Upcoming Worship Services
October 25 A Multigenerational Service of All Hallows Eve…plus Candy Bag Decorating and Games!
Rev. Dr. Craig Rubano and CDFM Michelle McKenzie-Creech
At this time of year, when the veil between this world and the next is said to be at its thinnest, we celebrate the harvest festival of Samhain with traditional UUCMC multigenerational Hallowe’en spirit. A “Giving and Games” celebration follows in the Community Room, decorating candy bags for the kids at Asbury Park Child Development Center. No-nuts candy donations appreciated.
Music: Michael Rosin, Music Director; UU Singers
November 1 The Work of Grieving: A Service for All Souls
Rev. Dr. Craig Rubano
Our annual service and ceremony of honoring the souls of those lost to us during the past year. This year, we assemble a collection of photographs of the departed as, once again, we hear the litany of the departed. Please get names to Lisa by Friday, October 30th at the latest, and bring in photos of your loved ones, human and otherwise. In a month when our theme is healing, we gather to grieve, and to heal, together.
Music: Tom McCormack, Guest Musician
Tom McCormack is a performing songwriter and recording artist whose work has been featured in film and television. His most recent work includes The Light Between: A Modern Cabaret with PJ Casbar.
November 8 The Work of Service: EEESMA School for the Deaf (Mexico)
Rev. Dr. Craig Rubano
For the past four years, Rev. Craig, supported by our Board and the congregation, has forged and maintained a working relationship with the UU congregation in San Miguel de Allende, and with its Social Justice Foundation. We have conducted joint services and worked in tandem with childhood literacy group Libros para todos (Books for All) and water treatment pioneers Caminos de agua (Waterways). In addition, Rev. Craig has held fundraising concerts for four different music-related organizations in Guanajuato state. This year, we begin supporting a model School for the Deaf in San Miguel. This morning, we will hear all about UUCMC’s Mexican connection in advance of Rev. Craig’s visit there the following week. Prepare to be inspired.
Music: Michael Rosin; Just Folk
November 15 Rest as Sacred Practice
CDFM Michelle McKenzie-Creech
In a world that asks us to keep going, what might it mean to honor our need for rest? As we explore this month’s theme of healing, we’ll reflect on rest as a sacred practice and how making room to pause can help us care for ourselves and one another.
Music: Michael Rosin; UkUlele Orchestra
November 22 The Work of Gratitude: A Multigenerational Bread Communion Service of Thanksgiving
Rev. Dr. Craig Rubano and CDFM Michelle McKenzie-Creech
If it is true that “you eat what you are”—that the foods of our childhoods reflect our heritages and our places of origin—then sharing from that bounty will bring us into greater gratitude for one another. Please volunteer to bring in a bread (sliced and on a server) that reflects you in some way, and bring a palate open enough to embrace all the breads of our lives.
Music: Michael Rosin; UU Singers
November 29 Experiencing the Universe as a Verb or How I De-nouned Myself, Beheld a Happening, and Became a Kinder Person
Rev. Allen Wells
Please help us celebrate the Rev. Wells’s retirement from active ministry on this occasion of his final sermon! He says we’ll find out what the title means in the sermon!