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Theme for the Year
"Creating Earth Community"
UPCOMING SERVICES
In person at our meetinghouse located at
Or on Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6130779853
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Service details will be posted at a later time
October 2, 2022 With Will Hunter
October 9, 2022 With Mellen Kennedy “The Most Important Book I Read in Seminary” And it wasn’t the Bible, the Bhagavad-Gita, the Qur’an, the Dhammapada or even the Zend Avesta. Join us for an exploration of one of the most pressing ethical issues of our time. Please come with an open mind, a loving heart and a sacred body. If You’ll be on Zoom, please bring crayons and paper or something to draw with. Rev. Mellen will be preaching in-person in the sanctuary.
October 16, 2022 With Nancy Crumbine
October 23, 2022 With *to be announced
October 30, 2022 With The Worship Committee
A formal service of remembrance will be followed by an informal gathering and refreshments with time throughout for sharing.
Glen was a very creative intellect whose work experiences spanned a wide range from international travel to a professional career in art education, alongside cultivating interests in classical music, writing, animals, and gardening with a special focus on hostas. Please join us and bring your stories to share
$ Building and Grounds September Update $
Just like our own homes, our Meetinghouse home has most of the same requirements and expenses, such as the physical structure, heat, water, communication, and safety. Sometimes those systems need to be repaired or upgraded. You might have heard that the pump failed this summer and a new one was installed $3,846.
June Brink pursued the phone line and alarm system conundrum and coordinated multiple visits by Countryside Lock and Alarm. Now we have an updated fire alarm monitoring system that uses our internet instead of our phone line. Our phone was not working correctly for several months due to a malfunction with the previous alarm monitoring system but that has been fixed when the new upgrade was put in. The upgrade cost was $1389.
An errand to find the special bulbs needed for the emergency lights informed us that to be in compliance wired-in emergency lights should be installed. As you can guess this is more expensive than replacing bulbs, even if we could find them. We’re in the process of getting estimates to have exit emergency lights installed that is expected to be about $650.
The total for these three projects comes to $5885. Can you pitch in by making an extra contribution to help pay for these necessary expenses? Think of the precious gift of our sweet water from our own well and the reassurance that our building is a safe place from possible calamities. Please consider writing a check with “Pump & Safety” on the memo line. Thank you for your consideration.
Diane Kemble & Rich Confrancesco
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
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“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
October Share The Plate
The local Meals on Wheels program is losing some of its funding. Consequently, we have chosen it to be the recipient of our Share the Plate for October. Donations can be mailed to Senior Solutions, 38 Pleasant St. Springfield, VT 05156. Note in your donation that you’d like it to go for the Meals on Wheels program.
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
Spiritual Makerspace
This initiative, begun in August of 2020, convenes local community members whose passions or vocations align with the Meetinghouse’s mission to nurture the spirit and heal the world. Its goal is to build a network of community leaders who share practical and creative skills that strengthen community resilience. We generally offer a Spiritual Makerspace service once a month. Read more.
STAFF
June Brink - Office Administrator
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Julane Deener - Choir Director
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2022-2023
COLLECTOR - Ellen Allman
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Bob Allman - President
Pam Kilberg - Vice President
Dick Andrews - Treasurer
Pat Callahan and Pam Kilberg - Co-Clerks
At large:
Bill Brink, Tina Feindel, Toni Streeter
Nurturing the Spirit
Healing the World
We are a welcoming and supportive community. We value open minds and seek a more loving and just world.
Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse
21 Fairground Rd
Springfield, VT 05156
Email: uuspringfieldvt@gmail.com
