Holiday Office Hours
The office will be closed from December 24 through January 1. If you need pastoral care, please call Karen's cell phone. Voicemails and emails will be checked intermittently but correspondence replys won't go out until January 2. Have a very happy holiday season and try not to miss me too much!
xoxo Jess
Thrift Shop Requests
Paper Bags With Handles (so we don't have to use plastic)
Children's books
Men's jeans
and- VOLUNTEERS!
If you could volunteer on a one-time basis on either a Tuesday or a Saturday, please let Pam know or call 508 423 - 0544. Sometimes, the linen section needs to be organized, or items need price tags put on (pricing will be done later), and there are always clothes to be hung. Or, you might be available just to be another person in the Thrift Shop if one of the scheduled volunteers cannot be there. Any offer of help would be much appreciated. The Thrift Shop is CLOSED December 24 & 31.
Pam Sherman
Thrift Shop Coordinator
Did you miss Sunday service? Watch it here
Upcoming Services
***Please be aware that from now on, if you arrive on Sundays after 11 AM you will have to use the Union Street entrance. This is because we do not have a Sunday Sexton.
The recording is below for those who could not attend Maggi Peirce's memorial service.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Holiday Concert with Jordan Paiva has been canceled.
Join us this Friday for a Yule Celebration! Please bring nibbles to share if you are able to.
December 26: Please join SouthCoast Lessons at 4 PM for a special Boxing Day edition of Unexpected Soundtracks, the last Unexpected Music event of 2024!
"No Longer Silent” presents historical films from the silent movie era set to live performances of contemporary composed soundtracks. This Boxing Day showing will feature a controlled improvisational soundtrack featuring members of Pebbles of Rain (Jeff Angeley, Steven Brum, and Christian Camarao) and a member of the Jethros (Rick Smith) they’ll be performing under the band name “Likewise, I’m Sure” with a framework of time targeted motifs cycling through free exploration.
The featured silent film is a 1929 feature-length “Man with a Movie Camera” by Dziga Vertov. Both a documentary & a cinematic art piece, it depicts ordinary life in early 20th Century Russian and Ukrainian cities, using complex and innovative camera shots: multiple exposures, fast motion, slow motion, freeze frames, match cuts, jump cuts, split screens, Dutch angles, extreme close-ups, tracking shots, reversed footage, stop motion animations and self-reflexive visuals. The film is an exploration of the modernity of the cities and simultaneously of modern art. Vertov creates a compelling film that intentionally exists beyond the structure of a narrative arc wherein the cameraman, the camera, and the cities themselves exist as the only recurring or central characters.
Sponsored by the New Bedford Local Cultural Council and Mass Cultural Council.
The calendar on our website shows everything happening at UUNB. Updates are shown immediately, so you will always know what is planned.
December 22: Solstice Says… Way Cool Sunday School service. Presence & Darkness: Look for the Gifts Hidden in the Darkness! (Exploring the Invitation of Winter Solstice)
December Birthdays.
December 24: Christmas Eve Service at 7:00 pm
December 29 CLOSED
“The Christians stole the winter solstice from the pagans, and capitalism stole it from the Christians.” George Monbiot
The bookcase at the back of the sanctuary now has new quiet creative materials for children during service. Please return any materials after service and inform ushers that this exists for new or existing children and families. We will continue to provide materials for children to be in service if they choose.
Contact Yasmin with any questions at flefleh@gmail.com
New Bedford Mayor's Youth Council Coat and Winter Clothing Drive
Don't have a coat to donate but still want to help? Buy a coat at the church's Thrift Shop and tell a volunteer you would like to donate it to the coat drive! All coats are under $20.
Our Mission is to encourage diversity and mutual acceptance and work for positive change in ourselves and our community.
"We envision a congregation in which we practice the principles of our faith. We seek to enjoy peaceful reflection and inspiration in intellectually and spiritually satisfying church services. We aim to embrace the people and efforts of our church community by supporting our children and their programs, our committees and their goals, our staff and their efforts on our behalf, and each other."
Our Promises
Each person is important.
Be kind in all you do.
We help each other learn.
We search for what is true.
Each person has a say.
Work for a peaceful world.
The web of life’s the way.
Build the beloved community, free from racism and oppression.
First Unitarian Church in New Bedford
71 8th Street, New Bedford, MA 02740
(508) 994-9686
Administrator ext. 10
Minister ext. 13
Karen cell: (508) 441-9344
Thrift Shop ext. 12
Board Members & Officers
Steve Carmel, President
Charles Morgan, Vice President
Deborah Carmel, Treasurer
Cora Peirce, Clerk
Trustees
Committee Chairs
Staff
The Thrift Shop is open Tuesdays and Saturdays from 10 AM to 1 PM
(508)994-9686 ext.12
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