Rev. Beau Rivers preaching This service will be held at 10:30 am in the sanctuary as scheduled. Driving conditions may be poor, so please travel carefully if you attend in person. The service will be live-streamed on YouTube as usual. In the early 1900s, Universalist minister Griswold Williams wrote, Love is the doctrine of this church. The quest for truth is its sacrament and service is it prayer. How do we understand our recently adopted UU values of Equity, Transformation, Pluralism, Generosity, Justice, and Interdependence as rooted in Love? How might a Theology Rooted in Love guide us in response

Family Worship ServiceThe children will be upstairs for our family worship service this morning. We keep this service to 45 minutes, with announcements and joys and concerns occurring after the service is complete. This family service will explore how our values of Justice, Equity, Transformation, Plurality, Interdependence, and Generosity are rooted in Love. There will be storytelling, a Chocolate Strawberry communion, and an intergenerational activity during coffee hour. We will also lift up random acts of kindness we have received or bestowed upon others in the last 30 days. Youth GroupWe have new goals and new ideas for 2025.  Youth

February is a relatively calm month, musically speaking, when it seems timely to set up a tour of our charming 1890 Woodberry & Harris tracker organ. Did you know that our little organ is registered in the Pipe Organ Database of the Organ Historical Society? Did you know that our organ was fully mechanical until electricity came down Main Street around 1920, and the “hand pump” was replaced by a motorized turbine to generate “wind”? Did you know we had a major refurbishment of our organ in 2014, partly funded by a Community Preservation Grant? If you’d like to take

Not on Our Watch

Gather at 126 Water St, Plymouth (near Plymouth Rock) at 1 pm.

Bring a sign featuring a government service you value that is at risk or whatever is your top concern.

Note: Searching online for slogans about your issue often yields an effective sign.

The UU Book Club continues to meet on the third Monday of the month. Book Club members will be emailed the Zoom link a few days before each meeting. The Book for February is The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown.

If you are not on the Book Club’s email list, but would like to join us for the discussion, please contact Lois Aldrich (lois.aldrich63@gmail.com). New and old members are welcome.

36 North Bedford Street, East Bridgewater, 2nd floor, 2nd door on the left This group is an opportunity to get to know your peers, support one another, share challenges, celebrate, seek support, play games & be; 978-809-2245, speak or text to “J”

36 North Bedford Street, East Bridgewater, 2nd floor, 2nd door on the left This group is an opportunity to get to know your peers, support one another, share challenges, celebrate, seek support, play games & be; 978-809-2245, speak or text to “J”

Members of this team are trained to offer lay pastoral counseling. They may also provide meals; visits; phone calls; cards; transportation to medical appointments, the grocery store, church, or social outings; help with yard work; music; or respite/break time for caregivers. Contact: Susan Curtiss

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.

Please submit your information to the church office.

The Meditation Group meets every Wednesday afternoon in the Avis Clay Parlor to practice quiet meditation. It is open to those new to meditation as well as experienced meditators. Contact: Holly Begley or Diane Reed

All members and friends are invited to attend the Parish Committee meeting.

Do you enjoy hand crafts such as knitting, crocheting, embroidery, needlepoint, quilting, etc.?  We are resurrecting our hand crafting group.  We gather once per month to work on our projects, offer support, and also make prayer shawls for folks in the congregation in need of comfort.  Come experts and newbies (we can help teach you) and gather for handwork, snacks, and conversation.  The Hand Crafters Group is meeting the third Thursday of every month from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Avis Clay Parlor

See Susan Hotchkiss.

We continue scheduling weekly ½ hour vigils on Saturday mornings from 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon on the church lawn.  All are invited to join in.  Contact Dody Adkins-Perry with any questions.

This four-hour workshop is offered by Natalie Johnson, a certified facilitator of The Work That Reconnects. We will gather in circle to ground ourselves in gratitude, practice naming and witnessing our pain for the world, learn to see with new and ancient eyes, enter Deep Time, and finally compost our shared ideas of how to move forward into the world spreading our seeds of renewed hope and resolve…together.