AtholUU E-Newsletter – Sept. 14, 2016

WORSHIP SCHEDULE
  All worship services begin at 10:00 AM.

FALL FAIR – SATURDAY – SEPT 17

Sept. 18  “Insurmountable Blessings”    Rev. Marilyn Richards

Awareness of the flow of life around you, is a great treasure.  It  helps us to see more clearly and love more dearly, to paraphrase Godspell.

Sept. 25      Rev. Richards preaching

Oct. 2          “Our Lives Are Black and Blue” a TED & Response by Steve Wills

Oct. 9          Chris Coyle preaching

Oct. 16        Rev. Richards preaching

EVENTS

Fall Fair is this Saturday, September 17, 2016– All hands on deck!
Reminders that we need:
* more homemade baked goods for Baked Goods table

If you wish to volunteer, please call Donna at 978 – 249-5951.

Pie Baking will happen on Thursday and Friday afternoons.
At Edith and Donna’s House (please call # below for directions)
starting at 1:00 PM.
All help is greatly appreciated. 
Call Donna for more information at 978 – 249-5951.

Prep. Party
Friday Late Afternoon preparation party run by Dave Smith
from 4:30 until 6:30 PM.
For more information, called Dave at 978 – 249-5951.

Come one and all to our picture postcard perfect
New England FALL FAIR
set up at 7:00 AM
Fair begins at 9:00 AM, with the Parade leading off.

Tables:
* Baked Goods — Apple pies and other baked goods
* Tin Can Auction — chances on theme baskets
* Hot Dog Stand
* Baked Potato With All The Fixings, including NEW chili and fritos bags
* Attic Treasures
* Books Table

Raffles
including but not limited to:
a $250 dollar Huhtala Oil certificate,
$100 of Raffle tickets, and a Pogo Stick.
  ALL DRAWINGS WILL HAPPEN AT 2:00 PM.

Parking
Our Fall Fair is part of a street carnival, with Main Street closed for the parade and pedestrian traffic, from the Town Hall to Exchange St.   We suggest parking in our church parking lot, entering from Marble St. or on the side streets.
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Board of Management Meeting will be Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016  after church, on the Fair weekend.

PBS Special!   UU’s on public television
Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War
Tuesday, September 20th,  time 9:00 PM on PBS stations

Please mark your calendars:  Holiday Fair will be Saturday, November 19, 2016

Please mark your calendars:  Midnight Madness will be Saturday evening, Dec. 10th.

IN CLOSING

On This Day In Unitarian Universalist History
            by Frank Schulman

Universalists met in Oxford, MA to form the first New England Convention of Universalists.”

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