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Rev. Amy Clark Feldman
July 4, 2025

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. 

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This Sunday, July 6

Please note that there will be no worship serive this holiday weekend.

Summer Worship Services at UCW

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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From Our Pastors

Rev. Megan Berkowitz
June 27, 2025

As our regular church year draws to a close, we look towards the summer, when we are usually one Body scattered to many locations. Whether we are traveling, visiting with family, focused on different schedules with children, or simply living at the slower pace of the summer months, we see less of one another. It can seem like church is “off” for the summer as well.

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JAVA Gents BBQ!

Thursday, June 12 at 6:00 p.m.
(In-Person)

This month, Java Gents will gather on Thursday, June 12, at 6:00  p.m,  (don’t come at 7:00 a.m. Friday!) for “Buz’s BBQ and Brew Gathering of the Java Gents.” Newcomers and long timers alike are welcome! JAVA Gents is the informal get-together of the men of the UCW congregation (and community)

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Wellspring Gathering

Wednesday, June 18 at 6:30 pm
(In-Person)

Wellspring will be gathering for its last meeting this year on Wednesday, June 18 at 6:30 p.m.  Location TBD, as we are trying to find a nice place to meet outside, if possible.
All are welcome!
Hope to see you there!

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From Our Pastors : May 30, 2025

Rev. Clark Feldman
May 30, 2025

The Psalmist wrote so many centuries ago (or maybe just yesterday), “As the deer pants for water, so my soul pants for you, O God.”   It’s such a vivid image – this poor deer panting in thirst and exhaustion. How far has it run over dry and scorched land?  What a relief to dip its head towards a cool stream; its thirst quenched. 

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Easter VII

June 1 at 10:00 a.m.
(Hybrid)

Join us for a special worship service this Sunday as we celebrate the baptism of Maggie Bluestein, remembering the life-giving waters of our faith and sharing in Communion. 

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From Our Pastors

Rev. Megan
Berkowitz

May 23, 2025

We’re heading into a season of joy, celebration, community, and preparation for the future over the next several weeks, and I wanted to be sure to lay it all out in one place so you can plan and save the dates. This weekend, we’ll celebrate and dedicate our new accessible pews in worship and have the second meeting of the spring New Members class immediately following. 

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Mapping Your Spiritual Journey

Sat, May 31, 9:00 AM – noon 
In-Person

Ever wanted to write about your spiritual journey? Or perhaps create a map of your own story?
Join us Saturday morning May 31 for a simple and fun way to do this.  We will use a combination of easy drawing exercises and short paragraphs to convey our spiritual development over time, and end with some writing and a timeline for you to take home.

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Urban Gardens for Eco Justice

Sat. May 31,10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Carpooling from UCW at 9:45 a.m. 

On Saturday, May 31 we will go to The Ellington Community Food Forest Garden at 103 Ellington Street in Dorchester, where we will be volunteering with the women of the Ellington Garden for a workday from 10:00-2:00 p.m.  Drinks and snacks will be provided from 10:00 a.m. to noon and then work in garden begins at 12:00 p.m.)

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Easter VI

May 25 at 10:00 a.m.
(Hybrid)

Join us for worship this Sunday as we celebrate the hard work of soon-to-be-Eagle Scout Luka Smith, dedicate our new accessible pews, and seek to understand one of the stories of Jesus’ healing power.

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Boston City Singers

Saturday, May 17th | 7:00 PM
Union Church
14 Collins Road
Waban, MA

Join the Boston City Singers Tour Choir for a fundraiser performance at the Union Church in Waban. From the Sea is a performance of pieces exploring our relationship with the waters that sustain us.

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Easter V

May 18 at 10:00 a.m.
(In-Person & Online)
A Shared Service with the
Boston Taiwanese Christian Church

We are blessed to gather with the Boston Taiwanese Christian Church for worship this Sunday at 10 a.m., when we will gather around the communion table and raise our voices in song together.

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From Our Pastors: May 16, 2025

Rev. Amy
Clark Feldman

May 16, 2025

As some of you know, I was away for part of this week at a program for clergy and spiritual directors.  Each morning began at 7:45 a.m. with worship; and ended around 9:00 p.m. with worship.  Spiritual leaders from around the country each led one of the first five services; with each service focusing on one of the five senses – taste, touch, smell, hearing, sight – knowing that Jesus engaged and experienced all the senses in his very human, embodied, incarnate ministry.   

