Sunday services are held via Zoom at 10:30 a.m.

Sunday services Zoom link

https://zoom.us/j/95156904873

June 5, 2022 Sunday Service

10:30 a.m. via Zoom

"Transcending the Binary"

Rev. Carol Strecker speaking

June is PRIDE month. We celebrate the many ways people express gender and sexuality in our culture, many of which transcend cultural norms, male and female. Now more than ever it seems important to understand the issues facing people who don’t fit neatly into the gender binary of male and female. Learning from each other and expanding our understanding of the full range of human experience is an important way Unitarian Universalists can honor the worth and dignity of all people. Finding a spiritual home where you feel seen in the fullness of your humanity is what being a Welcoming Congregation is really all about.

The Annual Meeting will be held

immediately following the service. 

Make the effort to ZOOM into the meeting

at 11:45 a.m.

&

Have your vote counted.

June 12, 2022 Sunday Service

10:30 a.m.  

Flower Ceremony 

Rev. Carol Strecker speaking

Come join us in person, outside (weather permitting) or via Zoom to celebrate this historic Unitarian ritual that lifts up the blessings of unity in diversity. Bring a flower or two to share if you’re able to join us in person. Bring a flower or two to your share with others on Zoom if you’re joining in from home. A highlight of this special day will be a celebration of the amazing gifts of volunteers and staff. 

From the Board

Dear Members of NSUU,

In order to close out the current fiscal year, which ends on June 30, 2022 and to conduct business at the start of the new fiscal year on July 1, 2022, it is imperative that we get approvals from the congregation on proposed by-law change, election of board, acceptance of the Treasurer's Year-End Report, acceptance of the new budget for FY23, and a directive for the Ministerial Search Team as to how to proceed. In order to complete these tasks, we must get approval from the members to withdraw funds either from our cash account, from our permanent funds or both, and to approve the withdrawal of funds for up to four years of the contract of a minister, beginning in FY24.

None of these things can be accomplished unless we have quorum present to cast their votes. Please do not leave these decisions to anyone else. Make the effort to ZOOM into the meeting on Sunday, June 5 at 11:45 and have your vote counted.

More from the Board.......

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Our apologies to Lynette Gray for omitting her candidacy for Board Clerk for a one-year term 2022-2023 church year.

Thank you, Lynette, for volunteering to fill this position. 

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Important: Please

Complete your 2021-2022 pledge to Northshore Church

before this fiscal year ends on June 30th

&

Send your pledge card for the next fiscal year 2022-2023

• If you haven't completed your 2021-2022 pledge commitment, we urge you to please mail your final pledge check before June 30th to NSUU Church, 323 Locust St., Danvers, MA 01923.

• If you haven't mailed your 2022-2023 pledge card for next year, please mail your pledge card as soon as possible to help reduce the deficit. Send your card to NSUU Church, 323 Locust St., Danvers, MA 01923 or save time and postage by emailing your pledge amount to the church at nsuu@verizon.net

Good Things Are Growing at our Farm

Our farming season has officially started! Last Thursday Iain Goddard, Bob Ferris, Barbara Haight, Hal Morse and Susan Haas put the fence back up, put down the drip irrigation system, weeded, and planted cherry tomatoes, cabbage and kale. And for the finishing touch, Bob mowed the grass around the site! Beautiful. Barbara Haight put down the new addition of cardboard placed on the ground that will prevent the weeds from coming back up.

The two rows of potatoes, planted in the early spring are thriving. Rhubarb is ready to harvest, garlic is very tall. Radishes are planted next to the potatoes.

A Monarch butterfly is grateful for all the milkweed growing at the farm which she will need to lay her eggs on. She flies around the farm all day! Cute caterpillars are sure to follow.

We will be planting the Three Sisters (corn, beans, and pumpkin) this year, as well as cucumbers, zucchini, Danvers carrots and Danvers onions, and crooked neck squash as well as peas and pea pods. We hope the Danvers Food Pantry will enjoy the bounty of the farm all season long!!

Come visit us at Endicott Farm NSUU Garden in Danvers.

Social Action News



Indigenous Study Group

We are offering two museum experiences in May or June. We are trying to assess interest of the congregation and date preferences.

1. Mashantucket Pequot Museum https://www.pequotmuseum.org/

Open 9-5 Wednesday - Saturday (last admission 4pm)

Adults $22, Seniors $17 except, group rates (10 people or more):

Adults $15, Seniors $13 1-hour tour of museum available; or just wander

It should take about 2 1/4 hours' drive from NSUU to the Museum at 110 Pequot Trail, Mashantucket (Ledyard), CT 06338 (We should be home by about 5 pm)

2. Peabody Essex Museum

“On This Ground: Being and Belonging in America"

Native American Art and American collections brought together to explore national identity through creative expression. Dates have not been determined. If you are interested in either of these events, please contact Jean Koulack-Young@ jeankoulackyoung@gmail.com

Pride Events

Community Pride Party   Sunday, June 5 from 12 noon to 3 p.m.

NSUU Church Social Action Committee is proud to sponsor the Community Pride Party to be held on the lawn of the Peabody Institute Library of Danvers, 15 Sylvan Street., Danvers, Massachusetts. Community Pride party event will be held outside the library at the Rotary Pavilion and lawn. Food trucks, DJ, trivia, raffle baskets, giveaways and more. Northshore Church has sponsored a raffle basket.

North Shore Pride in Salem  June 25, starting at 11 a.m.

A group from Northshore Church will walk. In the past this has been a festive and fun event as we join other area residents walking in support of our LGBTQ friends and neighbors. If you would like to join our Northshore Church group, please contact Jean Koulack Young (978-587-2935) or jeankoulackyoung@gmail.com to let us know and for further information. Note that Jean is the contact person, a change from the information in last week's Good Things are Happening announcements.

Afghanistan Refugee Family

A family who escaped from Afghanistan after US pulled out our forces has settled in Beverly. The father was involved in security for US military forces and he is here with his wife, who will soon have their third child, and two preschool sons. The local organization supporting them as they settle into life in the United States is eager to talk to our congregation about the family’s experience coming to this country and their needs as they start new lives here. Stay tuned for information about when this will occur. They need financial support as they begin their journey, and we will be letting you know how Northshore Church can help.