Nursery CareNursery care is available during the church service each week, courtesy of Niko Pucillo-Dunphy. RE Children's ClassesWe will spend this morning talking about chalices, the symbol of our faith. We will make stained glass chalices today to bring home after church school. The bears are at church waiting to meet us, so we are hoping they will come out to play this morning as well.  There will be a handout sent home with the children this week for parents to peruse.

Rev. Peter Connolly preaching Indigenous People's Day gives us an opportunity to look at the cultures that populated the American continent before European settlement and to gain from their wisdom. The Chalice Choir will be singing.

We are meeting this morning at 11:45 a.m. in the Parish Hall. This is an opportunity for parents to share during coffee hour.  We’re setting up a table for parents, and anyone who is interested is welcome to join us!

Greg Stevens and I will meet the parents for our OWL students in the Parlor at 12:15 today. Please join us if you are planning to send your child to OWL. There will be another opportunity later in the month. Kelly Lownds, Director of Religious Exploration

Youth GroupWe are meeting today in the Parish Hall from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Barbara Bancroft and I will meet with the youth and discuss the power of roots.  Don't forget to bring your songs that speak to our Earth element characteristics. Kelly Lownds, Director of Religious Exploration

Members of the Search Committee are Lois Aldrich, Adrian Gunn, Andrea Priest, David Kraemer, Vi Fairweather and Jim Bonnar, chairperson. We have a different process for finding a new minister this year, and it is very important that we have input from the congregation.  In October we will be hosting Cottage Meetings to go over the summary of survey findings and to further refine your wishes and concerns.  There will be a sign-up sheet in the Parlor and a place to sign up on the church website.  We offer morning, afternoon, evening, and after-church meeting times at the church and an

The Search Committee is meeting to discuss the next steps in finding our future minister.

The Peaceful Quilters meet every Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall.

The Chalice Choir is a volunteer group that meets in the Parish Hall on Tuesday evenings from 7:00 to 8:30. This choir sings every other Sunday from a wide variety of choral anthems, most set in four parts: soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. Membership is open but limited. Please contact Susan Hotchkiss for more information.

Members of the Search Committee are Lois Aldrich, Adrian Gunn, Andrea Priest, David Kraemer, Vi Fairweather and Jim Bonnar, chairperson. We have a different process for finding a new minister this year, and it is very important that we have input from the congregation.  In October we will be hosting Cottage Meetings to go over the summary of survey findings and to further refine your wishes and concerns.  There will be a sign-up sheet in the Parlor and a place to sign up on the church website.  We offer morning, afternoon, evening, and after-church meeting times at the church and an

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

Led by Peter Connolly This Small Group Ministry is meeting weekly on Wednesdays for five weeks: October 4, 11, 18, 25, and November 1 from 12:15 to 1:45 p.m. If there is sufficient interest, the ministry will be offered again in the spring.

The Music Committee meets on Zoom the second Wednesday of the month.

Linda Coombs, author and historian from the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe, will present the next session of The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC)’s free 5-part series  Rooted in Nature: Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Resiliency:  Wampanoag Ecological Perspective, Historical Resilience & Climate Adaptation,  on Thursday, October 12, 12:00-1:30 pm. | Register Now   This session presented in collaboration with the Accelerating Climate Resiliency Speaker Series. The final two sessions of Rooted in Nature will be  Restoring Indigenous Foodways for Climate Resilience With Kristen Wyman, a member of the Nipmuc tribe of Connecticut, co-founder of the Eastern Woodlands Rematriation Collective (EWRC) and a leader

Members of the Search Committee are Lois Aldrich, Adrian Gunn, Andrea Priest, David Kraemer, Vi Fairweather and Jim Bonnar, chairperson. We have a different process for finding a new minister this year, and it is very important that we have input from the congregation.  In October we are hosting Cottage Meetings to go over the summary of survey findings and to further refine your wishes and concerns.  There will be a sign-up sheet in the Parlor and a place to sign up on the church website.  We offer morning, afternoon, evening, and after-church meeting times at the church and an evening

The Team brings news and information to the congregation about social justice events and activities being held in our community, offers training and runs events that are of major interest to church members, and actively supports several local organizations including Bridgewater Committee for Civil Rights (BCCR). The Brockton Chapter of the NAACP, the Matthew Mission Food Pantry, and Sustainable Middleboro. The Social Justice Team meets every other Friday.

We hope you will join us for this fun night of music, sponsored by the Church and open to the public! We will start at 6:00 with a potluck of hearty snacks in the Parish Hall, so bring along a favorite treat to share.

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.