Archive for March, 2010

Movie Night: Capitalism: A Love Story

Posted by UUCiA

Title: Movie Night
Location: 6 Locke Street
Description: On April 17th, we will have a Movie Night at Locke Street. Bring your folding umbrella chair to view “Capitalism: A Love Story,” Michael Moore’s take on the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans.
Start Time: 7pm
Date: 2010-04-17
End Time: 9:30pm

Cape Cod Retreat 2010

Posted by UUCiA

Our annual Cape Cod Retreat in Brewster, Massachusetts proved once again to be a splendid time for all. 

Pot Luck with Peter and Eleanor

Posted by UUCiA

Title: Pot Luck with peter and Eleanor
Location: 6 Locke Street
Description: Minister Emeritus, Rev. Peter Richardson, will be preaching at our Easter Sunday worship service on April 4. Peter and Eleanor will be coming from Rockland,
Maine, where they retired in 2002. As part of that weekend, we having a pot luck dinner at Locke St. on Saturday night.

This event will replace the usual Friday Pasta pot luck which would normally have been held on April 2. We’ll provide more details as the time gets closer, but in the meantime please circle the
date on your calendars. For those in the congregation who were here during Peter’s ministry, it will
be a time to renew old friendships, and for newer folks, an opportunity to put a face and a person
to what has only been a name in our staff listing.
Start Time: 18:00
Date: 2010-04-03
End Time: 20:30

Spring Cleanup

Posted by UUCiA

Title: Spring Cleanup
Location: 6 Locke Street
Description: Please come to help us with the Spring Cleanup of our UU home at 6 Locke St. on Saturday, April
3, from 9-1. Volunteer an hour or so to help spruce up our space. All talent levels needed. Please
contact Gail Ensdorf to volunteer so that we can know how many we can count on. Walk-ins also
welcome of course!
Thanks from the Property Committee
Start Time: 9:00
Date: 2010-04-03
End Time: 13:00

Newcomer orientation

Posted by UUCiA

Title: Newcomer orientation
Location: 6 Locke Street
Description: Please join us on March 28 for an orientation session, to be held directly after the worship service.
We will share our spiritual journeys, talk about Unitarian Universalism, and about how our
congregation works. Rev. Lara Hoke, Director of Religious Education, Thea Shapiro, and a few
UUCiA members will be there, and we\’ll try to answer all your questions. A light lunch will be
served, and childcare will be provided as needed. Please rsvp to Lauren Miller at
LRMiller32@comcast.net.
Start Time: 11:30
Date: 2010-03-28
End Time: 11:30

Sunday Service: Follow the Money

Posted by UUCiA

Title: Sunday Service: Follow the Money
Location: 6 Locke Street
Description: Sunday, March 28, 10:30 a.m. “Follow the Money” with Rev. Lara Hoke. Join us for our annual Stewardship Sunday (which falls on Palm Sunday) as we consider what it means to be
stewards of our congregation, and our community.
Start Time: 10:30
Date: 2010-03-28
End Time: 11:30

Passover Seder

Posted by UUCiA

Title: Passover Seder
Location: 6 Locke Street
Description: You don’t have to be Jewish to come to the Seder. We will be holding our annual Unitarian Universalist Seder at: UUCiA, 6 Locke St, Andover MA, at 6 PM, on Saturday, March 27th. Come and be part of remembering the fact that all people have the right to be treated fairly. This celebration is not only about the Jewish people it is about all people. We will share in telling the old story of Jewish slavery, with reminders to modern day oppression, we will sing, eat and enjoy the company of friends.

Please let Thea Shapiro (thea1121@gmail.com) know if you can are coming and what side dish you would like to bring. We are asking for a $5 dollar donation per person, $15 for a family.We need side dishes, desserts, wine and non-alcoholic drinks.
Clean-up is communal.

Come bring a friend or two…you’ll be glad you did.
Start Time: 18:00
Date: 2010-03-27
End Time: 20:30

Sunday Service: Easter Sunday

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Title: Sunday Service: Easter Sunday
Location: 6 Locke Street
Description: Sunday, April 4, 10 a.m. “Easter Sunday” Join us for a celebratory Easter Sunday morning as
we welcome our minister emeritus, Peter Richardson, back to our pulpit. Peter and his wife,
Eleanor, our former music director, will be with us for the weekend from Rockland ME. Start Time: 10:30
Date: 2010-04-04
End Time: 11:30

Not All Those Who Wander are “Lost”

Posted by Rev. M. Lara Hoke

There are so many important things happening in the world about which I could write. But I find myself sitting here, in the midst of Lent and on the cusp of the vernal equinox, thinking about the television show Lost. (more…)

Sunday Service: ‘You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train’

Posted by UUCiA

Title: Sunday Service: ‘You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train’
Location: 6 Locke Street
Description: Sunday, April 11, 10:30 a.m. “’You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train’: An Appreciation of Howard Zinn” with Rev. Lara Hoke. This year, we lost the great “people’s historian” local professor and internationally renown scholar and activist Howard Zinn. Together, we will consider his legacy and what it offers to Unitarian Universalists.
Start Time: 10:30
Date: 2010-04-11
End Time: 11:30