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
December 10, 2023
"Connecting with the Water Element" with JoAnn Bregnard
Gathering Music
Welcome
Bell
Reading and Chalice Lighting: From the Essene Book of Meditations and Blessings by Danaan Parry, the blessing for Sunday during the season of Samhain
Opening Words: “Water” From The Lunar Dao: Meditations in Harmony with the Seasons, by Deng Ming-Dao
Song: #4 I Brought My Spirit to the Sea
Story for All Ages: The Creation of Turtle Island (from Robin Wall Kimmerer)
Affirmation
Offering
Meditation: Water meditation and affirmations with jala mudra
Anthem: I’ve Got Peace Like a River/The Water is Wide
Connecting with the Water Element
Song: #28 View the Starry Realm
Closing Words: Margaret Atwood on Water
Chalice & Bell
Joys & Sorrows
Announcements
Transition music
Coffee Hour
Upcoming Services:
Dec. 17th: 5pm Evening Service for Solstice with Rev. Dr. Nancy Jay Crumbine
Dec. 24th: Worship Committee
Dec 31st: Will Hunter
Meetinghouse News
Weather Permitting
Souper Sundays are back!
Every 2nd Sunday, after Services, we will be having soups, breads and drinks. $4 for members and guests eat for free!
Upcoming date: Dec 10th
Volunteers to make soups and bring breads are needed, reach out to Ellen Allman at ellenallman@gmail.com or 802-463-5129
Winter has arrived in Vermont!
If weather is bad and we can not do in person services we will do them on Zoom only.
An email will be sent out by 9am on Sundays if we are doing Zoom only. A notice will be posted to the website as well as our Facebook page so please keep an eye out for those updates.
Any questions, please send an email to uuspringfieldvt@gmail.com
Thanks
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:
105802
Our Services are each Sunday starting the second Sunday in September until mid-June, with two services in July and two in August.
Services: 10 am to 11 am Coffee Hour: 11 am - Noon
“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
December Share The Plate:
We have chosen The World Food Program as our December Share the Plate nonprofit recipient. Jeff Taft-Dick, a long-time member of the church, worked for the WFP around the world prior to his retirement.
As the international community has committed to end hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition by 2030, one in ten people worldwide still do not have enough to eat. Food and food-related assistance lie at the heart of the struggle to break the cycle of hunger and poverty.
For its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict, WFP was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020.
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