This is our ingathering service, a day for celebrating our being together in community and the start of a new church year. It is our custom to start with a Water Communion service, blending waters from places we hold dear to create a well of holy water. In that spirit, this service will be about the streams that renew us in hard times and fill our wells with love, hope, and peace. (As our Sunday service is virtual, if you would like to share water with the congregation in person, please feel free to bring a small sample with you to the picnic on Sunday evening.)

To join online, go to zoom.us/j/89214621289

The Membership Committee is hosting another event in September. Please join us on Sunday, September 13th at the Westborough Minuteman Park (on Upton Road) at 5:00 pm for a socially distanced picnic. Bring your own everything!

Each month, UUCSW shares our Sunday collections equally with a non-profit organization that does work in the wider community that is aligned with our UU principles and values through our “Share the Plate” program. For September, our Share the Plate recipient organization is the Westborough COVID-19 Community Fund. Thank you for helping UUCSW to support this important local resource.

If you would like to nominate an organization as a future month's Share the Plate recipient, please submit your nomination ASAP using our Share the Plate Nomination Form. Our volunteer Share the Plate Review Board will thoughtfully consider all nominations. Thank you!

Wednesday, September 16th at 7:00 pm, an opportunity to discuss the book How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram Kendi will be offered. An interview with Dr. Kendi from the 2019 Aspen Ideas Festival is available at aspenideas.org/sessions/how-to-be-an-antiracist. Kim Hall and Jerry Breecher will facilitate. Join us at zoom.us/j/88916111195.

As we face a world on fire and the dehumanizing impact of racism, we need one another more than ever for our own healing and liberation. DRUUMM invites Unitarian Universalists who identify as Black, Indigenous and People of Color to participate in our New England Caucus on September 19th from 10 am to 1 pm on Zoom.

The event is free, with online registration required. Contact Dawn Robinson drobinson@uua.org if you have any questions.

Mark your calendar for a Special Meeting immediately following service on September 27th to approve the budget for the remainder of the year. All UUCSW Members are encouraged to attend and vote. Thank you!