Author: Jennifer Landry
Photos of the Week for December 22, 2020
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Religious Exploration News – December 27, 2020
Click on any image below to view the full Religious Exploration Google doc for this week! All Church Read 2020- The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek Book Trailer Video Themes: Social Justice- reading/literacy, classism, hunger, women’s rights Racial Justice Role of animals in human lives Historical exploration opportunity- Appalachia, Kentucky Blue Fugate people and methemoglobinemia. … Continue reading Religious Exploration News – December 27, 2020
Holiday Special Collection – Minister’s Emergency Fund December 2020
As has been our custom during Holiday Services this time of year, once again we invite members and friends to contribute to the Minister’s Emergency Fund. As may can imagine, this year the emergency fund was used a great deal. Over $4800 was spent on emergency relief including money for homeless families, funds to help … Continue reading Holiday Special Collection – Minister’s Emergency Fund December 2020
Faith In Action – Side With Love News – December 22, 2020
This month’s anti-racism community conversation will include discussion on local issues and events addressing anti-racism in Worcester. Our monthly conversations are a time and place for learning and engagement. All are welcome to join us as we work to put our faith into action! Tuesday, 12/29 @ 6:30pm – UUCW Anti-Racism Community Conversation For more information, … Continue reading Faith In Action – Side With Love News – December 22, 2020
2020 Greendale Ecumenical Advent Devotional Now Available
As has been the tradition for the past few years, the Greendale Ecumenical Group has once again published a devotional of readings for each day of Advent. This year UUCW contributors include Dianne Mann and Rev. Aaron Payson. Please CLICK HERE to download a copy. Blessings, Rev. Aaron Payson
December 2020 Moments of Meditation From UUCW
Please join the UUCW Daily Moments Group on Facebook! Thursday, December 31, 2020 December 31 moment of meditation, reflection and prayer. On New Year’s Eve to bid goodbye to 2020 a year we shall not soon forget. Blessings, Aaron https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/12/28/greetings-friends-the-new-yorkers-2020-christmas-poem Wednesday, December 16, 2020 December 16 moment of meditation, reflection, and prayer at the start … Continue reading December 2020 Moments of Meditation From UUCW
December 2020 Touchstones Readings From the Common Bowl
December 1: “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” ~ Mother Teresa December 2: “Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” ~ Mark Twain December 3: “Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, … Continue reading December 2020 Touchstones Readings From the Common Bowl
COVID-19 Health, Safety & Programming Update – December 22, 2020
The UUCW Health & Safety Team met last month to review plans for the coming months and the onset of colder weather. In short, the Team reiterated its recommendation to the Board that we continue to keep the buildings closed for use by congregational and community groups. The Team remains concerned with the trajectory of … Continue reading COVID-19 Health, Safety & Programming Update – December 22, 2020
Listening For Our Song
Presented by Laura K. Secor (Text by Rev. David Blanchard) Listening for Our Song by Rev. David Blanchard On sabbatical in East Africa, I heard a story of a people who believe that we are each created with our own song. Their tradition as a community is to honor that song by singing it as … Continue reading Listening For Our Song