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Weekly Update
Friday, July 4, 2025
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There will be No Worship Service this Sunday
Please note that there will be no worship serive this holiday weekend.
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Summer Worship Services Begin on Sunday, July 13
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Please join us again on July 13 for the first of our informal lay-led summer worship services. Our summer services will be held in the Memorial Chapel in the sanctuary
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What an amazing mission trip we had to Puerto Rico! God's light shone so brightly in and through our teens, college kids, and adult chaperones on the trip; and we made many new friends and connections on the island. We can't wait to share more with you about it. We are working to find the best date in early August to share photos, stories, and our hopes for this mission and will let you know soon when the event will be.
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I'm also excited to connect with as many of you as I can before my final Sunday on August 17th. One opportunity to connect will be at an Ice Cream Sundaes on Wednesdays event on July 16 (see below). I hope to see you there!
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SUNDAES ON WEDNESDAY WITH PASTOR AMY
Weds. July 16th, 6:30-8pm @ UCW
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Come hang out with some yummy ice cream sundaes and time to connect.
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PUERTO RICO STORIES & PHOTOS
Date and Time TBD - Stay Tuned!
We're working with our Passionaries (travelers) to finalize a date and will let you know asap!
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Loving God, hear the prayers
of your people gathered in this community.
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- We pray for the most vulnerable among us, those who are elderly, disabled, or living in poverty, whose health and wellbeing are at risk as politicians place profits for the most wealthy above meeting the basic needs of vulnerable people. Give strength, wisdom, and courage to those in power and to all of us.
- We pray for the whole UCW community and for Pastor Amy as we look toward a season of goodbyes. Bless our time together these next few months, and bless Amy as she prepares to bring her incredible gifts for ministry to a new setting.
- We pray for transgender youth and their loved ones throughout the country, that even as their rights and supports are under attack, they might know their deep value and belovedness in the eyes of God.
- 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, especially in this tender season.
- 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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We pray to you, grateful for your accompaniment with us in all things. Amen.
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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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Connecting as Intergenerational Community
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Volunteer Opportunity with FamilyAid
Thursday, August 14th, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
We still need volunteers!
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We've been sharing lots of information about our developing partnership with FamilyAid throughout this year, and so many of you contributed to the MOUNTAIN of diapers we were able to drop off after our drive (Helen for scale in photo!).
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Now, if you'd like a chance to meet our new neighbors in a fun, relaxed setting, you can. UCW will be hosting two "Sweet Summer Thursdays" at FamilyAid, with popsicles/ice cream, games, bubbles, chalk, and crafts for the kids and moms at the Family Navigation Center in West Newton.
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The date August 14th, 5:00-7:00 p.m., and we still need volunteers! We can only take adult volunteers for these events, and all volunteers will need to agree to a CORI check run by FamilyAid.
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Summer for Kids!
Worship for All Ages
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Our Sunday School finished up on June 29th, and we're so grateful to everyone who made it such a wonderful year!
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Our relaxed summer services are welcoming of all ages, and we will have special crafts and materials available for kids in the Prayground next to the worship area. We hope to see you there!
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Making Space - Stewardship Campaign
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This year’s Stewardship theme is Making Space. Read the full letter from Chair Kent Wittler and the Stewardship Committee here .
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Submit Your Pledge HERE - Thank You!
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Live the Love & Justice Jesus Taught
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If you’re seeking ways to live out God’s love and justice at this moment in history, I invite you to look through the Southern New England Conference of the UCC’s new “Take Action” page on their website.
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Pastoral Care Connections
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.
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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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