Worcester Community Chorus at First U

Jim Scott brings Worcester Community Chorus to First Unitarianwith Pete Seeger and Songs of Conscience Songfest, Tues. Sep 14th, 7-9 PM

Jim Scott (composer of songs in our Hymnbooks and co-creator of the Green Sanctuary) will be starting his Worcester Community Chorus season with a special "Songfest - Pete Seeger and Songs of Conscience" Tuesday, Sept. 14th, 7-9 PM, at First Unitarian, 90 Main St. Worcester, singing many of Pete's well-loved songs such as “If I Had a Hammer,” “Turn, Turn, Turn,” “Where Have All the Flowers Gone" and mony others. A suggested donation of $7 requested.

Begun last year, the Worcester Community Chorus is is welcoming new members. Open to all singers of any age and level of experience, the chorus sings many styles of music celebrating community, diversity, ecology and peace. A $56 membership fee contributes to 14 rehearsals and a notebook of choir music. To register your interest or find more info. visit www.JimScottMusic.com or call Jim at 508-755-0995, or email: Jim@JimScottMusic.com

The Church's New Dual-Fuel Burner

During the summer, the church’s new dual-fuel burner was installed in our boiler to enable us to burn either oil or natural gas as market prices vary. (Natural gas also has a substantially lower carbon impact than fuel oil.) J.J. Bafaro, Inc. completed the installation of the burner, and gas company NStar ran a new hi-pressure gas line within an existing pipe from Main Street, directly below our Memorial Garden. New pipe needed to be laid at an “elbow” located near the lower State Street door to the church. To save the church the cost of having NStar remove the brick entryway and dig a 2-foot deep, 15-foot long trench to the building, Bob Shaw and the Building and Grounds Committee organized a ditch-digging work party on July 10. At the height of the summer’s heat and humidity, an enthusiastic crowd of men and women (and one very dedicated 5-year-old!) brought their shovels and buckets and made light of the task. Work was completed by noon, and Nstar came the following week to complete the work on the pipe connections and meter installation. A “warm” thank-you to those who invested sweat equity in this project!

Thank You Summer Service Musicians

Many singers and instrumentalists, musicians all, contributed to a successful season of joyful music-making for the Summer Services.

With a deep appreciation, we give thanks for the participation and talents of: Nancy Ackerman, Natalie Ackerman, Cindy Bizzaro, Dave Blodgett, Ariana Cordova, Cassie Datena, John Hill, Kris Johnson, Betsy Lane, Marcia Leonard, Cathy Levine, Kim McCoy, Toni Ostrow, Rosel Patton, Paul Ropp, Moira Rouse, Vivian Shortreed, Nancy Smith, Becky Spanagel, David Spanagel, Paul Spanagel, Deborah Veroneau, Ellen ONeal Waite, and Linda Wyatt.

Thank you all for sharing your time and talents to make a joyful noise, to rejoice, and to sing praise. With great appreciation for your participation,

-Jerry Bellows

Editor's Note: First Unitarian Church would like to extend thanks and appreciation to Jerry for all that he does to make the summer music program a success.

"Eat, Pray, Love" at First U!

Kundalini Yoga and Meditation Continues on Tuesday nights and some early Sunday mornings!

This is the yoga of awareness. All yoga classes include breathwork, a physical yoga set, a deep relaxation, and a meditation with or without mantra. Each class is a stand-alone experience, even if we are working on a theme over several weeks, so it is okay to drop in and try it. It can be modified to chair yoga too!

Yoga is a spiritual path and a discipline whose rewards are great. One element of practice is “group sadhana”, or coming together for daily practice. In an ashram this is held each day before dawn. For our yoga community we are grateful to be able to come together about once per month. Please follow the website for the next date for this one hour of yoga and one hour of chanting, 5-7 am on variable Sundays.

Our Tuesday night class is growing and will continue from 7:30-9 pm in the Chapel. Periodic workshops will be announced and listed as well. The donations generated from the class are passed along to charity, including for the work of the church, and the Worcester County Food Bank. The theme for the first 5 weeks after Labor Day will be “ Five Sutras for the Aquarian Age”. ( for example: “There is a way through every block. ”)

Please visit kundaliniyogaforall.com (also googles as Anahata yoga) for class details, or call Diane Pingeton 508-753-1797. Sat Nam!

Book and Yard Sale on Saturday, October 2nd

Save the Date and Save your Stuff for the

First Unitarian Church - Combined Book and Yard Sale.

8:00 am to 3:00 pm, Saturday, October 2nd.

We need all our parishioners to pitch in! Yard and Book sale will be open to the public.

Donate your gently used household items, clothing, dvd's, cd's, and your used books for sale in the church Yard Sale/Book Sale!

Drop off all your items after church on Sunday's on the 19th and the 26th. Look for volunteers who will collect your items.
Or drop off at your convenience during church office hours the week of September 27th through Friday evening October 1st. Larger items can only be dropped off on Friday evening, October 1st.

More details to come about where to drop off and what to drop off. Volunteers will be needed to sort, price and set up items Friday evening prior to the sale. Volunteers also needed to help sell items on Saturday. For more information and to volunteer time and/or items: email Scott Hayman, Vice Moderator: scottmhayman@aol.com.