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Nearly 2,000 March Against Racism In Concord: Watch
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
Art display calls attention to detained immigrants
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
Church vandalism didn’t come as a surprise, but it was troubling nonetheless
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
2020 Member Survey – early results
“Excel” used to be my second language. Spreadsheets are what I used all day long to create models translating environmental, health, and economic data into information that could be used by decision makers in DC. Which might explain why I am so tickled to see the responses of our Ends Survey come in and why … Continue reading 2020 Member Survey – early results
Church in a Time of Pandemic
Our mission has never felt as relevant as today: Connecting in love and service, growing spiritually, transforming ourselves and the world. In record time, we’ve had to transform ourselves from a brick & mortar, relish-in-person-proximity, love-to-share-food-and-hold-hands kind of congregation into an online, phone-line, keep your physical distance kind of community. None of us know the … Continue reading Church in a Time of Pandemic
Suspending All In-person Church Activities
So much of what we love to do together happens in close physical proximity – the sharing of food, our worship, the singing, holding hands, playing games, eating chocolate, sitting in circles, or embracing one another as we show our care and affection. Now, as always, and perhaps more than ever, we need each … Continue reading Suspending All In-person Church Activities
Telling Our Stories
It’s 10:21 pm. The parents have said their good-byes. Five more hours and we are headed to the airport. The youth are excited, roaming the church – and nowhere near ready for sleep. Time to finish these musings, musings about the importance of stories and the impact of church when it helps to create stories … Continue reading Telling Our Stories
Ours is a Covenental Faith
What do we mean when we say that Unitarian Universalism is a covenantal faith? It points to our history as a faith focused on the quality of how we relate with one another. In 1648 The Cambridge Platform gave expression to the way congregational churches are intended to work. Institutionally, we emerged out of these … Continue reading Ours is a Covenental Faith
Diversity with Integrity
In January, adults will be exploring the theme of “Diversity” while our Soul Matters circles for children will focus on what it means to be a people of integrity. I am always interested in how the adult theme and the children’s theme interact with each other and this month is no exception. When we hold … Continue reading Diversity with Integrity