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Weekly Update
Friday, August 23, 2024
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Final Summer
Service in August
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This Sunday, August 26
UCW, on the stage at 10:00 a.m.
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We’ll gather for worship on the stage for one final time this Sunday before returning upstairs to the sanctuary for fall services beginning Sept. 8th. This Sunday’s worship will focus on the Parable of the Talents from Matthew 25. Join in person or online to lend your voice to the discussion, prayers, and songs!
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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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Upcoming Services
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PLEASE NOTE: Sunday, Sept. 1
We will NOT gather for worship at UCW over the Labor Day Weekend. Stay tuned for suggestions of other local churches you may want to visit.
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Sunday Sept. 8 - Kick-off Sunday!
We'll celebrate the start of the new church year with worship and a special picnic reception.
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Funeral Service for Anya Bassett
Saturday, August 24 at 10:00 a.m
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A funeral service for Anya Bassett will be held this Saturday, August 24 at 10:00 a.m. at the Union Church in Waban, with a reception to follow in the Vestry. Visitation will be from 3:00 -6:00 p.m. at the Burke & Blackington Funeral Home on Washington Street in Newton today, Friday the 23rd. We will be hosts to family, friends, and other loved ones from around the country as we all gather to remember Anya.
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Please contact Pastor Amy if you’re able to help with setup or cleanup for the reception, or if you’d like to direct traffic for parking. If you are able to make the walk across the street safely, please park in the Angier School parking lot for the service so we can leave our lot for family and those who need accessible parking.
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A link to Anya's obituary can be found HERE.
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The service may also be attended online via Zoom - details can be found HERE.
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Loving God, hear the prayers
of your people gathered in this community,
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- God, we lift to you the deep grief felt throughout our community following the sudden loss of beloved member Anya Bassett. May your peace which surpasses all understanding be made known to all who loved Anya. We pray especially for Jon, Ben, Sarah, and their whole family as they mourn and plan for her funeral.
- We pray for Jackson, who died this week, and for his family, friends, and those who love him, including Kathy, Jaap, and their family. We prayed for Jackson in worship throughout this year, and now pray for him to be at peace with God after a long journey with cancer.
- We pray in gratitude and excitement for all of our new college students, preparing to begin their first semester. We pray, too, for their parents, for students of all ages preparing for the new year, and for educators, support staff, and administrators who are getting ready to welcome students back to school.
- We pray for Betty O’Beirne as she recovers from an eye injury, and for the entire O’Beirne family as they grieve Cindy, sister-in-law to Jay, and support Lois, Jay’s sister, through a medical crisis. Surround them all with your comfort, healing, and peace, O God.
- We pray for Maddie B., that she may feel the love of God and the love of her church with her during what has been a difficult summer.
- We pray for Beth and the Usher family, close family friends of Pastor Amy, as Beth seeks to make the best of each day, surrounded by love, in her journey with stage-four endometrial cancer.
- We pray for Deborah Malone and her family as she continues to heal.
- For all in our community who are traveling this summer: for traveling mercies, joy, and a safe return home.
- 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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New Church Sign
BIG NEWS!! Thanks to the tireless work of Jane Purser and the whole Communications Committee, with support from Building and Council, our new church sign has been completed and installed!
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We’ll have a more official ribbon-cutting and celebration of this wonderful addition to our witness in our little corner of Newton once construction in the area is completed. For now, we’re excited to have our name and logo visible to all who pass by.
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Free Family Friendly Community Concert - Tomorrow!
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Our neighbors at the Newton Presbyterian Church have invited us for a free, family-friendly concert this Saturday evening!
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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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