The Union Church in Waban       Friday, October 21, 2016
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This Sunday
Bible Discussion Continues  
We will gather at 8:00 a.m. in Stacy's study.  Coffee and tea will be waiting you as well what is always a thoughtful and nourishing conversation. We will entering into the fifth book of the Hebrew Scriptures, the book of Deuteronomy. All are welcome!  
   
Choir Rehearsal at 9:00 a.m.
WORSHIP at 10:00 a.m.  
This Sunday, our offertory anthem will be  "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor"    Words by Emma Lazarus  Music by Irving Berlin.   Irving Berlin and his family immigrated to America from Russia in 1893, escaping the persecution there of the Jews.  He was always grateful to the country that welcomed him, and wrote many patriotic songs, including "God Bless America."   Pastor Stacy will be our preacher and will take us into 2 Samuel 7 with a sermon entitled "Home is where?"
Bell Choir Rehearsal at 11.15 a.m.

Guest Speaker on the Syrian Crisis at 11:30 a.m. on the stage
Ala'a El-Shaar has been involved and advocating for the Syrian cause since the uprising in 2011, having embarked on four psychosocial missions to the Syrian border with the Syrian American Medical Society and recently accepted a position with SAMS New England as their Chapter Coordinator. She currently serves as a Researcher and Clinical Assistant in the Department of Neurology at the VA Boston Healthcare System, specializing in memory disorders. Ala'a El-Shaar will provide an overview of the Syrian crisis, the current medical and humanitarian conditions within Syria and its surrounding countries, as well as firsthand accounts from interactions and psychosocial missions with refugees and orphaned children and families on the border.
Upcoming Sundays

October 30th
Amy Feldman Clark will be our preacher.  Pastor Stacy will be away. 

November 6th 
Will be receiving new members on Sunday the 6th!  If you are interested in learning more about Union Church in Waban and becoming a member, please be in touch with
Pastor Stacy (stacy@ucw.org).

On Sunday the 6th, Andrew Heintz, ministerial intern will lead us in the celebration of communion and Stacy will be preaching.  
Featured
Growing Our Connections to Greater Boston Interfaith Organization
 
After churc h last Sunday 20+ UCW folks met over lunch to learn more about Greater Boson   Interfaith Organization (GBIO) and our opportunity to become one of the 41 churches, synagogues, mosques, and other faith centers who currently belong to GBIO. 

Led by GBIO leaders we met as "family groups"  to connect further as a church people. We then learned how we could become a part of the social justice action of GBIO and be a part of determining their agenda, which currently includes, housing, health care costs, criminal justice and education.

If you would like to hear more about the gathering or about GBIO itself, please see Stacy, Brita Gil Austern, Frank Laski, Nancy Zollers or Anne Gatewood.


STRONGER TOGETHER

Hear how GBIO does "get out the vote" work 
and it's connection to building authentic relationships.

J oin us to discuss this with GBIO clergy as well as allies and representatives of 
congregations who want to get to know each other and to learn more about GBIO

Thursday, November 17, 2016,  10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m .

Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center
100 Malcolm X Boulevard
Roxbury, MA 02120
(Parking available behind the mosque.)

RSVP By November 14
th
, 2016 
to Fran Early: fearly295@aol.com  or 617-437-7567

October is UCW is Photo and Video Policy Awareness Month      
 
The Union Church in Waban has an opt out photo/video policy for adults, which means that if you do not want photos or video taken of you, please contact our church office (ucw@ucw,org or  617-527-6221)  to let us know your preference.  Photos/videos of children will be used only with parent/guardian permission. Sunday School registration forms include the photo/video policy release.   Copies of the policy are available in the Crocker Chapel, and also online HERE at the Union Church website, ucw.org.

 C hildren,Youth, and
Family
Ministries

Coming Up for Kids, Youth and Families

There are many ways for kids and families to come together for fellowship, fun and service.  For details about these events and more, please see Children, Youth and Families Fall Calendar, or contact Amy at  amy@ucw.org Below are a few of the events coming up: 

Sat., Oct. 29th: Youth Preparation for Common Cathedral
Middle and high school youth are invited on Saturday afternoon, from 4 - 6:00 p.m., to meaningful time of fun and fellowship, as we help prepare food and learn about Common Cathedral and its work with Boston's unhoused men, women and families.     

Sun., Oct. 30th: Common Cathedral
Youth will help finish food prep Sunday morning: and then all are welcome to worship and help serve lunch with the Common Cathedral congregation on Boston Common.  We'll depart the church immediately following worship, and return at around 3:00 p.m.   See Amy (amy@ucw.org) for permission forms for any youth planning to carpool to the worship service.   If you would like to join this meaningful event, please let Amy and/or Jane and Rob Purser know.  
Fri.-Sat., Nov. 11th-12th: Heifer Farm Overnight
This event is always a favorite!  Youth are invited to an unforgettable overnight learning about poverty, hunger, and how Heifer Int'l addresses these problems by giving animals to families around the world. Please let Amy ( amy@ucw.org ) or Karla Armenoff ( watandkarla@verizon.net ) know by Oct. 16th if you have any questions.


Adult Education, Fellowship, and Spiritual Formation 
October Book Club Meets This Tuesday (Oct 25)
The October selection for our book club is, TRIBE by Sebastian 
Junger. The next gathering will be on OCT. 25th                                                                                                                                                    .......more information   HERE
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Church Directory No w Accessible on Mobile Devises.  

