The Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry served 80 families on May 17, 2025. Go team!!! Front row, from left, Melissa McKeon, Susan Crossley and Marilyn Martin. Back row: Denise Darrigrand. Photo Bomb, but not really: Emily Konstan.
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Meredith Neuman brings in an empty cart from the parking lot during Food Pantry morning.Continue reading →
2025 Yard Sale Co-chairs Michele Hernandez, left, and Ana Gregory at the pulpit during the service on May 11, 2025. Ana was speaking about the event, after reading the Welcome. She is wearing her famous fundraising hat, named Cashee. The Yard Sale will be held on June 7, 2025. Time TBAContinue reading →
A New Member Ceremony was held during the service on May 4, 2025. Standing on the right side are the new members joining. From left, they are Vicky Biancolo, Heather Maloof, Trevor Maloof, Brian Russo, Deborah-Ruth Mokrin and Meredith Neuman. The Rev. Aaron Payson stands center; Melissa McKeon and Mary Paradiso are at left.
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Sheri Linn and Josh Belden were in the house on May 4, 2025. At left, they were wearing complementary t-shirts. At right, they were one of several couples who got up and danced to the verse of the Opening Hymn that says “When the Spirit says dance.”
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Drew Wilkin read the Welcome during the Service on May 4, 2025. He also read the Opening Words and lit the Chalice.
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The Garden-On team wishes to announce the impending birth of four baby robins on our church property. The nest is in a different place than last year; Leo DaSilva discovered it.Continue reading →
Heeeeeeeeee’s back! April 20, 2025 was the Rev. Aaron Payson’s first Sunday service since returning from Sabbatical. During the Story for Children of All Ages (“Where’s the Afikoman?”), Rev. Payson held up a piece of matzo bread.
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The choir sings the Choral Anthem “My Lord What A Morning” on April 20, 2025, Easter Sunday.
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The UUCW Bell Ensemble played “Jesus Christ is Risen Today,” the Introit, on April 20, 2025. Kathleen Nagy conducted the ensemble.
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From left, Sabbatical Task Force Chair Moira Rouse receives a gift from Board President Melissa McKeon, in recognition of her service during the sabbatical.
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Sweet Sixteen, Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry! April 19, 2025 was the 16th anniversary of the Food Pantry being located at UUCW.
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From left, Food Pantry volunteers Jenny DelGizzi and Mary Kilburn pose with their Easter headgear. Note that Jenny’s bunnies are wearing tutus!Continue reading →
Chaplain Kye Flannery delivers their Reflection on April 13, 2025. Their topic was “Meeting Failure on the Road.”
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Stewardship Campaign Co-Chair Dave Schowalter gestures in response to choir members’ spontaneous applause before the service on April 13, 2025. Dave had just updated the Stewarship results on the display on the Sanctuary wall. With only a couple more pledges to go, we have already significantly topped last year’s total.
This is the Leshay gratitude photo! Participants at the April 2, 2025 “Lunch With The Minister” gather around the Rev. Cheryl Leshay and her husband Bruce. We are grateful for Rev. Leshay’s coverage during Rev. Payson’s sabbatical. We are also grateful for Bruce’s 20 years as UUCW Youth Group Advisor.
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Beth Posner-Waldron’s 70th birthday was April 6, 2025. To celebrate, she gifted the church with a birthday cake, which all enjoyed during Fellowship Hour.
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The Rev. Michael F. Hall was our Guest Minister on April 6, 2025.
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From left, Mary Paradiso and Drew Wilkin bring up the offertory plates on April 6, 2025.
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Carole Howe with an unidentified woman holding the Indivisible Worcester banner during a Hands Off! Rally on April 5, 2025.Continue reading →
Senior Youth Group Members reflect on Freedom during the annual Youth Group Sunday Service on March 30, 2025. Clockwise from upper left, they are Justin, Elisabeth, Owen and Davin.
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Vernon reads the book “One Love,” the Story for All Ages, during the annual Youth Group Service.
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Nancy Baffa, left, and Melissa McKeon uncover dishes as folks line up to plate their food. This was the All-Church Potluck Dinner on March 29, 2025.
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John Odell arrives to the Potluck with a chicken dish. Leslie Linson is behind him.
Shah Salmi sings the Introit, “For Always,” during the service on March 23, 2025. He later performed again, singing “People” for the Offertory song.
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From left, Moira Rouse and Cathy Albanese Gabbett sing “Defying Gravity,” the Postlude of the service on March 23, 2025. Defying Gravity is the theme of this year’s Stewardship Campaign.
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Guest Minister the Rev. Sarah Person delivers the Reading “Parable of the Desert” during the service on March 23, 2025.
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Dee Hudson, our hard working Sexton, prepares Fellowship Hall for Lunch With The Minister on March 5, 2025.Continue reading →
All photos from Music Sunday – March 16, 2025. Here, Music Director Matt Johnsen gave a Reading from Chris Anderson’s book “Infectious Generosity” as an introduction to what he would be talking about during his Reflection.
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At left, Kathleen Nagy plays the Offertory Song, “Londonderry Aire,” on French Horn. At right, JaganNath Khalsa plays “Spiegel im spiegel” by Arvo Partt, the Prelude.
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The choir sings “Five Hebrew Love Songs.”
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Conductor Kathleen Nagy leads the Bell Ensemble in the Introit, “Amazing Grace.”
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Pauline Courchesne gives her personal testimony during the Stewardship Moment.Continue reading →
