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Spring Ahead!
Daylight Savings Time begins this Sunday. Don't forget to turn your clocks ahead one hour on Saturday night!
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Sunday Worship
- Parish Board February Update
- Annual Pledge Trivia
- Rev. Rebecca's sermon from Sunday, March 5th
- A Visualization of Peace from Joanna Fernandes
- International Women's Day
- Join Us at the Upcoming FRS Stewardship Meeting
- Upcoming Fellowship Programming
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Weekly Chalice Lighting Reading from Claude McKay
- Thank a UU
- Newbury Food Pantry Donations - Thank You!
- Weekly Wellness Programming
- Monday Night Meditation
- Tuesday Spiritual Practice
- Wednesday Guided Relaxation
- March Worship and Events Calendars
- Beyond Our Doors: Events in the Greater Newburyport Area
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Annual Ministry Theme: Peace
March Ministry Theme: Discernment
March is Annual Campaign Month
This year’s theme is Growing the Gardens of Peace…together.
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Worship Service
Sunday, March 12, 2023
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Sunday, March 12, 2023
The Soul's Callings
10:30 am in person and on YouTube
Every moment brings the opportunity to live out our soul’s callings, to be our most authentic and gifted self. How do we know what those callings are?
The clues are all around us if we know where to look.
March is our Annual Giving Campaign month. Please join us for our second Giving Sunday worship service.
"…and there was a new voice which you slowly recognized as your own, that kept you company as you strode deeper and deeper into the world…"
– Mary Oliver
Attend on YouTube: http://bit.ly/FRSyoutube
March Shared Collection Partner - UTEC
UTEC’s mission is to ignite and nurture the ambition of our most disconnected young people to trade violence and poverty for social and economic success. They serve Lowell, Lawrence, and Haverhill. The program starts behind the walls of correctional facilities and transitions into an intensive program in the community post-release. 87% of young adults in their workforce development programming had no new re-arraignments. This re-arraignment rate is 1/4 of the state average. Please help fuel the hope for young people in this program. Half of each Sunday’s collection not designated as a pledge supports a local partner working to transform our region.
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Parish Board February Update
Click on the blue button below to read the update.
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Click on the pink button below to read Rev. Rebecca's sermon from Sunday titled:
"FLOWERS, VEGETABLES, AND HERBS. GAINING CLARITY AND DISCERNMENT IN A FULL AND BUSY WORLD."
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Photo submitted by Joanna Fernandes: A Summer Evening Walk | |
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An Invitation from Program Council
This year's annual ministry theme is peace and we invite you to submit a photo that best represents your visualization of peace - a personal representation or a broader representation of peace in the community or the world.
You can email your photo to cynthia.walsh@frsuu.org or text your photo to 978-701-5352. Please provide a photo caption and your name.
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Join Us at the Upcoming FRS Stewardship Meeting
When: Wednesday, March 15 at 6:30pm on Zoom
Attend the Meeting:
https://zoom.us/j/91061462297?pwd=ZjJ6U0N3SHhNVnE4MWZNTnRlWHMxQT09
We will be discussing Fellowship Dinners, Planned Giving/Legacy Circles and mostly the Art and Services Auction which will be Friday, May 5.
Help us make this the event of the year! For the event we need help planning the theme; coordinating the teams; collecting donations of art, dinner parties, vacation homes, tickets to events, and services of all sorts; publicity; and general setup for the event.
If you are interested but can't make the meeting, please contact Vern Ellis at vellis@ellisdesign.net.
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Upcoming Fellowship Programming | |
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The Green Team
When: Wednesday, March 8 at 7pm via Zoom
The FRS Green Team is currently working to encourage our members, friends, and church community to decrease our carbon footprints and to move toward net-zero energy use and other sustainable measures such as reducing, reusing, and recycling – to help our environment and to save money, energy, and natural resources.
For more information click here.
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Let’s Make Pysanky (Ukrainian Decorated Eggs)!
When: Friday, March 10, 4-7pm in the Lower Meetinghouse
Eliza Goodell has over twenty years’ experience creating beautiful Ukrainian Easter Eggs. In this 3-hour workshop, participants will learn how to make these lovely eggs using a stylus, beeswax, and dyes. The class includes a demo and discussion of the symbols used in this ancient Ukrainian folk art. You will then have time to complete one to two eggs. Beginners are welcome and no artistic talent is required.
Suggested donation is $20 to cover costs (but nobody will be turned away. Please pay what feels right for you). We will also take up a collection for Ukrainian relief efforts.
