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Sunday, November 8 – 9:45 & 11:15 am
Healing Our Divisions, Together – Rev. Krista Taves
Some of us are celebrating, some are grieving, and some are just grateful the yard signs are coming down. All of it belongs in this room. Come mourn the losses, cheer the wins, and mend what got frayed. We may not agree on everything, but we still share a pew.
Featured Musicians: Children's Chalice Choir; Light the Way.
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The Neighbors Helping Neighbors Campaign for the Dunlap-Nutt Fund Is Live!
As the cost of living continues to rise, we invite you to continue your generous support for families in need. Stop by the Immigration Justice Team table in Adams Hall during coffee hour to learn about their progress and future plans, and find out how you can help!
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Adult Enrichment Programming Is Here
Adult Enrichment has many offerings this year, both new and classic. Join us for programs in November!
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Final group this season meets November 11
Death Cafe is an opportunity to discuss ideas, thoughts, concerns, or feelings about death so that we might live life more fully.
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Meets Sunday, November 22 at 11:30 in Room 001
NEW! A Journey With Huntington's Disease is a presentation by Eliot member Jim Lyonfields of his journey with this rare neurodegenerative disease.
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Groups meet at Eliot and via Zoom!
NEW! Common Ground Covenant Groups are designed for new members and friends who are ready for the covenant group experience. They are one of the best ways to explore your spirituality, experience Unitarian Universalism in action, make friends, and serve the community.
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Winter session begins January 10
Starting Point is a four-part series offering those considering Unitarian Universalism as a spiritual path the opportunity to experience UUism through a small group experience.
Registration is now open.
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We continue our new series in which our members and friends will hear from the ministers and staff. Look forward to news, background on current subjects, musings, invitations to dialogue, and more! This week, we hear from India Braddock. | The Ministry of the Spreadsheet | |
When I tell people my new title, Director of Business Administration, I can watch their eyes politely glaze over. Administration doesn’t sound like ministry. But four weeks into this job, I’ve come to think it might be one of the quietest forms of it.
Every pledge that arrives in the offertory is a promise someone made to this community. My job is to be a steward of those promises to make sure the resources this congregation entrusts to Eliot are handled with the same care and intention as the mission they were given for.
I come to this work from the small business world. I co-founded and ran operations for a small company, managed properties, and for the past three years I’ve volunteered as a mentor with SCORE, coaching local entrepreneurs and through all of this I have learned that unglamorous systems are what allow good work to survive.
My door is open. If you’re a committee chair wondering about budget, a volunteer with an idea for doing something more efficiently, or someone who just wants to explain how a beloved Eliot tradition actually runs – I want to hear it. The business of this chapel is, in the end, the business of all of us.
With gratitude for your warm welcome,
India Braddock
Director of Business Administration
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Christmas Eve Nursery Volunteers Needed
When possible, Eliot strives to offer nursery care for the youngest UUs who need freedom of movement during the early Christmas Eve service at 5:00 pm. Volunteer caregivers will open the nursery 30 minutes prior to service, care for young children, most of whom will be aged four and younger, and stay until all children are picked up after the service.
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Family Pageant Service & Potluck Dessert Reception
Friday, December 18
- Service begins at 6:00 in the sanctuary
- Family Dessert Potluck at approximately 6:45 in Adams Hall
We are excited to share that the annual Christmas Pageant Service is coming on Friday evening, December 18 at 6:00 pm in the sanctuary. We anticipate this service will run approximately 30 minutes.
Family Ministry Holiday Dessert Potluck: Following the service there will be a potluck dessert reception in Adams Hall. This festive gathering is open to Eliot families, children, youth, and adult members and friends of all ages. Don’t hesitate to invite your family and friends both within and beyond Eliot!
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Deer Hunting Season at Bergfried
Bergfried will close to all recreational activities and rentals from November 14 to 24 due to deer hunting season. Bergfried will reopen to recreational activities after the season. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the front office at frontoffice@eliotchapel.org.
