Sunday Services Schedule

The Executive Committee invites all members and friends to our Fall Retreat, Saturday, November 9, 8:30am - 1:00pm in Parish Hall.

This will be one of our most important Fall Retreats ever. Ballou Channing District (BCD) Executive, Rev. Bill Zelazny, will lead the workshop. This year the theme will be "New Ministry Start-Up."

Rev. Bill plans to guide us through a series of discussions and exercises, including a review of our congregational heritage to see how it informs our present and future; a discussion of what is expected of Rev. Kristin, our half-time Consulting Minister, and what she can expect of us; delineation of areas of minister and leadership responsibilities; and a discussion of "Wings and Chains", i.e., what holds us back and what makes us take flight. In addition, Rev. Kristin will give an overview of this year's Visioning Process.

Our work together during this retreat will form a firm foundation upon which to build great ministerial and congregational relations.

The Executive Committee and Rev. Kristin ask all committee chairpersons to participate. While the retreat focuses on leadership topics, anyone interested in what our new half-time ministry will look like is encouraged to attend - whether or not you consider yourself a present, past, or future leader.

Beverages and coffee break snacks will be provided. Please bring your own bagged lunch. To sign up for child care, please contact Executive Committee Vice-President Jason Gold by Saturday, November 2.

If you have any questions, contact Jason or Executive Committee Clerk Ellen Dehm.

We look forward to seeing you there!
The Executive Committee and Rev. Kristin

In the Preschool and Kindergarten classroom, we are enjoying a figurative walk along the Rainbow Path, where we are exploring our Rainbow Principles! We have learned a great deal about showing Respect to other people, and are in the process of creating our very own books about the seven principles!

In the first and second grade, we are learning about our church, and the people within it. We recently sent out interview questions to learn a bit more about the members of our church staff. You can find our artistic interpretations of their answers on the RE bulletin board in Parish Hall!

And as for us big kids? We are exploring the same principles as the little guys, but in deeper detail as we delve into what we believe! So far, we have explored how every person has inherent worth, and how the Caring CommUnity shows what a great job Unity Church is doing in showing fair and kind treatment to all!

We answered questions from the Choice Jar in our monthly large group activity! Though some of these questions may have seemed a bit silly (Would you rather have a hippo with you in your bed, or an elephant with you in your bath?) there were many that really picked at our brains (Would you rather be unable to stand up for yourself or never know when to back down?).

We learned a great deal about listening to each other as we explained why we chose the answers that we did, and compared our reasons with the reasons of our friends.

We are very excited to continue our lessons this fall! If you are ever curious about what goes on over at Holly House during our lessons, please feel free to hop on over! We would love to share our experiences with you!

If you have any questions, please contact CRE Deanna Greenstein at deanna.greenstein at gmail.com or 857-829-3285.

On Sunday, November 10, another fine concert will be performed by the remarkable union of two handbell choirs, Unity Church and St. Mark, who have joined together in love, twice a year, for the last 22 years.

 

The concert will be held at 3:00 pm at St. Mark Congregational Church, 200 Townsend Street (and Humboldt Avenue) Dorchester, MA 02121. Donations accepted at the door. 

 

 
The New England Folk Festival Association (NEFFA) has a festival in Mansfield each spring. Folk musicians and dancers come from around the world. Some (young adults, musicians) cannot afford hotel rates.

For continuously updated details about how you can help,

click here to get to the Unity Church NEFFA web page. 

 

You can also directly contact Anna Linzi at 781-727-7521 or ANNATL124 at gmail.com. Anna is leading this event for Unity Church. 

A piece of General Assembly will be visiting Unity Church. Annually, Unitarian Universalists (UU) from across the country gather at General Assembly (GA) to conduct business, share information, and to worship together. It's powerful to hear the combined voices of thousand of UU's raised in song and see the traditions of our larger faith. 

One of the traditions is the lighting of the Chalice. GA Chalice is oversized, to be in proportion to the gathering. With GA in Providence RI this year, June 25-29, 2014, Unity Church will be hosting the GA chalice on Dec 15, 2013. Be sure to come on that Sunday, just to get fired up about GA!

The meetings will be held on at Noon at the home of Walter Tramontano. All are welcome! The  book selection for our meeting on November 13th is Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese.

For information about the book selection or directions please contact Michele Blake at 508-230-2839 or mfblake at comcast.net.

You can find it on our web site under the Member Access menu,
after you log in as a member.

Now in a more eco-friendly format of 6 (or 3, 2-sided) printable pages!