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Sunday Service 10:00 am
November 4, 2018
Worship Speaker - Karen Budde
Service Associate - Nicole Gratton, Musician - Janice Luce
Greeter - Kathy Ketchum
Title – UU Journey as an Atheist
Bio - Karen is the RSVP Volunteer Coordinator at the NEK Council on Aging. At a young age, during family dinner she came out to her parents as an atheist.
Topic – Karen will be speaking about her journey as an atheist within Unitarian
Universalism. Whatever your views on a higher power, hopefully hearing Karen’s experiences will encourage us to strive for unity among the core principles that unite UU’s.
November 11, 2018
Worship Speaker – Ben Luce
Musician – Janice Luce, Greeter - Doug Bouchard
Title – Passing of the Torch: My Ongoing Odyssey of Dealing with my Father’s Passing and Preserving his Legacy
Bio - Ben Luce and his wife Janice are members of First Universalist Parish. Ben is a professor of Physics at Northern State University-Lyndon, where he specializes in renewable energy and related topics. Prior to this, he was a research physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, and also headed a number of renewable energy advocacy groups in that state. Ben studies Chinese, is an active musician (piano, guitar, banjo, and synthesizers). He and Janice enjoy long walks in the Vermont countryside.
Topic – Dealing with his father’s passing has been one of the most difficult things Ben advised he has ever experienced. It has proved an intense mixture of grief, spiritual searching, and also an enormously exciting opening into a new life, all at the same time. His talk will include some footage of him, and some synthesizer music.
Worship Speaker – Ben Luce
Musician – Janice Luce, Greeter - Doug Bouchard
Title – Passing of the Torch: My Ongoing Odyssey of Dealing with my Father’s Passing and Preserving his Legacy
Bio - Ben Luce and his wife Janice are members of First Universalist Parish. Ben is a professor of Physics at Northern State University-Lyndon, where he specializes in renewable energy and related topics. Prior to this, he was a research physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, and also headed a number of renewable energy advocacy groups in that state. Ben studies Chinese, is an active musician (piano, guitar, banjo, and synthesizers). He and Janice enjoy long walks in the Vermont countryside.
Topic – Dealing with his father’s passing has been one of the most difficult things Ben advised he has ever experienced. It has proved an intense mixture of grief, spiritual searching, and also an enormously exciting opening into a new life, all at the same time. His talk will include some footage of him, and some synthesizer music.
November 18, 2018
Worship Speaker – Cristina Malanga
Service Associate - Nicole Gratton, Musician – Janice Luce, Greeter - Lisa Erwin
Title – Giving Thanks Through Yoga
Bio - Cristina is a human trying to navigate life with grace. She is an elementary school educator, yoga and mindfulness practitioner and instructor, and nature enthusiast.
Topic – Can yoga bring us to a better understanding of gratitude and thanks? Cristina will explore elements such as embodiment, the breath, and connection, as she shares her own understanding of a yoga practice and it’s links to gratitude and giving thanks.
Worship Speaker – Cristina Malanga
Service Associate - Nicole Gratton, Musician – Janice Luce, Greeter - Lisa Erwin
Title – Giving Thanks Through Yoga
Bio - Cristina is a human trying to navigate life with grace. She is an elementary school educator, yoga and mindfulness practitioner and instructor, and nature enthusiast.
Topic – Can yoga bring us to a better understanding of gratitude and thanks? Cristina will explore elements such as embodiment, the breath, and connection, as she shares her own understanding of a yoga practice and it’s links to gratitude and giving thanks.
November 25, 2018
Worship Speakers - Janice Luce, Cat Holm, and Aureon Nommik et all
Musician – Janice Luce, Greeter - Nancy Engels
Short Carol Sing followed by an opportunity for massage and seasonal decorating
Bio - Both Cat (who is the author of many books featuring cats) and Aureon (who is a NECI chef) are attending the Green Mountain Massage School in Hyde Park, VT.
Topic – This Sunday will being with a short carol sing (probably in the sanctuary). Following that, an opportunity for massages will be offered, to counteract the stress of the season (for those wishing to partake). The massages from Cat and Aureon could be hand massages, chair massages or your choice of others. At the same time, we will begin our seasonal decorating. More about the decorating details will come in the weeks prior to the 25th. There is also a chance of a guided meditation being offered (TBA).
Worship Speakers - Janice Luce, Cat Holm, and Aureon Nommik et all
Musician – Janice Luce, Greeter - Nancy Engels
Short Carol Sing followed by an opportunity for massage and seasonal decorating
Bio - Both Cat (who is the author of many books featuring cats) and Aureon (who is a NECI chef) are attending the Green Mountain Massage School in Hyde Park, VT.
Topic – This Sunday will being with a short carol sing (probably in the sanctuary). Following that, an opportunity for massages will be offered, to counteract the stress of the season (for those wishing to partake). The massages from Cat and Aureon could be hand massages, chair massages or your choice of others. At the same time, we will begin our seasonal decorating. More about the decorating details will come in the weeks prior to the 25th. There is also a chance of a guided meditation being offered (TBA).
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The mission of First Parish is to sustain a safe home for our spiritual growth and to support each other as we put our beliefs and principles into action.
1st Principle: The inherent worth and dignity of every person
