The lobster roll sale netted $10,155 for the work of the church, thanks to Penny and Art Myles and dozens of devoted volunteers.
The sweet June days are come again
We sing, echoing the words of Samuel Longfellow. June, that threshold month of summer, and summer, when beach and bike trails beckon and sails billow and our summer services begin here at First Parish Unitarian Universalist in Cohasset. We gather in worshipful community from June 28 through August 30 (July 5th excepted) in the centuries old space of our Meeting House. Beginning at 9 AM and running for roughly a half hour, these services are led by you, individuals, families, friends, worship leaders all. We hope you’ll join us.
Summer begins for me in Salt Lake City, with the General Assembly of our Unitarian Universalist Association. Close to 4,000 Unitarian Universalists are gathering from near and far—as far as the Khasi Hills of Northeastern India, where over 35 Unitarian Universalist congregations thrive. At this General Assembly we will elect a new president of our UUA. We’ll amend, debate, and vote on a prospective Statement of Conscience on Peacemaking. We’ll engage in workshops that embrace that many ways for us to practice our faith. We’ll return to our congregations brimming with ideas and strategies for spiritual vitality, growth, and justice making. And I will conclude two terms, spanning eight years, on our UUA’s Commission on Social witness. I’ll return in ample time to perform a memorial service on July 3rd and a wedding on the 4th of July.
Summer’s easier folds allow for meetings to plan and organize. Summer’s easier schedule allows for catch-ups and visioning. Yet hunger and the economy and all that chafes against our highest possibilities abide. Challenges of home and world erupt. Uncertainty prevails. So please call me if you’d like a visit or an on-the-spot conversation. On your trips to the market, please remember some items for our Cohasset Food Pantry, received in the foyer of our Parish House. On your visits on-line, please remember that we’ll post periodic e-mail updates. On your vacations away, please visit some other UU congregations and bring back fresh ideas.
On those summer mornings, let’s rise in gratitude that we are here at all. On those summer evenings, let’s linger awhile on the beach, on our sun porches, and gaze into the stars, reminded that our faith lives all summer long, calling us into our larger selves, reminding us of sweet June days and nights that lean into eternity. Beyond all seasons, I love you each and all.
Jan
