Join members of the UCMH community for in-person, socially-distanced fun around a campfire! A few members of the church have generously offered to open their yards to us and host masked campfires so we can see one another in a distanced, safe way. To ensure appropriate social distancing, attendance is limited, registration is on a first-come [ … ]
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We continue our monthly theme of “Deep Listening” at this week’s Sunday service.
Stress and anxiety are high, families are cooped up together, normal life has been on hold for months … With the added pressures of COVID 19 it seems inevitable that nerves will fray, tempers will flare, [ … ]
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Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples
A Weekend of Online Events
November 13 -15
Hosted by the First Parish Church of Stow and Acton
in combination with the Friends Peace Team
Acting upon the 2020 UUA Action of Immediate Witness calling on UUs to “Address 400 Years of White Supremacist Colonialism” and the Friends Peace Team [ … ]
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SINGER-SONGWRITER, LINDA MARKS,
FEATURES AT SESSIONS VIRTUAL CONCERT
Friday, October 9, 6pm
Please click here to view the concert:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/firstsundayjam
It has been more than six months since the pandemic erased live gigs and closed brick and mortar performance venues. However, Sessions continues to offer its monthly performance series virtually! Linda will be livestreaming through the [ … ]
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Sunday, October 11, 10:30am
Forgiveness: Listening to Our Anger
with Special Guest, Elisa Pearmain
Please click here for Zoom access.
We continue of theme of Deep Listening with special guest, Elisa Pearmain, LMHC, who shares a Buddhist story that demonstrates the needs we are trying to meet when we hold onto anger towards ourselves and others. [ … ]
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VIRTUAL FULL MOON RITUAL
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 7:30PM
Moon Circle, a chapter of the Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans (CUUPS), will offer open circles for local Pagans to gather for a joyous spiritual practice, generally on the night or eve of the full moon. Meetings are currently online through Zoom — [ … ]
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The UCMH Youth Group is for teens in grades 9-12 who are interested in gathering with other UU-minded teens. Social gatherings, educational opportunities, and a community service project will be our focus this fall.
Weekly gatherings will be on Thursdays at 3:30*. Zoom link goes out to current YG attendees only.
Please email cynthia.menard013@gmail.com for more [ … ]
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SUNDAY SERVICE, SEPTEMBER 27, 10:30AM
Love, Atonement, and Forgiveness:
Exploring John Murray Day and Yom Kippur
Please click here for Zoom access.
September 27th is the evening of the Jewish High Holy Day, Yom Kippur, also referred to as the Day of Atonement.
September 30 is John Murray Day, celebrating the origins of Universalism in the [ … ]
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 10:30AM
VIRTUAL MULTIGENERATIONAL WATER COMMUNION SERVICE
with SPECIAL LIVE MUSICAL GUEST,
SKIP ELLIOTT BOWMAN of CALYPSO MAGIC
Honor the waters that touch our lives: rivers, oceans, lakes, and tears of joy and sorrow. In this family worship service, we will celebrate our virtual coming together after the summer months.
Join us on Zoom [ … ]
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The Red Tent movement is inspired by Anita Diamant’s fictional story, “The Red Tent,” and supports women in reclaiming the gifts of community as we gather together to co-create safe, woman-centered, restorative, inclusive community. Here in Hudson, MA, we have created and facilitated such a space for
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Virtual UUA General Assembly, 10am
Join us for the largest annual gathering of UUs joining in worship. This powerful, communal worship experience will stream on uua.org/ga Sunday, June 28, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. EDT and again at 10:00 a.m. PDT. Members of the public are welcome to view the service.
Each year a talented group of
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THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 7PM
WOMEN’S WEB TENT ~ “FINDING CLARITY”
The Red Tent movement, inspired by Anita Diamant’s fictional story, The Red Tent, supports women in reclaiming the gifts of community as we gather together to co-create intimate, woman-centered, restorative, secular community. Here in Hudson, MA, we have created and facilitated such a space for over [ … ]
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SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 11AM
JUSTICE and SERVICE TEAM ~
MASKMAKERS
Join us for a brief meeting to discuss plans to create and purchase masks for local senior centers and the national organization Protect Native Elders.
