With the world being what it is, it can be hard to imagine what it might take to even begin a process of restoration and repair, on any front. However, the practice of artistic creation can be and has been a way for people to do just that. Join us for a time of looking … Continue reading Restoration and Repair: Art for Our Time
This is a fundraiser to lift your spirits and benefit the community too – a portion of net proceeds will be shared with the Mission of Deeds and the Greater Boston Food Bank. Some items will have fixed prices, and others will allow you to bid your highest price to win. Bidding will open at … Continue reading Winter Frolic Fundraiser
Adult Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression Conversations: Our discussions continue with the work of Ibram X. Kendi, author of “How to Be an Anti-Racist.” If you’ve read the book, great! If not, he discusses his anti-racist work in this podcast with Chris Hayes and Nikole Hannah-Jones. The transcript is available on that page as well, so that you … Continue reading Anti-Racism Conversation
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
I write this one week after the storming of the US Capital by supporters of President Trump, and one week before the inauguration of Joe Biden. I, like the rest of you, are still trying to digest all that occurred last week and why it occurred. I mean it is obvious that President Trump incited … Continue reading Inauguration Watch Party
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
