All of December
Collecting for Socially Responsible Santa!
Gifts to this fund are distributed by amazing UU elves to members of our larger community in the form of cash gifts. This allows people the dignity of purchasing their own gifts for their families. Socially Responsible Santa is also the recipient of Share the Plate this month. Donate to Socially Responsible Santa!
Christmas Morning Breakfast for COTS Sign-Up
This Christmas morning, FUUSB will deliver breakfast and warm clothing items to folks at the COTS Day Station in Burlington. To support this effort, we need volunteers to donate breakfast foods and warm clothing items. Sign Up Here!
Sunday Morning Breakfast Sign-Up
The Meeting House Grounds group was formed to welcome neighbors who use the UU grounds, as part of our mission to care for each other and our community. When we learned there is no community meal offered early on Sunday, Sunday Morning Breakfast was begun. We make and distribute breakfast bags from 8-9 a.m. on Sundays outside our Meeting House. Sign Up Here!
The Angel Fund
The Angel Fund was created to help ease the financial burden of those members who are unable to make a pledge or meet their pledge during these very difficult times. We all make our pledges each year with the best of intentions, but due to illness, job loss, or any other unexpected hardships, sometimes members are just unable to fulfill that pledge. Throughout the pandemic, some of us have experienced financial hardship, while others of us have been doing fairly well. We are asking, if you are able, to help ease the burden of those members who cannot fulfill their pledge by making an additional gift. Click here to give.
December by Date
Sunday, December 11 @ 4 p.m. - Young Adult Social: Games & Cookies
Newcomers and students at local colleges, as well as members of the congregation in their late teens, twenties, and thirties, are all invited to come to get to know each other and build community. Hopefully, this event will be the first of many! Come for tea and coffee, tabletop games, and an extremely casual cookie exchange; bring cookies to share if you can, be they store-bought or homemade. We’ll have games on hand, but feel free to bring a favorite.
Tuesday, December 13 at 5:30 p.m. – Service of Loss and Remembrance
Every year we invite all who have lost someone to attend this lovely service, marking the grief of loss and the power of remembrance. Join us in person in the Sanctuary, or online. The link will be shared on our homepage at uusociety.org.
Sunday, December 18 at 10 a.m. – Solstice Service: “The Rebirth of the Sun”
Our annual multigenerational solstice service returns! Join us as we celebrate the dark as well as the sun’s return. Join us in person in the Sanctuary, or online. Find the livestream link on the Livestreamed Sunday Worship page or on our YouTube channel.
Wednesday, December 21 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. – Solstice Light Festival
Come celebrate the longest night! Walk on a path of lights, circling the FUUSB grounds and leading to frozen gardens of light, and share in warm drinks and snacks. We invite everyone to create an ice lantern or other luminaria to be part of this festival! Click here for instructions for lantern creation.
Saturday, December 24 at 4, 6, and 8 p.m. – Christmas Eve Candlelight Services
- 4 p.m. – All are welcome to this family-centered service in the Sanctuary, featuring a No-Rehearsal Nativity Pageant and candlelighting.
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6 p.m. and 8 p.m. – Traditional Christmas Eve services for all ages, ending in candlelight. Come celebrate the beauty of Christmas through stories, scripture and music both traditional and new. Join us in the Sanctuary at 6 or 8 p.m. The 6 p.m. service will also be livestreamed. The link will be shared on our homepage at uusociety.org, or visit our YouTube channel.
- Sign Up to be a Candlelighter/Usher here.
Sunday, December 25 at 10 a.m. – Online Christmas Day Service: “Elijah’s Angel”
Again this year, the staff has pre-recorded a Christmas gift for you! Please join us for a dramatic reading of “Elijah’s Angel.” The video link for this special service will be shared on the Livestreamed Sunday Worship page and on our YouTube channel.
Sunday, January 1 at 10:30 a.m. - Happy New Year! The staff will be taking a break this Sunday and we are inviting you to visit All Souls Church Unitarian in Washington DC to watch their special Kwaanza Service with the Rev. Bill Sinkford. You can find the Zoom link on their website.
