Someone turned the “Black Lives Matter” message into “All Lives Matter” on the sign outside the Unitarian Universalist Church of Concord, officials said By Katherine Underwood • Published July 10, 2020 • Updated on July 10, 2020 at 6:00 pm For the second time in a couple of weeks, a New Hampshire church has had … Continue reading Black Lives Matter Sign Vandalized at NH Church for 2nd Time
Protesters marched through New Hampshire’s capital city, called for an end to police brutality, and memorialized those lost to violence. By Tony Schinella, Patch Staff Jun 6, 2020 4:52 pm ET|Updated Jun 7, 2020 12:03 am ET CONCORD, NH — Close to 2,000 Black Lives Matters protesters marched from the West End of the city to police headquarters and then … Continue reading Nearly 2,000 March Against Racism In Concord: Watch
Sixty small cardboard people populated the sidewalk in front of the State House in Concord Tuesday afternoon representing the immigrants being detained by federal authorities at Strafford County Jail. Titled “Don’t Look Away,” the art display was put on by immigrants’ rights group Never Again Action N.H. The two-foot-tall figures were clad in shirts printed with messages … Continue reading Art display calls attention to detained immigrants
The Rev. Lyn Marshall pulled into the Unitarian Universalist Church last Sunday for her first live-stream sermon since the coronavirus changed the way people worship. Her focus quickly shifted, from preparing for her message to the congregation to the message spray-painted on the Wayside Pulpit on Pleasant Street. “Black Lives Matter,” shown in block letters … Continue reading Church vandalism didn’t come as a surprise, but it was troubling nonetheless
We are proud to announce our third annual performance of the Vagina Monologues, sponsored by our church and Area 23, raised just under $1000 to benefit the Crisis Center of Central NH! We are so grateful to the many people who made this event possible: performers, crew, volunteers, and attendees. Special thanks to director … Continue reading Vagina Monologues Success
Welcome news on our electric bills since the Solar Array went online in May, 2017: The table below compares the kilowatt hours used and our electric bills (June through January) for 2016 and 2017/18. Note that in December and January we generated very little electricity, while we used over 2500 kwh from Unitil each of … Continue reading Solar Array Makes a Budget Impact
We were so pleased that Imam Mustafa of the Islamic Society of Greater Concord could join us for our morning worship service on February 11th. The service led by church member Suzanne Rude was entitled “Strong at the Broken Places: The Art of Mending” and dealt with our February theme of resilience. Reverend Michael Leuchtenberger … Continue reading The Imam of Concord Joined us for Sunday Service
Joanna Henderson, Guest Columnist I had a big birthday over the summer and went through the annual resolution setting exercise most people do at New Year’s. I do it instead in June, my birthday month. I only make one goal and because for the last few years it’s worked well, I’ve kept the same resolution: … Continue reading Staying Open-Minded
Reflections offered by Jeanne Ann Whittington during worship on Sunday, March 12, 2017 When Michael invited me to talk about how my practice has transformed my life, I was happy to oblige, though it is one of those topics that feels so big it’s hard to know where to begin. I’m reminded of an image … Continue reading Transformed by my Practice
