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 →
Sherri Linn places bags in carts in preparation for filling on February 19, 2021. The filled bags will be distributed the following day for Food Pantry.
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This photo from the UUCW archives takes us back to February 26, 2017 when the choir sang “Though I May Speak with Bravest Fire” during the Music Sunday service. The theme that day was “A Wintry Mass.”Continue reading →
#uucwreads (https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/uucwreads/) highlights the ways that books are part of our members’ lives. The Rev. Cheryl Leshay, Community Minister, owns over 1,000 books, encompassing 15 filled bookcases, as well as cookbooks in her kitchen and more books on e-readers Nook and Kindle. Fun fact: The book she is holding, “Called to Community,” has a chapter about her and campus ministry. (photo by Bruce Leshay)
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This photo from the UUCW archives takes us back to Sunday, March 5, 2017 when Iron Blimp took a bow after performing “Climbing the Stairway to Seven,” a pledge campaign song modeled on Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven.”
A Zeppelin knock-off, they are, from left, the Rev. Aaron Payson, and Stewardship Committee members John Odell, Cristina Heffernan and Dave Schowalter.Continue reading →
UUCW Sexton Steve McNally cleans up the Shore Drive sidewalk after the snow storm on February 8, 2021. Photo by Kim McCoy.
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This is a still image from one of three videos included in the February 7, 2021 service. Jenny DelGizzi portrays “Cussy Mary” from the book “The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek.” The service was based on the book, our All-Church Read.
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This photo from the UUCW archives takes us back to the Vespers service on December 20, 2015, when the Rev. Aaron Payson gave a reading during the Candle Lighting portion of the service. (photo by Betty Jenewin)
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This photo from the UUCW archives takes us back to the Youth Service on March 20, 2016, when the youth and Robin Mitzcavitch stood together at the end of the service. (photo by Betty Jenewin)Continue reading →
