The mission of the Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry at UUCW is to extend compassionate help in the form of food and other related resources to people in our local area. We are one of the many food pantries supplied by the Worcester County Food Bank. We also accept donations from individuals.

Join us this Sunday for Kindred Conversations, we'll gather together in order to get to know each other better and to have an opportunity to share what important to us as we contemplate deeper listening and the notion of repair. Please CLICK HERE to view this week's Order of Service.

Please join us on Sunday Nov 17th for an important RE day where we will be talking about kindness, making cookies, and our families are asked to pitch in and help to host coffee hour.

Please join in this Sunday from 1-5pm, fellowship hall, for Social Threads Quilting, sewing, creating, and hanging out! All are welcome! Do you have some questions? Contact us at socialthreads.quilting@gmail.com!

How would you like to make some kids happy? Okay! It's holiday shoe-box time. Each year, around the holidays, UUCW participates in gift giving. This year, for the first time, we will be focusing on some of Worcester's high-risk inner-city children ranging from two 9-month-old baby boys to 14-years-olds.

Worship at UUCW is the product of many voices, hands and hearts. Each Sunday we look forward to hearing from each other about the important happenings in our lives and the world, and our worship experience is made rich and meaningful because of the variety of voices included in it.

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 Dear Friends of WAMS,In the middle of a huge distribution of coats and diapers at WAMS this morning, we learned of a terrible fire that destroyed two big triple-deckers in Southbridge. Eleven families (30 people) escaped with whatever they were wearing at 3:00 AM.

GREENDALE ECUMENICAL GROUP - ADULT FORUM SERIES - Tuesdays @ 7 PM ONLINE Beginning October 1, 2024. We continue our ongoing study of Archeology and the Bible. This part of the series takes us from Persian captivity through the early ministry of Jesus of Nazareth.

Come join us on Saturday, November 9, 2024 here at church for Seeds and Cider. The Garden-On team and Worcester Native Plant Initiative will clean out seeds to give to the community and to grow plants in our nursery.

In solidarity with the mission and ministry of Worcester Fellowship's Thursday Cafe, we are looking for people who are willing to assist in the creation of 60 bagged lunches a month, to be packed on Wednesday evening (dates/time to be determined). Volunteers would gather in the UUCW kitchen for about 1 hour to pack the lunches.

Auction 2024! We are excited to get rolling and begin to populate the auction site. Can you donate a gift card, service, experience or a basket raffle item? Please scan the QR code and fill out the form or talk to Ana Gregory Thank You!!Robin Mitzcavitch

Save the date! Our Holiday Craft and Vendor Fair will be held on December 7th from 10-3 at UUCW. If you are a crafter and have not yet secured your spot, space is limited and running out, so please apply today here: https://bit.ly/2024UUCWCraftFair Thank You!!Robin Mitzcavitch

If you knit, crochet, cross-stitch, embroidery, hand sew, etc. we invite you to join the Fiber Arts Group. We meet every Wednesday evening, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., in Fellowship Hall. So bring the fibers that make you happy and come join us. For more information, contact: Dianne Mann at djmann at charter dot net.

A UUCW group has recently formed to discuss issues of racism within our community, our country and abroad. We would love to have you join us on this journey. This group meets, live or online, at 10:00 AM every other Tuesday unless noted below (see church calendar HERE for exact dates).