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Weekly Update
Friday, May 22, 2026
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Pentecost Sunday
Sunday, May 24 at 10:00 a.m. (Hybrid)
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We’ll celebrate Pentecost, the ‘birthday of the church,’ this Sunday, while we also celebrate and thank Karen Harvey for her incredible service among us as Interim Music Director this year at her final service.
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Meeting ID: 826 8730 1128
Passcode: 386028
Dial in: 1 646 558 8656
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Church Matters
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Thank you to everyone who gave a pledge to Union Church in Waban during our Stewardship Campaign this Spring. Your commitments have raised our spirits even more and reminded us again what a vital and committed congregation we have. Many thanks!
Everyone who helped showcase our congregation at the annual Waban Village Day. Many children stopped at our booth. We are grateful to the volunteers who helped inform our community about the Union Church in Waban and all the good work we are doing. Thank you all who helped.
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Diane Tillotson, Kent Wittler and David Burgess for their work on establishing a new lease with our tenant Riverside Community Center. Their work has helped to insure that we are supporting Riverside and sharing resources and expenses in a mutually beneficial way. Thank you, Diane, Kent and David!
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UCW Council Thank You Message
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Your Council is deeply grateful for all the many ways that UCW volunteers sustain and enrich our community.
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This week the Council would like to thank:
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Dan Heffernan for his exceptional leadership of our annual Stewardship Campaign. Dan and the entire Stewardship Committee have completed a very successful campaign that will help to sustain our financial health and give us the “Tools for Audacious Living.” Thank you Dan and Committee.
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Is there someone you think deserves special recognition? If so please email one of the co-moderators (Alan Cody & Susan Gedrick) with a short description of their contributions.
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Loving God, hear the prayers
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of your people gathered in this community.
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- This graduation season, we pray for all of the graduates in our community as they celebrate these threshold moments and plan for what lies ahead. We pray in gratitude for their parents, teachers, loved ones, and other supports who have helped them to this moment of achievement.
- We pray for an end to war, an end to violence, an end to the harms of Empire that we see in our scriptures and in our world.
- 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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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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On behalf of Council and HR, I am delighted to share the news that Katie Brown-Bright, Bridge Associate for Children, Youth, and Families, will be returning to serve among us for the coming church year! Katie has enriched the faith lives of our children, families, and all of us through her leadership in worship, Sunday school, youth programs, and more. She has already begun brainstorming and planning for the fall. If you are excited about supporting children, youth, families, and intergenerational life at UCW, I hope you’ll reach out to me, to Katie, and maybe even to Nominating about ways to support, including joining the CY&F committee for the coming year.
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Connecting as Intergenerational Community
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Mark Your Calendar!
Baby Shower for Megan and Leila!
Sunday, May 31, Reception Following Worship.
Mark your calendar for Sunday, May 31, reception following worship. If you would like to help plan the festivities or contribute to a group gift, please reach out to Alicia Collins, [email protected].
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This event is hosted by your Pastoral Relations Committee (Alicia, Kathy, Kent and Julie C.).
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Community Blood Drive at UCW
Every blood donation can help save up to three lives.
Saturday, June 6 from 9:00 - 2:00 p.m.
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Most donations take about an hour from start to finish. Book your appointment now and become part of this lifesaving mission.
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All presenting donors will receive a $15 e-gift card from the merchant of their choice, AND automatic entry for a chance to win one of two $7,500 gift cards!
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UCC at Boston Pride
Saturday, June 6 at 10:15 a.m.
Meeting at Old South Church
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The UCC is marching! Out of the church and into the streets! A Pride parade group from across the Boston-area UCC churches will gather together at Old South Church (645 Boylston St.) at 10:15 a.m.
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They will then gather at the designated formation area (TBD) to gather for the parade, which begins at 11:00 a.m. The parade will finish at Beacon St. and Park St., between the Public Garden and the Common where there will be a festival.
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This group will also host a Hospitality Station outside of Old South on Boylston Street from 9:00 a.m-1:00 p.m. providing water, bubbles, snacks, and glitter tattoos. Please sign up here to volunteer.
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Please RSVP
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Reading Scripture in Worship
Sharing the Stories of Our Faith
Scripture Reader Sign-up: HERE
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For generations the stories and wisdom of our faith were only shared orally, and reading scripture out loud is still a central part of our worship and community. Please consider sharing your voice in worship this fall.
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Coffee Host Needed
Please consider volunteering!
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Hosting a reception is a thoughtful expression of our hospitality, and it’s easier than you think! If you’re new to hosting, help is always available. Please consider volunteering for two dates this year.
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Pastoral Care Connections
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Please don't hesitate to reach out to Senior Pastor, Rev. Megan Berkowitz for prayer or pastoral support.
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and her office phone is 617-965-3893
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Most weeks, Friday is a day of Sabbath for Pastor Megan. 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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