JANUARY 7-8, 2023 - 10 Lyons Plains Road Westport, CT 06880 - Phone: 203.227.7205

CLICK HERE for 2 week calendar PDF. CLICK HERE for past issues of SOUNDINGS.

NEW ADULT CLASS SUNDAYS JANUARY 8, 15 and 22 at 11:15 AM: CENTERING OUR GIFTS. RSVP BY TODAY, FRIDAY JANUARY 6

Please join Rev. John as he introduces Bobbi Pace from our sister congregation in Hamden who will help us Center Our Gifts. This three part series will explore what we have to offer the world and how we can use those gifts for lasting change. Bobbi will be with us for the first session and we will go from there. RSVP to Rev. John by Friday January 6: there is some preliminary work to do before the class.

Saturday 12-4 PM and Sunday 9:30 -9:50 AM: Brown bag lunch donations to support John Street Outreach. Sign up HERE; click HERE for instructions. Contact David Vita.

How do we know what is truly calling us on? What does it mean to center our community in compassion and service? Rev. John explores the idea of calling in this New Year.

Click HERE for the Order of Service. The service will be in person and virtual; attendance guidelines are HERE. Broadcast of the service is available at uuwestport.org/livestream.

Offering can be made on VENMO ("The Unitarian Church in Westport"), on vop.tucw.org, or feel free to mail in cash or check.

Please click HERE to find out more about our Faith Formation programs, or contact Nate Pawelek. All are always welcome to be with us.

All children and youth will begin this morning in the adult worship service at 10:00 AM and then leave for a special service designed for them after the Story for All.

This Sunday all children and youth (K-12) will join Nate for an entertaining New Year’s Celebratory Chapel Service. Nate likes to begin every new year with a special age-appropriate worship service designed just for young children and teenagers (no adults!). Sunday’s theme is landmarks, including places and calendars.

Our regular programmed Faith Formation classes resume next Sunday. The exception is the Youth Group, which starts up again this Sunday at 11:15 AM.

We are reviving the mid-winter tradition of Mystery Pen Pals, disrupted by Covid in 2020. What is Mystery Pen Pals? It is an anonymous letter exchange between adults and children occurring over six weeks and culminating in a special identity-revealing dinner party on Friday, March 17. If you are an adult or a child (5th grade or younger) interested in being a pen pal, sign up begins this Sunday! Look for a table in the foyer where you can sign up to transform your life!

We are pleased to offer an additional option for dedicating flowers for Sunday services: now we can provide the arrangements ourselves! (Don't worry, the flower basket can still be ordered for $75 if preferred.) We’ll continue to sign up in the Flower Binder in the foyer or contact Ruth Fontilla directly (203.227.7205 x 10), and then we'll indicate that we'll be providing the flowers ourselves (a tasteful arrangement in keeping with the spirit of our worship services, please!), and provide the dedication verbiage.

Author, creative artist, filmmaker, playwright, and multi-dimensional performance artist Junauda Petrus will be the guest at Westport’s 17^th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration, on Friday, January 13, through Sunday, January 15, 2023. 

Petrus’ work centers around Black wildness, laughter, futurism, ancestral healing, sweetness, spectacle, and shimmer. Her debut novel, The Stars and the Blackness Between Them, received the 2020 Coretta Scott King Book Award.

The three-day celebration culminates on Sunday at 3 PM with a keynote address delivered by Petrus at the Westport Country Playhouse. The program, which is free with registration (register by clicking here), will also include a dance performed by the Regional Center for the Arts. 

Co-sponsored by Westport/Weston Interfaith Clergy, The Westport Library, Westport Country Playhouse, Westport/Weston Interfaith Council, and TEAM Westport

Buffalo Rose, the hottest Folk/Indie/Americana band of this generation, will warm up your January evening with their rare CT appearance at Voices Café!

The wildly charismatic six-piece band takes the singer-songwriter tradition to a new level with original songs that are emotive, meticulously arranged, and never let a dull or predictable moment creep in! “Don’t be surprised if the vocals give you goosebumps.” -Americana Highways.

Voices Café and our artists share a deep commitment to social justice by bringing the power of song into action. Proceeds dedicated to Bridgeport’s FEED program, supplying food, funds, and technical assistance to fight hunger in our community.

Click HERE to enjoy Buffalo Rose’s Rocketship. “A must-listen for everyone with ears” -Music Mecca. Join us in-person or livestream. Tickets: Voices Cafe

Our complete calendar is always on our website. Click HERE for quick access

UU Meditation, 9:00-9:40 AM Sundays. Hybrid. A UU mix of mindfulness, discourse, relaxation, visualization and silence. In person, go downstairs and find us in the Chapel by the lower level entrance. On ZOOM -- CLICK HERE Meeting ID: 604 513 6137. Passcode: 068510. Questions? Contact  Janet Luongo.

Our sermons are archived on the website HERE.

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 WE CONNECT through worship, music, learning, and caring ministries. 

 WE ACT in the service of peace and justice.