The Rev. Aaron Payson opens the service on May 2, 2021. It was a hybrid service, offered on Zoom and Facebook Live as well as in person on the church lawn. In a nod to Zooming during COVID, he wore pajama pants for the service, the first at-church service after months of pandemic.
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Dianne Mann, Sean Reynolds and Paul Marr wave after they set up a welcome back tent before the outside service on May 2, 2021.
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Susan Crossley hugs the Rev. Cheryl LeShay before service on May 2, 2021.
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The first in-person service, held on May 2, 2021, was set up on the lawn outside Fellowship Hall, with the Rev. Aaron Payson leading it from under the blue tent.Continue reading →
Tom Pierce stands with pictures and Items displayed as part of the celebration of the life of his wife Rita who died on October 16, 2020. The online and in person Memorial Service was conducted on Saturday, April 24 in the sanctuary.
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Melissa McKeon joined her fellow Garden-On Team members on April 24, 2021 to dig out grass that is sprouting in the new Rain Garden, which is located close to the road.
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Garden-On Team member Carole Howe talks about native plants to the children in the RE program over Zoom on April 25, 2021.Continue reading →
UUCW’s book club met to discuss the book “The Other Madisons – The Lost History of a President’s Black Family” on April14, 2021. (photo by Kim Napoleone) Continue reading →
Sexton Steve McNally tries out the church’s new riding mower. With the increased frontage due to the Shore Drive project, UUCW now needs a riding mower. (photo by Rev. Aaron Payson)Continue reading →
Members of the Garden-on Team as well as worker bee volunteers pose for a group photo on April 3, 2021 after transferring plants and grasses from Leo DaSilva’s home garden into the rain garden at the front of the church land. Leo is in the back row, second from left. This was the first of three plantings in this area, also called a bioretention basin.
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Leo DaSilva uses a rake to mark the boundaries for the rain garden planting April 3, 2021.
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Sandra Ansaldi and Jan Cutman, foreground, are among the volunteers planting the rain garden on April 3, 2021.
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The Rev. Aaron Payson, wearing the garb of Masked Man, conducts the March 7, 2021 service, the theme of which was ‘Let’s Be Superheroes.’ The Stewardship team – Dave Schowalter, Moira Rouse and Sherri Linn – presented Maskman & Robin – Episode 1, a skit related to this year’s stewardship campaign.
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Eva Anderson warms up on March 5, 2021 before recording ‘Blue Boat Home’ for the upcoming Youth Service.
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This photo from the UUCW archives takes us back to September 7, 2014 when Rachel Wagner, soprano, sang during the first Soulful Sundown service of the church year. The service was Disney-themed, and called “Mirror Mirror…” Soulful Sundown was a contemporary, eclectic vespers service held on Sunday evenings.Continue reading →
Music Director Matt Johnsen, left, accompanies Kim McCoy, Paul Marr and Vickie Cox-Lanyon as they rehearse before a video recording session on February 25, 2021.
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This item from the UUCW scrapbooks takes us back to December 23, 1956 when those who joined the church received these certificates.Continue reading →
