Welcome Back Everyone!  Sunday School is back in person this year!! Church starts at 10:30, and we will be meeting during the church service and head downstairs after the Message for All Ages around 10:45.  Registration is rolling and can be completed at any time. Registration Link:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQOe5r9Vrq3mvRsPLXYSRb6Xpcl-uhLg5ChzswG2ZVuPqiJQ/viewform?usp=sf_link This year we are Exploring Beyond Our Walls.   Every day our children are often faced with difficult decisions and situations.  We have agreed as a group to really try to understand and learn our Seven Principles, and through the year we will be collecting gems that will represent our learnings through moral tales. 

Rev. Dan Hotchkiss preaching In this season of All Souls, we remember those we loved and lost. We may anticipate rejoining them in heaven or treasure traces of their lives. We also wonder what will come of us when our time comes. Dan Hotchkiss will reflect on responses in our faith tradition to the pain and mystery of mortality.  For centuries people around the globe have been honoring their ancestors and the souls of the departed. None of us escapes this world alive. Peter Morales, a former president of the UUA, urges us in Bringing the Dead to Life, not

We will have our annual church bonfire (aka, Halloween party with roasted marshmallows over a small grill) on October 30, 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. at the church.   We will play some of our traditional games – the bone hunt, toilet paper mummies, balloon stomp, donuts on a string and trick or treat as well as some new ideas.

The Wheel of the Year has turned once more bringing us to Samhain, the final harvest. Again, the year has been one of challenge and change for each of us and for our community. In our church family as well as the world at large, there have been losses of many kinds. Tonight we will depart a bit from our usual format.  We will create sacred space and share in calling directions, lighting candles and sharing the meaning of Samhain, but we will also invite anyone who chooses to share a remembrance of someone or something they have lost either recently

In the Parish Hall

Please submit your information for the Order of Service to office@uumiddleboro.org by 12:00 noon.

Rev. Connolly and the Parish Committee invite you to sign up for one of the twelve cottage meetings that will be set up between October 12 and November 19.  These meetings will be a chance for church members to meet and get to know the minister and Parish Committee members better.  We hope to hear from you as to what brings you to church, why you keep coming, what feeds your spirit, and what you feel passionate about.   Most meetings will be in person, offered twice a week on different days and times to accommodate your schedule.  Two of the

October 28 & November 4, 11, 18Parish Hall and Parlor Click for details:FUUSM FUN FRIDAYS Join us for community and fun “classes” for a series of four Fridays.  Nancy Backus and Juli Gould will provide a light supper at 5:30 for those who would like to gather for socializing, and classes will run from approximately 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.  Please sign up for the entire series if you can; and if you can’t come on a particular date, please let the instructor know you will not be attending.  The crafters need to know how many supplies to gather.  To Register:  Please email or call

November 4, 11, 18, 25           6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Just This Sangha meets virtually (via Zoom) nearly every Friday evening from 6:00 to 7:30 for silent meditation and sharing of our practice experience.  From a Buddhist, particularly Zen, perspective, we focus on bringing practice to daily life; exploring letting go of our usual habitual reactivity and opening to ourselves and others as we actually are. Not a drop-in group, we do welcome potentially new members to join us for a few sessions to see if the group is a good fit.  Contact Tom Tanguay at Thisjustthis@gmail.com for more information.

Turn your clock back one hour tonight.

We will continue scheduling weekly ½ hour vigils on Saturday mornings from 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon.  In addition, we will be offering training to help us respond to folks with strong opinions. If you are interested in standing with us but would like the training first, please add your name, but put an X in the first column.  All are invited to join in. Sign up for training and/or the vigil by visiting Vigil Sign-Ups.