Events

Storylines:Doing Our Origins Work Together Facilitator: Pastor April Blaine Two options: 4 Wednesdays at 4pm starting October 15 or 6:30pm starting October 29* This four-week small group will help us explore the deep threads of our own stories as we move through the Season of Origins. *Start date change (from October 22). On October 22 we encourage you to attend the public talk with Dr. Belinda Gore at 7pm in the Sanctuary. Together we’ll reflect on three “lines” that shape…

Resumes October 20252nd & 4th Wednesdays6:30-7:30pmIn person:Sanctuary buildingParlor (room 206) Join facilitators Ellen Hans and Emily Lamb for conversation and action around climate change, environmental stewardship, and how to best care for our Sacred Earth! Come for discussion around what this group can be: working on projects together, generating action steps, perhaps inviting guest speakers, reading and discussing books to educate ourselves, and mostly supporting each other in our efforts to protect our Earth. Bring your ideas and energy for…

Please Join Us Mounds, Moon, & Stars:The Legacy of Ohio’s Magnificent Earthworks Presented by the Great Circle Alliance & Hilliard UMC The exhibition explores the profound celestial and cultural connections embedded in the ancient earthworks of the Hopewell tradition, where sky, land, and spirit align. Inspired by the sacred geometry of the Great Circle, lunar cycles, and star paths, Mounds, Moon, and Stars invites viewers to reflect on the timeless dialogue between human creativity and the cosmos. The Great Circle…

4 ThursdaysStarting October 236-8pm at churchRoom 306/308 How are your relationships going? Want to gain more awareness of your default habits and discover fresh insights for how things could be different? As the holidays approach, this is a great time to better understand yourself — and your family and friendship dynamics. With engaging, fun activities and thoughtful reflection, including use of the Enneagram, we’ll help you bring clarity, compassion, and connection into the holidays, to navigate life and family with…

Join Dr. Kate Common for another opportunity to hear the in-depth story of the research she did to develop the Season of Origins and the importance of this work today.   This fall, Hilliard United Methodist Church will be among the first congregations in the country to launch Origins, a new liturgical season of the church year. Like Advent or Lent, Origins is a time set apart for focused reflection and growth. The heart of Origins is this: to uncover forgotten or erased stories and bring them back…

Starts Sunday, October 263:30-4:30pmAt church: room 6, Warehouse 839 building (enter through church office doors on north side of building) Join Earlene Sanborn in creating a new ongoing book group to choose and discuss Christian books together, starting with Richard Rohr’s Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life (get your own copy). For this book, we’ll start with 4 Sunday afternoon meetings, 3:30-4:30pm, October 26, November 2 & 16, & December 7, meeting at church (dates are flexible…

Storylines:Doing Our Origins Work Together Facilitator: Pastor April Blaine Two options: 4 Wednesdays at 4pm starting October 15 or 6:30pm starting October 29* This four-week small group will help us explore the deep threads of our own stories as we move through the Season of Origins. *Start date change (from October 22). On October 22 we encourage you to attend the public talk with Dr. Belinda Gore at 7pm in the Sanctuary. Together we’ll reflect on three “lines” that shape…