If you are listed in our directory, and would like to have access to our new online church directory, please contact Aidan Cunningham at ucw@ucw.org to request a password and instructions.                                                                

More Opportunities for Learning, Sharing and Growing
There are many opportunities for learning, sharing   and growing in our faith together at the Unoin Church.                                                                                  
                                                                                   ..... learn more   
  HERE 
 
Reception Sign-up
Please consider signing up to host our time of reception after Sunday service.  To learn more about what hosting reception entails, have any questions you may have answered and to sign up, please go HERE
Mission
Mission Matters
"Let us love not in word or deed, but in truth and action" (1 John 3:18)

       ....... an outdoor church for people experiencing 
 homelessness, and 
their friends.


Sunday, October 30  at 12:00 - 2:15 p.m.

After church help serve lunch and join the Common Cathedral Worship service on the Boston 
Com mon.  We will be providing lunch for 150 Boston residents. If you are interested in donating food for the lunch the Sign-up genius list can be found HERE 

We will also be collecting the following:
  •  Acrylic Paints (all colors welcome)
  • Canvas boards or stretched canvases (all sizes)
  • Men's white socks
Please leave all donations in the bins in Crocker Chapel
 
Youth: The youth will be making sandwiches on Saturday Oct. 29th from 4-6:00 p.m. If you would like to help, please contact Amy Feldman (amy@ucw.org).  Please contact Jane Purser (jane@purser.org) with any questions. 

"Que Pasa Nicaragua"- A Film by Carlos Solis
  November 6th, at 11:15 a.m.
Filmmaker and journalist, Carlos Solis, joins us on the Stage after service for screening of his film "Que Pasa Nicaragua", followed by a discussion and conversation on the current news of Nicaragua. We will also enjoy a reception of typical Nicaraguan food.  Everyone is invited, 4th and 5th graders, and Youth are all encouraged to attend. Childcare will be provided. Please contact Soo Laski, Nicaragua Team Leader with any questions ( Slaski513@gmail.com / 857-205-7935).
Church Videographer Needed     
 
Do you have a passion for capturing those  special moments on video?  If so, please consider being our UCW videographer! We would like to find someone we can call, on occasion, to capture UCW activities we can post in e-blasts and the website! Contact Beth Sears ( bsears112@yahoo.com ) for more details.

WeekAhead
The Week Ahead at UCW

 

 

 

Sun., Oct. 23

11:15 a.m.

Bell Choir Rehearsal

 

11:30 p.m.

Speaker on Syrian Crisis

Tue., Oct. 25

7:00 p.m.

Book Group

  Wed., Oct. 26

7:30 a.m.

Prayer Group

 

9:00 a.m.

Coffee w/Stacy at Starbucks

 

7:00 p.m.

1K Church Mtg. - Home of Brita Gill Austern

Sat., Oct. 29

4:00 p.m.

Common Cathedral Preparation

Sun., Oct. 30

 

No Bible Study this Sunday

 

9:00 a.m.

Choir Rehearsal

  

10:00 a.m.

Worship and Sunday School

 

11:15 a.m.

Bell Choir Rehearsal

 

12:00 p.m.

Common Cathedral Service (Boston)

 

 

 


For a complete listing, and details of all upcoming events, 
please visit our website calendar HERE

From the Wider Community 
Lifting 200 Voices in Celebration
TOMORROW AFTERNOON!  
Saturday, October 22, 2016, 3 - 5;00 p.m.  


City Mission of Bo st on is celebrating our 200th anniversary with a special concert at Old South Church.  Lifting 200 
Voices in Celebration is a unique choral festival recognizing the work of City Mission in Boston over the past two centuries. We invite you to join us for this exciting event! 


Screening of the film
" FOOD FOR THOUGHT FOOD FOR  LIFE"

THIS MONDAY NIGHT  
Oct. 25 at 7:00 p.m
(National Food Day)
Newton Free Library, 330 Homer Street, Newton, 

National Food Day, celebrated annually on October 24, involves some of the country's most prominent food activists who are united by a vision of food that can be healthy, affordable and produced with care for the environment, farm animals nd the people who grow, harvest and serve it.
Join us in the Druker Auditorium at the Newton Free Library (330 Homer Street, Newton) at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, October 24 for a screening of the award winning short film, 
Food for Thought, Food for Life.  The 20-minute film by Susan Rockefeller explains the downsides of current agribusiness practices and also introduces us to farmers, chefs, researchers, educators and advocates who are providing solutions.
Alison Scorer, Newton Community Farm's Farm Educator, will facilitate a Q and A after the screening. Suitable for adults, teens and tweens.  Come and join the conversation.




Pastor Stacy will be speaking at 

Newton Inspires 2016

Monday, November 14
th
 
Newton South
7 - 9:30 pm
On November 14th 2016, people from across Newton's 13 villages once again will gather at Newton South High School for NSF's 6th annual Newton Inspires: An Evening of Ideas and Community. Newtonians representing a variety of fields and interest areas will share their insights, ideas and impressions.  
To learn about the evening  and to register please go here. 
Seeking Kidney Donor
Kidney desperately needed for young woman on dialysis.
 
All costs will be paid for and the transplant will be conducted at 
Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
 
Please consider getting tested for a chance to save someone's life. 
 
A prospective kidney donor is humbly requested to email: danianeedsakidney@gmail.com  or call 774-208-4546
 

 

About the The National Kidney Foundation 

The foundation is the leading organization in the U.S. dedicated to the awareness, prevention and treatment of kidney disease for hundreds of thousands of healthcare professionals, millions of patients and their families, and tens of millions of Americans at risk. The National Kidney Foundation helps navigate the challenges of kidney disease, organ donation and transplantation. 26 million American adults have CKD and millions of others are at increased risk. The National Kidney Foundation Serving New England is the office that services the Greater Boston Area.

To learn more please visit their website  HERE