September 7, 2008

Ingathering Sunday @ 9:00 and 11:00am  
Rev. Emmy Lou Belcher and Steve Cooper, D.R.E.
This service celebrates the return of the congregation from their summer journeys and the beginning of our worship and religious education year. Traditionally congregants bring water from some place significant during their summer - from oceans far away to creeks in your back yard. The water is poured into a fountain where it joins into one flowing stream just as we do on this day. This year we also ask you to bring non-perishable food and toiletry items to help re-stock one of the local food pantries. This is a service for all ages.  

September 14, 2008   

A Culture of Violence? @ 9:00 and 11:00am  
Rev. Emmy Lou Belcher
In a recent film I saw a pregnant woman who lives in a violent neighborhood in Chicago talking about how she wished her new baby would be a girl so that she would not have to give another boy to death in the streets. The United States is one of the most violent places on the world outside of where actual wars are being waged. What in our culture abets this way of solving differences? What leads do we have to an alternative culture?
Religious Education Classes begin this Sunday. Come in time to register your children.

September 21, 2008

I Once Was Lost But Now Am Found @ 9:00 and 11:00am
Rev. Emmy Lou Belcher
This is the first of our "Bring a Friend" Sundays this year. Do you know someone who would like to hear what draws Unitarian Universalists to come together on Sundays if we are not worshiping a singly-understood God? What is the "mystery of our hour?" What does it mean to be "found" in our tradition?

September 28, 2008

The Gift of Music @ 9:00 and 11:00am 
UU Percussionist, Matt Meyer
Music is a blessing and a gift.  It has much to teach us about our connectedness and our responsibility toward one another. It has much to teach us about how we live out our faith in the world.  Join us for an exploration of music and the gifts it has to offer us. Matt's services tap into the rhythm that is in all of us, as it has been throughout human history.  Not just the beat and pulse of music, but the rhythm found in all the patterns and cycles of nature.  From the beating of our hearts to the movement of our walk and the cadence of our speech, rhythm unites us. 
Matt Meyer is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music and has studied abroad in Cuba, Ghana, and Central America.  Matt has led worship for dozens of UU congregations including several General Assemblies.  He plays percussion for several bands around Boston, as well as teaching private lessons and leading workshops for schools and churches. Matt is active with the UU Young Adult movement and is always seeking new and better ways to combine music, spirituality and social justice work.
There will be a workshop at 1 pm consisting of games, exercises, stories and discussions to bring people together as they experience the power of drumming.  Basic instruction on getting the fullest sound from the instrument will be included, as well as listening attentively to participate in an ensemble of musicians.  Bring a drum if you have one, and if not, enough will be provided for everyone.