Category Archives: Outreach
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Habitat for Humanity Workday
Posted on September 17, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Volunteer Opportunities, YouthSaturday, September 25, 8:30 am near Lawrence, MA Please join our crew at the Habitat for Humanity site around Lawrence for our upcoming work day. Instead of carpooling, we will meet right at the work site at 8:30; we’ll know the exact location later next week. We’ll work until late afternoon. The Habitat organization appreciates when we can provide a […]
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Volunteers needed at the Dwelling Place, September 18
Posted on September 9, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, OutreachWe are looking for a few volunteers to help prepare and pack “to go” meals for the Dwelling Place on Saturday, September 18th. The Dwelling Place is a collaboration of area churches that prepares and serves meals at the United Methodist Church in Woburn for individuals and families in need. Our FCC is responsible for the meal […]
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Just 10 days left to submit your order for RIM Bulbs!!
Posted on September 9, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Volunteer Opportunities“Where flowers bloom, so does hope…” Lady Bird Johnson Oct. 1, 1965 Your purchase of bulbs provides financial support to the Metro North Cluster of RIM and its asylum seeking clients. Orders Deadline: Sunday, October 10. Delivery: Estimated to begin Sunday, October 17. Updates will be provided in early October. Amaryllis delivery will be in mid-November. Choose […]
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September Environmental Justice Newsletter
Posted on September 2, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Environment, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, OutreachSubmission for FCC Environmental Justice Newsletter 090221
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SEPTEMBER 12 – Summer Read Discussion – Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
Posted on August 30, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Racial Justice, Small GroupsMany church people have read the book Caste by Isabel Wilkerson this summer. It is a unique view into the origins of racial strife in the United States. Using that perspective, Wilkerson leads us in identifying the aspects of caste that we live out today. Julianne Zimmerman will lead us in a discussion about the […]
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Third Thursdays from Racial Justice
Posted on August 18, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Racial JusticeRacial Bursitis August 2021 “With depth comes freedom.” I am getting over a sore shoulder. I began to carry tension in both shoulders in January and within a day or two the old bursitis showed up. My shoulder can do some things, but it has trouble with certain movements and some transitions. When my […]
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Repair Cafe Winchester
Posted on July 26, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Community, Environment, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Volunteer OpportunitiesSaturday September 25th 9:30am to 12:30pm Dear Friends, We are looking for a few more repair experts from 9:30am to 12:30pm on Saturday September 25th. We have a handful of eager volunteers and we are looking for a handful more. This is our first Repair Cafe and we hope to have a fun and engaging […]
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Third Thursdays from Racial Justice
Posted on July 15, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Outreach, Racial JusticeThursday, July 15, 2021 We get it: racial justice is a heavy and complex topic, laden with centuries of grief, horror, guilt, and despair. Facing into it can feel overwhelming, painful, even hopeless. And anyway, what role could we as a relatively small, privileged, predominantly white suburban Protestant congregation possibly have in redressing systemic racism, individually or collectively? […]
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SUMMER READ: Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
Posted on June 10, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Adult Ed, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Racial Justice, Small GroupsIsabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings. She examines different caste systems around the […]
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Racial Justice: Talk, Learn, Act — Juneteenth Programs
Posted on June 10, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Adult Ed, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Racial JusticeJuneteenth is celebrated throughout the U.S. on June 19th to recognize the end of slavery. While many people may have recently become aware of Juneteenth (a contraction of June and nineteenth), it has long been an important day in Black culture. It commemorates the announcement in Texas that slavery had ended, two and a half […]
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