The UUCW Nugget
March 29, 2017

Office Hours
(Sept 6, 2016 - 
June 29, 2017):
Mon, Tues, Wed: 
9 am - 3 pm
Thur. 9 am - 2 pm


Congregational Mission Statement
"The members and friends of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Worcester covenant to be a congregation of love, hope and justice inspiring people to take on the challenges of a changing world."
  
 
Welcoming Church 
Mission Statement 
The LGBTQI and Allies of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Worcester strives to further the affirmation and celebration of LGBTQI individuals in all aspects of the church community. We also seek to increase the visibility of UUCW as a Welcoming Congregation within the greater community.


UUCW Covenant of Right Relations
In consonance with the principles and purposes of the Unitarian Universalist Association, we the members and friends of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Worcester covenant to sustain and support a courageous and caring community by:
 
* Bringing our best selves to form a welcoming, loving, and inclusive community of faith;
 
* Creating an atmosphere of celebration and worship in a safe environment;
 
* Providing opportunities where diverse people and points of view are respected and where open-hearted and open-minded discussion of our differences is encouraged;
 
* Treating each other with kindness and respect;
 
* Approaching conflicts with a spirit of humility and with the respectful intent for peaceful resolution;
 
* Engaging in and encouraging spiritual and intellectual growth across the lifespan;
 
* Fostering social justice and positive transformation in our community and in the world at large;
 
* Growing and maintaining the resources necessary to support the missions and ministries of this congregation;
 
* Fostering fellowship and enjoying each other and the unique gifts that each person brings to our community.
Living with Style 
  
I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it. People think pleasing God is all God cares about. But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back.
- Alice Walker, The Color Purple

As we settle into the season of spring, I am mindful that renewing life calls forth opportunities for the deeper contemplation of our own purposes and the meanings we draw from such time. In service to the ebb and flow of this effort, I offer the following meditation by Rabbi Byron L. Sherwin from the Spring Touchstone Journal.

The eighteenth-century German philosopher Johann Herder taught that each person has an original and unique manner of being human. The task is to develop it. According to Nietzsche, a person is known by his or her "style," that is, by the unique pattern that gives unity and distinctiveness to a person's activities. Style articulates the uniqueness of the self. Rather than fitting one's life into the demands of external conformity, rather than living one's life as an imitation of the life of another, one should look to find the authentic self within. One should labor to develop one's own unique style in crafting one's soul. An individual who denies his or her own individuality articulates life with a voice other than that which is uniquely his or her own. A person who suppresses his or her own self is in danger of missing the point of his or her own existence, of surrendering what being human means.

Aaron
Contact Information

Phone:

508-853-1942

Email:

office@uucworcester.org

Fax:

508-853-2065

Website:

www.uucworcester.org

 

 

 

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