Greetings from West Virginia! We’re having a great time down here, learning more about this community and helping to construct a deck, a handicapped ramp, and a bathroom. We also seem to have adopted a couple doggos into the WUSYG fam! Here’s most of us in Metcalf before we departed. There will be no regular … Continue reading Youth Update 4/18/24
Summer services will begin this year on Sunday, June 16, and end Sunday, September 1. Most of the services, which will begin each Sunday at 10 am again this year, will be led by lay members of the Winchester Unitarian Society. If past experience can provide a prediction, our fellow UUs will offer a rich bounty … Continue reading Summer Services — Do You Have a Sermon in You?
Saturday, April 27, 8:30-10:30 Purpose: Establish an organization dedicated to providing support to recently arriving refugees residing in temporary hotel shelters in Woburn and Arlington, Massachusetts Membership: CARE is recruiting volunteers willing to be trained and submitting to a simple background check who will give of their time and talent to the goals of the … Continue reading Community Action for Refugee Emergency (CARE)
An invitation from Zareen Araoz Dear Members of the WUS Community, On Saturday, April 27th, at 1pm, we will be holding a virtual Memorial Service to honor my dear husband, Alberto Araoz, and to celebrate the very special human being he was during the almost 94 memorable years he spent on this earth. Farokh and … Continue reading Memorial Service for Alberto Araoz
Walks Again We Believe in Dog is a gathering of WUS members and friends – and their dogs – who walk together in the Fells in the warm-weather months. You don’t need a dog to participate! All participating dogs must be friendly and vaccinated. We next gather on Saturday, April 20th. We will meet at the second of three entrances to the Middlesex Fells on Hillcrest Parkway at 10 am and start walking around 10:05. Let Rev. … Continue reading We Believe In Dog
Still Time to Be Heard Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to complete our survey. The survey is still open for those who haven’t yet participated but would like to contribute their thoughts. Above, you’ll discover a word cloud representing approximately 50 responses to one of our survey questions. This question delves into the … Continue reading Interim Minister Search:
Save the Date: June 9, 2024 In just about two months, we will extend a heartfelt farewell to Rev. Heather as our minister. It will certainly be a bittersweet moment for our congregation filled with smiles, hugs and even a few tears. A small team has begun the planning process to honor and acknowledge Heather’s many contributions to WUS. … Continue reading Celebrating Rev. Heather’s Ministry
The Fellowship Committee invites you to a recorded talk by the author of next month’s Book Club book, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants. As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi … Continue reading April 4 Recorded Talk by the Author of Braiding Sweetgrass
Gordy McIntosh Two reminders this week! First, Sunday, March 31st, is the final day for the 2025 fiscal year pledge drive. If you’re anything like me, you may not have submitted your pledge for next year yet for any number of reasons. I will be getting my pledge in by Sunday! I’ve always believed that people … Continue reading A Message from the Chair 2/28/24
Term By Term In the midst of Women’s Herstory Month, it’s a good time to highlight legal scholar and civil rights advocate Kimberle Crenshaw who coined the term “intersectionality” in 1989. Her own definition: “Intersectionality is a metaphor for understanding the ways that multiple forms of inequality or disadvantage sometimes compound themselves and create obstacles that … Continue reading Building Beloved Community
