Image by Image For centuries European artists have portrayed Jesus of Nazareth as a man who mirrors their own ethnicity. Is this an example of cultural appropriation? A recent NPR article features an historic 150 year old Rhode Island stained glass window with dark- skinned Galilean Jesus interacting with sisters Mary and Martha, but as … Continue reading Building Beloved Community 4/25/24
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
This past Sunday, we gathered in Metcalf for some collective activities around Earth Day. We made pledge cards to take home and discuss with our families, and we made grass “crowns” to help remind us of the power and importance of the natural world in our lives. Spirit Play: This coming Sunday we’ll return to … Continue reading Highlights for RE, WUSYG, JUSYG, OWL, Spirit Play 4/25/2024
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
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
Registration is now open for our second annual RE Canoe and River Cleanup trip on May 11th. This trip is our Spring service project for all RE classes. We had a grand time last year and are expanding the activities to include a picnic in the park afterward! We’ll meet at WUS at 8:30 am … Continue reading RE Families Canoe and River Cleanup Trip – Register Now!
Summer services will begin this year on Sunday, June 16, and end Sunday, September 1. Most of the services, which will begin each Sunday at 10 am again this year, will be led by lay members of the Winchester Unitarian Society. If past experience can provide a prediction, our fellow UUs will offer a rich bounty … Continue reading Summer Services — Do You Have a Sermon in You?
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)
An invitation from Zareen Araoz Dear Members of the WUS Community, On Saturday, April 27th, at 1pm, we will be holding a virtual Memorial Service to honor my dear husband, Alberto Araoz, and to celebrate the very special human being he was during the almost 94 memorable years he spent on this earth. Farokh and … Continue reading Memorial Service for Alberto Araoz
Walks Again We Believe in Dog is a gathering of WUS members and friends – and their dogs – who walk together in the Fells in the warm-weather months. You don’t need a dog to participate! All participating dogs must be friendly and vaccinated. We next gather on Saturday, April 20th. We will meet at the second of three entrances to the Middlesex Fells on Hillcrest Parkway at 10 am and start walking around 10:05. Let Rev. … Continue reading We Believe In Dog
