Join Us on Sunday...
SUNDAY September 8th – Water Ritual and Ingathering with Rev. Steve
We gather for the new church year, marking the occasion with our Unitarian Universalist Water Ritual. All are invited to bring a small amount of water for sharing. Join us on Sunday, September 8th for our annual Water Ritual and Ingathering Service. Service begins at 10:30 in the Sanctuary followed by lunch in the Parish Hall.
SUNDAY September 15th – Windows of Hope with Rev. Steve
This will begin a sermon series entitled, Windows of Hope. From time to time in the months ahead, we will consider aspects of our many historic windows, which in addition to being wonderfully beautiful also carry messages and meanings for us today. The windows illuminating our side aisles each stand for one of the eight “Beatitudes” of Scripture. We will consider this unusual word, beatitudes, and as the series continues, think about each one separately.
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ALONG THE WAY
A MESSAGE FROM YOUR MINISTER
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E. B. White once confessed, “I arise in the morning torn
between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy
the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
Dear Friends,
Perhaps you’re feeling that way these days, as the summer months come to an end, school begins for many of us, and the new church year commences Sunday with our annual Ingathering Service. In addition to song and sermon, we will celebrate the day with the Water Sharing Ritual that has become a tradition among us. You’re invited to bring a small quantity of water to share but even more importantly, your thoughts and blessings for the new year ahead of us.
I look forward to being with you as we begin our journey together.
With every good wish,
Rev. Steve
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Greetings from your Church Board!
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Welcome everyone as we begin our new church year at Hopedale Unitarian Parish! Please join us on Sunday with our new minister, Reverend Stephen Cook, in celebration of regathering as a church community. We’ll begin with our annual water service and continue with our Ingathering picnic for reconnection with family and friends.
The Board has been very busy this summer preparing for a new season of gathering, sharing, and worshiping together. We continue to work on both short and long-term goals and will be asking for your support in various ways as congregational needs, community activities and initiatives arise. Multiple projects and opportunities to gather are in the works! More detail on specifics will be shared with you in the coming weeks following our annual off-site retreat on September 28th. We are interested in hearing from you! Let us know if there is a program or event that you would like to coordinate; it will be reviewed for consideration. Please contact us with your questions and concerns as needed.
Your Board is looking forward to reconnecting with you and seeing you on Sunday!
Warmly,
Tracy Anderson & Alice Jacobson
Board Co-Chairs
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Church Events and Info...
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Alice Jacobson is organizing the Ingathering luncheon again this year. She tells us there will be salads, sandwiches, pizza from Olivas, and many other delicious dishes. If you would like to contribute something to our lunch send an email to Alice at alicejacobson@comcast.net.
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If you want to provide the flowers for the altar on a given Sunday, please signup by either emailing Jody Buck at (hopedaleunitarian@verizon.net) or by calling the office at 508-473-0745. Upon request we will place a notification in the Sunday Order of Service in honor or in memory of someone. You may take the arrangement home after the service to brighten your home during the week. The Board of Trustees is supplying the altar flowers for the upcoming Ingathering Sunday.
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LIFESPAN EDUCATION - EARTH CIRCLES
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The Lifespan committee continues its journey with the Courageous Faith Program created by Kim Sweeney. As a reminder lifespan merged Religious education and worship two years ago. It has been exploring the best way to conduct service and religious education for HUP. The Committee is made up for Tina Perry, Chris Grilly, Rita Earl, Alice Jacobson and Rev Steve. This year is our second year working with Kim Sweeney in Courageous Faith Program. Our monthly sessions with her start in October. We will continue to learn how church and religious education is changing in America. In the second half of the year we work with Kim and Rev Steve to take that knowledge and apply it to HUP. Some of items are looking at include:
What type of service do people want in 2020?
What time of day, how long and which day of the week?
Who is our audience in HUP?
How do we work with other churches in the area?
On Sunday September 29th after service the life span group will have an open discussion with anyone who wants to stop by the Lady’s Parlor and chat with us about future plans.
Also, we would like to announce on the first Sunday of the month we will continue with the tradition of Children’s Chapel. Children will go directly to classroom. We have joys and concerns for Children and that a lesson from the Earth Circle’s Curricula . We want to thank Tina Perry for taking on the responsibility of organizing teachers and lessons this year. If you are interested in teaching a lesson, please contact Tina.
Rita Earl is organizing childcare which we plan to have available each Sunday.
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Atria Draper Place - Salutes our Heroes
with our own Minister Rev. Steve
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Day in the Park - Saturday, September 14th (10-4:00 PM)
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See Rita Earl if you would like to help her and represent HUP to the Hopedale Community at Day in the Park. volunteer for Day. We need volunteers to set up at 8, break down at 4, and sit at the table with Rev. Steve throughout the day.
You can check in with Rita at the Ingathering or email her at rita.earl@lfb-usa.com.
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 HAPPENINGS IN THE UUA
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In Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray's recent column in the UU World she writes that "to be a faith of action with love as our doctrine doesn’t mean we live it perfectly, but it does mean we are called again and again to learn, to make amends, to restore relationship, to choose love."
Read more on the essential spiritual and moral value of love in her column in UU World.
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- ACOA MEETING, Monday at 7:30 PM
- Choir Rehearsal, Thursday (9/5) at 7:00 PM & Sundays at 9:00 AM
- Board Meeting, Tuesday - (9/10) at 7:00 PM
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Contact Information
Parish Minister: Rev. Stephen Cook: 508-473-0745
revsteve@hopedaleunitarian.org
Parish Board Co-Chairs: Tracy Anderson: 508-962-0235
tracylanderson@verizon.net,
Alice Jacobson: 508-380-6911
alicejacobson@comcast.net
Music Director/Organist: Carol Devendorf: 774-573-0568 mpac1991@aol.com
Church Office: Jody Buck 508-473-0745 hopedaleunitarian@verizon.net
Community Meal Coordinator: Alice Jacobson alicejacobson@comcast.net
Caring Connection Contact: Becky Chan rwchan19@gmail.com
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Publication Policy
If you have some news or information you would like to get out to people via our twice monthly email or in our order of service insert, or mentioned from the podium on Sunday morning, please get the announcement of 50 words or less to the church in writing via hard copy or email no later than 10 a.m. on Thursdays. We publish as much as we can weekly and two or three timely announcements will be read aloud during the service on Sunday morning. We ask that announcements be about congregational life, the greater world of Unitarian Universalism, or local community events of importance to congregational life and mission.
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