No sewing skills necessary to participate and support this effort.
Zoom access information coming soon . . . [ … ]
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SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 10AM
POOR PEOPLE’S CAMPAIGN:
A NATIONAL CALL FOR MORAL REVIVAL
JOIN THE MOVEMENT ON JUNE 20TH!
The Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington is a 2.5 hour program that will be broadcast on Saturday, June 20th at 10am and 6pm EST, and again on Sunday June 21st at 6pm EST, [ … ]
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THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 7PM
WOMEN’S WEB TENT ~ “JOY AND INSPIRATION”
The Red Tent movement, inspired by Anita Diamant’s fictional story, The Red Tent, supports women in reclaiming the gifts of community as we gather together to co-create intimate, woman-centered, restorative, secular community. Here in Hudson, MA, we have created and facilitated such a space for [ … ]
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Sunday, 6/21 ~ Father’s Day Reflection on Black Lives Matter ~ 10:30am
In recent weeks the people of this country have stood up to demand systemic change to dismantle racism in our country. This Father’s Day we will acknowledge the huge impact racism has on black families as we consider specific steps we can take to [ … ]
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Sunday, June 14, 10:30am
Multigenerational Worship Service ~
Compassion
“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries.
Without them, humanity cannot survive.”
— Dalai Lama
This Sunday, we once again adapt our monthly Multigenerational Explorations format to move it online with Zoom. We will begin and end worship together, with an opportunity in the middle for participants [ … ]
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Friday, June 12, 7pm
Sessions Online Musical Performances
with Special Guests, Andy and Judy
Sessions is a monthly hybrid Open Mic, Songwriters Round Table, Invitational JAM where we welcome your Music, Spoken Word, and other Art Performances. We also feature a special musical guest artist each month.
For our June Sessions, we feature [ … ]
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Next meeting Friday June 5 at 1:00
Alice Anacheka-Nasemann is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: COVID Justice & Service Team
Time: Jun 5, 2020 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 922 9069 8050
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THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 7PM
WOMEN’S WEB TENT ~ “VALUING OURSELVES”
The Red Tent movement, inspired by Anita Diamant’s fictional story, The Red Tent, supports women in reclaiming the gifts of community as we gather together to co-create intimate, woman-centered, restorative, secular community. Here in Hudson, MA, we have created and facilitated such a space for over [ … ]
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 7:30-8:30PM
ONLINE GRIEF CIRCLE with REV. ALICE
“What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose.
All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.”
—Helen Keller
This facilitated grief circle is for anyone who has experienced a significant loss of any type. We will gather to share our stories within [ … ]
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We at UCMH #SideWithLove and support the call from Movement for Black Lives for A Week of Action in Defense of Black Lives.
As people of faith and conscience, please participate — online and on the streets.
Please click here for additional information and activity schedule. [ … ]
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The executive board and Rev. Alice have spent this year exploring options for a sustainable future for UCMH. This Sunday in lieu of worship you are invited to a vital conversation regarding our financial future. Board members will share their recommendations and update you on the current status of our endowment, (which has sadly been [ … ]
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Tonight! June 2nd, 8-9:30pm EDT / 5-6:30pm PDT
Speakers:
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FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 7-8:30PM
VIRTUAL “EVENING WITH SPIRITS” ~
FUNDRAISING EVENT to BENEFIT UCMH
and THE HISTORIC SPIRITUALIST RESTORATION PROJECT
Do you believe in spirits? Would you like to hear from those “on the other side?”
The Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson (UCMH) is pleased to host a virtual “Evening with Spirit” on Friday, June [ … ]
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FRIDAY, MAY 15, 7-9PM
PUB THEOLOGY: TRIVIA NIGHT!
Grab your beverage of choice and join Rev. Alice for a special Zoom Pub Theology Trivia Night. Don’t know any trivia? You’ll be in good company — neither does she! We’ll partner up, enjoy some conversation, and learn a thing or two along the way.
