Services at First Universalist Parish
June 2, 2024:
10:30 am, Potluck to follow
Speaker: Trisha Ingalls and Judith Jackson
Title: Community Connection using the University of Irasburg
Synopsis: A free, pop-up "university" taught by anyone, for anyone, has been a great way to celebrate communities and knowledge in Irasburg. Judith and Trisha will share about the "university's" inception and observations of community connections that formed through this shared learning model.
Bio: Judith Jackson retired to Irasburg from a career in science communication. Currently she serves on the Irasburg Planning Commission, Leach Public Library's board of trustees, and the board of directors of Heartbeet Lifesharing, https://heartbeet.org/ a community in Hardwick that includes adults with disabilities.
Trisha Ingalls has had a career in community development and affordable housing, and currently lives with her family in Irasburg, where she is the director of the local library.
Musician: Recordings of Janice Luce
June 9, 2024:
10:30am, Potluck to follow
Speaker: Dana Baron
Title: Pulling on the Arc
Synopsis: No, not the Ark. The Arc. With a "c". As in the arc of history that is bending toward justice. But it doesn't bend on its own. You have to help it.
Bio: Dana Baron has been a member of the First UU Society of Burlington and the Mount Mansfield UU Fellowship. He served on the board of the former Northern New England District up until its dissolution. He has spoken in Derby Line on several occasions. Dana now lives in Shelburne with his wife Karen.
Musician: Janice Luce
June 16, 2024:
10:30 am, Potluck to follow
Speaker: Whole Congregation
Title: Flower Communion and Growth Reflection
Synopsis: The Flower Communion is an annual ritual that celebrates beauty, human uniqueness, diversity, and community. In this ceremony, everyone in the congregation brings a flower and places their flower in a shared vase. The congregation will reflect on our year and at the end, each person will bring home a different flower than the one they brought.
Musician: Janice Luce
June 23, 2024:
10:30 am, Potluck to follow
Speaker: Nick Page
Title: Sermon in Song
Synopsis: Using music from both classical and world music traditions, song leader Nick Page will suggest that when we create music, we are behaving like the Universe. Besides his own compositions, Nick will feature music by Beethoven, Bach, Debussy, and Copland, expanding on the words of Brian Swimme's, "If you leave hydrogen alone for a long enough period of time, it will create great symphonies."
June 30, 2024:
10:30 am, Potluck to follow
Speaker: Al Poirier
Title: How Spirituality Kept a Drunk Sober
Synopsis: Al will briefly share his experience as an alcoholic and spend more time sharing about his recovery with the support of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Al will link a basic tenet of AA, to believe in a "god of your own understanding", to UUism where we promote the "free and responsible search for truth and meaning" as well as "encouragement to spiritual growth" in whatever form that takes.
Bio: Al was born and raised in Rollinsford, NH, worked for 33 years in a trades union, then worked his way up to general foreman and craft supervisor for some of the largest construction companies in the world.
Musician: Janice Luce
June 2, 2024:
10:30 am, Potluck to follow
Speaker: Trisha Ingalls and Judith Jackson
Title: Community Connection using the University of Irasburg
Synopsis: A free, pop-up "university" taught by anyone, for anyone, has been a great way to celebrate communities and knowledge in Irasburg. Judith and Trisha will share about the "university's" inception and observations of community connections that formed through this shared learning model.
Bio: Judith Jackson retired to Irasburg from a career in science communication. Currently she serves on the Irasburg Planning Commission, Leach Public Library's board of trustees, and the board of directors of Heartbeet Lifesharing, https://heartbeet.org/ a community in Hardwick that includes adults with disabilities.
Trisha Ingalls has had a career in community development and affordable housing, and currently lives with her family in Irasburg, where she is the director of the local library.
Musician: Recordings of Janice Luce
June 9, 2024:
10:30am, Potluck to follow
Speaker: Dana Baron
Title: Pulling on the Arc
Synopsis: No, not the Ark. The Arc. With a "c". As in the arc of history that is bending toward justice. But it doesn't bend on its own. You have to help it.
Bio: Dana Baron has been a member of the First UU Society of Burlington and the Mount Mansfield UU Fellowship. He served on the board of the former Northern New England District up until its dissolution. He has spoken in Derby Line on several occasions. Dana now lives in Shelburne with his wife Karen.
Musician: Janice Luce
June 16, 2024:
10:30 am, Potluck to follow
Speaker: Whole Congregation
Title: Flower Communion and Growth Reflection
Synopsis: The Flower Communion is an annual ritual that celebrates beauty, human uniqueness, diversity, and community. In this ceremony, everyone in the congregation brings a flower and places their flower in a shared vase. The congregation will reflect on our year and at the end, each person will bring home a different flower than the one they brought.
Musician: Janice Luce
June 23, 2024:
10:30 am, Potluck to follow
Speaker: Nick Page
Title: Sermon in Song
Synopsis: Using music from both classical and world music traditions, song leader Nick Page will suggest that when we create music, we are behaving like the Universe. Besides his own compositions, Nick will feature music by Beethoven, Bach, Debussy, and Copland, expanding on the words of Brian Swimme's, "If you leave hydrogen alone for a long enough period of time, it will create great symphonies."
June 30, 2024:
10:30 am, Potluck to follow
Speaker: Al Poirier
Title: How Spirituality Kept a Drunk Sober
Synopsis: Al will briefly share his experience as an alcoholic and spend more time sharing about his recovery with the support of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Al will link a basic tenet of AA, to believe in a "god of your own understanding", to UUism where we promote the "free and responsible search for truth and meaning" as well as "encouragement to spiritual growth" in whatever form that takes.
Bio: Al was born and raised in Rollinsford, NH, worked for 33 years in a trades union, then worked his way up to general foreman and craft supervisor for some of the largest construction companies in the world.
Musician: Janice Luce
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Sunday Service 10:30 am
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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.