Photos of the Week for December 23, 2025
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We know that there may be folks out there who are in need of a gift. We can help with our Minister’s Emergency Fund. Also, we know that there are people who enjoy buying gifts during the holidays for others. We ask that you contact Robin or Aaron if you are that person or family … Continue reading Holiday Gift Needs
Please Help Us Decorate the Giving Tree! Beginning this Sunday, November 30th, we invite you to bring in new or gently used hats, gloves, mittens, scarves, and winter socks to decorate the tree in our sanctuary. Place them directly on the tree or in the basket underneath. These items will be donated to folks in our … Continue reading Annual Holiday Giving Tree – November 30 – December 24
The 2025 Greendale Ecumenical Group Advent Devotional is now available. Friends from Grace Lutheran Churches (Zion and Bethel), Salem Covenant Church, Greendale People’s Church, First Congregational Church of Auburn, and our own UUCW have contributed daily reflections for the season of Advent & Christmas beginning Sunday, November 30 through December 25. CLICK HERE to access … Continue reading 2025 Greendale Ecumenical Group Advent Devotional
Is it the power of suggestion on my part owing to our country’s financial hard times, or am I simply noticing for-sale house signs in mid November for the first time in my 18 years of traveling these roads to UUCW on Sundays? This past Sunday, I counted 4 such signs on my way to … Continue reading Reassessing Holiday Shoe Boxes This Year – Donating to the Minister’s Emergency Fund
Social Threads will meet on Sunday January 4th 1:30 -5:00 Please note the start time has changed to 1:30. We have a couple of outreach projects we’re working on plus bring your own beautiful creations for show and tell and to work on! We welcome new friends all the time! Come join us! We ask for … Continue reading Social Threads Quilting and Sewing Community – Sunday January 4, 1:30 – 5 pm
Join us for our monthly Lunch with the Minister on Wednesday, January 7, 2026 in Fellowship Hall. Bring your lunch and enjoy a casual visit and conversation with Rev. Aaron Payson and other UU friends. Beverages and place settings are provided. Everyone is welcome to drop in.
The Book Group will meet next on Wednesday, January 14that 7 PM in Classroom 3. We will discuss Rory Stewart’s “The Places In Between.” This non-fiction book is about a 36-day walk across Afghanistan in 2002, just after the fall of the Taliban. You’re welcome if you haven’t finished the book, and even if you’ve not read … Continue reading UUCW Book Group – “The Places In Between” – January 14, 2026, 7 – 8:30 PM
Join us for our FREE monthly UU Game Night from 6 – 8:30 pm! 1st Friday of the month. (*except December & January) Bring games, a friend and/or a snack. Please pre-register so we can set up tables. See link.We will be offering pizza and drinks with pre-registration for $5. Hosted by Kim Napoleone and Ken Basye. Oct 3, Nov 7, Dec 12, … Continue reading Friday Game Night – First Fridays October – May, 6 – 8:30 PM, Fellowship Hall
Greetings from the Refugee Ministry Team. This is an appeal for donations to help an Afghan man, who is currently detained by ICE, with his legal expenses and potential bond. Several of us who are part of this congregation have developed close friendships with a number of Afghan refugees. We started out as volunteers, but over … Continue reading UUCW Refugee Ministry Team News – Opportunity to Help an Afghan Refugee