Photos of the Week for April 4, 2023

Photo of the Week #1

The Rev. Aaron Payson, left, presents Dr. Anthony B. Pinn with the 2023 Wolfson Award during the service on April 2, 2023. (photos by Betty Jenewin)

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Guest usher Bill Forbes, of the Greater Worcester Humanists, passes the plate during the service on April 2, 2023. Fun fact: Bill is a former Moderator at our church. (We currently use the term President). (photo by Betty Jenewin)

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Helen Wolfson delivers Wolfson Family Remarks during the service on April 2, 2023. (photo by Betty Jenewin)

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#uucwreads highlights the ways that books are part of our members’ and staff’s lives. March was Women’s History Month and Joan McGinn, who coordinated the WHM events for UUCW, says “one out-of-print book that I find myself returning to is Anita Spenser’s Seasons: Ages and Stages in Women’s Development. “Spenser likens stages of emotional maturity and spiritual development to the seasons of the years, culminating in Winter, with the fruition of all your relationships and endeavors. Spencer’s notion of mature spirituality is rooted in Carol Gillian’s idea that most women invest in emotional relationships as their primary task in life. She also says that women who have taken care and nourished their close relationships throughout earlier seasons in their lives should arrive in the latest stages of Winter as fully actualized humans and fulfilled people. “My experience in this mid-Winter time of my life tells me that this is essentially true for me and most of my friends.”

Photo of the Week #5

This photo from the UUCW archives takes us back to this undated photo of the Simple Living Group doing yard work. From left, they are Judy Savage, Kim McCoy, Jude Ayer, Mara Pentlarge, Kate O’Dell and Paul Kelley.

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This photo from the UUCW archives takes us back to this undated photo of the play “Charlotte’s Web.” This production was directed by Deb Bonneau, who was also accompanist. Ryan, left, played Mr. Zuckerman. The Rev. Aaron Payson played Lurvy, Mr. Zuckerman’s farm hand. Ryan was somewhat shy, so Rev. Payson was basically picking him up by his overalls, and feeding him his lines. Word has it that it was very funny. (photo by Judy Savage)