Everyone is welcome [ … ]
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 7:30-8:30PM
ONLINE GRIEF CIRCLE with REV. ALICE
“What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose.
All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.”
—Helen Keller
This facilitated grief circle is for anyone who has experienced a significant loss of any type. We will gather to share our stories within [ … ]
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Mother’s Day Tribute to Caregivers
10:30am
In this time of physical distancing we have more reason than ever to be grateful for the caregivers in our lives: parents, grandparents, medical professionals, teachers, and more. In honor of Mother’s Day we are offering a tribute to the nurturing people in our lives who lovingly promote our well-being. [ … ]
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Sunday, May 3, 10:30am
Multigenerational Explorations Worship Service ~
“Thresholds”
This Sunday we are once again adapting our monthly Multigenerational Explorations format to move it online with Zoom. We will begin and end worship together, with an opportunity in the middle for participants to choose an Exploration activity that best matches their learning style. Our theme [ … ]
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Sunday, May 3, 1:15pm
Finding Calm in the Age of Covid
Presented by Linda Miller, LICSW
Maintaining calm was challenging enough even before Covid. The paradox is that now when there’s plenty of reality to our anxiety, it’s more important than ever to cultivate skills of emotional resilience and calm.
This workshop will weave together the [ … ]
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Sunday, April 19, 10:30am
Spreading the Karuna Virus: Compassion and Generosity for our Time
with Special Guest, Elisa Pearmain
“Times of scarcity need to be met with generosity, times of fear with comfort, times of uncertainty with presence.
When we care for those around us, we create a field of love.”
– Thomas Hübl
Professional storyteller [ … ]
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The Red Tent movement, inspired by Anita Diamant’s fictional story, The Red Tent, supports women in reclaiming the gifts of community as we gather together to co-create intimate, woman-centered, restorative, secular community. Here in Hudson, MA, we have created and facilitated such a space for over 9 years!
In our new online Red Tent series, we [ … ]
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Cynthia Menard hosts an online Caregiver Check-in on Fridays at 3pm. Please note that you do NOT need to be caring for school-aged children to participate in this gathering — it is for anyone who is caring for others during this difficult time.
We’ll take an opportunity to talk about what is and isn’t working for [ … ]
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The Buddhist Meditation and Book Group is open and meets every Monday evening (except holidays) and follows a format which includes meditation, reading, and discussion. Books are chosen by the group and have “Buddhist-oriented” content. Familiarity with Buddhism is not required; the group learns from one another and our exploration of our readings is applied to [ … ]
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Join us this Sunday for a festive and relaxed jazz brunch as we transition from this year and usher in the new. This is a fun, literally upbeat, and collaborative pot-luck event, so please bring whatever your heart fancies and you think will be enjoyed by others, as well.
We will be serenaded with the amazing, [ … ]
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Sunday, December 23, 10:30am
Multigenerational Christmas Pageant Service
“He puzzled and puzzled till his puzzler was sore.
Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before.
Maybe Christmas, he thought…doesn’t come from a store.
Maybe Christmas, perhaps…means a little bit more!”
~Dr. Seuss
Ever wished you could play a role in a Christmas pageant? Do you [ … ]
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Sessions is a hybrid Open Mic, Songwriters Round Table, Invitational JAM. We welcome your Music, Spoken Word, and other Art Performances. We also feature a special musical guest artist each month.
This Friday, we welcome the amazing Carolyn Waters for our Down and Out, Deep, Dark, and Dirty Blues Session.
All ages are welcome to perform [ … ]
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The holidays are often a time when we most feel the loss of a loved one. In this facilitated bereavement circle, we will gather to share our memories and stories within a community of love and mutual support. You are invited to bring a photo or other item to place on an altar of memory.
People [ … ]
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This Sunday, we celebrate the beauty and magic of the winter solstice with awe-inspiring readings, poetry, music, and meditations that honor both light and dark.
Everyone is welcome ~ please join us after the service for coffee, tea, refreshments, and fellowship in our Worship Cafe! [ … ]
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Our theme for the month of December is AWE.
This morning we will explore that theme in more depth using different learning modalities.
