From Lee Reid:
Hello
UUSisterhood!
When
church starts up again in September, please keep your eyes and hearts open for
new women. Prowl the pews before service and introduce
yourself. Work the crowd during coffee hour. Many new
people will be looking for connection, community and a friendly
greeting. Reach out and introduce yourself and introduce them to
others. If you don’t know someone (maybe they have even been attending
for years) put yourself out there to make a connection. It feels so good to be
on the receiving end of a warm greeting.
The
Opportunity Fair is set for Sunday, September 23rd
after service in Unity Hall. The UUSisterhood needs to be an important
part of it. We will have a table set among many others, so we need to
stand out and be visible. How should we do that?
- Wear nametags
- Make a poster or find the one hidden in a closet in the dining room
- Provide treats like cookies and kisses
- Have a number of us working the crowd and wo/manning the table
- Have a sign-up sheet for names & email addresses
- Be visible Be friendly
We
need one of us to coordinate the Opportunity Fair. That means greeting
people, signing them up and eating treats. Please give it some thought
and come up with your own ideas on how to make us visible. It’s so easy.
The
first gathering of the UUSisterhood is Friday, September 21. Let’s talk
more about it then.
Questions
and answers…please contact Diane Mandile at dmmandile@swissturn.com or Mary
Fransden at mkfransden@ charter.net or Lee Reid at reidknox@aol.com (Diane and Lee will both
be away on September 23)
From Mary Fransden:
Please
join the UUSisterhood! We are a group of women who just like to get
together. Most of us are members or attendees of First Unitarian and we
welcome women from outside the church as well. Mark your calendars for
our monthly potlucks when we share food, conversation and participate in an
activity or event together. Our first potluck will be held on Friday,
September 21, 2012 at 6 p.m. in the dining and Bancroft rooms and the activity
is to plan for the rest of the year. Come with your ideas and choose a
month when you are able to lead and organize. We have held literary
nights, game nights, fashion shows, financial planning talks, show and tell,
dancing events, pie baking and others.
Here
is the schedule for the 2012-2013 church year:
Friday,
September 21, 2012 6 p.m. Planning Night
Leader: Mary Frandsen
Friday,
October 19, 2012 6
p.m.
Friday,
November 16, 2012 6 p.m.
*Sunday,
December 16, 2012 2 p.m. Caroling to the Elderly and Shut-Ins
6 p.m. Annual Yankee Swap
6 p.m. Annual Yankee Swap
Friday,
January 18, 2013 6 p.m.
Friday,
February 15, 2013 6 p.m.
Friday,
March 15, 2013 6 p.m.
Friday,
April 19,
2013 6 p.m.
Friday,
May 17,
2013 6
p.m.
Friday,
June 21,
2013 6
p.m.
*Updated September 10, 2012
*Updated September 10, 2012
Also,
we need Sisters to represent us at the Sunday September 23rd Opportunity
Fair in Unity Hall. Diane Mandile emailed to us an announcement regarding
this event. Please contact me if you are able to help or if you
have any questions about the UUSisterhood. I’m looking forward to a
fantastic year!
Mary
Frandsen
508-852-8122
Other
UUSisterhood contacts include Diane Mandile at dmmandile@swissturn.com and Lee Reid
at reidknox@aol.com.
