The Weekly Update
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January 10, 2018
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AA Meeting Saturdays 5:00 p.m.
Covenant Group
1st & 3rd Sundays
11:45 a.m-1:00 p.m.
Dialogue Group
2nd & 4th Sundays
11:45 a.m-1:15 p.m.
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Visit our YouTube channel to view our sermons
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Can you help?
Our church, through its Social Justice Ministry Team, supports the Food Pantry at St. Stephen's Church in Lynn.
Donations of non-perishable food items
may be left in the marked box
in the front hall.
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Weekly Update
Sunday, Jan. 14- Jan. 20
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Sunday, Jan. 14, at 10:00 a.m.
Worship Service
The Rev. Dr. Victoria Weinstein
"
Sources Of Faith"
Unitarian Universalists draw on the wisdom of multiple philosophies and religions to inform their theologies and moral commitments. What does it mean for our uniqueness that eclecticism of this kind is now widely accepted in society?
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January 50/50 to Benefit
UUSC Guest At Your Table
The Denominational Connections Ministry Team has selected the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee's Guest at Your Table fund-raising initiative as the beneficiary of the January 50/50 collections.
The Unitarian Universalist Committee is a separate and independent affiliate organization of the Unitarian Universalist Association. Its social justice, human rights, and disaster relief activities are funded through voluntary contributions, grants, and bequests. The Service Committee accepts no government funds.
Contributions to the UUSC are tax deductible and count toward membership in the organization. Please make checks payable to UUSC with GAYT noted on the memo line.
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Green Sanctuary Ministry Team Meeting Postponed to Friday, January 19 The Green Sanctuary Ministry Team gets together every other month during the church year at a parishioner's house for potluck and a team meeting. All are welcome to join us! The next meeting is Friday, January 19, at 6:30 p.m. For more information, please call or e-mail Toni Bandrowicz at 781-599-3541 or tbandrowicz@gmail.com.
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Fifth Annual Snow Person Building Contest!
Enter the Green Sanctuary
Ministry Team's 5th annual
SNOW PERSON BUILDING CONTEST
-or- by
putting it in the GSMT's mailbox
in the church lobby
by March 1st.
Prizes will be awarded and photos of the winners will be posted on the GSMT Bulletin Board in the Parish Hall.
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Explore Your Dreams
Sunday, January 21, at 3:30 p.m.
The next meeting of the Dreams Workshop, which meets the third Sunday of every month from 3:30-5:30 p.m., is Sunday, January 21, in the Fellowship Room. Please join us. Dreams come to us in the forms of symbols and metaphors with important messages for our lives. If you are interested in learning more, please contact Pearl Brown at epbrown23@verizon.net or
781-631-4905.
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Resistance and Transformation: UU Social Justice History
Beginning February 7 at 7:00 p.m.
Register now for
Resistance and Transformation: UU Social Justice History. Learn about the world changing social justice history of Unitarian Universalists at this
biweekly learning opportunity starting February 7th at 7:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Room. Child care available by request. Each session discusses a different time period or social movement, so attend one or all!
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Mitten Tree Thank You!
Warmest thanks from the Lynn Community Health Center Pediatric Department staff for all the wonderful hats,
mittens, gloves, scarves and blankets. The items are all now out in the world keeping kids warm. We always wish we could convey to
you the smiles and gratitude these warm and needed items elicit when we present them to our young patients. We send our deepest thanks and good wishes for a Healthy 2018!
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Sermons Online
Did you know that you can watch Rev. Vicki's sermons on our website?
Click here. Thanks to Steve Deveau for being our dedicated videographer.
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At the Movies!
If you missed one of the movies that the Green Sanctuary Ministry Team has hosted, remember that you can borrow them for home viewing! GSMT has all of its environmentally themed DVDs on the book cart during Sunday Fellowship Hour along with a sign-out sheet. We request that you keep the DVD out for a 14-day period only.
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Help Us Welome Newcomers!
It's so important to have a friendly, warm, and welcoming presence in the foyer on Sunday mornings before worship. You don't need to be trained or signed up. Just park yourself there and say hello, get folks name tags, and show them where the sanctuary is.
Everyone in the church community is hereby deputized Official Greeter! We have so many newcomers lately; let's help them feel at home.
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Does the Office Know Your Current Contact Information?
Please keep your name, address, phone number, and e-mail current in the church office. E-mail Elizabeth Muller with your correct information. Not sure what information we have on file for you? Call Elizabeth at 781-595-8836, ext. 10.
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Covenant Group
Covenant Group is open to anyone from the church interested in learning about and experiencing small group ministry. Gatherings are 11:45-1:00 p.m.
in the "Faces" classroom, the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month. If you are interested in joining this group, or even just sitting in to see if you like it, please speak to
Lyssa Andersson or Suzanne Forgione.
We encourage visitors to try it out for at least three consecutive sessions to get a real feeling for the group. One need not be a UUCGL member, or even a Unitarian Universalist to join a covenant group here.
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Dialogue Group
"Dialogue" is a way of practicing deep listening that enables us to share personal experiences and thoughts in a way that collectively builds a more expansive understanding of ourselves and the world around us. We move from reaction to connection. The dialogue is preceded by a short "discursive meditation." Dialogue and the discursive meditation are part of the method of Cafh, a path of spiritual unfolding. For information about Cafh: www.cafh.org; the discursive meditation: http://www.seedsofunfolding.org/issues/08_11/inspiration.htm and dialogue,
http://seedsofunfolding.org/issues/04_06/features_1.htm
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The Dialogue Group meets the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month at 11:45 a.m. There is no obligation to commit to attendance. All are welcome when able to attend. Contact Ron Fishman at ronroyfish@aol.com for more information.
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AA Meets on Saturdays, 5 p.m.
An Alcoholics Anonymous group meets every Saturday at
5:00 p.m. The group is open to alcoholics and those who believe they may have a problem with alcohol. We look forward to welcoming all interested.
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