Beginning on Sunday, March 21st we will be returning to Sunday morning worship on Zoom. Rev. Hank reports we are doing this for a number of reasons, first to provide a more exciting service, where we can interact with each other. Second, once we return to in-person services we would need to move to Zoom anyway, … Continue reading Sunday services switch to Zoom
Dear Beloved Community, We want to hear from you as we define what we will look like when we come back together. How will we carry out our mission together to nurture and explore individual spirituality, to build a committed and loving community, and to help heal the world? We have been apart and each … Continue reading Congregational Survey
Our Annual Pledge Drive is underway! In light of all that has happened this past year we have chosen “Resilience, Rebirth, Renewal” as our Pledge Drive theme. The annual drive is UUCR’s main source of income. Each spring we ask members and friends to make a pledge to sustain the work and mission of our … Continue reading Pledge Drive is Underway
Bread & Roses honored UUCR with a Partner Appreciation Award, “applauding” UUCR’s dedication to helping those in need over the last year.
The worship theme for March is Commitment, and you will find this thread all through our worship services. We begin with a service on our personal commitment to our spiritual beliefs, then to a service where we show the commitment that we make to our young people. The 21st has us celebrating our commitment that … Continue reading March is for Commitment
What does democracy for all mean? Is grounding our work in racial justice the key? We want to hear about what’s important to you in preserving and expanding democracy. This month, we want to focus our attention on Native American Awareness. First, we might consider land acknowledgements. Whose land are we living on, working on, … Continue reading UU the Vote, Democracy for All
One of our SHYP youth relays: I am a part of We The Youth, a diverse group made up of students in Massachusetts that organize and lead events and facilitate discussions in order to help educate and create change around us. Our focus is on current issues that are important to us, like social justice and … Continue reading An Appeal from one of our SHYP Youth
Join Our Brand New Chalice Circle! For many years, chalice circles have been a vital part of our congregational life, where a group of usually 4-10 members meet once or twice monthly, led by a trained facilitator. Each meeting is structured and includes a check-in among the members, a reading, and a discussion of members’ … Continue reading New Chalice Circle Forming
#UULent has been created as a way for Unitarian Universalists to engage in a shared spiritual practice alongside siblings in faith who are observing Lent*. We thank our UU colleagues Rev. Mr Barb Greve, Karen Bellavance-Grace and Alex Kapitan for this year’s calendar of 40 words. Each day you are invited to reflect on a word. If you’d … Continue reading #UULent
Valentine’s Sunday (2/14) brings us several ways to connect with friends of all ages. We are offering a Children’s Sunday Gathering at 9:15 am via Zoom, and 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 and we’ll talk about LOVE … Continue reading RE on Valentine’s Sunday