Spiritual Practice: Labyrinth Walk ~
Join trained labyrinth facilitator Karen Szklany for a brief sharing focused on the awe we experience in nature, followed by an opportunity to walk a labyrinth of lights. [ … ]
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New Year’s Eve Celebration
with Dave Curry, Drums for One and All
Tuesday, December 31, 7pm-1am
Dave Curry hosts a gathering on New Year’s Eve in appreciation for all the people who support his various drumming events throughout the year. Because the Hudson church is an integral part of these events, Dave is extending the invitation [ … ]
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Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
with Live Harp Music by Felice Pomeranz
Tuesday, December 24, 7pm
Celebrate the spirit of Christmas in a family worship service that honors the life and teachings of Jesus. Sing your favorite Christmas carols, enjoy beautiful harp music, and experience the beauty and peace of our annual candle-lighting ceremony.
Our special service [ … ]
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| Please Help Us Rejuvenate This Grand Old Church! Dear Friends of UCMH ~ For nearly 170 years, the Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson has been a beacon of hope for peace, justice, and spirituality. Built by abolitionists in 1866, including its main founder who helped enslaved people find their way to freedom, UCMH has |
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Handmade with Love ~
Ornaments, Treats, Wreaths, and More
This Sunday, we move downstairs to Union Hall for a handmade holiday service where we create ornaments, treats, and decorations from the heart.
Join us as we deck the halls for Santa’s visit next week on Saturday, December 7!
Together we’ll make natural ornaments from items such [ … ]
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Have you ever wondered what role play is? Come find out in a friendly dungeon and dragons-style game. This is a fantasy cooperative storytelling adventure/process with a d20-based game open to all ages and experience. Come to watch or play. The main purpose of a D&D game is to have fun; we ask that no “evil” [ … ]
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Our November ritual takes place on 11/11 as it is thought there is more power generated when the ritual takes place just before the full moon than afterwards.
This is a great time to work with abundance, prosperity, and the bonds of family and friendship. We tend to hustle and bustle at this time, still raking [ … ]
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“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment
until it becomes a memory.”
— Dr. Seuss
Continuing this month’s theme of gratitude, we explore the benefits of savoring the sweet things in life.
Neuroscience tells us that our brain changes in response to our thoughts and experiences. This morning Rev Alice will discuss how [ … ]
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Please note: Remember to “Fall Back” this weekend ~
The service begins at the new daylight savings time.
Our theme for the month of November is Gratitude. This morning we will explore this theme in more depth using different learning modalities.
Exploration in Dialogue: Sharing Circles
Rev. Alice will lead a structured conversation on questions [ … ]
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Cover image credit:
“Community” by Katherine Skaggs.
Used with artist’s permission.
Please visit her website: www.katherineskaggs.com to view more of her gorgeous, powerful artwork!
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Hudson, MA Red Tent Gatherings:
Celebrating Over 8 Years of Sharing Our Stories
and Creating Community!
The Red Tent movement, inspired by Anita Diamant’s fictional story, “The Red Tent,” supports women [ … ]
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 7PM
SESSIONS MUSICAL PERFORMANCES AND OPEN MIC ~
Takes Place on Second Fridays of Each Month
Performers and Friends of All Ages are Welcome
Sessions is a hybrid Open Mic, Songwriters Round Table, Invitational JAM. We welcome your Music, Spoken Word and other Art Performances. We also often feature a special musical guest [ … ]
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“What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose.
All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.”
— Helen Keller
This facilitated grief circle is for anyone who has experienced a significant loss of any type. We will gather to share our stories within a community of love and mutual support.
For people [ … ]
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Life Journey, The Morrigan ~
Open Adult Samhain Circle
Saturday, October 26, 6-9pm
The triple aspect of the Morrigan will lead us on a journey where departed loved ones are honored, completed work and old habits are released, and we renew ourselves in preparation for the work yet to unfold.
Come walk your path of inquiry, [ … ]
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Would you rather learn about ranked choice voting or get down to funk and soul hits of the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s? Why not both, all in one evening!
