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Weekly Newsletter of the
First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton
September 18, 2024
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Worship Service: Life is Not a Dress Rehearsal
Rev. Dr. Debra Haffner
Sunday, September 22, 2024 at 10:15am
Rev. Debra's overall approach to life, theology, and spirituality can be summed up as "Life is Not A Dress Rehearsal." In these challenging times, how do we live well and joyfully?
You may also join us on Zoom: https://bit.ly/fuusn-worship-2024-2025
Submit your Joys and Sorrows here.
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Autumnal Equinox Breakfast Celebration
Sunday, Sept. 22 at 8:30am
You are invited to join us for a discussion of earth-based spirituality and paganism in the Children’s Chapel on Sunday, September 22, at 8:30 am. Please feel free to bring your nut-free breakfast if you like! This event is open to all ages and is a wonderful opportunity to deepen our understanding of diverse spiritual practices and explore how we might celebrate earth-based traditions at FUUSN. We will also mark the Autumnal Equinox which occurs at 8:43 that morning. Come meet like-minded people and celebrate the changing of seasons with us!
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FUUSN Community Expo Sunday, September 22, 2024
11:30am-1pm
Invite your friends to experience what FUUSN has to offer!
Come and find out what the FUUSN community groups and activities have to offer! At the FUUSN Community Expo you will learn about:
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Spread the Word!
Help us tell our community about FUUSN Events! Forward this newsletter to a friend - Share a Facebook post - Invite friends to our Facebook events, such as the upcoming Expo - post events to your local parents mailing list!
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UU The Vote - Get Involved
UU the Vote (www.uuthevote.org) is our national UUA Side with Love initiative to help empower voters in key states on issues protecting our democracy. Strictly non-partisan, it is issues based. Help turnout young, low income, and otherwise disenfranchised voters this November to protect the right to abortion, LGBTQ+ rights, figh climate change, and promote racial equality.
Each week, Rev. Debra will post information about how you can volunteer in the coming week to protect democracy. When you sign up, please identify yourself as a member or friend of FUUSN. If you'd like to take a bigger role in the next two months in organizing FUUSN members to write postcards, make calls, or visit battleground states, please reach out to Rev. Debra at rev.debra@fuusn.org.
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Help protect abortion access in North Carolina on Tuesday night, September 24th
UUTV PHONEBANK
September 24, 2024 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM ET
Online
Join Side With Love, UU Justice NC, Pro-Choice North Carolina, and Carolina Jews for Justice for this three-part phonebank series calling North Carolina voters. The future of abortion access in North Carolina is on the line this election! Even though there isn't a ballot initiative, abortion is absolutely on the ballot in NC, because those we elect will either defend and advance abortion access, or keep banning it. People of faith are coming together to send a powerful message that reproductive rights are aligned with our values, so let's get on the phones and turn-out pro abortion voters this fall! Sign up at
https://secure.everyaction.com/gpK74OpDn0SMCrEogbJfyw2
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Bill Holland's Celebration of Life
Sept. 21 at 2pm
A memorial service for Bill Holland will be held at FUUSN on Saturday, September 21, 2024 at 2pm. You may view his obituary here.
If you cannot attend in person, you may join online at https://bit.ly/Bill-Holland-Memorial.
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It is with sadness that I let you know of the passing this summer of Vanessa McClinchy, a member of our community for a number of years. She taught RE and was a stalwart member of the Community Breakfast crew. Her son, Sean Ross, was a graduate of our Coming of Age program. I will share her obituary with you when it becomes available. A service celebrating her life will be held at FUUSN later this fall.
Our condolences go out to her husband, Gavin McClinchy, and their son, Sean Ross McClinchy.
Nancy Mattei
Lay Minister
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Saturday, September 21
2-5pm: Bill Holland Memorial Service, Sanctuary, Parish Hall, and Kitchen
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Sunday, September 22
8:30-10am: Autumnal Equinox Breakfast Celebration, Chapel
11:30am-1pm: FUUSN Community Expo, Parish Hall, Alliance Room, Chapel
3-5pm: JourneySongs Rehearsal, Chapel
6-8pm: UU Plant-Based Eating Club - Small Group Potluck, member's home
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Ferry Beach - The Best Start for the FUUSN Year! - October 11-14, 2024
Three Days on the Beach with friends from FUUSN! Register BY SEPTEMBER 25TH for our retreat at Ferry Beach, ME.
We already have 68 people signed up for the Indigenous Peoples Weekend retreat on the coast of Maine! Won’t you join us?
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If you’re new to FUUSN, have you heard about Ferry Beach yet? Here’s all you need to know: We all head up to the beach in Maine to spend a joyful and relaxing weekend together. We will be joined by Theodore Parker Church again this year (UU in West Roxbury) and you register and pay electronically directly to Ferry Beach!
Our sign up time is very short this year! We need all of those wishing to attend to register by September 25th! Don’t miss out on your favorite room! Thanks to early registration there are already 48 people registered including 6 kids - kids are free (with a paying adult).
Here is the link to learn more and to sign-up: Ferry Beach Registration 2024.
Questions?
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Over 60s Yoga Presentation
September 29, 2024, 12-1:30pm
Yoga - Presentation plus Practice with Helena Froehlich and colleagues - Alliance Room
The Over 60's Committee, Helena Froehlich, and colleagues from the Isha Foundation will have a presentation and yoga practice for beginners and practitioners alike. View our flyer.
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Social Action Speaker Lunch: Short-Term Hosting of Immigrant Families
Sunday, October 13, 2024, 12-2pm
Everyone is invited for our monthly free lunch after coffee hour in the Alliance Room. UU Rev. Kathleen McTigue will speak about her experiences with short-term hosting of small immigrant families who are desperate for privacy and support.
Learn more
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Kudos to everyone who served up (and cleaned up) a delicious Community Breakfast last Sunday, including (but not limited to): Saul Lookner, Emily Gelbert, John Dundon, Stephanie Kendall, Sue Skoler, Ron Margolin, Jenn Bradbury, Chris Dame, Barbara Bates, Kit Ryan, Helen Jordan, Jeannie Chaisson, Pat Rohan, Joanna Stull, Lauren Lipcon Dale, Julia Huston, Virginia Maurer, Connie Stubbs, and Julia Wolfe. Thank you for helping to kick off our year deliciously!
Photos by Kit Ryan
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Have a news item you want to share? Want to schedule a FUUSN Event? Please use our web forms! Note that any event using physical space at FUUSN must be approved by Fran, and until you receive confirmation from her, that event will not be scheduled or added to our Events calendar.
Submissions for each newsletter must be sent in by the preceding Tuesday at 9am.
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