Sunday Service

Coming of Age Sunday

led by the Coming of Age Youth

Come celebrate with our teens as we mark their transition from childhood to adolescence. This service will be planned and led by our Coming of Age group. Come cheer them on!



This service will be held in the sanctuary and on Zoom:

Join us online at zoom.us/j/89873989254

Join us by phone at 301-715-8592, meeting ID 89873989254

Masks encouraged in the sanctuary. 

Religious Exploration

Who had more fun making Kindness Rocks - the kids, or the adults? Hard to say, but we know we want to do more!

Stay tuned for info about a "Kindness Rocks Painting and Pizza Night", coming soon!

UPCOMING RE CLASSES

May 21 & June 4

9:30 am

RE classes are held the 

FIRST and THIRD Sundays from 9:30 - 10:15 am. All are welcome! Snacks provided!

Childcare will always be available during worship!

Please contact our RE Coordinator, Colleen Munson, with any questions. [email protected]

RE Office Cleanup

Colleen is cleaning out the RE office, and there are several old electronic items which are available to be claimed. If no one contacts Colleen about them by Thurs May 18, we will donate them.

The electronics include:

• a Dell monitor
• a Brother printer
• a mini projector (in the black bag)
• tons of cords

All of the electronic items are older models, and the church has more up-to-date versions of everything.

Please contact Colleen at [email protected]

if you have any questions!

ANNUAL REPORTS

Annual Meeting will be held on Sunday, June 11 after service. Please try to get your reports submitted to Colleen at [email protected] by Weds, May 31. Thank you!

Summer Services are back!

This summer’s ‘On The Road Sundays’ are in the planning stages. Berlin, Northborough, Marlboro & Hudson, and Westborough Churches are offering 6 services, between June 25th and August 6th There will not be a service on July 2nd. Two Sundays will be at our church. 

These services will be a relaxed, casual, and informative. Get to know your our neighbor churches by attending all 6. On The Road Sunday Service Schedule will be published soon.

This is great news!

The Garden Committee needs your help!

If you'd like to fill out the survey, please do so before May 16

Please help us with this short questionnaire. It's only 4 questions with 'Yes/No/Not Sure' answers and it will help us continue to design our updated outdoor area. The plan is designed to represent UU values, low maintenance, efficiency and expanded usage as well as make our church look great! 

You can follow what's happening with the UUCSW gardens on our Facebook page:

For more information, please contact Phyllis Barrett: at [email protected]

Or Jane Gates: 

at [email protected]

Pledge

EMERGENCE: Our Annual Pledge Campaign!

Please help the pledge committee by getting your pledge in as soon as possible.  Don't forget this year's special matching feature - an anonymous donor will match any increase over last year's pledge which means your increased generosity counts for twice as much.

The easiest way to pledge is to simply email our treasurer, Lisa Shumway at [email protected] with your pledge amount. Or, you can pledge online in Realm here: AddPledge

Or, you can fill out and mail the pledge card found in the letter we sent you (and available at church). Get in touch with Lisa if you have any questions.

Thanks so much! Let’s get there – TOGETHER! 

Sincerely,

The Annual Pledge Committee

Pete Allen, Bruce Hall, David King, Rev. Laurel, Kathie Metzger, Ellen Rutter, Lisa Shumway, Nancy Siegal and Juliana Spofford.

Greeters Needed

We need smiling faces greeting our friends at the doors. Can you help? Please sign up using this sign-up genius link: Greeter SignUp Genius Link

Thank you for your help in making UUCSW a more welcoming congregation!

Wondering what being a greeter entails, or have other questions? Please contact Lisa Shumway at [email protected]

Book Group

Our next Book Group meeting will be held this Fri, May 12.  We will be reading Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

This month we will meet at First Central, 40 South street at the back door at 7pm.

Contact Susie Wells at [email protected] with any questions.

SMOC Food and Clothing Drives

SMOC Food & Clothing Collections are on the following Thursdays:

May 25

June 22

July 27

August 24

September 28



4:30 pm

Ruggles St. Door

Community News

After Annual Meeting on June 11! UUCSW represented last year -- it was a fun day! We have a banner for the parade if anyone is interested.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Please join us for this virtual educational program!

"Be Aware"

Prevention of The Silent Epidemic…

Youth Suicide

Wednesday, May 31^st, 2023

5:30pm to 6:30pm

1730 to 1830

Suicide has been declared one of the leading causes of preventable death for our youth.

The key word here is preventable.

Prevention’s foundation lies in raising awareness and providing training that enables individuals to be better equipped to recognize and respond to young people who may be struggling with thoughts of suicide.

Please register and receive the Zoom link by sending an email to [email protected] or submit your request through contact us.