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Weekly Update
Friday, June 7, 2024
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This Sunday
June 9 at 10:00 a.m.
Worship followed by Annual Meeting & Lunch
(Hybrid)
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Meeting ID: 826 8730 1128
Passcode: 386028
Dial in: 1 646 558 8656
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The bulletin is available HERE
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2024 Annual Meeting
(& Lunch!)
This Sunday
Following Service at 11:15
(Hybrid)
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Our annual meeting will be held this Sunday, June 9, following the worship service. This hybrid meeting will start around 11:15 a.m.
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For those attending via Zoom, please remain in the Zoom room after worship as we transition to the Vestry. If you only wish to join the meeting, use the Worship link on our website to access the Zoom room at any time. We will take attendance, and participants can ask questions and vote through the chat.
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For in-person attendees, lunch will be served as we gather in the Vestry. We will review and approve the minutes from last year's meeting, the Annual Report, the Nominating Slate, and the budget for the upcoming year. We will also discuss plans and priorities for the future.
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We look forward to your participation and welcome any questions or concerns you may have. Please join us.
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Annual Report Preview
2023-24 Annual Report (including minutes from last year) HERE
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Loving God, hear the prayers
of your people gathered in this community,
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- We pray in gratitude for the EOF Youth and graduating seniors who led us in worship last Sunday, and for the journeys of faith you have accompanied them through this year. Remain with them as they continue to ask, explore, and deepen in faith.
- We pray for all the leaders of this church: those who have come before and shaped our community, those who are currently serving, and those who have said "yes!" to serve in the coming year. We ask that you would guide all of us so that we might together be the church you call us to be in the world.
- We pray for all of our graduating high school and college students as they celebrate this threshold moment and discern what comes next for them. We pray for all of our youth and families as they balance the many aspects of school, activities, family life, and spiritual connection.
- For all in our UCW community who are ill, or who are caring for loved ones. For all who grieve, God, we ask for the comfort of your presence.
- We pray for peace for your people all throughout the world. Teach us to beat our swords into plowshares, O God, and to sow wisdom and reap peace, justice, and joy.
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If you have other prayers of concern or celebration you
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would like lifted up in community, please email
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All-Church Gatherings & Adult Formation
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Boston Pride for the People
Tomorrow, Saturday, June 8, gather at 1o:00 a.m.
We will gather in Gordon Chapel at OSC in Boston.
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Out of the church and into the streets!
Old South will be hosting Open and Affirming UCC churches from across the region to march together in Boston’s Pride parade, and Pastor Megan has been helping to coordinate. We will gather in Gordon Chapel at OSC in Boston, beginning at 10:00 a.m. We will travel from there to gather at our designated formation area (TBD), which begins at 11:00 a.m. The parade will finish at Beacon St and Park St, between the Public Garden and the Common.
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Sharing from the Heart
2024 - 25 Pledge Drive
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Stewardship season is still going strong. Our theme is "Sharing from the Heart." When we share from our hearts, freely, the gifts with which we have been blessed become the foundation for life-giving ministry. Your pledging allows this church to boldly claim our covenant and plan for services within this congregation and out into the world in inclusive, mission-minded, and intergenerational activities.
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We ask you to SUBMIT your PLEDGE HERE
or
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by filling out a pledge FORM This Sunday
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Intergenerational Community
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Children, Youth and Families
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Puerto Rico Mission Trip
Sunday, June 16 - Blessing Travelers
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Our Mission Trip to Puerto Rico is only a few weeks away (June 22-29th)! Please join us in worship on June 16th as we bless and commission our travelers for their journey and service on behalf of the church. We had a great orientation last week. If you would like to see the PowerPoint presentation we shared, including links to videos about where we are going, please click below:
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Committee News
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The Nicaragua committee is happy to share with you a recent letter from the student that is currently being sponsored by the Union Church in Nicaragua. Marvin is in his final year of university and is anticipated to graduate in December 2025 !
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Marvin Ernesto Collado Vargas
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Dear members of Union Church in Waban,
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I hope this message finds you well. I am pleased to inform you that I am in good health and in good spirits at this time.
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I've been working to get ahead, now I work at Remanso Beach and in my free time I usually take surf classes right there, it's good because it helps distract the mind a little. I am writing to you with great enthusiasm to inform you that I have started the university thesis/degree-defense course, on which I have been working hard. This important academic project represents a significant milestone in my educational and professional training.
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........continue reading Marvin's letter HERE
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"You got this Marvin and congratulations to all the other Union Church high school and college students who will be graduating soon !! "
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UCW Volunteer Opportunities
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Reception This Sunday
Thank you to Council for providing our Annual Meeting lunch & reception this Sunday.
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We still need hosts for
Sunday, June 30, if you are available.
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Sign up below to support one of the most impactful ways we build connections and community with each other after worship.
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(Simple guidelines listed here also.)
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Scripture Reader Sign-Up
If you are joining our Sunday worship, please consider signing up as a Scripture Reader for any of our upcoming services.
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Scripture Reader Sign-up: HERE Thank you!
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Pastoral Care Connections
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Please don't hesitate to reach out to Senior Pastor, Rev. Megan Berkowitz, or Associate Pastor for Youth & Families, Rev. Amy Clark Feldman for prayer or pastoral support.
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and her phone is 617-965-3893
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Most weeks, Friday is a day of Sabbath for Pastor Megan; Monday is Pastor Amy's day of Sabbath. With a pastoral emergency, please don't hesitate to reach out to either pastor.
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We, the members of The Union Church in Waban, true to our founding principle of being an inclusive church, covenant together to nourish and to sustain in our common life and practice a fully welcoming and affirming church for all persons. Welcoming all persons who seek to join with us in a commitment to love God and our neighbors, affirming the inclusive love of Jesus, we are open to all, without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, nationality, ability or economic circumstance. We invite all to full participation in our worship, membership, leadership and life of this church.
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