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From Our Pastors: May 9, 2025

Rev. Megan Berkowitz
May 9, 2025

I had a lot of interest in the prayer structure I shared during last Sunday’s worship, so I wanted to write it out for you here. If you’re feeling like you’re not sure how to pray or what to say, sometimes a little scaffolding can help get you started. Don’t think that this is the ‘right’ way to pray though — any way to pray that leads you to open your heart to God is the right way!

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Easter IV

May 11 at 10:00 a.m.
(Recoding Now Available)

We’ll read another story of the early Church and honor and prayed for our mothers – and those who cared for us if and when our mothers could not.

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Easter III

May 4 at 10:00 a.m.
(In-Person & Zoom)

We’ll celebrate Eastertide communion around the table together and share stories of our ancestors in faith claiming their boldness in God’s name.

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From Our Pastors: May 2, 2025

Rev. Megan Berkowitz
May 2, 2025

There is very little in the Gospels that tells of Jesus after his resurrection and before his ascension. This period gets 5 weeks in the liturgical calendar, but only one or two stories in each Gospel at most. As Pastor Amy shared in her sermon last Sunday, after the Resurrection, Jesus spends some time eating with his disciples, even sharing a grilled fish breakfast on the beach with them one morning.

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From Our Pastors: April 25, 2025

Rev. Megan Berkowitz
April 25, 2025

On Easter morning, we sang the hymn “Now the Green Blade Rises,” with its refrain: “Love is come again like wheat that rises green.” While it raises questions for me every year about how much pronunciation has changed in the last hundred years (did been/green and again/lain really rhyme?), it so beautifully captures the confluence of Easter and the coming of Spring in the Northern hemisphere. 

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Easter II

April 27 at 10:00 a.m.
(In-Person & Zoom)

Eastertide worship continues with the story of the disciples who meet Jesus on the road to Emmaus. Come, and see the Risen One revealed to us anew this season.

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Easter Sunday

Sunday, April 20th:
Sunrise Service (6:30 a.m.)
Worship Service (10:00 a.m.)
Easter Egg Hunt (11:00 a.m.)

Join us for joyful Easter worship this Sunday morning! We’ll let our alleluias ring out as we celebrate resurrection joy together. After worship, join for reception and for a super fun Easter Egg hunt for kids!

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From Our Pastors: April 18, 2025

Rev. Megan Berkowitz
April 18, 2025

Throughout Lent, we have been Making Space: for compassion, humility, discernment, generosity, and prayer. As we move from yesterday evening’s Maundy Thursday Tenebrae service, sharing around the table and recognizing the coming darkness, to Sunday morning’s joyful worship, we are given one last, sacred opportunity to reflect in this year’s Lenten season.

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Easter Special Collection

This Eastertide, out of love for Christ resurrected and compassion for our most vulnerable neighbors, the Sunday Easter collection will be dedicated to the Massachusetts Baptist Multicultural Ministries (MBMM). MBMM has been on the front lines supporting and empowering newly arrived refugees and immigrants in our Commonwealth. (Read more about the work of the MBMM organization in this Sunday’s bulletin HERE.)

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Community Game Night

Friday, April 11 from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.(Pizza Provided!)

Come relax and have fun with food and friends. Bring your favorite game, or just come ready to join in the fun! We’ll gather in the Littlehale room for some friendly competition . All-Ages welcome!

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From Our Pastors: March 21 2025

Rev. Megan Berkowitz
March 21, 2025

I gave up social media for Lent this year. I’ve tried it in past years, and it never quite stuck. I always found reasons to log back in: an urgent question for a group of colleagues, a video of Rosey that was too good not to share, or even just an accidental slip. It’s sticking this year, though.

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Sunday, March 30

Service at 10:00 a.m.
(Video Now Available )

Our Lenten season worship continues this Stewardship Sunday with a testimony from Jay O’Beirne about making space for generosity, and a lesson from Luke’s Gospel about generosity as well.

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Carwash

Price: $10 per car
Donations Welcome
Saturday 29th of March
10am to 2pm

Fundraiser for a scout’s eagle project to create accessible pews for mobility device users at the Union Church in Waban

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From Our Pastors: March 14, 2025

Amy Clark Feldman
March 14, 2025

We are almost beginning the second week of our Lenten journey, walking in the wilderness together.  It is always amazing to me how the liturgical seasons map onto the events and seasons in our world and lives.  What wisdom and support we have in these deep traditions of our faith!  This year it does indeed feel like Lenten wilderness times – each day with new revelations, challenges, news, and worries.

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Sunday, March 9


Service at 10:00 a.m.
(Rcording Now Available!)

