Get ready - our Online Spring 2024 Service Auction is about to begin!! The bidding starts at 12:00 noon on Friday, June 14, and continues to 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 30. We have a terrific collection of items, includinhg wonderful meals, summer getaways, gift baskets, gift cards, decorative arts, sporting goods, and services. Get ready for Summer here! To participate in the Auction, go to the Auction website:
The end of the church year is drawing near and we can be proud of all we have accomplished. Our church board – the Parish Committee (PC) – has been very busy all year, working to streamline procedures and manage all the needs of the church, from keeping our beautiful building in good shape to supporting programs and special events.
Come to Ferry Beach Conference Center August 11-17 for a fabulous week of musical learning and sharing at the beach in beautiful Saco, Maine! This year we welcome as our guest artists Debra Cowan and Atwater-Donnelly, the duo of Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly. See the attached flyer for more information
Request for Use of Sanctuary & Parish Hall by Seventh-Day Adventist Haitian Refugees As most folks reading this know, a fairly large group of refugees from Haiti (178 persons) have been lodged at the Quality Inn in Middleboro for the past several months. In keeping with our desire to provide ministry to the larger community, especially those in the most need, we have been searching for ways to help. On March 31, a group of four ministers representing the Southern New England Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, whose members are among the Middleboro Haitian refugees, approached me with a request to use our facilities for their weekly Saturday worship services and social time. Our Social Justice Team expressed warm support of the idea, providing certain concerns are satisfactorily addressed.
Music Sunday at UU Middleboro is an annual springtime tradition, a chance to develop some musings into a worship service for the congregation. When I shuffle through the 15 annual Music Sunday files in my cabinet, I’m struck by the variety of music and topics we’ve explored. One of the earliest involved a congregational survey of favorite songs. Last year we presented a masterwork with John Rutter’s multi-movement “Requiem.” We’ve focused on Maya Angelou, Paul McCartney, and Paul Basler. We’ve created programs around themes, such as color palettes, inner instruments, and transformation.
The end of the church school year is coming but don’t let that stop you from enjoying our groups, some volunteer opportunities and getting a chance to build your own bear before we wrap up! In April we volunteered at the Cooler Middleboro Fair, and in May we will be graduating our OWL class at the end of the month. We have been adding more badges to our bears, including “Grow your Dreams” and “Listen to Life" in RE and in Youth Group. We try to ensure the children are learning about their faith home and enjoying coming back each week to enjoy food, fun and friends. We have a nursery each week for young children and infants as well as Religious Exploration class for children.
We believe that participation in a Sunday morning service will help us build community and work together to meet our individual and Society goals. Please Read More to sign up online.
The Cash in the Plate for May will be going to the World Central Kitchen, which is resuming their Gaza operations after mourning the recent deaths in Gaza of seven of their members. The organization was founded by Chef José Andrés who has pursued a lifelong mission to fulfill the words of John Steinbeck in The Grapes of Wrath: “Wherever there’s a fight so that hungry people may eat … we’ll be there.”
Matt Patterson will be giving a special presentation about his career and experience as a wildlife illustrator during the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators New England Chapter’s “Curiosity” Art Exhibit reception this Saturday, May 4, from 11: 00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Lakeville Public Library. If you are an artist, a lover of nature and science, love incredible artwork, and want to meet the artists who create this kind of work, please come join us! The reception is free and open to the public.
We are writing postcards to registered voters in districts that have low voting rates and have historically been disenfranchised. We're using a tested script, so it's easy, no creativity required (though we're encouraged to use colored pens, if we want, to enliven our handwritten cards).
