Congratulations to Rev. Laurel Hallman and Mr. Larry Ladd who were married at First Unitarian on September 19th. Rev. Barbara Merritt officiated.
Abbie Bennett, granddaughter of Roz Bennett, married Richard Raeke in a ceremony on Chebeague Island in Maine on Saturday, September 19th. Rev. Schade presided.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Jericho Road Worcester Seeks Skilled Volunteers
Jericho Road Worcester (JRW) is a new nonprofit founded by leaders from First Unitarian and First Baptist churches. We provide a range of skill-based volunteer services to local nonprofits. For example:
· A health and social services agency for poor families needs to standardize some of their operating procedures. This nonprofit could benefit from a volunteer who can research and write documentation in a timely manner.
· A conservation organization needs someone with marketing/fundraising expertise to help them re-assess and expand their outreach to the Worcester community. The organization has a great “brand” and a dynamic leader ready to get to work on what promises to be a creative project.
· A database expert can make a huge impact in a short time, helping an affordable housing nonprofit improve their fundraising database; coaching them on how run queries and reports.
· Nonprofit leaders work grueling hours to keep their organizations solvent and accountable to their missions. Many would appreciate occasional coaching from professionals who can help them sort out a thousand ideas, concerns, and initiatives; helping them to stay strategic in their planning and encouraging them to take care of themselves.
If you would like to add your professional skills to the JRW roster, or if you know of a local nonprofit that can benefit from JRW, please contact Deborah Wild, Program Director at dwild@jerichoroadproject.org, 617-633-9939. (Note: check out the JRW website at www.jerichoroadproject.org and watch a YouTube™ video of interviews with Jericho Road volunteers who rave about their experiences.)
· A health and social services agency for poor families needs to standardize some of their operating procedures. This nonprofit could benefit from a volunteer who can research and write documentation in a timely manner.
· A conservation organization needs someone with marketing/fundraising expertise to help them re-assess and expand their outreach to the Worcester community. The organization has a great “brand” and a dynamic leader ready to get to work on what promises to be a creative project.
· A database expert can make a huge impact in a short time, helping an affordable housing nonprofit improve their fundraising database; coaching them on how run queries and reports.
· Nonprofit leaders work grueling hours to keep their organizations solvent and accountable to their missions. Many would appreciate occasional coaching from professionals who can help them sort out a thousand ideas, concerns, and initiatives; helping them to stay strategic in their planning and encouraging them to take care of themselves.
If you would like to add your professional skills to the JRW roster, or if you know of a local nonprofit that can benefit from JRW, please contact Deborah Wild, Program Director at dwild@jerichoroadproject.org, 617-633-9939. (Note: check out the JRW website at www.jerichoroadproject.org and watch a YouTube™ video of interviews with Jericho Road volunteers who rave about their experiences.)
Monday Night At the Church
Please join us on Monday, September 28th, at 7:30 in the Bancroft Room for a planning discussion for this year's monthly Monday bookclub. This year's theme is First U's 225th anniversary. Selections being considered are from past ministers ranging from Walter Kring to Aaron Bancroft.
Monday Night at the Church begins at 5:30 p.m. with an hour of Zen (meditation) practice in the Chapel. Come BE with us in the intimate silence - no experience necessary! Come join us for a home cooked meal among good company. Childcare is available every Monday night. All are welcome.
Monday Night at the Church begins at 5:30 p.m. with an hour of Zen (meditation) practice in the Chapel. Come BE with us in the intimate silence - no experience necessary! Come join us for a home cooked meal among good company. Childcare is available every Monday night. All are welcome.
Worcester Interfaith Beggar's Bowl
4th Annual Beggar’s Bowl
The Beggar’s Bowl, a fund-raiser sponsored by Worcester Interfaith, will be held on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at First Baptist Church, 111 Park Ave., Worcester, MA from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. All are invited to come and enjoy a hearty, homemade soup served in a hand-thrown stoneware bowl that is yours to keep at the end of the evening. Donation: $50, fully tax deductible. For tickets or more information, call Frank Kartheiser at (508) 754-5001.
The Beggar’s Bowl, a fund-raiser sponsored by Worcester Interfaith, will be held on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at First Baptist Church, 111 Park Ave., Worcester, MA from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. All are invited to come and enjoy a hearty, homemade soup served in a hand-thrown stoneware bowl that is yours to keep at the end of the evening. Donation: $50, fully tax deductible. For tickets or more information, call Frank Kartheiser at (508) 754-5001.
Winning Poets
The winners of the 2009 Worcester Poetry Association’s writing contest will read their works on Sunday, September 27th in the Sanctuary at 2:00 p.m. All welcome. No charge.
Sacred Writings
This opportunity for spiritual reflection is held on Sunday mornings from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Members of the group submit for discussion a piece of writing that inspires or encourages. Each week you will find a few lines of the upcoming subject in the newsletter. Come when the spirit, or the writing moves you to be with us. Childcare is provided. The September 27th selection is from “A Time to Keep Silence” by Patrick Leigh Fermor. “With curiosity and misgiving I walked up the hill from the Rouen-Yvetot road towards the Abbey of St Wandruille. I had spent an abominable night in Rouen in a small hotel near the station where a procession of nightmares turned my night into a period of acute and apparently interminable agony. I was arriving unknown and unannounced; I was in search of somewhere quiet and cheap to stay while I continued to work on a book I was writing…”
Bus Trip to New York City
The next NYC bus trip will be on Saturday, November 14th. The bus will leave the church at 7:30 a.m. and return at 10:30 p.m. There will be 7 hours in New York, with drop-offs at the Metropolitan Museum and Greenwich Village. This is always a fun day — invite your friends! Cost is $60, with children 12 and under free. Contact Jay Lavelle for more info: jay_lavelle@earthlink.net.
See the NYC trip facebook page.
See the NYC trip facebook page.
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