Sunday Service

November 27, 2022

10:30 a.m.

In-person service and on Zoom

"The Peace of Wild Things”



 Joint North Shore Unitarian Universalist

Service of Thanksgiving

This recorded service is an offering from clergy from Unitarian Universalist congregations on the North Shore. The theme for this year’s service is peace; inner peace and the need to be grounded in that inner peace to create peace in the world. You are welcome to gather at 10:30am at Northshore Church to watch the service or you can access this service from home through our website at nsuu.org  

Sunday Service

December 4, 2022

10:30 a.m.

In-person service and on Zoom

"The Gift of Wonder"

Rev. Carol Sprecker speaking

We’ll kick off the holiday season by celebrating the eye-opening, heart-quickening, “WOW” moments of wonder that wake us up to the daily gift of life. After an abbreviated service celebrating those gifts, we’ll spill out into the Fellowship Hall for more festivities including swag-making, more music and plenty of opportunity for good fellowship.

Special musical guests: The Northshore Ukulele Players

Sunday services Zoom link

https://zoom.us/j/95156904873

Holiday Swag-making Workshop

We are planning our annual Holiday Swag-making Workshop after the service on Sunday, December 4th.

Due to this summer's draught, my usual sources of greens have diminished. If anyone has access to spruce or fir greens, please let me know. I am available to come and cut them or pick them up.

Please email me at tke.swan@comcast.net.

Thank you,

Tracee Kneeland

Update from the Ministerial Search Committee

Last Saturday’s “Beyond Categorical Thinking” workshop was attended by 15 of our members. It was both informative and helpful, as we get ready to share Northshore Church with others and discover candidates who are interested in us. Over the past few weeks, we have been documenting who we are, our interests, and our hopes. This will lead us to the next stage in our search for a new minister. Our committee is thankful for your help. We couldn’t have done it without you.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Julie O’Meara, Bo Batty, Beth Blanchard, Jeri Kroll, and Terri Hansen

Listening Circle

Sunday, December 11,2022

12 noon

This is such an exciting time for Northshore Church! The Search Committee has been hard at work collating information from the Congregational Survey and Cottage Meetings for prospective ministers. But before we can move full steam ahead, there were a few comments of concern related to our past that we want to address before we can move forward. 

Specifically, there are still unresolved feelings related to the Rev. Julie Lombard’s departure.  To that end Rev. Carol has offered to facilitate a “Listening Circle” to give people an opportunity to share their stories in an open, non-judgmental and respectful manner and to talk about how to move forward together. We can’t fix the past, but we can demonstrate our care for one another by listening to each other's truths and finding ways to walk together into the future in love. 

Please join Rev. Carol and the Search Committee on December 11th at noon in the sanctuary.

A Ritual Sword Dance for the Solstice Service in December



Be a part of history! The "magic" of the dance only works with SIX people. With dancers four, five, and six still to come forward, we are halfway to having a traditional Morris Sword Dance. Be a part of Northshore Church’s Solstice Service on Wednesday, December 21!

The dance is a series of patterns that are WALKED by the six dancers to create a FINALE that is stunning and mystifying. This group (not partner) dance only requires that you walk in rhythm and follow easy directions. You will find success, wonder, and joy, in this fun (and ancient) ritual dance. Let me know if you can be dancer #4, #5 or #6. Please contact me at gbills01915@gmail.com

Social Action Committee

Food Donations

Social Action wishes to thank everyone who came to church on November 12 and donated food for the Danvers Food Pantry. Your contributions help to provide food security in our community. Notice that there is a basket in fellowship hall for continued support of this program. At this time, it is best to bring only canned items, not boxed. Financial contributions in the form of a check made out to Danvers Food Pantry can also be given to any member of the Social Action Committee.

Operation Troop Support

This is a special appeal for the following items to be donated for Operation Troop Support. Items include white work socks, fleece throw blankets, peanut butter crackers, soups, mac and cheese, hygiene products for men and women. These items are to support troops who are spread out throughout the mid-east. Items are needed by DECEMBER 4th there will be a big holiday packing at St. John’s Prep on 12/5. You can bring them to church or call Barbara Haight for a pick-up at 978-729-5422.

Holiday gift-giving for refugee families

We are again supporting our refugee friends from the Congo and Ethiopia with $25 gifts via two options:

1. Come to the Sunday Holiday Swag-Making Workshop on December 4^th and choose a name from the Giving Tree. You will have the opportunity to make a simple origami box to hold your gift (optional).

1. Choose a family member by signing up on-line (available soon). Go to Social Action, Refugees and Immigrant families and click on Gift sign-up button.



Antoinette from the Congo repeatedly communicates how she appreciates the love and support from our church family and says, “We love you.” The family works hard to budget their money and our contributions help. Money is preferred to toys so she can best determine their needs. Since arriving in Gloucester 5 years ago, two of her brothers have graduated high school and gone on to college.

Current Composting Project Ends

Ever since we began collecting food scraps at church to be picked up by Black Earth Compost (summer, 2019), we have been challenged to find a reliable way to keep the collection area litter-free.

The NSUU Board has voted to discontinue composting service with Black Earth. We will stop our service of collecting food scraps at church and remove the compost container from the kitchen as well as removing the Black Earth compost bin.