Our Lenten season worship begins this Sunday with the story of the Good Samaritan and an exploration of how we can make space for compassion in our own lives and hearts.

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Congregational Meeting

Sunday, March 16 at 11:30 p.m.
In-Person and on Zoom

Please mark your calendars for our next Congregational gathering on Sunday, March 16th immediately following worship. Lunch will be served, and we’ll share in a conversation about how our gifts power our community led by the Co-Moderators, Finance Team, Stewardship, and Nominating. 

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Sunday, March 2

Service at 10:00 a.m.
(Video Now Available)

We will conclude our worship series on Spiritual Resilience this Sunday, led by our Nicaragua team to learn about Going Forth, changed by our experiences and ready to make change in the world.

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Ash Wednesday Service
March 5th, at 7:00 p.m.
Eliot Church in Newton

We’ll begin our Lenten observances this year with an ecumenical Ash Wednesday worship service held at Eliot Church in Newton and co-sponsored by our church, Eliot Church, United Parish of Auburndale, the Newton Presbyterian Church, Newton Highlands Congregational Church, and Second Church in Newton.

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Sunday, February 23

Service at 10:00 a.m.

Recording Now Available!

We continue our worship series on Spiritual Resilience this Sunday, engaging in practices of seeing our power with new eyes, as we continue to read the stories of Jesus’ ministry from the Gospel of Luke. 

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From Our Pastors: February 14 2025

Megan Berkowitz
February 14, 2025

I had the great privilege of visiting the new FamilyAid Family Navigation Center on Washington Street for the first time this week. Speeches were made, a ribbon was cut with many giant scissors, and people from throughout the Commonwealth who care about supporting homeless families gathered to celebrate and network together. The most inspiring part of the day for me, though, was the tour.

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Sunday, February 16

Service at 10:00 a.m.

(Sorry, No Video Available)

We continue our worship series on Spiritual Resilience this Sunday, engaging in practices of compassion and honoring our own pain for the world, as we continue to read the stories of Jesus’ ministry from the Gospel of Luke. 

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Sunday, February 9

Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
Service at 10:00 a.m.

Recording Now Available

We will continue our worship series on Spiritual Resilience this Sunday, beginning again by rooting ourselves in gratitude. We will also commission our Nicaragua Travelers, as they prepare to leave for their mission next week.  

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From Our Pastors: January 31, 2025

Pastor Megan
January 31, 2025

We’ll read in this Sunday’s scripture passage about conflicts between Jesus and other Jewish religious leaders at the time over the observance of Sabbath restrictions. This, and other similar passages, have given rise to generations of interpretation that sets Jesus against religious authority, against Judaism, and against the Law.

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Sunday, February 2

Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
Service at 10:00 a.m.

Recording Now Available

We continue our worship series on Spiritual Resilience this Sunday with a reading of the Gospel stories of Jesus healing on the Sabbath and choosing his 12 apostles.

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Sunday, January 26

Third Sunday after Epiphany
Service at 10:00 a.m.

View Recording!

We continue our worship series on Spiritual Resilience this Sunday with a reading of the Gospel story of Jesus calling the disciples to fish for people, and exploring how to see the challenges in our world from a new perspective.

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MOSAIC

Pastor Amy
January 10, 2025

Last week, nearly 40 youth came from all around Newton and Boston, almost exactly one-third from the Muslim Al-Huda Society in Chelsea; one-third from the Jewish community; and one-third from Christian churches. 

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Sunday, January 12

Baptism of Jesus
Service at 10:00 a.m.

View Recording

We turn to the stories of Jesus’ life and ministry from Luke’s Gospel, beginning this week with the story of Jesus’ baptism by John.  Join for worship to remember your baptism or dream of what it could be to hear yourself called “beloved!”

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Sunday, December 29

The First Sunday after Christmas
Pajama Church at 10:00 a.m.

In-Person and on Zoom!

This Sunday we focus on the story of the star and the shepherds, considering the light illuminating our path into 2025. We will share an informal service, and church-appropriate pjs, or comfy clothes and slippers are welcome! 

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Sunday, December 22

All-Ages Nativity Story Service at 10:00 a.m.
In-Person and on Zoom!

This Sunday we light the candle of Love in our Advent season of worship and waiting. We’ll express our LOVE for Jesus and one another by telling the story of Jesus’ birth with all our generations present, and with costumes, singing, and maybe even a special guest whale. 

