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Sunday Reminder
First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton
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Worship Service:
Love at the Center
Rev. Dr. Debra Haffner and Joel Miller
Sunday, October 20, 2024 at 10:15am
In June 2024, the General Assembly of the UUA overwhelmingly passed a revised statement of our values and principles. Come and learn more in our introduction to these changes in how we center our faith. Future services this year will cover each of these themes in depth.
You may also join us on Zoom: https://bit.ly/fuusn-worship-2024-2025
View the Order of Service
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Please Support This Week's Split Plate
Once again this week, the Sunday collection at worship will be split between FUUSN and the UUA Disaster Fund. We are splitting our offering to help the congregations so badly affected by Hurricane Helene and Milton.
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The UUA Disaster Relief Fund receives donations from congregations and individuals who want to support Unitarian Universalist congregations and their wider communities in need after a disaster. We are especially concerned that UU congregations in Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina have been badly damaged after the recent hurricanes. Grants from the Disaster Relief Fund help congregations care for their buildings and the needs of their members, as well as supporting people in the wider community, especially those who may not be eligible for other grant programs.
Please give generously between now and October 21st. All offerings will be split between our congregation and those devastated by the hurricane. Text FUUSN to 73256 or give online at https://onrealm.org/FUUSN/give/sunday
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Bring Your Donations to the FUUSN Yard Sale Starting Sunday, October 20, 2024
It’s back: the FUUSN Yard Sale, also known as an incentive to clean out closets and recycle stuff. Drop off begins after church on Sunday, Oct. 20th. Put donations on the stage in Parish Hall.
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We welcome treasures of all kinds in good condition: toys & games, household goods, purses & scarves, holiday decorations, linens, artwork, crafts, tools & garden items, jewelry (to be sold in December), holiday decorations, etc.
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Please do NOT bring clothes, computers, monitors, big sports equipment, junk and/or anything broken or dirty. Kindly wait for the Holiday Fair to donate books. For more information on donations, see our web page.
Volunteers are the magicians who make the yard sale possible. We invite you to sign up here to help for as much or as little time as you'd like:
- Thurs. Oct. 24 from 6:00 to 7:30pm - set up tables and shelves and move goods from stage
- Friday Oct. 25 from 9:30am to 8:00pm - sort and price
- Saturday Oct 26 from 9:00am to 2:30pm - Sell to the public and clean up
The team who work on this are motivated by providing low cost goods to the wider community and keeping stuff out of the waste stream. Plus, we have fun working together. We invite you to join us and donate or work - or both. Invite your friends and neighbors to attend! Thank you!
Co-chairs Denise Bousquet and Connie Stubbs.
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Over 60s Presentation: Common Sense Mindfulness in Challenging Times
Sunday, October 20, 2024 at 12pm, Alliance Room
Presenter: Marty Lowenthal, Author, Senior Buddhist Mentor, Meditation Teacher. He is a Founder and the senior teacher with the Dedicated Life Institute and on the faculty of Boston College and Harvard University Extension.
We will explore how Common Sense Mindfulness can help us to live and even flourish in these challenging times, as Buddha did in his time of warring fiefdoms, caste structures and turbulence. Marty will emphasize how to be present, engaged, and live in a challenging world with consciousness, love and service in everyday as well as spiritual life. Buddha presented an ennobling path of meditation and virtues that supports the development of personal and communal dignity, well-being, and inclusion.
Small bites for lunch provided. If you will be attending in person, please RSVP to Helen Jordan. Or join us on Zoom.
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UU Plant-Based Eating Club Potluck - October 20, 2024, 6-8pm
The UU Plant-Based Eating Club is hosting a plant-based potluck dinner on Sunday, October 20, at 6pm at First Parish UU in Waltham. While we intentionally welcome newcomers and anyone who is interested in eating more plant-based food regardless of where they are on their journey, all items brought to our potlucks must be completely plant-based and contain no cheese, dairy, eggs, etc. Recipe suggestions are available, and you are welcome to bring a friend! Our theme is Thanksgiving food!
Please register to attend at PBEC OCTOBER 2024 POTLUCK. Attendees must be vaccinated and boosted for COVID.
Join our Club’s e-mail list at uu-plant-based-contact-us@googlegroups.com to sign up for an event. After sign-up, registrants will receive info about locations, menu themes, potluck contact info, and other topics.
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11:45am-1pm: Band Rehearsal, Sanctuary
12-1pm: Over 60s Presentation: Common Sense Mindfulness in Challenging Times, Alliance Room
3-5pm: JourneySongs Rehearsal, Children's Chapel
6-8pm: UU Plant-Based Eating Club - Large Group Potluck, First Parish in Waltham
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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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First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton www.fuusn.org | 617-527-3203 | | |
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