Class limited to twelve members and friends of FRS.
Questions? Contact Julie Parker Amery, Director of Faith Formation and Spiritual Exploration, at julie.amery@frsuu.org.
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"My Queer Faith" with Kimayo
When: Saturday, March 11 at 2pm
An afternoon of storytelling and live music followed by refreshments and conversation.
Click here for more information.
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Retired Old Men Eating Out (ROMEO)
When: Tuesday, March 14 at 12pm at Loretta, 15 Pleasant St., Newburyport
Retired Old Men Eating Out (ROMEO) meets at a different area restaurant on the second Tuesday of every month. Join other retired guys for lunch and sociability. The bill is split equally, so please bring small bills.
Click here for more information.
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Exploring Elderhood Together
Paint Your Memories in Words
When: Thursday, March 16, 1-2:30pm and Thursday, March 23, 1-2:30pm (this is a 2-part session), in the Lower Meetinghouse
Part One: Discussion and Writing Exercises
Part Two: Experiential Writing Exercises
Click here for more information.
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Tuesday Short Story Group
When:1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month, Lower Meeting House (Zoom option available)
Click here for more information.
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Friday Book Group
When: Fridays from 10-11:30am, Lower Meetinghouse Room A and on Zoom
We meet weekly and read both fiction and non-fiction books chosen by the participants. Each book is read and discussed over a period of several meetings, with the reading for each determined by the group.
For more information, click here.
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Save the Date: Old Hill Burying Ground and Highland Cemetery Tour with Ghlee Woodworth
When: Saturday, March 25 (weather permitting), time to be announced
To RSVP, email cynthia.walsh@frsuu.org.
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Weekly Chalice Lighting Reading | |
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Lighting a chalice is an honored and beloved ritual of our faith. We take time to light a chalice and offer a reading or time of silence before the start of every meeting, gathering, or worship service. Doing so reminds us of our connection to one another and our values. It helps us to center and calm our minds and bodies. Each time the chalice is lit we are invited to return to ourselves and to peace.
We hope everyone joins in creating this collection of readings. Please submit your reading to cynthia.walsh@frsuu.org or RevRevecca.Bryan@frsuu.org.
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Stay, season of calm love and soulful snows!
There is a subtle sweetness in the sun,
The ripples on the stream's breast gaily run,
The wind more boisterously by me blows,
And each succeeding day now longer grows.
–Claude McKay
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To learn more about Claude McKay click here! | |
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Once a month we will publish a list of thanks to all who help to make our day a little brighter and our community stronger!
If you would like to thank another parishioner, please email cynthia.walsh@frsuu.org.
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Linda Buddenhagen shares: "Thank you to all who donated 167 pounds of food and personal care items to the Newbury Food Pantry! My car was packed with the kind assistance of Donny Rogers and Anne Verret-Speck, angels who appeared when I arrived at the church ❤️." |
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Weekly Wellness Programming | |
March Worship and Events Calendars | |
Beyond Our Doors
Events in the greater Newburyport area
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Deeper Mind, Deeper Heart: The Intersection of Insight Meditation and Centering Prayer
When: March 18, 2023, online
Fore more information click here.
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If you would like to publish an announcement or event in the Steeple,
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Minister–The Reverend Rebecca Bryan; Affiliate Minister–Rev. Stan Barrett; Affiliate Minister–Rev. Helen Murgida; Affiliate Minister-Rev. Jane Tuohy; Minister Emeritus–The Reverend Harold Babcock. Staff: Director of Church Operations–Rob Authier; Office Administrator–Diane Carroll; Audio-Visual Engineer–Rob Close; Director of Children's Ministry–Mara Flynn; Director of Church Music–Justin Murphy-Mancini; Director of Church Music Emerita–Barbara Owen; Director of Faith Formation and Spiritual Exploration–Julie Parker Amery; Sexton–Donny Rogers; Director of Congregational and Community Engagement–Cynthia Walsh. Parish Board: Chair–Tina Benik; Vice Chair-Jim Supple; Finance Chair–Renée Wolf Foster; Governance Chair–Tom Himmel; Endowment Treasurer–Kim Kenly; Finance Treasurer–Laurie Evans-Daly; Stewardship Chair–Vern Ellis; Parish Clerk–Kathy Desilets; Holly Cashman, Marissa Dewey, Minnie Flanagan, Michelle Kimball, Annie Maurer, Tom Stites. | |
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First Religious Society, Unitarian Universalist | 26 Pleasant St., Newburyport MA 01950
978-465-0602 | frsuu.org
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