The 2024 Lenten Devotional produced by the Greendale Ecumenical Group is now available. Devotions for each week of Lent are included and are largely based on daily scripture readings from the revised common lectionary. A few hard copies will be available at church on Sunday. Blessings, Aaron CLICK HERE to access this year’s Devotional.
by Rev. Aaron Payson “Suzuki Roshi, I’ve been listening to your lectures for years,” a student said during the question and answer time following a lecture, “but I just don’t understand. Could you just please put it in a nutshell? Can you reduce Buddhism to one phrase?” Everyone laughed. Suzuki laughed. “Everything changes”, he said. Then he … Continue reading On Transformation & Loving Kindness
We continue our Sunday Evening Adult Faith Development Program for the 2023-2024 season online on Sunday, March 10, 2024, beginning @ 7 pm, continuing with the 5th session of a NEW 10-part series on Ethics and Unitarian Universalism entitled “What We Choose.” This week’s session will explore “Natural, Legal and Human Rights” within our tradition. All … Continue reading Sunday Evening Adult Faith Development – March 10, 7 PM, Online
This sesson was postponed from February 18 due to a scheduling conflict. There is no meeting on February 25. We continue our Sunday Evening Adult Faith Development Program for the 2023-2024 season online on Sunday, March 3, 2024, beginning @ 7 pm, continuing with the 4th session of a NEW 10-part series on Ethics and Unitarian … Continue reading Sunday Evening Adult Faith Development – March 3, 7 PM, Online
Good Trouble Sundays are Back! We are taking on the UUA’s UUtheVote challenge to meet their goals to once again be named a Good Trouble Congregation and we need lots of help from the congregation. More importantly, we are taking on the enormous task of getting people to the polls so their voices can be … Continue reading Good Trouble Sunday is Back February 18
We are meeting Saturday (February 10) at 9 am NuKitchen [335 Chandler Street Worcester, MA 01602]. <<We ARE changing the venue this week because the church is otherwise occupied with a rental group. We are going to give them plenty of elbow room and head on over to Nu Kitchen. [We will also meet at … Continue reading Women’s Social Circle – February 10 – Meeting @ NuKitchen
by Rev. Aaron Payson In honor of this month’s Soul Matter’s Theme, “The Gifts of Justice and Equity” we continue a theme that was the focus of last week’s Religious Exploration class for Potpourri Sunday, namely the anniversary of the birthday and celebration of the historical legacy of Rosa Parks. The history of Rosa Park’s … Continue reading Justice, Equity, and Rosa Parks
We continue our Sunday Evening Adult Faith Development Program for the 2023-2024 season online this Sunday, February 11, 2024, beginning @ 7 pm, continuing with the 3rd session of a NEW 10-part series on Ethics and Unitarian Universalism entitled “What We Choose.” This week’s session will explore “The Collective Good” within our tradition. All action is … Continue reading Sunday Evening Adult Faith Development – February 11, 7 PM, Online
Comment from our second session, on Sunday, January 28th: “This week’s session addressed strategies for responding to racist comments from those around us. I appreciated that the presenter acknowledged the range of options for handling these situations. The key is to think about the issue in advance and be prepared to respond in a way … Continue reading Addressing Racism Discussion Groups – January 21 & 28, February 4 & 11
We continue our Sunday Evening Adult Faith Development Program for the 2023-2024 season online this Sunday, February 4, 2024, beginning @ 7 pm, continuing with the 2nd session of a NEW 10-part series on Ethics and Unitarian Universalism entitled “What We Choose.” This week’s session will explore “Unchanging Truths” within our tradition. Please CLICK HERE to … Continue reading Sunday Evening Adult Faith Development – February 4, 7 PM, Online
