We are continuing to collect books, preschool-third grade, for Southbridge children. Also requested are books on parenting. We have been giving them out almost as fast as we get them. Please put them in the box by the piano in the parish hall. Thank you, Environmental Justice Task Force, Renee,...

Thank you all for your generous support of the Emmanuel Dining Room special collection last week. Our preliminary total was $949! Your gifts will help us continue to prepare our hot lunch each month.

We would like your input on ideas for actions for the task force. Look for us at coffee hour on Sunday, October 28, with a “vision” board where we would like to add your input to the things we are currently pursuing. Secondly, we attended a Southbridge meeting at the...

The Plate Offering this Sunday will fund the Grants for Growth Program. Several UU Congregations are preparing applications that, when implemented, will promote their membership growth. The first Grants for Growth was made in 1997 to assist the “startup” of the Lewes Congregation (UUSD). Subsequently twelve grants have been made...

Thanks to all who contributed well over 100 books for the children of Elbert Palmer School in Southbridge. Last Thursday evening, Deb Haskell and Dee Burdash took them to Back to School Night where the children were happy to select their own book.

Thank you for your generous support on September 9, when our special collection was dedicated to Water is Life, Kenya. We raised $938.44!

Our Second Sunday Special Collection will be for the benefit of Water is Life, Kenya. Water is Life Kenya (WILK) is a non-profit organization that has been bringing clean, accessible water to communities in Southern Kenya since 2007. We work mainly in drought-prone areas, populated by rural Maasai people who...

On August 12, our Sunday offering will benefit Yes U Can. Yes U Can was founded in 2005 to serve as a means for those with disabilities to exercise – a need that was not being met. The Yes U Can USA Program has been designed to address and eliminate...

Calling all families for gently used children’s’ books (toddlers through elementary school). Please bring them to church this Sunday, July 15 and leave them in the Parish Hall in the box labelled BOOKS FOR SOUTHBRIDGE. Our friend, Marie A. Reed, President of the Southbridge Civic Association, thanks you. These will...