UUCSC News and Updates
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Unitarian Universalist Congregation of South County, RI
Rev. DL Helfer, Minister
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Staying Connected While We're Apart
All are welcome!
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This Sunday * December 20, 2020 |
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9:00-10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Solstice As Mirror: The Light we Carry
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Many among us are land-based practitioners, honoring Solstice. We learn from Lee Cowan, DRE, about her Solstice practice and she shares a solstice story, while Rev. DL leads us in replenishing that light within ourselves. Multigen Service.
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“We’d like to re-create a space for joys and concerns. As they arise, please email Rev DL at uucscminister@gmail.com, letting him know what you’d like shared. It will be shared either in worship or coffee hour each week."
Submitted by Rev. DL Helfer
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Could it be the Star of Bethlehem?
Explore more in this week's
join us Sunday at 9:00 AM for the
Sunday at 10:00 AM for the
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DRE Lee Cowan
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A Christmas Carol * All Are Welcome!
A different but beautiful kind of Christmas Eve Eve for us all.
With beautiful music, we create our own UUCSC understanding of “The Christmas Carol,” considering Christmases past, present, and future.
Rev. DL Helfer, Music Director Michael Galib, and DRE Lee Cowan.
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Wednesday, December 23, 2020
5:00 PM
Linked from the
A virtual coffee hour will follow immediately by Zoom.
The recorded service will be available online all week.
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You may mail a check to the office, donate online at the UUCSC website or...
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Please give generously. Hunger in South County is real. |
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Food Drive and Cookie Exchange
This Weekend * Noon-2!
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To work toward remedying food insecurity locally, Rev. DL and DRE Lee Cowan will host a COVID-safe food collection to benefit the Jonnycake Center in Wakefield. Just drive by UUCSC to drop off donations.
Sat., December 19th and Sun., December 20
Noon – 2 PM
We ask for Holiday-focused non perishables - pasta, pasta sauce, canned veggies, canned beans, gravy, dry cereal, stuffing mix, quickbreads/crusts/pie filling, cookie and brownie mixes.
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And in the spirit of connecting to each other… a Cookie Exchange will happen at the same time! Bring a dozen home-baked cookies, safely packaged. You’ll be able to place that on a table and pick up a dozen made by someone else, in equal exchange. Please label clearly with name of cookie, ingredients, and baker.
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A Message from Your Minister
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Dear Beloveds,
I don’t know about you -- but I’m finding myself easily distracted these days.
Whether it’s putting Hanukkah candles in the menorah, enjoying our very small holiday tree, contemplating what cookies to make for the cookie exchange, or petting the cat...it’s clear, my body wants to shift into holiday mode. “Soon, soon,” I tell myself, after Christmas Eve Eve….
But oh, what an evening that will be!
Our annual Christmas Eve Eve service is online, of course, but is being made with so much love. As you all know, Michael has been working on music for some time! With the liturgy now written - and can I just say that Lee has proven to be an amazing addition to this worship team? - I can confidently say, “come, come, whoever you are.” You won’t be sorry. And don’t forget to invite your friends, too!
A reminder that staff will be on a much-needed break from December 24-January 1. In a pastoral emergency, Natalie or the Pastoral Care team will contact me. I send you blessings, though, for the turning of the year. I’m excited, too, that on January 10, Sally Barney, Sarah Bell, and Tracy Hart will offer their annual burning bowl and intention setting worship, as a way to shift us into the new year meaningfully.
As this most unusual of years begins to wind to a close, I think of how much has changed. But what I take from this year, more than anything else, is that communities can carry each other through the hardest of times. Which you’ve done, in abundance.
Take good care of yourselves, too, in this still-very-risky time. Stay home, be safe, and reach out when you need support.
WIth love and gratitude,
Rev. DL
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Watch on WSBE Rhode Island PBS |
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A Newport Nutcracker Reimagined |
December 18 at 8 p.m.
December 20 at 7 p.m.
Christmas Day at 7 p.m.
Through Her Eyes - A Newport Nutcracker Reimagined follows a young girl’s magical international journey of discovery and self-empowerment, set to Tchaikovsky's iconic score. With in-person performances limited due to the pandemic, the Island Moving Company has created a unique spin on their Newport Nutcracker ballet classic, set in the Newport mansions.
Submitted by Betsy Dalton
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The RI Center for the Book has announced the selection for the 2021 Reading Across Rhode Island project: Stamped: Racism, Anitracism, and You, by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi. This compelling book explores racism through history, and reflects on the turbulence and struggles of today's society through an insightful and critical lens.
Submitted by Betsy Dalton
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for all the resources that have been listed here in the past few months.
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UUCSC Becomes More Energy Efficient
By Jean Burke, Facilities Committee
Our conversion to gas should be complete by Christmas! Our plumber has installed a new gas-fueled hot water heater and new burners on our 2 boilers. Joe has also installed a new condensate pump for the steam boiler, and completed virtually all the other many parts of this big job. On December 22, National Grid will install a gas meter, turn on the gas and pressure test it and, finally, turn on all our new equipment.
Many, many thanks to Rev. DL, and Mike Galib and his performers, all of whom have prepared Christmas Eve Eve in our building without any heat, and the need to keep the windows open for Covid-safe ventilation. Gratitude also to our tenants who have worked without heat.
Submitted by Jean Burke, Facilities Committee
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Elizabeth Donovan is taking a few weeks off.
If you would like to be featured in a mini biography, contact Elizabeth Donovan at elizdn@hotmail.com. Please share your story! You matter!
Read all of Our Stories HERE.
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