Author: Winchester UU

An Update from the Interim Search Committee

We appreciate everyone’s input through your survey responses and discussions. We heard you! Last week, we submitted the application to the UUA (Unitarian Universalist Association).  Now that the application is complete, the UUA Transition Office will match us with up to six trained Interim Ministers who expressed interest in our application. We expect those names … Continue reading An Update from the Interim Search Committee

A Message From The Chair 4/18/24

On Monday, Church Administrator and Director of Outreach, Richard Dorbin, reported to the Standing Committee that we have reached our Fiscal 2025 pledge goal of $425,000. As of Monday, we have 106 pledges for $406,171. Combined with the Standing Committee matching pledges, we have a total of $425,451. Our Treasurer, Brad Steele, says that this is … Continue reading A Message From The Chair 4/18/24

Youth Update 4/18/24

Greetings from West Virginia! We’re having a great time down here, learning more about this community and helping to construct a deck, a handicapped ramp, and a bathroom. We also seem to have adopted a couple doggos into the WUSYG fam! Here’s most of us in Metcalf before we departed.   There will be no regular … Continue reading Youth Update 4/18/24

Building Beloved Community 4/11/24

Month By Month In 2022 President Joe Biden issued a proclamation designating April as Arab-American Heritage Month, a culmination of many years of work by volunteers in the Arab-American community. It is an opportunity to highlight the numerous contributions to our culture by United States citizens from 22 diverse Arabic-speaking countries. Moreover, it is an occasion to … Continue reading Building Beloved Community 4/11/24

Community Action for Refugee Emergency (CARE)

Saturday, April 27, 8:30-10:30 Purpose: Establish an organization dedicated to providing support to recently arriving refugees residing in temporary hotel shelters in Woburn and Arlington, Massachusetts Membership: CARE is recruiting volunteers willing to be trained and submitting to a simple background check who will give of their time and talent to the goals of the … Continue reading Community Action for Refugee Emergency (CARE)

Pledge Update 4/11/24

While the marketing campaign of our pledge drive has ended, we fully expect pledges to keep coming in! You may have received a gentle reminder email from Liz Scott if you have not yet made a pledge. We won’t forget you because WUS needs your support! We have made great progress. As of April 8, … Continue reading Pledge Update 4/11/24