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Week of October 26, 2023
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Weekly Resources
  1. October Share the Plate: For October the chosen charity is Cultural Survival. Cultural Survival advocates for Indigenous Peoples' rights and supports Indigenous communities’ self-determination, cultures and political resilience since 1972. If you would like to make a specific donation, please write a check to First Parish and write Cultural Survival in the memo line.
  2. Church Calendar
  3. Minutes from Last Month's Parish Committee Meeting
Photo Credit: Evie S.

Sunday Worship
Worship on Sunday, October 29 with Tony Winters,
"Why We Change: A Journey in the Present" 

We live in a world where change is constant. From the way we refer to people, to the way we broaden our society to include and embrace marginalized communities, we cannot escape the ever-flowing winds of change. So how do we embrace that when it is constantly moving? Together, we will take a deep dive into how past, present, and future collide, and how we as a society will inevitably continue to progress.

This is a hybrid worship service. Please join us in the sanctuary or by ZOOM: https://uuma.zoom.us/j/8261399470
Or via phone: +1 646 876 9923 Meeting ID: 826 139 9470


Upcoming Worship



Vespers: Generosity
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at 7 pm
Explore our monthly worship theme during an informal, online worship service focused on reflection and connection.

This is a virtual worship service. Please join us via ZOOM: https://uuma.zoom.us/j/97873530749?pwd=LzRabXhxWGx4MlduWmJuK3Bsa3ZEZz09

Meeting ID: 978 7353 0749
Passcode: 098634

Halloween Chili Dinner and Pumpkin Bash
October 28, 2023 at 6pm

Pumpkin carving, activities, chili, salad, spooky drinks, and dessert!
Halloween-themed music
Costumes optional!

$20 for individuals/$40 for families*
*All are welcome regardless of ability to pay!

Interested in helping out at the upcoming Halloween Chili Dinner and Pumpkin Bash? There's lots of ways to get involved, including:

Donating food, including chili, cornbread, salad, bread, and dessert
Prepping for dinner
Decorating
Coordinating pumpkin carving
Cleaning up
Selling tickets
Halloween music!

If you would like to volunteer for any of the above, please sign up by clicking here!

Have any questions? Please contact Heather Schmid Mehdi, Parish President, at heatherschmid@comcast.net. 
Thanksgiving at First Parish
 
On Thanksgiving Day November 23, First Parish will host a potluck gathering in the Upper Parish Hall. Appetizers at 1 p.m. Dinner at 2 p.m. We would love you to join us in this grateful, loving community meal. There will be a sign up sheet in the Upper Parish Hall where you can sign up to attend and list what you would like to bring.. Or you may contact Susan Irish  EIRISH2@aol.com  (508) 378-2906. We hope you'll join us!
MAINSPRING AND EVELYN HOUSE LUNCHES
Thurs., Nov. 2 lunches will be made for MainSpring (75) and Evelyn House (25) Homeless Shelters. The food will be delivered to the home of Betty Gilson by 9:00 am that morning. If you would like to help, contact Betty at gillyflower@verizon.net.
BLM FILM
The Social Justice Committee continues to diversify the suggestions for films to watch. The movie for October is  "Yellow Rose - Filipina". A talented Filipina teen living in Texas has dreams of country music stardom that are threatened by her family's undocumented immigration status.

You can buy "Yellow Rose" on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Vudu, AMC on Demand as download or rent it on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Vudu.
T”UU”RNING LEAVES BOOK CLUB
Fri., Oct. 27 at 7:00 pm the Book Club will meet at the church to discuss Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI. This is a 2017 nonfiction book by American journalist David Grann about the Osage Indian murders. Time magazine listed Killers of the Flower Moon as one of its top ten nonfiction books of 2017. 
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