Soul Matters
2024-11-21 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Alliance Room, 1326 Washington St., West Newton, MA, 02465, United States

Over 60s Walking Group
2024-05-03 11:00 - 12:00
First Friday of Month: Cutler Park
Meet at Parking Lot at 84 Kendrick St, Needham Heights, MA 02494
Second Friday of the month: Ware Cove/Flower Meadow, Auburndale
Meet at the parking lot at end of West Pine Street (104)
Third Friday of the month: Hammond Pond Reservation/Webster Woods
Meet at parking lot behind Chestnut Hill Shopping Center before Container Store. Hammond Pond Pkwy north from Rt 9. FIRST left after entering shopping center from Hammond Park Pkwy. Go to end of parking lot and entrance to the Reservation is straight ahead. The pond is on your right. Park anywhere.
Fourth Friday of Month: Kennard Park/Lost Pond
Meet at Kennard parking lot, 246 Dudley Road, Newton
If Fifth Friday of month: Cutler Park
From December- March- ALL walks are at the Newton Cemetery
For more information, contact Ruth Comstock 617-571-4945 .

Fun and Games for All Ages
2025-01-17 17:30 - 19:30 | Alliance Room, Parish Hall, and Children’s Chapel
Fun and Games for All Ages is held on Friday evenings 5-8pm. Come in your pajamas, watch a family-friendly movie, play board games, decorate cupcakes and faces, and much more! Food and drink provided. This is a lovely opportunity to get to know FUUSN folks better.

Zoom Vespers
2025-01-03 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/97317681927

New to Unitarian Universalism Class
2025-01-18 09:30 - 12:00 | Chapel
The New to Unitarian Universalism class from 9:30 AM to Noon in the Children’s Chapel is an opportunity to learn more about Unitarian Universalism and FUUSN and to find out more about becoming a member of our congregation. It’s a great opportunity to learn more about us, and we strongly urge you to attend. Please RSVP.

Worship Service: Pluralism and Equity
2025-01-19 10:15 - 11:30 | Sanctuary and Zoom
Rev. Joel Miller
Pluralism and Equity are two of the newly adopted shared values of the UUA. Rev. Joel will explore them in the context of honoring the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Alternative Coffee Hour
2025-01-19 11:40 - 12:15 | Alliance Room, Childrens’ Chapel, and Ministers’ Parlor

Band Rehearsal
2024-10-20 11:45 - 13:00 | Sanctuary

MLK Set-Up
2025-01-19 14:00 - 16:00 | Sanctuary and Parish Hall

JourneySongs Rehearsal
2024-11-03 15:30 - 17:00 | Chapel

City of Newton's 57th Annual Community Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.
2025-01-20 09:00 - 11:00
Newton’s 57th Annual Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. is right around the corner, and this year, FUUSN was selected to host the event.
Join FUUSN, the Harmony Board and the City of Newton, dedicated event partners, and fellow community members on Monday, January 20th, starting at 9am, for reflection, music, student voices, children’s programming with Story Starters, and a community reception.
This year’s theme will be “Only When It Is Dark Enough Can You See the Stars“.

Learn more here about the event and program and our annual food drive (Jan. 13-18) organized by the Rotary Club of Newton and Village Bank.
Please note that registration is requested to help with our planning and to ensure we are able to communicate with you in case of a weather emergency (or as needed).
Kindly register using this link: bit.ly/NEWTONMLK25.
If you have any questions at all, please send an email to harmonyfoundationnewton@gmail.com.

New England LREDA: MetroWest Religious Educators
2025-01-22 09:30 - 12:30 | Alliance Room, 1326 Washington St., West Newton, MA, 02465, United States

Choir Rehearsal
2024-09-04 19:30 - 21:00 | Parish Hall

Over 60s Sponsored Presentation: Philosophical Religion: FUUSN’s Heritage
2025-01-26 12:00 - 13:30 | Alliance Room and Zoom
January 26, 2025, 12-1:30 pm
Alliance Room and Zoom
Lunch bites provided
Presenter: Arthur Anderson, JD, author of The Transcendentalists and the Death and Rebirth of Western Philosophical Religion: Part 1, Ancient Philosophy as a Religious Way of Life; Part 2, Abrahamic Religion against Freedom of Thought
Independent Researcher, Teacher
In a radical departure from Abrahamic faiths, the Transcendentalist movement in 19th century Unitarianism saw the locus of religious authority as residing within the individual rather than a religious organization or sacred text. Transcendentalists were greatly influenced by ancient philosophy as a religious way of life which was based on the locus of religious authority within the individual. Arthur will discuss how the freedom of religious thought found at FUUSN and in contemporary UU is rooted in classical philosophical religion or ancient philosophy as a religious way of life.
This will be a wonderful opportunity to discuss and learn from Arthur who has an historical perspective providing an illuminating look at history, our Concord/Boston inspiring figures/FUUSN founders in 1848 and our Unitarian roots. Do join us Sunday, January 26, 2025 for this Stimulating Presentation!
Small bites for lunch.
Zoom link sent out close to the event.
Information re: A. Anderson’ research and work can be found at https://arthur-anderson.com/

Greeter Team Training
2025-01-26 12:00 - 13:30 | FUUSN, 1326 Washington St., West Newton, MA, 02465, United States
We are seeking new members for our team of people who welcome visitors and newcomers to FUUSN each week before the service. If you are extroverted, love FUUSN, and can volunteer at least twice a month, please join current greeters for a training on how to best welcome and engage visitors. Sign up here. Current greeters, please sign up as well.

