Office Hours
(Sept 6, 2016 -
June 29, 2017):
Gmail Users -
Please note that if you stop receiving the Message, Nugget, and Weekend Reminder, check your Promotions tab in Gmail. Often, you will find that church emails are in there! Please click
HERE
for more information. Please share this information with your fellow congregants if they mention they aren't getting the Message!
PLEASE NOTE: Our trash and recycling is generally picked up once a month. Please be sure to break down all cardboard boxes before putting them in the recycling dumpster so it doesn't fill up too fast!
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Congregational Mission Statement "The members and friends of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Worcester covenant to be a congregation of love, hope and justice inspiring people to take on the challenges of a changing world." Welcoming Church Mission Statement The LGBTQI and Allies of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Worcester strives to further the affirmation and celebration of LGBTQI individuals in all aspects of the church community. We also seek to increase the visibility of UUCW as a Welcoming Congregation within the greater community.
UUCW Covenant
In consonance with the principles and purposes of the Unitarian Universalist Association, we the members and friends of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Worcester covenant to sustain and support a courageous and caring community by:
* Bringing our best selves to form a welcoming, loving, and inclusive community of faith;
* Creating an atmosphere of celebration and worship in a safe environment;
* Providing opportunities where diverse people and points of view are respected and where open-hearted and open-minded discussion of our differences is encouraged;
* Treating each other with kindness and respect;
* Approaching conflicts with a spirit of humility and with the respectful intent for peaceful resolution;
* Engaging in and encouraging spiritual and intellectual growth across the lifespan;
* Fostering social justice and positive transformation in our community and in the world at large;
* Growing and maintaining the resources necessary to support the missions and ministries of this congregation;
* Fostering fellowship and enjoying each other and the unique gifts that each person brings to our community.
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Save the Date!
UUCW Spring Fundraising Dinner
Saturday Evening, June 3
Join our own Robbie Johnson Erikson, graduating senior of Johnson & Wales for a fantastic Spring Dinner! An evening of fantastic food, entertainment and great company! More details to come!
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Yard Sale is Coming!
- June 10, 2017
The Yard Sale - one of our biggest fundraisers - is coming up! This year it will be held on June 10. Many hands are needed to pull this off. First, we need you to start squirreling away your goodies to be sold. As always, we just ask that things be clean and in working condition. It's a great opportunity to do some spring housecleaning. Second, I need people to help - setting up on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and then working at the sale on Saturday. If you are willing to run one of the areas please let me know soon. Thanks!
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Save the Dates! Ferry Beach 2017!
Many of us begin the church year with a weekend of retreat, reunion, and reflection at Ferry Beach in Saco, Maine (
http://www.ferrybeach.org
). The weekend is affordable and open to everyone. We join together with friends from First Unitarian Church for beach walks, volleyball, time to rest, a talent show, and even a campfire!
Mark your calendars now for September 15th-17th, 2017
. Online registration will begin mid-May. There will also be a registration forms available. Last year we had a waiting list, so be sure to register and pay early to guarantee your spot!
Prices include dorm style accommodations, food and activities. Camping is also available! We hope you'll join us this year!
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Annual UUCW Craft Fair - December 2, 2017 -
Now Booking!
CRAFTS! CRAFTERS! NOW BOOKING FOR OUR AWESOME FAIR on December 2, 2017 . Last year we filled up fast!! Right now we are just booking crafters! Click
HERE to go to the registration form!
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From the Interfaith Hospitality Network
The next opportunity for the UUCW to host at the IHN is May 14 - 20, 2017. Please help by providing your time, a little energy, and/or maybe a few dollars for groceries. UUCW has committed to providing dinner and overnight hosts and $300 for the week's groceries.
We ask hosts to arrive at 91 June Street by 5:45 to sit down to dinner made by the families. This is a time to converse, play with the children, and just be available for support. We ask the overnight hosts to arrive at 8:00 to take over for the dinner hosts. Overnight hosts converse with the family, play with the children, and just be available for support and are provided a cot in a private room to sleep on. If you haven't had the opportunity to volunteer in this capacity, I encourage you to. Look for the sign up chart in Fellowship Hall. In addition, you may also make a grocery contribution with cash, check or click
HERE for a Simplegive contribution.
