ANNOUNCEMENTS
Childcare for infants and toddlers available during Sunday morning worship.
All Ages Mid-Summer Pot Luck Supper
Come enjoy time with friends and family at the mid-summer potluck supper. We
will gather in the vestry on Saturday, July 26th beginning at 6 pm.
Please bring food to share as well as tales of your summer adventures. We
welcome entrees, salads, beverages, and desserts.
Please contact Carolyn Hodges or Barb Tosti or email layministry with
questions.
Sponsored by Lay Ministry and Conveners.
Update -- July 12 -- from Carolyn:
The picnic will begin at 6 PM. All ages are welcome.
Before the picnic, at 5 PM, there'll be a cottage meeting hosted by the Search
Committee.
Later in the evening, there'll be a dance party.
Please bring a donation for the Arlington Food Pantry (stocks are low in the
summer months).
Adult Program on the Environmental Crisis
Members of the Green Sanctuary Committee will be facilitating a discussion of the book
PLAN B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization by Lester Brown.
There will be four sessions starting on Thursday evenings in June on the 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th at 7:00.
The discussions will be lead by Bill Gardiner, David Landskov, and Emily Rankin. Participants may attend as
many as of the sessions that they want. Lester Brown, the famous environmentalist, has written a brief but
powerful analysis of our current environmental situation. In his book he covers issues of climate change,
deteriorating food and oil security, eradicating poverty, feeding eight billion people, and restoring the earth.
We will be especially eager to review the solutions that he proposes.
Twenty-five members of First Parish have already bought a copy of the book so far. If you wish to purchase copies
of the book contact David Landskov. Please e-mail Bill Gardiner
if you plan to attend any of these sessions.
Meditation continues all summer!
Please join us in the First Parish Meditation Group. We
hold drop-in groups Mondays, gather at 6:00pm and start at 6:15 (in the preschool
room) and Sundays, gather at 9:00am and start at 9:10 (next door at the Senior
Center at Maple and Academy St) We sit for 35 minutes in the style of
Vipassana (Insight) Buddhist meditation, and beginners are welcome. By focusing
on mind/body sensations in meditation, it is possible to become more mindful
in daily life. ALSO – 2 ongoing discussion groups meet one
Sunday night each month. A waiting list is now forming to join a group. For
more information, contact Lynn Rosenbaum or email
meditation@firstparish.info
New Date for Ferry Beach is October 3 – 5, 2008.
It's never too early to prepare for the Fair!
This year's coming Harvest Moon Fair will be on Saturday, November 22, 2008.
The theme will be We Gather Together and we, the co-chairs, hope to make it an event of community
building, volunteer opportunity and fund raising for the church.
We'd like to expand the fair committee. We are currently recruiting volunteers now
to help with preliminary tasks like PR, sign making and general support.
We'll also need help during and prior to the fair for everything from setting up the sanctuary,
moving inventory, decorating the cafe, filling in at booths on fair day, to sweeping the floor at cleanup.
Also we'd like to remind everyone to start setting aside your attic treasures, blue items, old toys,
unopened gifts, crafts, family jewels, for the Fair now.
Carole Kasper
Susan McCabe

General Information Included in Each Sunday's Order of Service
First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington
630 Massachuetts Avenue, Arlington, MA 02476
Parish Office Phone: 781-648-3799
Website: www.firstparish.info
e-mail: churchoffice@firstparish.info
Office Hours: Monday - Thursday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm and Fridays 9:00 am
to 12:00 pm
| Serving Us |
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| Interim Minister: Rev. John N. Marsh |
Parish Manager: Butch Redding |
| Assistant Minister: Rev. Carlton E. Smith Office |
Office Assistant: Kim Tracy |
| Music and Children's Choir Director: Laura Prichard |
Dir. of Religious Education: Tina Schultz |
| Organist: Sarah H. Tocco |
Youth Advisor: Marcie Griffith |
| Host(s): Membership Committee |
Nursery Coordinator: Amy Rogers |
| Name Tag Table: Members of Lay Ministry |
Sunday Assistant: Mayuen Angara |
| Parish Committee Members |
| Jim Benn |
Marlene Hobel |
Tina Silberman, Clerk |
| Diane Barry, Assistant Treasurer |
Tom Hogan, Treasurer |
Louise Strayhorn |
| Michael Friedman |
Gwen Hooper |
Andrea Winslow |
| Kiki Giatis |
Susan Moore |
Sarah Whitford |
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- Are you new?
- If you are new to First Parish, we are glad you joined us this morning. You
are invited to join us for fellowship and friendship time following the service.
Representatives from the Membership Committee staff our Information Table
located in the Vestry. Please stop by so that we may better welcome you and
answer any questions you may have. Fill out a salmon-colored Newcomer Information
sheet so you may receive a copy of our newsletter the Spire and other communications.
Newcomer Information Sheets are located both at the Information Table and
in the back of the Sanctuary.
- Membership
- You are welcome to become a member of First Parish by signing the Membership
Book in the presence of one of the ministers or the Parish Clerk. First Parish
has designated the last Sunday of the month as Membership Signing Sunday.
The signing of the membership book takes place in the foyer. Becoming a member
at First Parish means that you have found a spiritual home here and are ready
to commit yourself to membership by offering your support through regular
and sustained gifts of your time, energy and money as you are able. Check
our announcements for the most up-to-date schedule of Signing Sunday.
- Parents of Small Children
- Parents of babies and toddlers who have difficulty remaining quiet during
the service: please make use of our Nursery or listen to the service broadcast
in the Vestry adjoining the main entrance. The ushers can direct you to the
appropriate location.
- Nursery & Sunday School
- Our Nursery is open from 10:00 am to 11:30 am for babies and toddlers up
to age 3. Sunday School for Pre-K through Grade 7 goes to 11:30 am. Children
through Grade 3 should be picked up at that time. Grades 4 and up will be
dismissed for Coffee/Friendship hour. High School youth and Grade 8 meet
Sunday evenings from 7-8:30 p.m.
This is a Welcoming Congregation
warmly and openly welcoming to gay, lesbian, bisexual & transgender people.

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