Community

Thursday, December 31, 7-8:30pm, Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 E. Oakland Park Ave.

The Dances of Universal Peace are simple, meditative, and joyous circle dances that celebrate the variety of spiritual paths on Earth. If you like folk dancing, you’ll be right at home here. No previous experience is needed — just an open and willing attitude. Participation, not presentation, is the focus.

Contact: 614-486-9530 [Thallia] or centralohiosufi@yahoo.com

Saturday, December 26, 5-8pm, MCL Kingsdale, 3154 Kingsdale Center, Upper Arlington, Ohio

Come out and join us for dinner and conversation! We’ll be in the back room unless there’s a special event going on in that room.

Tuesday, December 22, 7pm, Trinity Episcopal Church on Capitol Square, 125 E. Broad St.

Please join the Columbus Coalition for the Homeless at Trinity Episcopal Church as we honor those homeless individuals who have passed away during the previous calendar year. This annual interreligious service brings together representatives from the Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Humanist, Buddhist, Sikh, and Universalist traditions in order to memorialize an often forgotten and marginalized community. We hope to see you there on the evening of the Winter Solstice, the longest night of the year.

Monday, December 21, 7:30-9:30pm, 1550 Old Henderson Rd., Rm. 131

Columbus Rationality, a part of the Humanist Community of Central Ohio, is a group of secular people dedicated to figuring out how to improve our thinking as a means of most effectively achieving our goals and enacting our values.

We generally begin with introductions and socializing at 7:30pm; the program starts at 7:45pm.

Parental warning: we are a very casual group; there is some swearing and discussion of mature issues.

Sunday, December 13, 6:30-8:30pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.

Saturday, December 12, 6:30-11pm, 1021 E. Broad St. [east side door]

Join progressive friends for food, drink and great music.

Contact: colsfreepress@gmail.com or 614-253-2571

Friday, December 11, 5-8pm, Simply Living’s office [located inside of Maynard Ave. United Methodist Church], 2350 Indianola Ave.

Stop in for conversation, networking and holiday cheer with our Simply Living community! “Simplify the Holidays” is our theme. Consider participating in our “bring one, take one” gift recycle table. Somehow, there are always extra items even if you come empty handed!

Contact: Chuck.Lynd@gmail.com or 614-354-6172 (cell)

Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December to commemorate the day on which, in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 1950, the United Nations General Assembly passed resolution 423 (V), inviting all States and interested organizations to observe 10 December of each year as Human Rights Day.

Tuesday, December 8, 6:30pm, Northwood-High Building, 2231 N. High St., Rm. 100

A reading group initiated by the Franklin County Green Party has formed to discuss Naomi Klein’s latest book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate. The group will meet the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30pm in Room 100 of the Northwood-High Building, 2231 N. High St. This event will follow the regular second-Tuesday 5:30pm Franklin County Green Party meeting.

Saturday, December 12, 11am-3:30pm, Whetstone Park of Roses Shelter House, 3901 N. High St.

Join Humanist Community of Central Ohio for our annual Winter Solstice Celebration on Saturday, December 12, 11am-3pm, at the Whetstone Park of Roses Shelter House.

Edwin Moise is a former evangelical church planter who planted several churches and campuses in the United States, and one internationally, before de-converting in 2012.