On Monday, February 15th (at 3:00 pm) the Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness (MCNAA) is hosting a virtual discussion on the book “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants” led by Claudia Fox Tree (MCNAA Board Member), and Erin McCormack (MCNAA member). Members of UUCR have expressed interest in, and … Continue reading Center for Native American Awareness
Students, please join us Sunday morning at 10:00 am for a service led by Rev. Hank and our musicians, and ministers and musicians from other UU churches. It will be fun to see another chalice and other musical instruments. It will be so interesting to hear new voices share a Time for All Ages and … Continue reading RE Update
As members and friends of our church begin to receive their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, it is a good to be reminded that everything is sacred, including and especially getting inoculated. My friend the Rev. Michael Woolf in Evanston, IL wrote a prayer for this occasion and I share it with you as … Continue reading Sacred Vaccines
Ongoing needs at the Reading Food Pantry include hot chocolate, mayo, rice pilaf and tissues. Most needed this week are canned meat and fish. Many guests ask for canned salmon, clams and sardines. Other favorites include canned chili, beef stew and hash. Our friend at the pantry shared that people generally do not tend to … Continue reading Food Pantry Collections
Dear friends, We hope you will join us for Sunday service on YouTube at 10:00 am. Together we will hear music, sing and visit with Katie for a Time for All Ages. Beginning next week, we will offer a midweek gathering for children and families (through Grade 6) on Wednesday evenings. Each week we’ll meet … Continue reading RE This Week
Side with Love is the Unitarian Universalist Association’s interfaith public advocacy campaign promoting respect for the inherent worth and dignity of every person. Side with Love confronts issues of exclusion, oppression, and violence based on identity. With the goal of creating beloved community, the campaign pursues social change through advocacy, public witness, and speaking out … Continue reading Side with Love
Join UUCR staff and friends to reflect on the challenges of parenting/caregiving through these unprecedented times. We meet Wednesday, January 20th at 7:30 pm, please come to share thoughts, silence and participate in any way that works for you. And save these dates too: February 3rd, March 3rd, March 31st and May 5th!
Sunday brings us several ways to connect with friends of all ages. We are offering a Children’s Sunday Gathering at 9:15 via Zoom, the first of such monthly gatherings beginning this week. Children will have a chance to see Rev. Hank, Katie, Sally and each other online. We’ll light a chalice, check in from our homes … Continue reading RE Weekly Update
My Friends, You were no doubt horrified by the events that unfolded yesterday in Washington, D.C. I imagine that as you witnessed the violence and the chaos in our nation’s capital, that you may have experienced feelings of anger, fear, or rage, to name a few. The First Principle of the Unitarian Universalist Association states … Continue reading About the Events in Washington, D.C.
The UU Common Read for 2020-2021 is Imani Perry’s Breathe: A Letter to My Sons: “Emotionally raw and deeply reflective, Imani Perry issues a challenge to society to see Black children as deserving of humanity. She admits fear and frustration for her African American sons in a society that is increasingly racist and at times … Continue reading Imani Perry’s Breathe: A Letter to My Sons
