived of things we truly need? We all need food, clean air and water, shelter, and care and protection just to survive. "Higher" needs include love, belonging, good work, leisure, the beauty of nature, freedom, challenge, and self-esteem. How can we satisfy these universal needs so that we can become healthier and lead a more fully human life? How does our church help us to live into our potential? What is the role of society and government in meeting human needs? Session leaders Monnie Cannon and Cindy Howe. with the help of Marilyn Coltrane, will provide brief background materials and questions for discussion prior to each session.
This discussion group is for both our "thinkers and feelers." Beginning with the question "what do we need from our environment to lead fully human lives," we will explore the topic of human needs in intellectual discussion and by sharing our feelings and perceptions about our own needs. What are our basic needs? What is the result of being deprived of things we truly need? We all need food, clean air and water, shelter, and care and protection just to survive. "Higher" needs include love, belonging, good work, leisure, the beauty of nature, freedom, challenge, and self-esteem. How can we satisfy these universal needs so that we can become healthier and lead a more fully human life? How does our church help us to live into our potential? What is the role of society and government in meeting human needs? Session leaders Monnie Cannon and Cindy Howe. with the help of Marilyn Coltrane, will provide brief background materials and questions for discussion prior to each session.