In addition, beginning Sunday, April 23 and during May, we will be collecting shoes for funds2.org. Funds2.org recycles & sells gently used shoes and proceeds will benefit IHN.
One more thing, on Sunday, May 21, the Central Mass Housing Alliance is sponsoring the 32nd Walk for the Homeless. Information can be found in fellowship hall. Please join UUCW and other folks raise funds and awareness for homelessness and join us after the Walk for a cookout and music by the popular Chuck and Mud band.
Feel free to contact me with any questions or to sign up and thank you for your support!
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Touchstone Monthly Theme
April Theme - Consolation/Desolation
April 18 - 24
April 18:
"Heartbreak is how we mature." ~ David Whyte
April 19:
"Simple kindness can go a long way toward encouraging someone who is stuck in a desolate place." ~ Mike Yankoski
April 20:
"The self-esteem one acquires and a well-earned feeling of one's strength are the only consolation in this world." ~ Paul Gauguin
April 21:
"Even among familiar faces, people often feel invisible and desolate, like an island in cold waters or a shadow apart from the crowd. Be the reason another never feels alone." ~ Richelle E. Goodrich
April 22:
"Despair is a difficult, beautiful necessary, a binding understanding between human beings caught in a fierce and difficult world where half of our experience is mediated by loss...." ~ David Whyte
April 23:
"Hence we must support one another, console one another, mutually help, counsel, and advise, for the measure of every ...[one's] virtue is best revealed in time of adversity-adversity that does not weaken ...but rather shows ...[who one] is." ~ Thomas à Kempis
April 24:
"There's just this for consolation: an hour here or there when our lives seem, against all odds and expectations, to burst open and give us everything we've ever imagined." ~ Michael Cunningham
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Flower Power Spring Fundraiser
Gardeners, growers, and flower aficionados! Members and friends of UUCW, thanks to new member Kathy Cooper, we are launching our first ever - Spring Garden Fundraiser! Itching to get out into the garden to plant your spring flowers or vegetables and fruits? Then this is for you! Know someone in your family who grows great gardens, then share this wonderful resource with them! Click
HERE to order seeds, bulbs and plants for your garden this year and we'll keep 50% of the money earned. Let's raise $5000 toward this year's fundraising goal! If you have questions about this spring's campaign, please contact
Kathy Cooper.
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Reminders about Fundraising!
 Amazon Smile Shopping Reminder
Just a reminder - if you shop on Amazon there is an opportunity to earn money for the church. Just go to
Amazon Smile and select the church as a place where Amazon will provide a contribution based on what you buy. We get a percentage of your total purchase. Even if you are using Amazon Prime it will still kick in but you have to go to Amazon Smile at the outset. Thanks - every little bit helps!
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Photo of the Week
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Barry Brigham delivers the Welcome and Opening Words at the beginning of the Easter service on Sunday, April 16, 2017.
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The Rev. Aaron Payson, having donned a full-body bunny suit, talks about the origin of Easter eggs for the "Story for Children of All Ages" during the Easter service on Sunday, April 16, 2017.
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People look on as bunny-suited Rev. Aaron Payson talks about the origin of Easter eggs during the "Story for Children of All Ages." This is the Easter service on Sunday, April 16, 2017.
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Religious
Exploration
and
Education
at UUCW
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RE News for April 23, 2017
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Weekly Worship
Sunday, April 23, 2017 - 10 am
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HosT Coffee Hour News
The HosT coffee hour team thank all the many church teams, groups, and committees who have signed up to HosT coffee hour this year!
At coffee hour we extend the hospitality we proclaim! Many people judge a congregation by its coffee hour hospitality - especially newcomers . Please make it a point to speak to someone you don't know!
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Group on deck for hosting
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Hospitality Team Contact
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| April 23 |
Board of Management/
Stewardship Team |
Nancy Hancock |
| April 30 |
Members & Friends of UUCW |
Moira Rouse |
| May 7 |
Women's Runaway Weekend Group |
Ruth Silver |
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Ongoing Meetings
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