AtholUU – E-Newsletter – Easter – April 12, 2017

WORSHIP SERVICES

April 16th – EASTER BASKET BLESSING & BRUNCH at 10:00 AM

Easter baskets in our Polish and Hungarian Unitarian traditions were meant to sustain life without candy.  They were filled with substantial food, like a leg of lamb, a wheel of cheese, wine, condiments, anything needed for food security in the early spring, before edible food started to grow. These baskets were covered with heavily decorated cloths.
We have an all American potluck and worship service to honor this tradition.  Everyone brings a potluck dish that should be covered with a pretty cloth.  Our dishes are unveiled during the service.

April 23rd – Our Annual Earth Day Service by Kathy Richards

April 30th – Rev. Richards – “The Day Before May Day – Doing Our Social Justice Homework.”

May 7th  — Steve Wills’ TED and Response program – Celebrating the Inherent Worth and Dignity of All Beings.

EVENTS and ANNOUNCEMENTS

Easter Basket Blessing & Brunch potluck — Sunday, April 16th at 10:00 AM. (see above)

From Kathy Richards:  Please sign up for coffee hour on the calendar, located on the bulletin board in the coffee room.   To cover Coffee hour, please bring some finger food.  The coffee and tea are already at the church.  Suggestions?   Cheese, crackers, cookies, muffins, fruit that is easy to eat like grapes or Mandarin oranges, cakes, etc.   Anything that you would like to see on Sunday morning.   Only a few items are needed.

New England Region Annual Meeting
Friday, April 21 — Meet the Candidates for President of the UUA @ New England Region’s Annual Meeting in Woburn, MA.
This event is FREE and open to all church communities.  Kathy and I are attending if you wish to join us.
Friday, April 21, 2017
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Woburn/Boston Hilton Hotel
2 Forbes Road
Woburn, MA 01801

*  If you are returning to Athol after the UUA’s “Meet the Candidates for President of UUA” event, Kathy could use a ride home.   Lisa will have Kathy’s car.  🙂

Board of Management Meeting is Sunday, April 23rd after church, at church.  BYOL (Bring Your Own Lunch)

IN CLOSING
By Robert Frost, from his poem “Two Tramps In Mud Time.”

The sun was warm but the wind was chill.
You know how it is with an April day
When the sun is out and the wind is still,
You’re one month on in the middle of May.
But if you so much as dare to speak,
A cloud comes over the sunlit arch,
A wind comes off a frozen peak,
And you’re two months back in the middle of March.

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