First Parish Unitarian Universalist Cohasset
E-mail Update – January 5, 2010
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow….
A controversial invitation indeed, but as with every other controversial statement from your minister, you know that you need not agree with me. This magical stuff that floats out of the sky carries its share of treachery, but it carries also a medium of beauty for an otherwise dreary January landscape. Some hardy souls made it to church this past Sunday, and I do hope that this winter’s snowfall finds a balance permitting all of you to be here as we renew our worship life in the New Year.
Echoing the sentiment shared in the all-parish retreat this past autumn, our children will join us for the first segment of every service. We’ll then sing them out to their RE classes, which now extend to 11:15. This allows them to retain their worship circle, now at the conclusion of their classes, and permits the rest of us ample time to make our way to the Parish House for refreshments and fellowship after our worship concludes.
May our vision and actions ever be fresh, our minds resilient, and our hearts open as we worship across generations and preferences and joys and concerns. I invite us all into the most caring community we can muster, a circle of caring that never stops stretching the fiber of our souls, which is so wondrously elastic.
Love to each of you as we greet the New Year,
Jan
Jan’s Jury Duty!
Beginning Tuesday, January 5, I have jury duty in Brockton, from 8 AM to 4 PM. Writing this on Monday evening, January 4, I have no idea how long it will last, but I’ll be working at home from 6-9 PM every night that I’m just being a citizen during daylight hours. If you need to reach me, please give me a call at 781-383-1100. I’ll check messages regularly. Or e-mail me at JCarlssonb@aol.com. I’ll check my e-mail in the evening. Come Sunday I’ll give you an update!
Jan
Thank you from Mark Alves & the Outreach Committee
I wanted to take a moment to say thank you for your assistance with the South Shore Friends of the Homeless gift program. Your generosity was extremely helpful and will make a difference in a family’s Christmas this year. As you know the need was greater this year than in years past. Dorothy Newell, the founder of SSFH, sends her deepest gratitude for your generosity and support, and wishes you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Thank you,
for the Outreach Committee
Ushers & Flower Providers Needed for several January Sundays
What does January 10, 17, or 31 look like for you? Might you be free and willing to usher and provide flowers as we worship together? It’s a wonderful way to connect with folks you know and greet friends you don’t yet know. It’s a gracious way to adorn the chancel of our beautiful Meeting House. If you can help out, please phone or e-mail Sandy Bailey at 781-383-1100 or sbailey@firstparishcohaset.org or sign up on the poster/chart during Coffee Hour.
The events of this week are as follows:
This Week
Monday, January 4
9:45 AM – Property Committee – Atkinson Room
10:00 AM – Staff Meeting (usually on Tuesdays)
Thursday, January 7
7:55 PM – Choir Rehearsal – Meeting House
Sunday, January 10
8:00 AM – Circle Ministry (group led by Bill Baird & John Kornet and meeting on the 2nd & 4th Sundays)
9:45 AM – Childcare for our youngest. All other children will worship in the Meeting House for the first part of the service and will then leave for RE classes, which now extend until 11:15 AM. The Our Whole Lives (OWL) class meets at 9:45 AM at First Parish UU in Scituate.
Everyone is invited for refreshments and fellowship in the Parish House right after worship.
10:00 AM – Worship in the Meeting House – Message: “Snow Upon Snow”
Everyone is invited for refreshments and fellowship in the Parish House right after worship.
4:00 PM – Circle Ministry Facilitators – Minister’s study
Please note:
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday
We’ll honor the life and legacy of Dr. King in our worship on Sunday, January 17, and in our larger community with the Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Breakfast on Monday, January 18, at 9 AM at the Second Congregational Church, Cohasset. This is co-sponsored by the Cohasset Clergy and the Cohasset Diversity Committee.
Guest at Your Table Gifts Due on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, January 17
These “guests” that sit in cardboard box mode on the tables of our homes are hopefully being fed with funds that support the ministries of our Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. For details, please see our January newsletter, The Common, p. 11. You can pick one up in the vestibule of the Meeting House or the entrance of the Parish House if you didn’t receive yours on-line or in the mail.
Voice Your Opinion Because You Can!
Are you a member of First Parish Unitarian Universalist? Then you’re also part of extended family known as the Unitarian Universalist Association and have the opportunity to participate in the vibrant social witness process of our UUA. Note the segment in the January newsletter, The Common, under Our UU World. There you’ll read about the Congregational Poll. On the Bulletin Board in the Parish House, you’ll find all you need to make your voice known about how First Parish UU should cast its votes re: the social justice issues to be considered at our UUA’s General Assembly in June. It’s all part of living the principle that calls us to affirm, “justice, equity, and compassion in human relations.” Let your voice be known, because you can! Deadline to do so is January 17th!
In case of snow
In case of snow in such abundance that it makes church a life-threatening prospect, there will be a message accessible on our church phone at “Sunday services and other current information” at 781-383-1100, ext. 1. It will be posted by 7 AM of the Sunday in question.
For more information on activities at First Parish Unitarian Universalist in Cohasset, refer to our December newsletter, The Common, and to our website at www.firstparishcohasset.org.