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Staying Connected
We want to stay connected with everyone in our Eliot Chapel community, wherever you call home. You may have moved to assisted living, another care setting, or a family member’s home. Or perhaps you’re still at home but are no longer able to come to Eliot. If your living situation has changed – or you know of a congregant whose situation has changed – please email Rev. Dee at assistant-minister@eliotchapel.org.
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Who’s Sitting at Your
Thanksgiving Table?
Attitudinal Healing Monthly Saturday Gathering
November 14, 2026, 10:00 am to Noon, Adams Hall
As the holidays approach, social and family gatherings can find us slipping into old stories, familiar roles, and expectations about how things should be. Before we know it, we've placed our happiness and peace in the hands of others – and forgotten that we have another choice.
At our November gathering, we'll revisit the inner posture framework from October's workshop and explore how we can bring greater awareness to our holiday experiences. Join us as we practice keeping love as our compass – at Thanksgiving and beyond! Please RSVP to attitudinalhealing@eliotchapel.org to let us know you plan to attend. Open to all adults, no fee.
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Weather Policy Reminder
In the event the decision is made to close Eliot and cancel events due to inclement weather, the recording on the Chapel voicemail system will be changed and a notice will be posted on the home page of the website, as well as on the church and Eliot Chapel UUers group Facebook page and other social media. In extreme weather conditions, members, visitors, and Sunday morning volunteers should check the Chapel’s voice mail and/or website.
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Bread Service Is Coming!
Many Unitarian Universalist congregations in North America hold a special Intergenerational Bread Service on the Sunday before Thanksgiving. We honor the harvest with gratitude and generosity. At Eliot, we invite everyone to bring bread or grain-based baking that has a special meaning to you and/or your family. During the service you will be invited to bring your baking to the front, briefly share why it’s special, and leave it on the table. After the service we will feast on what everyone brought! You are welcome to participate regardless of whether you are a member or how long you’ve been attending services. Our table is open and inclusive!
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Your Quilts Are Wanted
During Bread Service, the Chapel is decorated with quilts that are brought in by Eliot members and friends. Do you have a quilt you would like to share? Bring it to the front office. Be sure to label your quilt and anything you use to protect the quilt with your name and telephone number. If your quilt has a story, please include it with the quilt when you turn it in. All quilts need to be turned in to the office by Tuesday, November 17. They will hang in the Chapel for our November 22 and November 29 church services. The quilts will come down after the church service on November 29. If you don’t pick them up on that day, they'll be in the front office for you to pick up at your earliest convenience.
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Thanksgiving Celebration and Potluck Supper at Eliot Chapel
There will be a Thanksgiving celebration and potluck supper at Eliot Chapel on Thursday, November 26, for Eliot families and singles. Doors will open at 4:00 pm and the celebration will begin in Adams Hall at 5:00 pm.
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Please indicate that you will attend by putting your name on the signup sheet located on the hallway bulletin board by Sunday, November 23. Participants are asked to bring a dish to share. If enough people sign up we will order a turkey and gravy. Email thanksgiving@eliotchapel.org for more information.
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SPARC in November
SPARC (Spiritual and Progressive Adults’ Recreational Collective) is where busy, Unitarian Universalist spiritual seekers come together for good vibes. Join us for our November SPARC events:
• DIPSGIVING on Sunday, November 8 from 4-6:00 pm in Adams Hall. Please bring a dip (and dippers) that represents your ethnicity, community, or that have good vibes connected to share. Homemade or store-bought welcome.
• Coffee/Brunch at The Pioneer Cafe on Sunday, November 15 at 11:15 am.
RSVP at sparc@eliotchapel.org, Facebook event, sign-ups in Adams Hall, or just show up! These events are family friendly.
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Time to Make Your Madrigal Reservations and Volunteer!