Learn how it all works from the experts at Voter Choice Massachusetts, and then vote on your favorite songs, to be performed live by our 10-piece band, [ … ]
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Samhain, translated from Old Irish as “Summer’s End,” is a pagan festival marking the end of harvest season. With life falling back in preparation for the winter, the Gaels believed that the border between this world and the other world became thin on Samhain.
In this service we will honor the cycles of life and death [ … ]
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“A comic strip that your parents read when they were young is a curious thing: it’s an heirloom, and it’s also intimate. You peer through windows and look at the things that made your elders laugh, and then you wonder whether the laugh really belongs to you.” ~ Elizabeth McCracken
How do our literal belongings interact [ … ]
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Halloween Storytelling & Harry Potter® Wizarding Feast and Activities
Thursday, October 24
Storytelling, 4:30-6pm ~ Feast/Activities, 5:30-8pm
Experience a Harry Potter® wizarding feast and activities at our new Silverthorn School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at the Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson!
Listen to storyteller Rev. Alice Anacheka-Nasemann bring J. K. Rowling’s Tales from [ … ]
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Pub Theology ~
Mixing Spirits with Spirit!
UCMH is delighted to reintroduce this popular program as a new collaboration with our neighbors at the First Parish Church of Berlin. We welcome atheists, agnostics, humanists, people of all faith traditions, and people who identify as “spiritual but not religious” to gather together to talk while enjoying spirits [ … ]
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Reconnect with your loved ones in spirit as Andrea Allen, internationally recognized healing evidential medium, delivers 2 hours of messages from audience members’ loved ones, illustrates how we are all connected to the Spirit World and shows us that love truly never dies.
About Andrea Allen
As psychic/medium since childhood, Andrea has been working with the [ … ]
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 7:30PM
FULL MOON RITUAL with DAVE CURRY
“It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.“
– Galileo Galilei, The Starry Messenger
Moon Circle, a chapter of the Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans (CUUPS), will offer open circles for local Pagans to gather for a joyous spiritual practice, [ … ]
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SESSIONS MUSICAL PERFORMANCES AND OPEN MIC
Takes Place on Second Fridays of Each Month ~
Performers and Friends of All Ages are Welcome
Sessions is a hybrid Open Mic, Songwriters Round Table, Invitational JAM. We welcome your Music, Spoken Word and other Art Performances. We also often feature a special musical guest artist at each event. [ … ]
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Sessions Musical Performances and Open Mic
Takes Place on Second Fridays of Each Month
Performers and Friends of All Ages are Welcome
Sessions is a hybrid Open Mic, Songwriters Round Table, Invitational JAM. We welcome your Music, Spoken Word and other Art Performances. We also feature a special musical guest artist each month.
Sessions are held [ … ]
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Full Moon Rituals
“It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.“
– Galileo Galilei, The Starry Messenger
Moon Circle, a chapter of the Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans (CUUPS), will offer open circles for local Pagans to gather for a joyous spiritual practice, generally on the night or eve of [ … ]
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“Write While the Heat is In You”
Journaling as a Path to Personal Truth
Henry David Thoreau once urged aspiring writers to “Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole [ … ]
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“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Dear Friends:
In response to the continued horrific conditions of [ … ]
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FRIDAY, JULY 12, 7PM
SESSIONS MUSICAL PERFORMANCES AND OPEN MIC
with Special Guest, Jack Byrne
“SESSIONS” is an Open Mic, Songwriters Round Table, Invitational JAM and Occasional CoffeeHaus.
We welcome your Music, Spoken Word and other Art Performances.
This month’s featured artist is JACK BYRNE, a singer/songwriter and acoustic fingerstyle guitarist from Boston MA. Influenced [ … ]
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UCMH has quite a line-up this summer, featuring graduates from our Preaching for Parishioners program as well as Safari Sundays, where we travel and share spiritual adventures with area UU churches!
Below is a glimpse of our inspiring speakers and their sermons. Please visit UCMH’s Facebook page for full descriptions of each event.
