This week youth will begin in the Chapel for a special children's worship starting at 10:30, followed by a Group RE Easter celebration, including an Easter Egg Hunt! You may pick up your kids downstairs at 11:45.

Please note: our April 2019 Vista newsletter has been updated to reflect some corrections to dates and events. Click HERE to view the latest version. Thank you.

There are copies of Rev. Cindy’s sermon from April 7, "Finding Hope and Healing in the Broken Places," available in the Parlor.

Last year we participated in A Common Read, with the UUA, a unique experience to us, an opportunity to participate in a church-wide read. We are going to do our own Common Read as suggested by Ann Maloney and Amy Martellock in their March 24 sermon, Creating Our Future Together, that invited us to engage in creating a vision for the future of our congregation. Please CLICK HERE for more information.

We hope you can join us for discussion about meditation and Buddhist ideas this Sunday, April 14 at 1:30 pm. For questions contact Erin ( kentuckybluerose@gmail.com) or Carol ( cgpl1fe@yahoo.com). (Please note the correction in Erin's email. If you have tried to email and got no answer, please try again with the new, improved email address!)

Do you have questions or ideas to share with the Board of Trustees? We want to hear from you! Join us in the parlor during coffee hour on April 14th and April 28th.

There are so many people who help to keep the UUCSW community going. Let's show them how grateful we are! Look for the new "GRATITUDE" board in the chapel and add a note when you want to say "thank you". This is something new that the Board is piloting so let us know what you think.

For APRIL, we are reading The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Please join us. The group is open to all. We usually meet in members’ homes and enjoy small groups of seven to ten people. We enjoy some light refreshments, lively discussion, and wonderful company. You are welcome to attend.

If you are planning to attend for the first time, please email Judithteacake@gmail.com.

Embedded in our UU Principles is a call to "affirm and promote respect for the interdependent web of all existence for which we are a part". This is often the principle we refer to when we talk about our commitment to caring for the Earth. In response to the current administration's stance on issues related to the environment and climate change, a grassroots movement whose mission is to create an environmentally sustainable society is taking hold. A growing number of us at UUCSW feel an increasing sense of urgency around these issues and we want to answer the call and be part of the solution. Thankfully, there are many groups leading the charge and proposing actions we can take to mitigate the impact we have on the environment. 

To this end, we are forming a group at UUCSW called "Rising Green for Mother Earth". From this beautiful hymn, we take the tagline "our dreaming shows us the way". Together we will identify simple, concrete actions we as individuals and we as a committed UU community can take to restore the health of our planet. The initial meeting for this group will take place on Monday, April 29th at 7:00 PM at the church. If you are interested, please email Sharon Barrett at sharonkeyesbarrett@gmail.com or just show up. Thank you!

Ready to Take Action? Click Here to Learn How to Start a Climate Victory Garden

Join the annual town-wide litter clean-up sponsored by Westborough Community Land Trust and enjoy a drop-in Earth Day picnic lunch afterwards!

For more information about the Town-Wide Cleanup, click HERE.

During the time that we are without a minister, the Pastoral Counseling Center, located at 7 Church Street in a building behind the Congregational Church, is available to our congregants.

Pastoral Counseling is available for all persons and draws on the rich traditions of both psychology and, if desired, spirituality, working from an interfaith perspective, respecting everyone’s journey as they face difficult life experiences. The center is supported in part by many of the Westborough places of worship, including ours, so that it can serve everyone, regardless of whether health insurance is available, although health insurance will be used when possible. A counselor at The Pastoral Counseling Center is able to help whether you just want a one time meeting, or are interested in longer term help.

As a member of the Pastoral Counseling Center Board of Directors, representing our congregation, I have had the opportunity to get to know Mary Taber, the center director. Mary is a warm, caring person who is easy to talk with and will help connect you with a center therapist who is most likely to be helpful to you.

To learn more about the center please explore their website at pccofma.org or feel free to talk with me. - Sylvia Sirignano

We are halfway through our Canvass campaign which we plan to complete by April 30th. We have received pledges of $50k towards our goal of $106k. We need your pledge to get to the finish line! Every pledge helps - last year we had pledges ranging from $10 to $8,000 so don't feel that you can't afford to make a pledge to support this congregation.

Please help us end this canvass as soon as possible! Do your part to get us to a sustainable future for UUCSW and pledge today! You can pledge online through Realm, by filling out a pledge form or by emailing the stewardship committee (Lisa Shumway - LSS0907@gmail.com and Sharon Barrett - sharonkeyesbarrett@gmail.com)

Here is the link to sign in to Realm: https://onrealm.org/UUCSW/SignIn

To make a pledge

If you are using Realm Connect on your mobile device

If you run into difficulty pledging with Realm, or need to edit your pledge, please contact Lisa Shumway -  LSS0907@gmail.com.