Reservations are now open for this year's Renaissance Madrigal & Christmas Rout to be held December 3, 4 & 5! DON'T DELAY! Floor seats are SOLD OUT on Friday, but are still available Thursday and Saturday. Budget balcony seats are available all three evenings. Make your reservations online and find out more about Madrigal HERE.
Please join the Madrigal Village and volunteer for Madrigal 2026! Have fun, meet people, and support Eliot in one of its largest fundraisers of the year! Click for the volunteer opportunities, then please email madrigal@eliotchapel.org to volunteer. Or see us in Adams Hall after services on November 8 and 15.
Sir Eliot thanks you!
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Parents Night Out
We had a lot of fun at October's Parents Night Out – a good time was had by all! The November PNO is the Saturday after Thanksgiving. We do not have anyone signed up to volunteer, or bring their kids yet.
If we don’t have enough volunteers or kids sign up by November 21, we will cancel.
You can find full details here.
Family Sign-up
Volunteer Sign-up
Questions? Email parentsnight@eliotchapel.org.
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Adams Hall Rental – Privacy Please
On Monday evenings at Eliot Chapel, we are hosting an outside support group in Adams Hall from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. This group has requested privacy during its meetings so we ask anyone using the building on Monday evenings to refrain from visiting Adams Hall. You may use the nursery school hallway to access the rest of the building. Thank you for your consideration.
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Reminder: Deadlines and Guidelines for Communications
The deadline for This Week at Eliot is each Wednesday at noon. To submit items, please use the email address TWAE@eliotchapel.org. This will assure that your information gets where it needs to go and ultimately to the whole Eliot family! View our Communication Guidelines here.
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Celebrate Día de los Muertos with IJT!
Join the Immigration Justice Team at the History Museum on Saturday, November 7, at 10:30 am to explore the beautiful tradition of Día de los Muertos, which honors loved ones who have passed away. We’ll take a guided tour of the colorful altars, and some of the artists will share the stories behind their altars and explain the tradition.
And there’s more! Stay to enjoy a full day of activities for all ages, including music and dance performances, arts and crafts, food, and children’s activities. See the full program here: Día de los Muertos at the History Museum.
Want to carpool? Sign up here. Or meet us in the museum’s main hall at 10:30 am. We hope you’ll join us!
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Geek Squad Support Available
Tech got you down? The Geek Squad is available for support on Sunday in the library after the second service. Help us help you by bringing the device you would like us to work with and your Realm and email passwords.
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Quiet Connection Group: An Alternative to Coffee Hour
Sunday at 11:00 am in Room 105
Is the socialization experience in Adams Hall difficult for you? Do you find it hard to make small talk especially with all the background noise? Come try out Eliot Chapel’s Quiet Connection Group. Its purpose is to get to know one another in a quiet, safe, healthy and non-threatening way. Talking/sharing is optional – you can just listen if you want to. Questions? Email quietconnection@eliotchapel.org.
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Rohr Study Group
The Richard Rohr Study Group studies selected works and the daily meditations of Richard Rohr through discussion and brief meditations. It meets the second Sunday of each month – including this Sunday, November 8 – at 11:15 in Room 004. New members are welcome! For more information, email rohrstudy@eliotchapel.org.
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Mindfulness Meditation - Canceled
Meditation is canceled this week. We will return next week. Thank you for understanding.
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Offices Closed for Veterans Day
The church offices will be closed on Wednesday, November 11 for Veteran's Day. Events happening at Eliot will still happen. Contact your group leader if you have any questions. The offices will be open again on Thursday.
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Thanksgiving Day Potluck – November 26
Annual Holiday Boutique – December 6
Trivia Night – April 9
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Sunday, November 15 – 9:45 & 11:15 am
Healing, Youth Edition – Rev. Krista Taves & Eliot Youth Group
Healing isn't a straight line, and no one gets it perfect on the first try. Our youth are teaching us that it's okay to say "I'm not okay," ask for help, and keep showing up. Come listen, learn, and discover that honesty might be the best medicine.
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