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This Week in Religious Exploration
Nursery care for children ages 0-5: Nursery care is available during worship this weekend! Religious Exploration for children and youth in grades K-8: This Sunday, October 20, Sonia Prince will be leading the children in a lesson about climate change and our environmental impact. We will be exploring our Violet Promise, “Value the Earth”, with a story and discussion about ways we can help our environment from home. We will also be making an eco-friendly craft to bring home with us! Junior Youth Group for youth in grades 6-8: At 12:00 on...
read moreRE Program Open House this Sunday!
Come learn about our religious exploration programs at First Parish of Sudbury during our Open House this Sunday, October 20, from 9:15-9:45 a.m. Religious Exploration at First Parish nurtures the spiritual growth of children and youth from infancy through high school, supporting them as they build a loving community, explore world religions and faith traditions, seek truth and meaning, and work together to make positive change in the world. You will have an opportunity to meet our new Director of Religious Exploration, Jenna Kyes, visit our...
read moreSaturday, November 2 – Women’s Alliance One-Day Retreat
Please plan now to attend the annual one-day Retreat of the Women’s Alliance Saturday November, Nov. 2 in the beautiful community building of the Harvard, MA Unitarian-Universalist Church. We will start with coffee and tea, provided by the Alliance, and snacks to which all will contribute, at 9:30 a.m. The program will run from 10 to 12 with a break for lunch at 12, and resume from 1 to 3. Our facilitator for this retreat is Lane Williamson. Here are her words to describe her program: “This all-day retreat will focus on art as a...
read more10/20 Bohm Dialogue — Supernatural
Must be the season of the witch … – Donovan For October our topic-word is “Supernatural”. Why this topic? Well, October is the month and season for it if any month is. And there seems to be a huge fascination at this time with the supernatural in the wider culture, with lots of TV shows, movies and plays, fiction and nonfiction centered on it. At the same time, mainstream culture derides it as “superstition” and in science it is practically “taboo” – any research smacking the least bit of...
read moreKnowing What is Right…
It feels pretty easy to understand what is wrong and what is right in any given situation. Yet it can be confusing when we receive missed messages from a consumer society that is trying to steer and manipulate us to always want more. To seek the perfect <insert your own compulsion> that will just make our lives so much better. Is it the newest piece of technology, education, clothes, friends, home, car… the possible list goes on and on. Knowing when enough is enough may be knowing what is right but knowing what is right may also go...
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Nursery care for children ages 0-5: Nursery care is available during worship this weekend! Religious Exploration for children and youth in grades K-8: This Sunday, October 13, our all-ages Religious Exploration class will encourage our students to think about the rituals and symbols, both secular and religious, that are part of their lives. Together we will explore our everyday rituals, the rituals that are part of our spiritual practice, and the symbols that are meaningful to us as Unitarian Universalists. Students will also have an...
read moreWalking the Road to Justice…
Indigenous People’s Day – Let us take this Sunday to understand how the short- comings of our ancestors displaced the people who inhabited Massachusetts before immigrants arrived. Columbus wasn’t a good guy, in his wake befell trauma, tragedy and destruction. The indigenous people who lived here were decimated by disease, murder and warfare. How do we move forward from our history based on acquisition and greed? Is there a way to heal the divide that still exists in our relationships with our native brothers, sisters and two-spirit? Join Rev....
read moreHarvest Fair Volunteers & Contributions Needed!
Many volunteers are needed to set-up and run the Harvest Fair! Please make a time commitment to help, either on Friday, October 18, between 2pm and 7pm, but especially on Saturday, October 19th, between 8:30am and 4pm. There are tasks for everyone – even sitting for an hour collecting baked goods money would be a help! Start cooking! Go shopping! If you are looking for other ways to contribute, some things you can do to help now include: The Harvest is here and it is time for making jams, jellies and pickles. Put a few jars aside to...
read moreThis Week in Religious Exploration
Nursery care for children ages 0-4: Nursery care is available during worship this weekend! Religious Exploration for children and youth in grades K-8: Flames class (grades K-3):This week, the students will meet with their teachers to begin their year of Moral Tales, and their introductory lesson will include an opportunity to create a Flames class covenant, as well as a story and games that center on the themes of interconnectedness and empathy. Explorers class (grades 4-8): The older students in our program will begin their Toolbox...
read moreCreating Justice…
How do the covenants we make to one another extend beyond our immediate community? At UU Mass Action we center the leadership of those who are directly impacted by injustice and work within coalitions to build the power needed for systemic change in our Commonwealth. Join Laura Wagner, Executive Director of UUMass Action Network, to learn about what’s happening and how you can get involved.
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