You are a generous people. You donated almost $700 towards supplies for Boston’s unhoused residents. You baked more than 20 dozen cookies for the care kits. You assembled 100 care kits for distribution, each including sanitizer, winter wear, toothbrush, toothpaste, comb and cookies. Some kits even included a handmade card. Special thanks to the Cookie … Continue reading Thank You for Putting Our Love in Action!
WUSYG: We had a great WUSYG meeting this past weekend reconnecting after the long holiday break. This week we will be having our first WUSYG sleepover of the year! WUSYGers are invited to join us at WUS this Friday at 7pm through noon on Saturday for games, baking, and fun! We will also have our … Continue reading Religious Education/Owl/WUSYG/JUSYG update 1/26
“In order to empathize with someone’s experience, you must be willing to believe them as they see it, not how you imagine the experience to be.” Brene Brown Join us on Zoom Sunday afternoon at 4 pm for a second opportunity to talk about micro-aggressions. Please email Patty Shepard to request a link. If you joined us … Continue reading Building Beloved Community Quote By Quote 1/18/24
Saturday, January 20th, 2024 2pm – 3:30pm Join Green Sanctuary Committee members in WUS Parlor to attend via Zoom: (In person at First Parish Concord – 20 Lexington Rd. We START at 2pm, please arrive before. There is plenty of parking. Please wear a mask.) ZOOM LINK: https://bit.ly/EJ-Table-Forum?source=email& Join the MA Environmental Justice Legislative Table … Continue reading Environmental Justice and Building Our New Grid – Where Should It All Go?
And the work remains unfinished, ongoing, and vital for humankind. We are a part of that inescapable mutuality, our destinies linked. A community acting in love. Today. —Gloria Legvold, for the Racial Justice Team Planning Group
In the parlor starting at 12pm, after the coffee hour hubbub has died down: Deepen your connections with your fellow congregants after church with a discussion of On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World, led by Lee Barton. Lee says, “People hurt one another. We all do. We may not mean to, but it … Continue reading Discuss the UUA Common Read Feb. 11 after Worship
Our LOVE IN ACTION event for January is preparing and distributing care kits for those experiencing homelessness at “Mass and Cass” (Massachusetts Avenue and Melina Cass Boulevard) through the organization Moms on the Mile. Here are the many ways you can participate! Bring a NEW hat/scarf/pair of gloves/pair of socks to WUS on January 7th, … Continue reading Love In Action January 2024
Beginning, Becoming, Belonging The Membership Committee and the Rev. Heather Janules are inviting you to one remaining session open to everyone, but especially helpful to those new to Unitarian Universalism and/or Winchester Unitarian Society (WUS). “Beginning, Becoming, Belonging”
We have a renewed opportunity to support the immigrant families being housed in neighboring Woburn. With a new baby and a few on the way for the Woburn families, there is a need for a few specific baby items! Keeping in mind that families are in small hotel rooms, only these items can be accepted at this time. … Continue reading Needed Donations For Families
Gordy McIntosh It’s been a few weeks since my last message. Sometimes my brain is going 90 mph with thoughts I want to share and other times I have writer’s block. I gave the gift of time to the Standing Committee by canceling our meeting on December 20th so I have nothing to report on … Continue reading A Message from The Chair 1/4/2024
