Weekly Services
10am - 11am
In-person and on Zoom
Please join us in-person at 21 Fairground Rd Springfield, Vermont
Or on Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6130779853 Meeting ID: 613 077 9853
Oct. 1, 2023 Connecting with the Metal element
with Jo Bregnard
Autumn is here, so let’s explore the Metal element from Chinese Energetic Medicine, and how releasing what we no longer need prepares and protects us for what’s to come
Order of Service:
Gathering Music
Welcome
Bell & Chalice
Opening Words
Song: #412 Let Hope and Sorrow Now Unite
Story for All Ages: Why the Leaves fall: A Lakota Legend with video
Affirmation
Offering
Meditation
Anthem
Sermon/Response: Connecting with the Metal Element
Song: To Everything There Is a Season
Closing Words: Rumi, On Sorrow
Chalice & Bell
Joys & Sorrows
Announcements
Transition music
Coffee Hour
Upcoming Services:
Oct. 8th: "Healing America's Polarizations: A Report from the Braver Angels Convention in Gettysburg." with Rev. Dr. Mellen Kennedy
Oct. 15th: Worship Committee
Oct 22nd: Rev. Dr. Nancy Jay Crumbine
Oct. 29th Will Hunter
Our Services are each Sunday starting the second Sunday in September until mid-June, with two services in July and two in August.
Services are 10 am to 11 am
Coffee Hour 11 am - Noon
Meetinghouse News
We had a wonderful time at the Equinox Lasagna Dinner. Lots of foods, great conversations and many in the community came out to support us. Thank you to everyone who cooked, helped serve the meals and all those who volunteered their time to make this an amazing event!
We will be doing more dinners soon!
Members, friends and visitors who have found meaning in our services and programs are invited to make a one-time or recurring donation to the Meetinghouse.
Please send checks to:
UU Church
PO Box 944
Springfield, VT 05156
Click below to donate online:
95430
“Share the Plate” is a program where each month we take a collection for an organization that is alignment with our principles. Please consider giving to our monthly program recipients
Our Share the Plate recipient for September will be the Maui United Way, mauiunitedway.org
The island of Maui in Hawaii recently experienced the worst wildfires in the country in many years. Their financial assistance program has assisted people in communities like Lahaina, where per capital income is often just $30,000.
Please join us in supporting the people of Maui, many of whom have lost family and friends, or lost homes and businesses due to the wildfires.
October Share The Plate will be BRAT, the Black River Action Team, conducted its 24th annual River sweep on Sept. 9. As a local grassroots organization, they continue to provide education, resources and ongoing actions to protect local watersheds, among other activities. We have chosen them as our Share the Plate recipient for October. You can send donations to BRAT in care of Kelly Stettner, 101 Perley Gordon Road, Springfield, VT 05156.
Art Adventures
2nd & 4th Thursdays
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
On Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6130779853
A Zoom group for folks who like to play with color, drawing, reinventing objects, & general creating. There might be laughter, daring & surprises. Have paper, colored pencils or crayons or your favorite medium ready. Interest & questions? Contact; Toni Streeter, Ann Marie &/or Ti Knoepfel. Or email uuspringfieldvt@gmail.com
The Meetinghouse Virtual Choir
The Meetinghouse Virtual Choir is open to all who would like to participate. Singers need not live in the Springfield area – we even have singers from out of state! Sing one song, or sing many – its up to you!
Rehearsals (optional) are on Tuesday mornings at 10am on zoom. If you like to sing and would like to participate, please contact Julane. (802) 463-9719.
Or drop in to a Tuesday morning rehearsal:
STAFF
June Brink - Office Administrator
Julane Deener - Choir Director
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2023-2024
COLLECTOR - Ellen Allman
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Bob Allman - President
Bill Brink - Vice President
Dick Andrews - Treasurer
Becky Tucker - Clerk
At large:
Tina Feindel, Toni Streeter, Pat Callahan
Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse
21 Fairground Rd
Springfield, VT 05156
Mailing address: P.O.Box 944 Springfield, VT 05156
Email: uuspringfieldvt@gmail.com