First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton

FUUSN Band Rehearsal
2024-01-07 11:30 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Sanctuary

Climate Action Task Force Coffee Hour Table
2024-01-07 11:30 - 12:00 | FUUSN Parish Hall, 1326 Washington St., West Newton, MA, 02465, United States
CANCELLED for January 7
Climate Task Force Coffee Hour tables will feature:

January 7: How to heat your home without fossil fuels
February 4: Induction cooking
March 3: Transportation & bicycling
April 4: Native and pollinator-friendly plants
May 5: Greening your meals (in conjunction with Plant-Based Eating Club)

If you are interested in getting involved, contact us.

More than a Feeling
2024-01-07 10:15 - 11:30 | Zoom
Rev. Parisa Parsa
Our first Sunday in the month’s exploration of the Gift of Liberating Love will explore the ways love as a value and a guiding principle of our spiritual lives is far more than a glib, sentimental notion.
THIS SERVICE WILL BE ON ZOOM ONLY due to the storm. Find us at this link: Worship

Spirit Circle: Racial Justice Focus
2024-01-07 10:15 - 11:30

Mary White Memorial Service
2024-01-06 11:00 - 15:00 | FUUSN, 1326 Washington St., West Newton, MA, 02465, United States
We extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Mary White, who passed away on November 25th after a long and extraordinary battle with brain cancer. Service will begin at 11am. A reception will follow the service. The family requests that you please test for Covid before attending.
Parking at FUUSN is limited and reserved for those with mobility issues. Additional parking is available at Second Church in Newton.
View her obituary. Attend via Zoom. View the Order of Service.

Zoom Vespers 2023-2024
2024-01-05 18:00 - 18:30, 2023-12-22 18:00 - 18:30 | Online
Come to Vespers for music, readings and conversation. The service runs from 6 to 6:30 pm. Pre-service music begins around 5:47 pm
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/95067560228
Meeting ID: 950 6756 0228

Creationdance
2024-01-04 16:30 - 19:00 | Headstart Room

Choir Practice
2024-01-03 19:30 - 21:00, 2023-12-27 19:30 - 21:00, 2023-12-20 19:30 - 21:00 | FUUSN Parish Hall, 1326 Washington St., West Newton, MA, 02465, United States

Tai Chi Class
2024-01-03 18:30 - 19:30, 2023-12-27 18:30 - 19:30, 2023-12-20 18:30 - 19:30 | Headstart Room
Come and participate in this traditional form known as “Six Harmonies, Eight Methods” and experience for yourself this extraordinary gift from China’s rich cultural heritage. Joe Lyons, Instructor.

New Year's Eve - No RE
2023-12-31 10:15 - 11:30

Quaker Service - 10:15 am
2023-12-31 10:15 - 11:00 | Sanctuary
Our annual Quaker-style service will be held on Sunday December 31, 2023 at 10:15am in the Sanctuary. “…group silence is a type of communion, using both the religious and secular meaning of the word. We are taking sustenance and solace from each other, receiving a blessing of the spirit. We are also communing together, experiencing community, in silence with each other. We are all focused on becoming present to ourselves so that we can become present to others.” (Heather McRae-Wolf)

Almost New Year's Eve Party
2023-12-30 18:00 | Parish Hall, Kitchen, Alliance, Headstart & Chapel
Potluck dinner buffet starting at 6:00 Dancing with a real DJ!!!
Chatting and sipping Bubbly
A Disco Ball and bubbles
Youth hanging out with us and in the youth room or wherever
Quiet space and games in the Alliance Room
Supervised Toddlers and Big Kids running around making themselves at-home
Family-appropriate movie in the Chapel

This Party is sponsored by the Member Services Committee
Jacki Rohan & Lynne Karlson, co-conspirators

Board of Trustees Meeting
2023-12-26 19:00 - 20:00

Christmas Eve Music and Candles
2023-12-24 22:00 - 23:00 | Sanctuary
This cherished service brings readings to celebrate Christmas, winter, and new birth alongside musical offerings spanning many genres. Join us for quiet beauty, contemplation and spiritual grounding to ring in Christmas.

Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols
2023-12-24 19:00 - 20:00 | Sanctuary
Join us for a beautiful service of lessons and carols to recall the timeless Christmas story and let it enter our hearts anew. Our Sanctuary Choir will sing, and we will end the service with candlelight and “Silent Night.” Come early to hear our Chime ring out holiday cheer (starts at 6:40).

Christmas Eve Chime Concert
2023-12-24 18:40 - 19:00 | Sanctuary and Zoom
Just before our 7pm Christmas Eve service, come hear our chime ring out holiday cheer!

Christmas Eve: Pageant and Carol Sing
2023-12-24 10:15 - 11:30 | Sanctuary and Zoom
Join us for this festive, all-ages celebration of the Christmas Story in word and song, followed by an enthusiastic singing of carols! Bring your Christmas cheer or find it here!

Solstice/Longest Night Celebration
2023-12-21 18:30 - 19:30 | Sanctuary
On the eve of the winter solstice, we gather to reflect on the ways that the darkness nourishes us and the light beckons us. After readings and music from many traditions’ observances of this longest night, we process outside and offer our hopes for the light to come.

Joint Board and Operations Council Meeting
2023-12-19 19:00 - 21:00
Meeting minutes may be found here.

All8 Arts Facilitators Meeting
2023-12-18 17:30 - 18:30 | Online
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All8 Arts Facilitator Meeting on the 3rd Monday of each month, now through May

UU Plant-Based Eating Club Potlucks
2023-12-17 18:00 - 20:00 | Members’ Home TBA
Requirements: attendees must be vaccinated and boosted for COVID.

All Potlucks:

Plan to bring a plant-based, whole foods dish to share (no animal products/ingredients including eggs, cheese, dairy). Especially welcome dishes prepared without salt, oil, and sugar.
Bring list of ingredients and/or recipe.
Join our Club’s e-mail list at uu-plant-based-contact-us@googlegroups.com to sign up for an event. After sign-up, registrants will receive info about locations, menu themes, potluck contact info, and other topics.

Small Groups: 2023/Sept 17, Oct 15, Dec 17 2024/Jan 21, Feb 25, March 17, May 19, June 23

Small group gatherings in homes, typically from 7 to 10 people.

Large Groups: 2023/Nov 19 (First Parish Waltham) 2024/April 21 (FUUSN), July 13 picnic (members’ home, July 14 rain date)

Typically 30 to 40 participants
Venues include FUUSN, First Parish of Waltham, and members’ home for picnic

Pageant Rehearsal & Lunch
2023-12-17 12:00 - 13:30 | Sanctuary, Kitchen & Alliance

Over 60s Coffee Hour Arts Fest - Voice
2023-12-17 11:30 - 13:00 | Alliance Room, 1326 Washington St., West Newton, MA, 02465, United States
Each month, the Over 60s Group spotlights one aspect of our creative community of artists. For December, we will be celebrating voice: singing, choir, barber shop quartets, madrigal. Anne Watson Born will provide excellent organizing guidance. If you’d like to participate, contact music@fuusn.org.

The Sacred Thread
2023-12-17 10:15 - 11:30 | Sanctuary and Zoom
What binds us together in friendship, in kinship, in romantic love and in community? How do we honor the impulse to compassion as we experience it, and lift up the power and the mystery of its presence in our lives?

Bay Colony Brass Concert
2023-12-16 19:30 - 21:30
Sanctuary will be used from 5:30-10:00, concert at 7:30 pm
