Welcome to West Shore
Unitarian Universalist Church
Our Mission is to inspire more people to lead lives
of meaning and purpose.
Connect Grow Serve
What are we about at West Shore? Our vision is that because of your relationship with this church, you will be inspired to live a life of meaning and purpose. How does one do that? By connecting with your highest values and with others who share them, by growing in wisdom and compassion, and by serving needs greater than your own. As you look through this website, we hope you'll find plenty of information to help you connect with others--grow in your spiritual life--and to be of service to a world that needs all of us.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
9:30 & 11:15 a.m.
Inner Jihad
Service offered by Rev. Kathleen Rolenz
The distorion of the Islamic teaching of 'jihad' into a word that means "terrorism" in the minds of Americans is tragic. The spiritual meaning of the word is by far the most important meaning for Islam, and it refers to the spiritual struggle with needs, wants, passions, commandments and aspirations - a familiar struggle to us all - as we try to be the best people we can be. This Sunday, we will celebrate a Welcoming Ceremony for West Shore's new members.
Morning Forum at 10:30 a.m. "Stretching Out and Staying Fit" with Plain Dealer reporter and columnist Zachary Lewis who will speak about his popular weekly column "Stretching Out."
This Week at West Shore
Missed the West Shore Weekly? For news and events that are happening this week, please click here.
Middle East Nosh
Bring a bag lunch and come for conversation about a series of important issues facing Israel and Palestine led by Revs. Wayne Arnason and Kathleen Rolenz. There's no sign up and you can attend one session or all of them.
- Thursday, February 2: The Wall
- Wednesday, February 8: Non-violent Resistance
- Thursday, February 16: A Jewish State
- Thursday, February 23: A Palestinian State
Parish Co-Ministers' Sabbatical Blog
Parish co-ministers Wayne Arnason and Kathleen Rolenz kept a blog while Travelling through Spain, Israel, Palestine and Turkey. For a link to their blog, click here.