Coffee, tea, and [ … ]
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SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 7:30-9PM
FULL MOON RITUAL
with ALAN ANACHEKA-NASEMANN
Moon Circle, a chapter of the Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans (CUUPS), will offer open circles for local Pagans to gather for a joyous spiritual practice, generally on the night or eve of the full moon. Locations will sometimes be [ … ]
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Did you know that chocolate chips and the color mauve were both the result of failed experiments?
Our theme for the month of May is Curiosity. Join us this Sunday for a sermon preached by Rev. Alice that explores the benefits of living with a curious mindset and embracing “failure” as an opportunity to learn. [ … ]
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Special Mother’s Day Service ~
“True Stories of Motherhood”
10:30am
At this time of year we often glorify the romantic image we have of the “perfect” mother.
This Mother’s Day, our worship service will be dedicated to an exploration of motherhood — the real stories of joy, struggle, love, and pain. Join us to hear six [ … ]
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Occultist and author A.E. Waite, creator of the widely-used Rider Waite Tarot deck, called the Tarot “…fragments of a Secret Tradition under the Veil of Divination.”
For anyone wishing to use the Tarot for personal reflection or readings they should garner an understanding of the Tarot’s deeper meanings including how it relates to the sum of [ … ]
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We welcome Dave Curry back to our pulpit to lead a drumming worship service for Beltane, the Gaelic May Day Festival, which celebrates spring and fertility. The service will conclude with a traditional Maypole dance.
Dave will have some drums that folks can borrow but people are also invited to bring a drum with them. Also, [ … ]
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Beginner Animal Communication Class
with Catharine Grace
We are all born with the ability to talk with animals. Do you ever ask your animal companion questions out loud? Do you sometimes find yourself confiding in with your animal about what’s going on in your life? If you are doing any of these things, you are already [ … ]
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“SESSIONS” is an Open Mic, Songwriters Round Table, Invitational JAM and Occasional CoffeeHaus.
We welcome your Music, Spoken Word and other Art Performances.
This month’s featured artists are LINDA MARKS and WOODY CARPINELLA who integrate elements of jazz
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Hudson, MA Red Tent Gatherings:
Celebrating Over 8 Years of Sharing Our Stories and Creating Community!
The Red Tent movement, inspired by Anita Diamant’s best-selling fictional story, The Red Tent, supports women in reclaiming the gifts of community as we gather together to co-create intimate, woman-centered, restorative, secular, confidential Safe Space. We practice and receive Deep [ … ]
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!
The Moon Circle Covenant Group scheduled for Wednesday, April 10 has been cancelled due to health issues. Please join us next month at our May 8 gathering.
Thank you for your understanding. [ … ]
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UCMH is pleased to host a Passover Seder Dinner on Wednesday, April 24 at 7pm.
This Jewish holiday celebrates freedom with a ritualistic retelling of the Exodus story, which describes the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. Led in a modernized Reform Jewish tradition, our Seder is welcoming of interfaith families as well as [ … ]
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Happy Easter and Earth Day, Everyone!
On Easter Sunday, Rev. Alice Anacheka-Nasemann presents “Easter and Earth Day, Stories of Resurrection.”
Celebrating both Easter and Earth Day, this worship service shares the hope of resurrection in a time when Global Warming is threatening our planet. With stories of remarkable resurrections of previously devastated ecosystems or animal species, [ … ]
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This Sunday, UCMH welcomes special guest, Rev. Bev Waring, who presents “The Lessons of Palm Sunday.”
Palm Sunday, celebrated by Christians, commemorates Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem. Rather than focus on what in the bible is true, Unitarian Universalist often ask, “what can we learn from this story,” or “how is this relevant to me today?” [ … ]
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Have you ever wondered what role play is? Come find out in a friendly dungeons and dragons-style game. This is a fantasy cooperative storytelling adventure/process. I will be running a d20-based game open to all ages and experience. Come to watch or play.
The main purpose of a D&D game is to have fun; I ask [ … ]
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The Moon Circle Covenant Group is for all folks who find their spirituality and religious beliefs closely connected to nature. Each month, in sacred space, we will explore different topics such as Ritual, Tarot, Magick, Astrology, Healing, Shamanism, etc.
