This Month's Services

January 5: Transformation

Rev. Dr. Debra Haffner

January 12: For Such A Time As This

Rev. Dr. Debra Haffner

January 19: Pluralism and Equity

Rev. Joel Miller

January 26: Broken Open

Sanctuary Boston

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Zoom Vespers Winter-Spring 2025

Come to Vespers for music, readings and conversation. The service runs from 6 to 6:30pm on the following dates:

• January 3, 17, 31
• February 7, 28
• March 14, 21
• April 4, 18, 25
• May 2, 16, 23
• June 6, 13

Pre-service music begins around 5:47pm. Questions? Contact Anne Watson Born.

Join on Zoom

Rosa Elisabeth Walker Memorial Service and Reception

Saturday, January 4, 2025, 2-5pm

On January 4, 2025 at 2:00pm, a memorial service will be held for Rosa Elisabeth Walker, daughter of members Carol Walker and Cindy Orrell and First Parish UU of Arlington member Amy Hadley. Rosie was 26. A reception will follow this celebration of life. Join us on Zoom.

View Rosie's obituary here.

Memorial Service for Ed Lerner

Sunday, January 5 at 3:30pm

Long-time FUUSN member Ed Lerner died on Christmas morning at the age of 92, at the side of Joan, his wife of 64 years. Ed was an active FUUSN member from the 1970s through the 1990s, including a term on the Board of Trustees. He and Joan retired to Cape Cod in the late 1990s, but rejoined FUUSN from their retirement community when Zoom services became available. Ed's daughters, Rev. Liz Lerner Maclay and current FUUSN member Jenny Lerner, and granddaughter Siena Lerner-Gill grew up at FUUSN.

Ed's memorial service will be held at FUUSN on Sunday, January 5, at 3:30pm, with a reception in the Parish Hall to follow. The family invites everyone to attend. Join us on Zoom.

UU Common Read Comes to FUUSN

The Racial Justice Ministry is pleased to invite you to the first round of a new book discussion workshop based on Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg’s On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World, the UU “Common Read” for the 2023-2024 year. Learn more.

Interested? Many of you have already signed on at the Racial Justice table on Sundays. If you haven't yet and are interested in joining, please email Meg Holland, by January 5th.

Junior Youth Group New Year's Party

Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 6pm

On Saturday, January 4th, 2025 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, our Junior Youth Group (6th-8th Grade) will ring in the new year with new and old friends from First Parish in Waltham held at First Parish in Waltham. There will be a pizza dinner, build your own ice cream sundae bar, and games! Please RSVP to Devin if your youth would like to attend.

Social Action Speaker Lunch: Providing Resources to Empower the Unhoused in MetroWest January 5, 2025 at 12pm

Everyone is invited for our monthly free lunch after coffee hour in the Alliance Room. Chloe-Rose Crouch will speak about her work as manager of operations at the Community Day Center of Waltham. Many volunteers from FUUSN support the center’s programs with their time or warm clothing and other needed supplies. Kit Ryan and Jeannie Chaisson, both former nurses, go mostly every week to take blood pressure and provide other health services. Learn More.

Help setup and clean up.

Newcomers and Visitors Coffee with the Ministers

January 5th during Coffee Hour

Are you new to FUUSN? Visiting for the first time? Come meet Rev. Debra in the Children's Chapel during Coffee Hour.

Parents' Night Out

Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, 6-9pm

Member Services and the RE Committee have worked together to offer Parents free childcare for ages 6mo. through 5th grade (6th and 7th graders become helpers) at FUUSN once a month between December and May.  Reserve space for your kids today and plan that date night (RSVP required)! 

Volunteer to provide childcare.

Community Lunch

Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:30am

On Sunday, Jan 12 immediately after the service (~11:30am) we will offer all-you-can-eat soup (vegan and gluten free Portuguese kale soup and vegetarian cold cream of butternut squash soup), salad, bread, and fruit for the congregation for $5 each (kids under 12 are free).

To make this happen we need volunteers, ESPECIALLY CHEFS!  Please sign up to help.

UU Plant-Based Eating Club Small Group Potlucks

Sunday, January 12, 2025, 6-8pm

The UU Plant-Based Eating Club is hosting small-group potluck dinners to be held on Sunday, January 12th at 6pm. We will host these plant-based potluck dinners in the homes of multiple PBEC members, with each group comprised of 7-10 people. If you are a PBEC member, please RSVP to Dede Vittori by the end of the day Thursday January 9th if you would like to attend. If you are not yet a PBEC member and would like to be, or are not sure if you are on the list, please send an email to UU-Plant-Based-contact-us@googlegroups.com.

Reserve Your Spot at Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Newton's 57th Annual Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. is right around the corner! Kindly register using this link: bit.ly/NEWTONMLK25.

Over 60s Presentation: Philosophic Religion, FUUSN's Heritage

Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 12pm, Alliance Room

Arthur Anderson, JD. Author, Researcher

As a religion researcher, Arthur Anderson will trace the classical Greek philosophical religious way of life perspective to their resurrection in the 19th century Transcendental movement and the founders of FUUSN. Arthur’s expansive historical perspective powerfully enlarges our understanding of our UU roots and FUUSN’s foundation. Discussion and lunch bites.

Fabulous FUUSN Mardi Gras Services Auction is Coming!

Don't miss our Mardi Gras Services Auction on Saturday, February 1! This party is one of the more enjoyable Saturday nights you will have all year.

• Doors open at 5:30pm for dinner, socializing, and browsing raffle and auction items.
• Live Auction starts at 6:30pm. Optional bidding on great items such as weekend vacation homes, gourmet dinners, and other services. End time 8:30/9:00pm.
• $10 per adult entry INCLUDES dinner and drinks!! (Wine/beer as well as non-alcoholic options.)
• Childcare in the Children’s Chapel included throughout the evening! There will be games, crafts, and movies for the kiddos while adults relax, enjoy each other’s company, and are entertained by the auctioneers. Kids can bring PJs and sleeping bags for the movie.
• No need to RSVP.
• You are encouraged to wear your most festive Mardi Gras party outfits - nothing is too silly!

The success of the auction is by nature dependent on the donation of services by FUUSN folks. We are always looking for donations of services, particularly from folks who have not donated services in the past. You can view last year's auction catalogs. Feel free to be creative in thinking about what service you can donate. 

As part of the auction activities, we also sell raffle tickets for special offerings leading up to the auction itself. We will have a Services Auction table set up in the Parish Hall after services on January 11, 18, and 25. We will be selling raffle tickets and/or you can sign up to donate a service. Or if you just want to learn more about the Services Auction, this is the place to come. 

Questions or if you want to discuss offering a service? Please contact Pat Rohan.