VIRTUAL UU ROAD TRIP
This summer, we are excited to take a virtual UU road trip. Each Sunday we'll visit a UU congregation and have the opportunity to experience how they do worship services. Check your inbox on Sunday mornings for your next destination!
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WHAT DO YOU NEED THIS FALL?
While we're still making plans, we want to hear your needs and your input. What do you or your family need for spiritual nourishment, exploration, and growth this Fall? What would fill up your cup rather than drain your tank? Please fill out this
four-question survey to help us better understand what you need.
Please note:
- This survey does NOT address what, if any, safe, in-person gatherings that may happen inside the church. We are still exploring that option.
- This survey is for all ages: adults, youth, and children. All are encouraged to respond!
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FELLOWSHIP & VESPERS
Sundays at 7:30 pm & 8:00 pm
Join your church friends on Zoom on Sunday evenings first for a friendly time of fellowship from 7:30 - 8:00 pm, and then transition into a facilitated Vespers discussion, Adult RE style, 8:00-8:30 pm. We can share our thoughts about the morning's worship service, and also reflect on a reading that was included in the morning email. Readings will highlight the voices of UU ministers of color. Please join us for either or both! A link to attend will be sent out on Sunday mornings along with the virtual UU road trip.
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LOBSTER BAKE TO BENEFIT YCHI & NEW MAINERS
St. Bart's, one of our partners in the Yarmouth Community Housing Initiative (YCHI), presents
LOBSTER DINNERS TO GO!! Lobster, potato/corn salad, biscuit, and blueberry buckle all wrapped up in a basket. Saturday, August 22nd. Curb-side pick-up. $25 per dinner. All proceeds to benefit YCHI and New Mainers. To reserve your lobster dinner, please email:
stbartslobsterdinner@gmail.com.
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VOLUNTEERING AT PREBLE STREET
Our next first Tuesday to volunteer at Preble Street is August 4, with NEW TIMES: 2:00 - 5:00 pm. Help to feed some of Maine's most vulnerable people who continue to rely on Preble Street for food and other resources. Contact Ruth White (
rwhite7@maine.rr.com) with any questions or if you would like to sign up. Thank you!
Preble Street is changing, bringing new and different opportunities for volunteers.
- There will no longer be breakfast, lunch, or dinner given out at the Soup Kitchen door or served in the dining room.
- The Resource Center Soup Kitchen will transition to a permanent food production facility, creating and packing meals to be distributed to area shelters.
- A new program — Street Outreach Collaborative — will help caseworkers connect with people living outside. This program will deliver two meals daily to people experiencing homelessness who are not staying at a shelter.
- In addition to the three daily volunteer shifts — breakfast, lunch, and dinner — where volunteers help to create and pack meals, we will also need a contingent of volunteers to help deliver and distribute these meals.
- Clients will still be able to access emergency food pantry supplies Tuesday through Saturday, and volunteers will continue to sort donations and create food boxes.
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Pastoral Emergencies
If you experience a pastoral emergency between 7/31 and 8/3, please contact our Board President, Joanna Landsman, on her cell phone: 207-730-3299. Beginning on 8/4, Rev. Hillary is available for pastoral emergencies and can be reached on her cell phone: 207-740-3753.
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Submit Your Announcement
To have your announcement included in this newsletter please email the information to Gwen Matthews at
gwenatfirstu@gmail.com
by Wednesday at 12 pm. Please also let Gwen know if you would like the information posted on Facebook or on the website.
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