First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton

Zoom Vespers 2023-2024
2023-09-08 18:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | 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
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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.

Choir Practice
2023-09-06 19:30 - 21:00 | FUUSN Parish Hall, 1326 Washington St., West Newton, MA, 02465, United States

Tai Chi Class
2023-09-06 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.

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

All8 Arts Facilitators Meeting
2023-11-20 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

FUUSN Band Rehearsal
2023-12-16 09:30 - 11:30 | Sanctuary

Creationdance
2023-09-14 16:30 - 19:00 | Headstart Room

Soul Matters Small Group Meeting - 2nd Thursdays (online)
2023-12-14 15:00 - 17:00 | Online

Soul Matters Group Meeting
2023-12-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Chapel

Community Conversations
2023-12-12 18:00 - 19:00 | Chapel
This is part of a series called Community Conversations, presented by the UU Urban Ministry. The December presentation is titled: A Long Road Home: Roots of Homeownership Inequity.
We will be Zooming this to the big screen in the chapel, and there will be time for some discussion among ourselves following the presentation.

Christmas Eve Chime Concert
2023-12-11 18:40 - 19:00 | Sanctuary and Zoom
Come early for our 7pm Christmas Eve Service to hear our Chime ring out holiday cheer!

Communications Policy Committee Meeting
2023-12-11 08:00 - 17:00 | Online

Hanukka Party (Dorshe Tzedek)
2023-12-10 15:00 - 20:00 | Alliance, Headstart w/Kitchen, Parish Hall, Kitchen

FUUSN Carolers at Newton Holiday Shop & Stroll
2023-12-10 13:00 - 16:00 | Newton Centre
The FUUSN Carolers will be strolling and singing on Sunday December 10, in their annual foray into Newton Centre, as part of the Holiday Shop & Stroll. At 1pm, we’ll meet at the Newton Centre Parking lot to hear the Temple Emmanuel Children’s Choir sing. At 1:20, we’ll begin caroling throughout the area. Caroling books will be provided. Come for an hour, come for 3 songs, come for 3 hours – whatever works for you. Come sing with us! Families are welcome! Let Anne Watson Born know you’re coming – email music@fuusn.org.

Alternative Coffee Hour
2023-12-10 11:30 - 12:15 | Alliance Room, Childrens’ Chapel, and Ministers’ Parlor
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Please join us after services for an Alternative Coffee Hour where we will discuss sermon topics and whatever else comes up in small groups of up to nine participants. We will have Alternative Coffee Hours on October 8th, November 5th, and December 10th.

Alternative Coffee Hour
2023-12-10 11:30 - 12:15 | FUUSN Parish Hall, 1326 Washington St., West Newton, MA, 02465, United States

Vision that Can See the Whole
2023-12-10 10:15 - 11:30 | Sanctuary and Zoom
Rev. Parisa Parsa
What have I done to deserve this? How could I be so lucky? How did we get here? Why are we here at all? The big questions of our lives put us directly in touch with the mystery of existence itself, and our own limits. How can we practice opening our hearts and minds with awe and wonder?

Dinners for 7
2023-12-09 18:00 - 20:00
Dinners for 7 is an opportunity for a small group to get together for a meal at a host’s home. The host provides the main course and the guests are each assigned to bring something. The groups are arranged so that you have an opportunity to get to know different people each time. Our first dinners will be held on December 9, 2023. Sign up now to host or attend.

FUUSN Hanukkah Party
2023-12-08 18:00 - 20:00 | Parish Hall and Kitchen
The Hanukkah Party is so much fun for all ages and stages, a great opportunity for newcomers and members to meet one another, and a special chance to observe one of the many holidays that your fellow members of this community celebrate.

We will have pizza, latkes, and doughnuts. We are planning a latke bake-off, so if you have any interesting latke variations that you want to share with the community, you can bring them with you – there will be plenty of latkes to go around. I will personally be bringing the variation that has been in my family for generations – that comes from Spain. (They are called “Keftes De Prasa.”) Or, maybe I will bring a sweet potato and sage variation.

We’ll have plenty of time to play dreidels and sing songs, and our menorah lighting will take place at 6:30. We’ll recall the story of Chanukah and have a dreidel hunt.
