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Week of November 9, 2023
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Weekly Resources
  1. November Share the PlateThe November Plate Charity is Guest at Your Table (GAYT), the UUSC's longest-established fundraising and educational program for congregations.The  2023-2024 GAYT theme is "Pursuing Liberation." Donations to Guest at Your Table help advance community-led human rights initiatives around the world. Donations of $150 or more are eligible to be matched by the UU Congregation at Shelter Rock in Manhasset, NY. You may write a check to First Parish and write GAYT in the memo line.
  2. Church Calendar
  3. Minutes from Last Month's Parish Committee Meeting

Sunday Worship
Worship on Sunday, November 12th with Rev. Jennifer Johnson,
"The Generous Earth" 

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

First Parish Players Production of "The Fantasticks" Rescheduled

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the First Parish Players' production of “The Fantasticks” has been rescheduled.

New show dates are November 16-17th @7PM, Sunday November 19th @4PM.

See https://www.firstparishplayers.com/online-store for tickets or email fpplayersinfo@gmail.com to see about transferring tickets to a different day or to request a refund.
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!
Holly Day Fair Cookie and Soup Donations 

Please fill out this form to donate soup and/or cookies https://forms.gle/4Dxu5vCDYM2KFezh8

If you have any questions about cookies, please ask Laurie Lessner (laurie@yabroudy.com).

If you have any questions about soup, please ask AJ Derby (AdelphiaJere@gmail.com).
  • Drop-off your cookies in the kitchen. We will clearly mark the area.
  • Cookies should be in closed containers, labeled with your name and the name of the cookie.
  • Soups should be packaged in containers that will be provided to you. We will also provide labels. Plan to make 4.5 qts, which comes to 12, 12 oz, containers.
Thank you for all your effort! It is always greatly appreciated.
BLM FILM
The suggested film for viewing in Nov. is “Little Big Man”.  Jack Crabb is 121 years old as the film begins. A collector of oral histories asks him about his past. He recounts being captured and raised by Indians, becoming a gunslinger, marrying an Indian, watching her killed by General George Armstrong Custer, and becoming a scout for him at Little Big Horn.

Currently you are able to watch "Little Big Man" streaming on Amazon Prime Video. It is also possible to buy "Little Big Man" on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Vudu, Microsoft Store, DIRECTV as download or rent it on Microsoft Store, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Vudu, DIRECTV online.
T”UU”RNING LEAVES BOOK CLUB
Fri., Nov. 24 at 7:00 pm the Book Club will meet to discuss “The Haunting of Hill House”. Some of us remember being scared by the movie years ago. Here is your chance to enjoy the story completely. The Haunting of Hill House is a 1959 gothic horror novel by American author Shirley Jackson. It was a finalist for the National Book Award and has been made into two feature films and a play, and is the basis of a Netflix series. Location of meeting to be announced.
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