Board of Trustees Meeting
2025-01-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Chapel

Services Auction
2025-02-01 17:30 - 21:00 | Parish Hall, Kitchen and Children’s Chapel
Don’t miss our Mardi Gras Services Auction on Saturday, February 1! This party is one of the more enjoyable Saturday nights you will have all year.

Doors open at 5:30pm for dinner, socializing, and browsing raffle and auction items.
Live Auction starts at 6:30pm. Optional bidding on great items such as weekend vacation homes, gourmet dinners, and other services. End time 8:30/9:00pm.
$10 per adult entry INCLUDES dinner and drinks!! (Wine/beer as well as non-alcoholic options.)
Childcare in the Children’s Chapel included throughout the evening! There will be games, crafts, and movies for the kiddos while adults relax, enjoy each other’s company, and are entertained by the auctioneers. Kids can bring PJs and sleeping bags for the movie.
No need to RSVP.
You are encouraged to wear your most festive Mardi Gras party outfits – nothing is too silly!

The success of the auction is by nature dependent on the donation of services by FUUSN folks. We are always looking for donations of services, particularly from folks who have not donated services in the past. You can view last year’s auction catalogs. Feel free to be creative in thinking about what service you can donate.
As part of the auction activities, we also sell raffle tickets for special offerings leading up to the auction itself. We will have a Services Auction table set up in the Parish Hall after services on January 11, 18, and 25. We will be selling raffle tickets and/or you can sign up to donate a service. Or if you just want to learn more about the Services Auction, this is the place to come.
Questions or if you want to discuss offering a service? Please contact Pat Rohan.

Farewell to Jenise Aminoff
2025-02-02 11:30 - 12:00 | FUUSN Parish Hall, 1326 Washington St., West Newton, MA, 02465, United States
A farewell party will be held for Jenise Aminoff, our former Communications and Technology Coordinator, on Sunday, February 2, 2025 during coffee hour. Cake and goodies will be served, including gluten-free treats. Jenise’s last day was January 21, 2025.

Reparations Task Force
2025-02-02 11:30 - 12:30 | Chapel

Over 60s Zoom Meetup
2024-10-03 16:00 - 17:00 | Online

CreationDance Rehearsal
2025-02-06 16:30 - 17:30 | Headstart Room

Food & Plastic: Hearing the Cry of the Earth with Professor Philip Landrigan, MD
2025-02-06 19:30 - 21:00 | Our Lady Help of Christians’ Lower Hall, 573 Washington St., Newton, MA, 02458
Sponsor: SHOL Newton Creation Care Team
Co-sponsors: Green Newton, FUUSN Climate Action Task Force, Massachusetts Interfaith Power & Light, and the Boston Catholic Climate Movement
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As people of faith, we are called to community life, and we see meals as opportunities to build relationships as we seek better ways to love and serve one another. However, in our fast-paced world today, we too often rely on industrialized food sources that pose a risk to our health, our families, our communities, and our world.
Do you worry about single-use plastics filling your family’s lunchboxes and garbage pails? Are you frustrated by the increasing use of disposable plastics at holiday and birthday gatherings? Do you love the sense of community during your congregation’s hospitality events but feel uneasy about the piling up of plastic utensils, cups, and plates?
Imagine making your gatherings more sustainable and aligned with your faith’s call to care for the Earth and one another.
The Sacred Heart and Our Lady Help of Christians Collaborative Creation Care Team invites you to hear from a global environmental health expert, Professor Philip J. Landrigan, MD, Director of the Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good at Boston College. From 2021 to 2023, Dr. Landrigan chaired the Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health, which studied plastics’ impacts on human health and helped shape recommendations for the UN Global Plastics Treaty.
Dr. Landrigan will share insights on how plastics affect human health, followed by a solutions-focused panel discussion on practical alternatives like compostable options, reusables, and efficient dishwashing. We’ll conclude with a brief Q&A.
This is the third meeting in a collaborative effort by Green Newton, FUUSN, Massachusetts Interfaith Power, and the Boston Catholic Climate Movement to support Newton’s houses of worship in greening their spaces. In past gatherings, we’ve explored how to reduce energy use in our congregations and developed a supportive network of congregants, faith leaders and staff interested in reducing their energy use and environmental impact.
