Sunday January 30, 2011
Posted by Thea Shapiro, DRE
We will continue making blankets for Lawrence General Hospital.
We hope you can join us.
Archive for January, 2011
Interested in Small Group Ministry?
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The UUCiA has two active Small Group Ministry gatherings, which have been meeting regularly for years. It’s time to start a third group!
What is a Small Group Ministry (SGM), you ask? According to the website of the UU Group Ministry Network, “Small Group Ministry is intentional lay-led small groups that deepen and expand the ministry of a congregation. SGM helps build community and provides opportunities for deeper relationships –
intimacy – and opportunity for deeper spiritual exploration and search for meaning – ultimacy.”
January 23, 2011
Posted by Thea Shapiro, DRE
This Sunday we will be making no sew blankets for Lawrence General Hospital’s maternity ward.
We will be talking about our second principle, justice, equity and compassion in human relations, or as we say downstairs in RE “be kind in all you do”.
Sunday Service: Talkin’ ‘bout Our Generations
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Sunday, January 23, 10:30 a.m. “Talkin’ ‘bout Our Generations”
Rev. Lara Hoke will lead us in thinking together about some generational
differences, and how they might impact our beloved community looking
forward. In particular, we will focus on the Millennials – sometimes known
as Generation Y or Echo Boomers. We will heed the words and thoughts of
this “younger generation” ’s description of itself as we think about our own
future. The service will end with a “talk back” – a chance for those in
attendance to respond to ideas or information from the sermon. Those from
the Millennial Generation will have the “right of first response”. Please join
us!
Sunday Service: Engaging with Our Living Tradition
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Sunday, January 30, 10:30 a.m. “Engaging with Our Living Tradition”
Gail Forsyth-Vail, guest speaker. Unitarian Universalists tradition and
theology invite us to re-engage in each generation with the wisdom and
understanding passed from our forbears. Where does what they have given
us still serve? Where does it get in the way? And where does it need to be
adapted in the light of our own times? We’ll explore the broad stream of our
history– and why our historical roots matter as our faith struggles to meet
the challenges of our own age.
Gail Forsyth-Vail is a credentialed religious educator, master level, and the
Adult Programs Director at the Unitarian Universalist Association. She
is the developmental editor of two forthcoming Tapestry of Faith history
programs for adults- a 16-workshop thematic UU history program and a 16-
workshop history of UU social justice work.
Sunday Service: Living in the Rainforest
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Sunday, February 6, 10:30 a.m. Living in the Rainforest with Joe
Zahka The rainforest is more than an environment. It is a place where
people live and make a living. It appears to be a lush paradise, but
appearances are deceiving. The forest is fragile and the act of living in it can
cause it damage. The rainforest has a lot to teach us about living
sustainable.
Joe Zahka will lead the service. He will talk about the work supported by
Earthwatch in the Santa Lucia Reserve to develop an understanding of our
interdependent web.
January 16, 2011
Posted by Thea Shapiro, DRE
We will be celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. through story, discussion and making posters about things we feel need to be changed in our world. We may even hold a demonstration.
Movie Night: The Road to Carnegie Hall
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Movie Night: Come see the New England Premier of The Road to Carnegie Hall, directed by Stephen Higgins. The documentary offers a behind-the-scenes look at an orchestra put together by Google using YouTube videos for auditions. This lovely little movie shares vignettes about different musicians, rehearsals and life changing experiences as these musicians prepare to play Carnegie Hall. This orchestra is made up of musicians from 30 countries and features world-renowned orchestra maestros Micheal Tilton Thomas and Tan Dun. The movie is 66 minutes long. Join us Friday, February 11Th at 7 PM at 6 Locke Street in Andover. Free
Plumb Excited about the Mystery
Posted by Rev. M. Lara Hoke
If you came to the December 12 service – the one where I preached a sermon called “The Shadow Knows” – then you heard the story of John Pierpont. The reading we shared that morning was the story of John Pierpont, by Robert Fulghum. It’s a touching story about a man who has failure after failure in his life, but it ends with the tear-jerking surprise that John Pierpont – otherwise a failure – wrote “Jingle Bells”, a song that everybody knows. As Fulghum puts it, to compose “a song that every one of us, large and small, can hoot out the moment the chord is struck on the piano… well, that’s not failure.” It’s such an uplifting tale, and it chokes me up every time I hear it.
There’s just one problem. As I learned a few days after the service, the problem is … it’s not true! John Pierpont did not write “Jingle Bells”! Robert Fulghum made a good-faith mistake, which I unknowingly perpetuated in sharing that reading. It turns out, it was John’s son James Pierpont who wrote the song. And if I had known that Fulghum’s facts were off, believe me, I never would have chosen that reading. (more…)
Cape Cod Retreat – Online Reservation
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