This month we discuss and explore the ancient practice known as Shamanism. This will include a guided [ … ]
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Nourishing Our Hearts for Social Justice:
A Revival with Chris Crass
Sunday, April 7, 10:30am
UCMH welcomes Chris Crass as our special guest for our Sunday, April 7 service, where he offers additional commentary and views regarding social justice.
As the veils continue to fall and the horrors of white supremacy, sexual assault, and systemic oppression
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Many of us enjoy outdoor activities but how often do we spend time in nature just being present?
Cynthia Menard is leading a monthly workshop this spring focused on helping participants find and deepen their spiritual connection with the natural world. Our group will practice mindfulness during our time in nature, focusing on being fully present [ … ]
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Sessions Musical Performances and Open Mic
“SESSIONS” is an Open Mic, Songwriters Round Table, Invitational JAM and Occasional CoffeeHaus.
We welcome your Music, Spoken Word and other Art Performances.
This month’s featured artist is Word of Mouth Massachusetts, a six-person band featuring 6 voices, 2 guitars, 2 keyboards, bass, and drums, performing harmony-rich material from [ … ]
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FreeDrum is a night of high energy freestyle drumming and dancing that welcomes all ages and skill levels. The drumming kicks off at 7pm, and we go full throttle until about 9:45, with a short break in the middle for snacks, announcements, socializing, and maybe a group photo. Near the end, we dial back the energy [ … ]
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Come and explore who you are while you explore an array of art mediums. We will supply a variety of materials and people can pursue their passion however they like. We will use the monthly worship theme as our base theme, and let each person decide how they want to express it artistically. As always, art [ … ]
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The Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson is pleased to host:
Let’s Rise for Justice —
Building Collective Power and Healthy Culture for Social Justice
with Chris Crass
Friday, April 5, 7-9pm
The outrages and injustices are all around us, the divisions of racism and sexism are in society and among those of us who want [ … ]
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They say that El Camino de Santiago provides what you need. When Rev. Alice walked the Camino in Spring 2017, medical issues arose that led to her learning she had thyroid cancer. This morning we’ll explore the unexpected gifts that we can receive when we let go of control, step outside of our comfort zone, and [ … ]
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We continue this month’s theme on Journey and are joined by special guest, Elisa Davy Pearmain, who presents, The Hero/Heroine Journey is Our Story, Too.
Renowned American mythologist, writer, and lecturer, Joseph Campbell, said the hero stories from every culture have stood the test of time “because they are the ones worth telling.” Their narrative frame [ … ]
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To celebrate our monthly theme of Journey, the ministers who are part of the Unitarian Universalists of the Boroughs & Blackstone Valley are traveling to one another’s congregations today for an old-fashioned pulpit swap.
Stay tuned for details on where Rev. Alice will preach this morning and which of our neighboring UU ministers will preach [ … ]
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“All journeys have a secret destination of which the traveler is unaware.”
~Martin Buber
A Journey from the Underground Railroad to the Pride Parade
As part of our month-long focus on “Journey,” Rev. Alice will reflect on the journey of the Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson.
What was so compelling that our forebears began [ … ]
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NEW — RPG / DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS GROUP
Have you ever wondered what role play is? Come find out in a friendly dungeons and dragons-style game. This is a fantasy cooperative storytelling adventure/process.
Erin Griffin is running a d20-based game open to all ages and experience. Come to watch or play.
The main purpose of a
[ … ]
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Kara Nilson, Pagan Teen and Tween Coordinator and Clergy for the Society of Elder Faiths, is offering a Pagan Ritual Writing Workshop at UCMH this spring. Kara has many years experience writing public and private rituals for groups of all ages and sizes, and her rituals are beloved by many SEF members. Discussion will include [ … ]
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IMPORTANT WEATHER ANNOUNCEMENT FOR
SPIRITUAL FINANCE WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS!
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Art as a Safe Space–
Open Art Session
Come and explore who you are while you explore an array of art mediums. We will supply a variety of materials and people can pursue their passion however they like. We will use the monthly worship theme as our base theme, and let each person decide how they [ … ]
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