WORSHIP SCHEDULE
All worship services begin at 10:00 AM.
Oct. 23 “Yoga and Buddhism” Constance Pike
Yoga and Buddhism have a long history and much in common. Connie will share her knowledge and reflections on the intersection where Yoga (She is a yoga instructor) and Buddhism meet.
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Constance Pike is a Registered Yoga Teacher and the owner of The White Elephant Yoga Studio in Orange. Also, she is a psychotherapist in private practice in Orange, and is trained in Buddhist psychology. Her talk will include a brief history of both traditions and their teachings. All are welcome! |
Oct. 30 “Saints & Samhain – Our Religious Ancestors” Rev. RichardsOur local Unitarian and Universalist religious ancestors were a feisty bunch, who we will celebrate this Samhain and All Saints day.
Coffee hour:
Did you Grandmother have a favorite treat, like brownies? For coffee hour, please bring a ancestor’s favorite treat if you can.
This could include a friend’s favorite treat, or memories from your childhood. For example, my childhood church ladies loved “Goop.”
Nov. 6 Steve Will’s TED and Response — “The Joy of Voting”
Nov. 13 Larry Musante speaking
Nov. 20 Our Thanksgiving Service Rev. Richards
EVENTS
Board of Management will meet Sunday, October 30, 2016 after coffee hour.
Halloween Stroll will be on Halloween Day, Monday, October 31, 2016 from 10 am until noon.
Holiday Fair Committee meeting is coming soon, to make crafts.
Please mark your calendars: Holiday Fair will be Saturday, November 19, 2016
Athol’s Thanksgiving Interfaith worship service will be held
* Sunday, November 20, 2016
* Starrett Memorial Methodist church, 40 Island St., Athol, MA 01331
* 7:00 PM.
* This is also a Retirement Recognition for Spin Ainsworth, who retires this year, & also worked at the Orange UU church. To celebrate, let’s join the Interfaith choir, which will rehearse once before the service, directed by Spin.
IN CLOSING
“On This Day In Unitarian Universalist History”
by Frank Schulman. This book provides the background for the comments below; and today, much of the language is a direct quote.
October 30th
1867
In 1818, John Albion Andrew was born in Windham, Maine. He was reared orthodox but became a Unitarian at the Church of the Disciples in Boston, during the ministry of Rev. James Freeman Clark (who’s closing words, I use often). A lawyer, Andrew also visited prisons, took on many cases pro bono, and became an advocate of prison reform. He was an outspoken opponent of slavery, and became the Governor of Massachusetts in 1860, after raising funds to support abolitionist John Brown’s family. Andrew also helped found the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, the first African American fighting unit. A Transcendentalist, Andrew was active in the Unitarian denomination, often peaking at conferences and annual meetings.
He died on Oct. 30, 1867.
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Rev. Marilyn Richards
