Sundays this Summer

6/25 at 11:00 am General Assembly on Zoom. (click button below to view live on 6/25)

‘On The Road Sundays’ are starting July 9.

All services are at 10:00 am

7/9 - “The Gift of Stillness" at Unitarian Church Marlborough and Hudson. NOTE, this service will run from 10-11:30 and participants are invited to bring a brown-bag lunch to share afterwards. Childcare is provided for children age 7 and under. In lieu of a formal worship service, UCMH members Jennifer Rambridge & Barb Kostick will lead a conversation on the theme of Stillness.

7/16 - “Poetry Share” at UUCSW. On this midsummer Sunday, Phyllis Barrett and Sheila McPharlin will invite those who attend to share poems which give them a feeling of delight. Jane Gates will be providing music.

7/23 - at First Parish Church Berlin

7/30 - at First Parish Unitarian Universalist Northborough

8/6 - “Summer Church Share” @ FPUUC Stow&Acton.

8/13 - at First Parish Church Berlin - FPCBerlin.

8/20 - "Lessons in Oil Paint" at UUCSW, led by Rev. Laurel Gray

Our friend and fellow church member Don Harvey has been transferred from the hospital to a transitional facility in Northbridge. He would appreciate your thoughts and cards/notes.

Please contact Colleen in the office at [email protected] if you would like Don's contact information.

SMOC Food and Clothing Drives

SMOC Food & Clothing Collections are on the following Thursdays:

Today: June 22

July 27

August 24

September 28



4:30 pm

Ruggles St. Door

Rev. Laurel's Summer Hours

Rev. Laurel will be in office

July 17-21 and August 7-20th. You may contact her at [email protected] with any questions.

Post Card Writing Campaign

This week marks one year since Supreme Court ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson (over-turning Roe v. Wade).

We are marking this by trying to preserve the right to an abortion in at least one state- the state of Ohio.

PLEASE JOIN US IN CHURCH

SUNDAY JUNE 25 at 10:30

(before the General Assembly morning

service is broadcast in church from 11-12:30)

We will be sponsoring a post card writing campaign to encourage voters in Ohio to vote in a special election.

Background: Ohio has an amendment in the Nov. election that would protect the right to an abortion within the state. Currently, it only takes a simple majority for an amendment to become law; however, the legislature wants to move this to a 60% approval. The state is holding a special election in August to try and pass this new threshold. Since 625,000 Ohians have been purged from the voter rolls since 2018, this postcard campaign is urging voters of color (who are the most likely to have been purged) to check their registration status and if necessary, to re-register by July 10th.  

To find out more about this initiative as well as the organization spearheading this effort, please go here:  BWPM - Ohio Campaign #1 - Voter Registration

(bluewavepostcards.org)

All you need to do is SHOW UP and we will provide all the materials! Contact Kim Hall or any folks from the “SHAG” justice group (David King, Nancy Siegel, Lisa Kimball, Amanda Hall, and Rev Laurel) for any questions

Speak with Meredith for her book project!

Would you like to share your thoughts about the church year with Meredith O’Brien for her book project? She spent the 2022-2023 church year shadowing Rev. Laurel for a project tentatively called, “The Making of a Millennial Minister.”

If you want to offer her some of your insight into the past year — all congregant names will be changed in the book — please send her an email: [email protected] (Don’t forget the “e” in the middle.). You can: schedule a phone conversation, a Zoom session, or an in-person meeting, or simply send her an email containing your thoughts about the 2022-2023 church year.

She looks forward to hearing from you.

Meredith O'Brien

[email protected]

mereditheobrien.com

Book Group

Our next Book Group meeting will be held Fri, July 14.  We will be reading Horse, by Geraldine Brooks.

We will meet at First Central,

40 South Street at the back door at 7pm.

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

Community News

It's time to join forces to help those in need! Corinne required more than 200 transfusions while undergoing treatment, thanks to donors like us, supplies were there. The need is still great and we can make a difference. Usually summer weather means fewer donors, we can show our support with these 2 Tatnuck drives. 

Please use this link for the drive on Tuesday, June 27th. If you donated at either drive in April you will be eligible for either June drive. 

If you have any eligibility questions or any questions about donating please call the donor center at 617-355-6677, closed Mondays, or visit their website by using the link above. Please know that the Boston Children's Hospital Blood Donor Center staff will take care of you, they are amazing. Help get the word out and share this email with friends and family to help ensure patients feel our support. 

Thank you in advance for stepping up!

Pauline Sciarappa

[email protected]

508-648-6149