Marcy Franck has been spreading her message through Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health for four years, and she knows her stuff. This Climate Optimist issue includes a link to any/all of you who want to know more about what our government is doing to improve our laws (three new federal climate laws) and improve our climate by funding "$560B in federal dollars earmarked for climate solutions"... and lots more. It's mind boggling!
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Food, vendors, balloons, games, crafts, queens – fun for everyone!
Saturday, June 24 12:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Middleboro Town Hall Lawn
FUUSM has been an accredited “Green Sanctuary” since March 2011. To continue our accreditation “UUA’s Green Sanctuary 2030: Mobilizing for Climate Justice” “road map” provides a supported process for congregational transformation on climate. Established in 1989, this is the seventh iteration of the Green Sanctuary Program. Learn more about Green Sanctuary 2030 vision, mission, and outcomes and how to promote and use ethical practices to maintain our status in this program. Towards that process we have developed a Green Sanctuary Covenant for FUUSM, and we need your input. Please look over the sample Green Sanctuary Covenant and give us your thoughts on revising and/or modifying this sample
The Cash in the Plate for the month of February is going to the International Rescue Committee (IRC). The IRC helps people affected by humanitarian crises—including the climate crisis—to survive, recover and rebuild their lives. The IRC is presently dedicating many resources to help families in Ukraine, Turkey and Syria.
February 3 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.RE families (and any interested parties, friends) are invited to join us on Friday, February 3, for a fun night of crafting and cooking and visiting. From 5:30 to 6:30 we will have a potluck dinner. This is optional, but I’m bringing my famous chicken chili so……. Then from 6:30 to 8:30 we will be making gifts for Valentine’s Day. You can take the gifts home to share with someone you love or enjoy them yourselves. Please let me know if you can join us! Kelly Lownds (dre@uumiddleboro.org)Director of Religious Exploration
Have you ever felt yourself in a kind of vortex where one piece of bad news — or one unsavory development– seems inexorably to another and another until you don’t know where the madness will end? As the comic says, “Well, I have.” In fact, I’ve felt caught up in such a vortex all month. We’ll skip the whole COVID episode (though even post-COVID has its challenges). And we’ll leave the car crash for another time. (Painful.) The vortex I’m thinking about is a financial one. A financial drain, so to speak. It all started when I couldn’t find the
In January, the church “music department” was all excited about news of the Clay Family Gift and what it might mean for music at UU Middleboro. The gift is $100,000 in memory of Avis Clay, beloved member and longtime supporter of music and the arts. Up to $20,000 will be used to renovate and rename the Parlor, with the remainder to go into an endowment fund. The interest income from this fund will be used for music at UU Middleboro. Members of the choir, alumni choir, music committee, and other active musicians were invited to brainstorm and collect ideas for
RE CommitteeChristine Hoyle and I met on 1/18/2023 to discuss budget, goals for the upcoming year and how to grow the RE Committee and the RE program. We concentrated on the LGBTQIA group for youth and adults we would like to host at church on one Friday evening per month. We are also considering bringing in speakers for youth issues like vaping, substance abuse, interpersonal relationship violence, neurodiversity, special education, and additional topics. If you are interested in joining the RE Committee, we are looking for volunteers. Please reach out to me or Christine Hoyle at dre@uumiddleboro.org or c.hoyle830@gmail.com. RE Children’s ClassesWe
Up to $20,000 of the Clay Family Gift will be used to refurbish the Parlor. The PC has created a charge to a task group to address how this will happen. I have agreed to lead the task group. The group has three tasks:1) Determine how the Parlor will be used.2) Assess any structural issues that need to be addressed.3) Recommend how the Parlor will be decorated and furnished. I envision a core group to follow the entire project and additional participants to address the structural and decorative issues. Many of our meetings can be on Zoom. Please contact me at jbonnar98@gmail.com if you
The Elsie Gaudette Award can be given this spring (the third Sunday in June) to a person who exemplifies the service and dedication to this church that Elsie did for many years.
