Sunday Service

April 16, 2023

10:30 A.M.

Join us in the sanctuary or via Zoom

10th Annual Earth Day Service

"Acts of Restorative Kindness"

Join the Green Sanctuary Team for Northshore Church's 10th annual Earth Day service, "Acts of Restorative Kindness." The service will feature grateful and inspiring music and presentations celebrating Mother Earth.  

What can you do personally about the climate crisis? Listen to ideas from Susan Haas, our Master Gardener, and Claire Karl Muller of UU Mass Action.

Sunday Service

April 23, 2023

10:30 A.M.

Join us in the sanctuary or via Zoom

"Springtime and Renewal"

Rev. Carol Strecker Speaking

Special Musical Guest; Morgan Beckford, vocalist

Join us for a celebration of spring through poetry and song. We don’t always know where our strength comes from but this time of year the light and warmth of the sun certainly provide an energy for renewal. Breath deep and take in the sights and sounds of life abundant. 

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Morgan Beckford, originally hailing from Memphis, Tennessee, has been singing as long as she can remember. Beginning with children’s choir at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church at age 6, her passion for singing has taken her through a variety of genres, including a capella, musical theater, jazz and American songbook repertoire, and mostly, classical voice and opera.

Now that she has relocated to the New England area, she’s been thrilled to perform with both the Theater Offensive and Petrichor in cabaret performances; she is also a staff singer at Trinity Church Boston in Copley Square. 

When not onstage, Morgan has worked in arts administration as an Education and Outreach Coordinator and Summer Conservatory Director for Opera Memphis, a Fellowship Coach and Partnerships Coordinator for the Memphis Music Initiative, and the Chief Programming Officer at the Community Music Center of Boston. Currently, she serves as the Silkroad Connect Director of the Silkroad Ensemble.

To attend the Sunday service via Zoom,

please go to the Northshore Church website nsuu.org

& click on "Join Service."

From the Administrator

To all Chairpersons and Team Leaders



Please send your committee/team report (to be included in the annual report) to me via email at nsuu@verizon.net by May 5th. Thanks, Nancy

From the NSUU Board of Directors

Please remember that our pledge drive is coming to a close on April 23rd, and that in preparation for presenting an accurate budget to the congregation for the next fiscal year that starts in July, we need to have pledge cards in hand that will represent the congregation's contribution to the budget. Members of the board will be reaching out to those who have not returned a pledge card before the 23rd. We will celebrate the end of a hopefully successful stewardship campaign with guest singer, Morgan Beckford and an ice cream social following the service.

In conversation with the board and Reverend Carol, it has been decided that the June 4, 2023 celebration of our retiring interim minister will be a FREE event, including a catered luncheon and musical entertainment from 12 noon to 1:30 PM, hopefully on our patio. We must give an accurate number to the caterer, so please email or call Nancy to confirm your attendance at the farewell.

We are suggesting that attendees make a contribution to Northshore Church in Carol's honor on the day of the event. We are all looking forward to a wonderful send-off.

Please mark your calendars

with these important dates !

Sunday, April 23

Following the Sunday Service

11:45 A.M. until 12:30 P.M.

Final Day of Pledge Campaign

"Spring Into Action"

Ice Cream Social and Music

Morgan Beckford, Soloist at Trinity Church in Boston

We want everyone to attend

the ice cream social!

If you will be joining us, please email Nancy nsuu@verizon.net

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Sunday, May 21

11:45 A.M. until 1:00 P.M.

Annual Meeting of NSUU

(A quorum is required to approve all actions)

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Sunday, June 4

11:45 A.M. until 1:30 P.M.

Celebration in honor of Rev. Carol Strecker

Catered Barbeque

Musical Entertainment

&

Contra Dancing with "Ragtime Jack"

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Social Action

ACTION ALERT FOR 2023-2024

MA INDIGENOUS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA

As Northshore Church has supported Indigenous studies and efforts toward Indigenous justice, we ask you to review this information about the 2023-2024 MA Indigenous Legislative Agenda and seriously consider filling out the petition to support these important bills. This effort is supported by the Action Network and UU Mass Action of which we are a member.

Click on this link to support this bill:

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/2023-2024-cosponsor-drive-for-mass-indigenous-legislative-agenda

Thank you. 

Green Sanctuary and Social Action Committees

DANVERS FOOD PANTRY

Reminding people that we are still collecting food items for this important organization that helps provide food security to the Danvers community. We are collecting canned food items, personal care items and paper products.

OPERATION TROOP SUPPORT

A basket in fellowship hall awaits donations of items for troops such as personal care products, snacks, cards, gum, tuna fish, work socks, games, books, packaged soup, peanut butter, mac & cheese, Chef Boyardee.