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Weekly Update
Friday, May 29, 2026
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First Sunday after Pentecost
June May 31 at 10:00 a.m. (Hybrid)
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“Some Assembly Required” for how to be the church, with instructions from the Letter to the Romans and opportunities to pray and share together!
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Meeting ID: 826 8730 1128
Passcode: 386028
Dial in: 1 646 558 8656
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This Sunday! Following Worship.
Baby Shower for Megan and Leila!
Join us this Sunday, May 31, 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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Hosted by your Pastoral Relations Committee (Alicia, Kathy, Kent and Julie C.).
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The Union Church in Waban
ANNUAL MEETING
Sunday, June 14, 2026
Immediately Following Our 10:00 a.m. Service
(Hybrid)
Lunch will be served
The Annual Meeting shall:
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- Receive oral reports of officers and committee chairs for fiscal year 2025-26 (July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026)
- Adopt the Budget for the operation of the Church for fiscal year 2026-27
- Approve the Slate of Officers and Committee members for fiscal year 2026-2027
- Review and vote on a change in our bylaws
- Receive an update on the visioning process
- Act upon any other business which may properly come before a business meeting of the Church.
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This week, in addition to our regular prayers, we continue to share some of the prayers offered up on our Pledge cards on Pledge Sunday!
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Loving God, hear the prayers
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of your people gathered in this community.
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- We pray for this church community to thrive.
- 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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Things remain busy at UCW in these last few weeks of the church year! We are in the final contract negotiation stage with our new settled music director (so keep an eye out for an official announcement and bio soon!), continuing Visioning work with more to be presented at Annual Meeting, and of course preparing the annual budget review, nominating slate, and other Annual Meeting business. It has been a very full and fruitful spring, and I hope to see many of you this Sunday and in the weeks to come as we end this church year well and looks towards the changing pace of the summer.
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Last chance to register for
Jade Hargrave’s Ecclesiastical Council!
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UCW’s former Student Minister, Jade Hargrave, has progressed through the UCC’s ordination process to the point of an Ecclesiastical Council. At this Council, delegates will hear excerpts from Jade’s Spiritual Journey and Call and her portfolio demonstrating her pathway to ministry. Delegates can then ask questions, and will vote as to whether to approve Jade to be eligible for ordination, pending a call.
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Pastor Megan will attend the EC, to be held on June 1:00 at 6:00 p.m. at Wellesley Village Church and online. If you’d like to join, you can register through the UCC: https://sneucc-reg.brtapp.com/JadeHEC0601. One UCW member in addition to Pastor Megan can serve as a delegate, but as many can attend as would like to, and it would be wonderful to have a group attend from our church to demonstrate our support for Jade’s ministry. Contact Pastor Megan with questions.
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Connecting as Intergenerational Community
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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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From the Wider CommunityWider
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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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