From Pastor Megan

Rev. Megan
Berkowitz

Pastor Megan
November 21, 2025

Dear Church,

In the professional development training where I spent the last week, the core curriculum for my cohort this year was about faith-based, relational community organizing for congregations. This congregation has plenty of experience with this community organizing model thanks to GBIO, but I learned a ton and, as always, deepened in relationship with my colleagues and returned refreshed and excited for this next season. 

The foundational building block of this type of community organizing is telling our own stories, the stories of our communities, and the story of the world as it and and might become. All throughout the fall, we have been telling stories of our ancestors in faith. Fueled by those stories, we can think of how we want to tell our own stories, individually and as a congregation. We can decide how we will let our stories from scripture and our own lives teach us and propel us to remake the world on earth as it is in heaven. 

I look forward to sharing more about my time away in the days and weeks to come. For now, I am grateful to have returned home and returned to you all! 

Peace,

Megan

Past Posts

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  From Me to You
  Rev. Rich Chrisman
  October 2, 2026
  An Open Letter Dear Mr. Bible, I thank you for being there In hotel bedside tables, in the prison libraries In beautiful translations and paraphrases and especially in our hymn lyrics. Learn More
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  From Me to You
  Rev. Rich Chrisman
  September 11, 2026
  The genesis of us all.

  Oh Lord, you made such a good start
  having deemed Creation very good
  But discovered soon
  It wasn’t perfect
  Not the human part anyway.
  We went from a kiss to murder,

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  From Me to You
  Rev. Rich Chrisman
  September 4, 2026
  Hi UCW friends and members,  my name is Rick Chrisman, and I am an old friend of yours, once upon a time a member, way back before Covid, when Stacy was still minister here.  Way past retirement age, I’m just a preacher who has to have a congregation, so thanks for inviting me to fulfil my vocation with you, even if just for a few months. Learn More
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  From Pastor Megan
  Rev. Megan Berkowitz
  July 24, 2026
  

  Big news from our partners at GBIO! The “Not with our money, Citizens!” Campaign has succeeded, and Citizens Bank has committed to severing ties with the private prison companies building and operating ICE detention facilities. Read more about it on the GBIO website: HERE

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  From Pastor Megan: July 17, 2026
  Rev. Megan Berkowitz
  July 10, 2026
  Introducing our Bridge Pastor
  I am delighted to share that Rev. Rick Chrisman will be joining UCW as the parental leave Bridge Pastor this fall, from September 1st until my planned return at the start of Advent. Rev. Rick’s bio is below, though some of you may know him from a period some years ago when he was a member of UCW while serving as an interim pastor elsewhere. Closest to home for UCW, Rev. Rick has twice served as interim at the Eliot Church in Newton. Learn More
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  From Pastor Megan: July 3, 2026
  Rev. Megan Berkowitz
  July 3, 2026
  We had a lovely first summer service this past Sunday! Though we won’t meet this upcoming Sunday, 7/5, summer services resume the following week, 7/12 at 10:00 a.m. Worship Committee Chair Julie Heffernan will lead us in worship that morning. And though Katie Brown-Bright is off from her role as Bridge Associate for Children, Youth, and Families for the summer and there’s no Sunday school, she did put together an amazing activity cart for kids to participate in worship (crafts, streamers for some liturgical dancing, and more!). Learn More
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  From Pastor Megan: June 19, 2026
  Rev. Megan Berkowitz
  June 19, 2026
  

  I want to thank everyone who presented, contributed to, engaged in, and attended last Sunday’s Annual Meeting. You took seriously the invitation to let the Holy Spirit speak through you to others, and to you through others, and our church is better for it. For those who were not present, you can still engage with the Annual Meeting via the Annual Report, which we sent in this email last week, and by looking over the presentation from the Vision Team that was offered during the meeting: view HERE or click on image below.

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  From Pastor Megan: June 12, 2026
  Rev. Megan Berkowitz
  June 12, 2026
  My goodness, it has been a busy year at UCW! I hope you take some time to sit with and read the annual report for 2025-2026. Come to the Annual Meeting ready to discuss the budget and nominating slate, yes, but also to thank our committee chairs and members, to connect with someone over something you didn’t even know had happened at church this year, or to learn more about how you can get involved in different projects and programs. Learn More