Newsletter December 1, 2022
Highlights from this week’s What’s Up: December activities to keep our town, homes, and hearts warm, the path of Wonder, and this month’s Social Action Circle newsletter.
A Body at Rest: Exploring the Forces that May Overcome Resistance to Change
Message by Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman This month, we’ve talked a lot about change and that can be unsettling. This morning we offer our gratitude for the community that faces all of that change with us. Read more…
Newsletter November 24, 2022
Highlights from this week’s What’s Up: the 2023 Pledge Form is now available, update from the Congregational Meeting, and additional reading about Thanksgiving and the Iroquois Great Law of Peace.
Gratitude: Learning from Indigenous Voices, Then and Now
Message by Eva Riebold and AJ Fox Trans(gender) Day of Remembrance (TDoR) 2022 – Laura Parsons We Remember ThemMusic by Susan LaBarrText by Sylvan Kamens and Rabbi Jack RiemerPermission GrantedPerformed by the First UU Choir Read more…
Newsletter November 17, 2022
In this week’s What’s Up: volunteers needed to greet members and friends before the service and make coffee after, the UUA Transgender Day of Remembrance Service, and a brainstorming session about December’s theme of “Wonder.”
Buy Nothing, Change the World
Message by Colleen Appel and Michelle Scott-Huffman Moment of Perspective – Proposed Changes to Article 2/The Seven Principles – AJ Fox and Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman Our opening words were written by Ma Theresa “Tet” Gustilo Read more…
Be the Change
Message by Sherry Buchanan Moment of Perspective – Blessing of Change – AJ Fox The opening words are The Heart of Both-And, by Lyn Cox. Spirit of Life, ever adapting and renewing, we come together Read more…
Newsletter November 10, 2022
In this week’s What’s Up: the service this week encourages us to “Buy Nothing, Change the World,” and conversations about death and dying.
Newsletter November 3, 2022
Highlights from this week’s What’s Up: “Be the Change” is the message title for Sunday, lots of preparation in advance of Election Day, and plans for a shared meal November 24.
Courage to Face the Scary Stuff
Message by Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman Moment of Perspective – TikTok Do It Scared – AJ Fox The opening words are United by Story and Bound by Love, by Andrea Hawkins-Kamper. Gather we now into this Read more…
Newsletter October 27, 2022
Highlights from this week’s What’s Up: We’re talking about “Courage to Face the Scary Stuff” on Sunday, UUA’s Common Read is “Defund Fear: Safety without Policing, Prisons, and Punishment” by Zach Norris, and TrUUnk or Read more…
Wholehearted Courage
Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman Moment of Perspective – TrUUnk or Treat at Springfield UU – Babs Garcia and Farrow Carson The opening words are Map of the Journey in Progress, by Victoria E Safford. Here is Read more…