THE UNITARIAN
June 21, 2015

Vol. 69, No. 42

 

Join Us For Worship This Week

 
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First Unitarian Church of Worcester, MA
90 Main Street
Worcester, Massachusetts 01608
508-757-2708
www.firstunitarian.com

 Worship at First Unitarian 
       

On Sunday childcare will be available

    during worship beginning at 10:15 a.m.  

Sunday Worship begins at 10:30 a.m. in the Sanctuary 

   

Sunday, June 21, 2015
"Celebration of Life" 

 A service to thank our many volunteers and celebrate the children and youth in milestone years. Bring a flower to contribute to a shared bouquet at the front of the church for a Flower Communion. Service led by Director of Faith Development Deborah Levering and the Rev. Sarah C. Stewart
 

Summer Services in the Bancroft Room begin June 28th
See schedule below 


 This is the last Friday email newsletter until September.

A mid-week email "postcard" will be sent with worship
information throughout the summer. 

Before and After Worship This Week

10:15 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
11:30 a.m.

 1:00 p.m.
 4:00 p.m.
Nursery Care in Classroom 4.
Worship Service in the Sanctuary.
Fellowship Hour in the Bancroft/Dining Rooms. All are invited.
Hosted by the Purple Caring Circle. All are invited.
Memorial Service for Donna Leria in the Sanctuary.
Garden Tour - see below. 
Among Ourselves
 

Our heartfelt condolences are with Director of Faith Development Deborah Levering whose mother-in-law passed away peacefully last Saturday after suffering with dementia for several years. A private memorial service is planned for early fall. 

Best wishes for a speedy recovery to Rudy Cepko who is recuperating from hip replacement surgery. 

Summer Worship 2015
 

Summer Worship in the Bancroft Room begins at 10:30 a.m.
Childcare is not available during the summer. 

 

Sunday, June 28,  2015
 "Seasons of Love: Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred lessons from Jonathan Larson"  
 Life lessons from the musical Rent and the life of composer Jonathan Larson. Mike Keating is the worship leader.


 Sunday, July 5,  2015

"Giving Thanks for the American Promise"
 Worship Leader: Lee Bona

 

Sunday, July 12,  2015
"Slow and Steady"
How would you describe your spiritual journey through life?  For Jesse Anderson, the process is slow but continuous. Please join him as he explores how our paths meander - sometimes fast, sometimes slow, but always moving.

 

Sunday, July 19,  2015
"Stewardship"
Worship Leader: Steve Knox

 

Sunday, July 26,  2015
"Bringing Creation Toward Perfection"
Worship Leader: Ken Mandile

Sunday, August 2,  2015

TBA

 

Sunday, August 9,  2015
"What's Your Handicap?"
Worship Leader: Jim Demetry

 

Sunday, August 16,  2015
"On Being Carefully Taught"
Who do I think I am?  What could possibly give a 67 year old, middle-class, WASP female the right to talk about racism? Ellen O'Neil Waite is the worship leader.

 

Sunday, August 23,  2015
"Stoicism and Religion"
Stoicism, as practiced by the ancient Greeks and Romans, was quite different than the everyday use of the term "stoic". This service focuses on the intersection of Religion and Stoicism: both are sources of direction, contention, and inspiration. Marc Deshaies is the worship leader.

 

Sunday, August 30,  2015
"What UUism Means to Us (and You)"
Why do we do what we do at First U?  And how did we get here - literally and figuratively? Rev. Sarah Stewart and Jay Lavelle are the worship leaders.

 

Sunday, September 6,  2015
"The Compassionate Embrace - Love Without Bounds"
Worship Leader: Dave Blodgett

 

Summer Garden Tours 

  

Summer Sunday tours of church members' and friends' gardens are back! This year they will be 4 to 6 pm, when gardens aren't quite to wilted-should be really lovely and a nice chance for community. They'll occur any week it isn't storming. Questions? Call email Kate O'Dell at odellkk@gmail.com.

 

Sunday, June 21
Diane and Ken Mandile,#779 School St., Webster. From church take 290 West onto 395 to exit 1. Go through light at exit and 1 mile to left onto School St. by stop sign. #779 is just after nursing home on left with parking along driveway just before #779, a pink colonial with a red barn.

 

Sunday, June 28 

The garden tour for June 28 will be at our very own Memorial Garden at 90 Main St., Worcester, at 4 p.m. We have realized that 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the first summer of our garden. This offers the occasion for a Garden Party, and we shall serve appropriate refreshments. We want you to know how the garden came to be established, and the names of some plant and feature donors through the years If you have some garden history to contribute to our (archival paper!) garden record book,  please come to share it.  If you would like to be on the host team for this event, let us know.  Kate O'Dell,  Nancy Wilson, Mary Mcalister,  

 

Click here to see the July - August Garden Tour Schedule.

  
Choir Robes All Set For The Fall Season

   

First Unitarian Worcester Choir Rutter Requiem 2014
 

We are grateful to the efforts of choir member Maggie Boone for the planning and completion of laundering and mending our set of choir robes, which are now all repaired and spiffy for the new season (the collar stoles were dry cleaned in an eco-friendly process).  Additional thanks to Nathan Reich, Susan LaCroix, and Christopher Boone for their assistance and support.
 

Choir members not only contribute their musical talents, but are a vital part of our church community in so many ways!

 

Thanks Maggie!

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Sermons


"Spiritual and Musical Journeys" Order of Service and Reflections of the April 12, 2015 worship service.

 

"A Glimpse and a Promise: Easter 2015" by the Rev. Sarah Stewart
the sermon of April 5, 2015 

 

"Sin and Forgiveness" by the Rev. Sarah Stewart
the sermon of February 22, 2015 

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Contact Us

 

First Unitarian Church of Worcester, MA
90 Main Street
Worcester, Massachusetts 01608

508-757-2708
508-753-9332 (fax)
Preaching  
This Week
Rev. Sarah Stewart

The Rev. Sarah C. Stewart

 

For this Sunday's worship service of Celebrations, remember two things: bring a flower for a Flower Communion, and come ready to be recognized if you've volunteered at the church this year! See you Sunday!