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Sunday, December 15

Worship at 10:00 a.m.
View Recording

This Sunday is Joy Sunday in our Advent season of worship and waiting. We’ll light the candles, remember the anticipation of Jesus’ birth, join in singing the season’s beautiful hymns, and lift one another in prayer. I hope you’ll join us.

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Sunday, December 8

Worship at 10:00 a.m.
View Recording

This Sunday is Peace Sunday in our Advent season of worship and waiting. We’ll light the candles, read prophetic sacred stories including Mary’s Magnificat, join in singing the season’s beautiful hymns, and lift one another in prayer. I hope you’ll join us.

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From Our Pastors: November 29, 2024

Pastor Megan
November 29, 2024
UCC Professional Development Program

I returned last week from the fall gathering of NGLI, the UCC’s professional development program for young clergy. We gather each fall in Arizona for a time of creative learning, prayer, worship, music, and more. The setting, in the desert outside of Phoenix, is an intentional choice by the program organizers.

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Sunday, December 1

Worship at 10:00 a.m.
View Recording

This Sunday, as Advent begins, we’ll celebrate with our annual Hanging of the Greens service! With beautiful music and reflections on the meaning of the symbols of the season, and gathering around the table for communion, we will begin this holy season of anticipation together.

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Caregiving Group 

Sunday, Dec. 8th, 11:30 a.m. 

All who are caring for or have cared for parents, siblings, adult children, partners, or others are warmly invited to this monthly group. We gather around themes of our faith, share our stories, and support and pray for one another in this good and hard work of caring. We meet in Pastor Amy’s office.  

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Sunday, November 24

Worship at 10:00 a.m.
In-Person and on Zoom!

This Sunday, we’ll gather to celebrate Thanksgiving worship together.  We’ll share the story of Daniel in the lion’s den, and give thanks for God’s blessings and presence with us.  Pastor Amy will be preaching.

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From Our Pastors: November 15, 2024

Pastor Megan
November 15, 2024
Congregational Meeting Recap

Thank you to everyone who joined in the Congregational Meeting last Sunday, and particular thanks to co-moderators Susan Hunt Stevens and Susan Gedrick for leading us, and to Jaap van Reijendam for ensuring those on Zoom could take part as well. The brief workshop Leila led on 1:1s, in the GBIO and community organizing model, gave us a tool for connecting with one another more deeply.

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Christmas Poinsettias

Family and Friends Annual Dedications

Our annual Hanging of the  Greens service took place on Sunday, December 1, when we decorated our Sanctuary with live plants. We are also preparing our annual Family and Friends Dedications list for inclusion in our Advent Sunday bulletins on December 15 and 22.

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Sunday, November 10

Worship at 10:00 a.m.
In-Person and on Zoom!

This Sunday, we’ll gather for worship, and then go right from worship into a lunch and congregational meeting together focused on connection, building community and building power for the future. Join us!

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Congregational Meeting

Sunday, November 10 at 11:30 p.m.
In-Person and on Zoom

Our next congregational meeting will be this Sunday after worship, with lunch provided. We will focuse on connection, building community and building power for the future. Join us! ( follow read more…. link for full agenda)

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Sunday, November 3


All Saint’s Sunday
Worship at 10:00 a.m.

In-Person and on Zoom!

This Sunday, we’ll gather for our All Saints communion worship, remembering the saints of the Union Church and of each of our lives as we gather around the table. We hope you’ll join in person or on Zoom.

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Bible Study

Monday, November 11 at 7:00 p.m. (In Person)

Bible Study, led by Jeannie Martin, continues this Fall, meeting in-person in the Littlehale room at the church on Mondays at 7:00 p.m. We’ll read the Gospel of Mark in upcoming weeks. 

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Book Study Group

October 30 at 6:30 p.m.
In-Person

This wil be our second meeting to discuss the book “The Amen Effect” by Rabbi Sharon Brous. Originally recommended for Book Group by Anya Bassett, this book speaks to both the season of grief in our congregation and the desires many of us share to work towards a world with more understanding, compassion, and unity in the face of divisions.

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Post-Election Gathering

Thursday, Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m.
In-person

Join with members of congregations throughout Newton and the wider Newton community for a time of reflection, connection, and music after the national election. This is a non-partisan event; regardless of the election outcome, we will come together for an evening of prayer and hope.

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Sunday, October 27

Worship at 10:00 a.m.
In-Person and on Zoom!

This Sunday, we’ll gather for worship, fellowship, connection, and learning together, including exploring the story from scripture of a leader asking for God’s wisdom in a time of need. We hope you’ll join in person or on Zoom.

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