Joe Zahka in the cloud forest near the equator.
Earthwatch is a non-profit with an interesting charter – to connect people to issues about their environment. It is Ecotourism with a scientific slant. Joe Zahka, physics and engineering teacher and a UUCiA member, journeyed to Ecuador’s “cloud forest” last month to work with a team of researchers for the nonprofit conservation organization Earthwatch. Joe will describe Earthwatch and its mission Sunday, August 1 at 9:30am at 6 Locke Street. Come and share your stories of connecting with the environment. How has it changed the way you live your life in the USA.
Join us for our Opening Sunday and our traditional “Water Communion” service. This intergenerational service will be led by Rev. Lara Hoke on Sunday, September 12 at 10:30am. [Directions]
A Water Communion is a gathering ceremony traditionally done at the UUCiA (and often used in Unitarian Universalist congregations across the country on “homecoming” Sundays). All are invited to bring a small quantity of water to the service, sharing why the water is special or representative of the summer. As the UUA website puts it, “The combined water is symbolic of our shared faith coming from many different sources.” It will be wonderful to be together again, and to meet new friends.
At last year’s Water Service, Rev. Lara Hoke delivered the sermon, “Be Like Water.”
Our annual Cape Cod Retreat in Brewster, Massachusetts proved once again to be a splendid time for all. 
At the 2010 Unitarian Universalist General Assembly, the delegates chose “Immigration as a Moral Issue” as our Congregational Study/Action Issue for the next four years. What does it mean to Stand on the Side of Love with our immigrant sisters and brothers? What is the spirituality of welcoming the stranger? What does the New Sanctuary Movement, a coalition of interfaith religious leaders and congregations responding to the suffering of our immigrant brothers and sisters, have to offer us? On Sunday, September 26 at 10:30am, [Directions] Rev. M. Lara Hoke will lead us in worship as we begin to think together about immigration as a moral issue. Please join us.
Title: Summer Potlucks
Location: Member Homes
Description: We will begin our summer potlucks on Wednesday nights starting on June 30.
Summer potlucks are a family-friendly opportunity to stay connected over the summer.
Bring some food (appetizer, main course, salad or dessert) and a lawn chair and enjoy the company of your fellow UU’s and their summer guests. And don’t feel that you can’t join us just because you don’t have time to bake – pick up a loaf of bread, plate of fruit or ice cream and come along. We want to see you.
Gather at 6:00 PM. Dinner at 6:30
Questions? Please contact Gail Ensdorf at gensdorf@yahoo.com.
The Rev. Lara Hoke is a graduate of Cornell University and the
Harvard Divinity School. She is a US Navy veteran and has worked with youth
groups in the central Massachusetts area. She has worked as a hospital chaplain and
as a minister of a UU congregation in the Worcester area. She writes a blog called