Looking toward the holiday season and the coming quarantine winter, how will YOU take good care of your self? This Sunday Rev. Susanne wraps up our month on Healing by exploring evidence-based methods to boost our individual -- and communal -- well-being.
The Melrose Unitarian Universalist Church hosts a Giving Tree each holiday season. Like so many traditions this holiday season, one of our most anticipated, The Giving Tree, which benefits families served by the UU Urban Ministry (UUUM), will look and feel different this year. UUUM is not able to accept physical gifts this year, so…
Check out the new Donate Now button on our MUUC website and see all the great new features in action. We've changed our electronic donation provider to serve you better (and, to make it easier on our hard-working collector!) PaymentSpring offers more features/options to donors at a lower cost for the church.
Join your church friends at the annual MUUC Service Auction, which will be held for the first time over Zoom! It will be held in two parts, February 21 & 27.
Greetings from the MUUC Anti-Racisim Team (ART) social justice ministry team at MUUC. We meet monthly on the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m., currently via remote video conference. Please visit our Anti-Racism Ministry Team page on the MUUC website for details on our works and activities.
Concerned about congregation and staff safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, the MUUC Board has established a Safety Task Group to research and document safe use guidelines for the church building.
Is there a poem that is helping you through this time? A song, a video, a memory, an image that brings you peace and comfort? To help us prepare for worship in the time to come, the Worship Committee and Rev. Susanne are collecting resources on November's theme of Healing.
Are you worried about what might happen around the election? For the next 3 Wednesdays (October 21 - November 4), Rev. Susanne offers an online space for us to find connection and support around those concerns.
The quilting group continues to meet virtually every Friday morning on Zoom, and continues making quilts and masks for various organizations. We recently completed a collaborative quilt for the Nahant American Legion auxiliary, who are presenting quilts as Christmas gifts to veterans in Lynn.
Looking for a new way to support the church? Do you like sharing new creative ideas? Is project management your strong suit? If so, the Stewardship Team invites you to join them in preparing the church's Annual Pledge Drive that kicks off in early March.
The Board has commissioned a new Safety Task Group to review building access policies during the pandemic. They will be meeting regularly. Contact any group member with your questions or concerns.
Are You Interested in Helping Us Plan for the 2021 MUUC Service Auction? We are gathering our Auction Team and will be having an initial Zoom planning meeting in mid-October. We need your creative ideas!
Through Equal Exchange, Melrose UU Church sells fair-trade coffee, tea and chocolate. By simply emailing your selections to us, we will get your order ready for you, then we can arrange pick-up/drop-off. Click for info.
Join Black leaders across the state to learn about how we can get the legislature to move on a bill that will make MA a national leader in criminal justice.
Due to COVID 19, members of the Metro North Cluster are walking individually this year. All funds raised will help support our asylum seeking clients. Please sponsor Team MUUC at this link so that our Immigration Team can continue to participate in this important work. Thanks as always for all your support! -The Immigration Ministry Team
Bread of Life is among the very worthy charities competing for the most votes. The MBA Charitable Foundation is donating $5,000 to local charities. Please vote for your favorite!
The MUUC Anti-Racism team recently held its first meeting and welcomed several new members. Discussion included an update from METCO & plans for upcoming activities. Anti-Racism is very grateful for the leadership of Garin B., & Josh S agreed to assume leadership of the team. Click for more info & to get involved!
The refugees that the Immigration Ministry Team is working with are settled into their home, working or seeking work, and in-school. The Team is also looking forward to the 2020 RIM Walk for Refugees (please sponsor our team!) So much good news to share - click for details!
On June 7, in our masks, with our homemade signs and our new Black Lives Matter Banner, we showed up in droves to demand justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and all those unlawfully killed by police.
Men’s Yankee Swap, Alternative Fair, Harvest Fair and More!
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Our “Giving Beyond Our Walls” Program enables us to donate thousands of dollars to worthwhile charitable organizations in the Melrose community and beyond. Click on the photo of our hard-working church member for more information about “GBOW”.
Large print orders of service are available; wheelchair accessible (accessible ramp is next to the parking lot, with an accessible parking spot); hearing devices are available; and we love our children. There should be no barriers to belief - all are welcome here.
Our “Giving Beyond Our Walls” Program enables us to donate thousands of dollars to worthwhile charitable organizations in the Melrose community and beyond. Click on the photo of our hard-working church member for more information about “GBOW”.
Large print orders of service are available; wheelchair accessible (accessible ramp is next to the parking lot, with an accessible parking spot); hearing devices are available; and we love our children. There should be no barriers to belief - all are welcome here.
