Join us for a Day of Celebration!
at First Universalist Parish of Chester
The Old Stone Church
Sunday, June 10, 2012
9:30 am - Flower Communion Worship Service With Special Music Celebrating our Renovation Project
Noon - Picnic Brunch (Rain or Shine)
1:00 pm - Rededication Ceremony
See flyer here!
Building A Vision - Preserving Our Past and Welcoming
Our Community
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Renovation
Complete!
The congregation
has been committed to creating an accessible, safe and historically
restored building. To that
end, we have been working on a renovation project that is now complete. A lift has been
put in along with a new set of stairs to the downstairs floor and the
bathroom has been made handicapped accessible. A new fire alarm
system was installed. Flooring that had been impacted by water damage was
replaced, and insulation and weather proofing was added to ensure more
energy efficiency.
The congregation
wants to extend thanks and gratitude to its members and friends and to
the larger community for the generous support of our renovation project.
You can see other
images from the renovation here.
You are welcome here,
no matter your age or your size,
the color of your skin or your eyes.
You are welcome here,
no matter whom you love.
You are welcome to bring your
ideas and your energy,
creativity and strength, joys and sorrows
into this community.
You are welcome here.
The mission of the First Universalist Parish of Chester is:
- to create an open and welcoming
home for spiritual seekers
- to travel together on our
life-long paths of learning, with the freedom to explore our own
beliefs
- to strengthen the
Unitarian Universalist global family, and
- to advocate for social
justice, serving our communities and the broader world in a spirit
of love
Through worship,
religious education, pastoral care, community outreach, and social
action, we grow as individuals, nurture one another, care for our earth,
and live our Unitarian Universalist Principles.
The First
Universalist Parish of Chester is located in the picturesque village of
Chester, Vermont. Originally founded as a Universalist Church, it is now
affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist Association. Worship services are held in the historic Old
Stone Church, North Street (Route 103 North). Directions
and Map.
Services begin at
9:30 a.m. and are followed by light refreshments and conversation. We
offer childrens’ Religious Exploration
programming, and all are welcome.
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April Services
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1
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Worship Service
Led by lay speaker Steven Davis with music by Will Danforth
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8
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A Changing Life - Bird Song and Seedling
Led by Rev. Telos Whitfield
On this Sunday, we celebrate Easter in the Christian calendar,
reflecting on how to keep life and the work moving. During this time of
Passover, we honor the freedom and the miracle of community. What does
loss and change ask of us? What illumination and amazement
does Spring offer?
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15
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Atheists—Out of the Closet!
Led by lay speaker Molly Ferris
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22
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Lessons for Life: The Story Songs of Harry Chapin
Led by lay speaker
Bruce Parks
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29
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The Miracle of Water
led by lay speaker Nancy Davis and Rev. Telos Whitfield, with the children and Meg Minehan
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May Services
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6
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Worship Service
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13
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Ground of Being, Mother Earth led by Rev. Telos Whitfield.
We’ll celebrate the Earth and the people who have mothered
us, gifts and challenges of the intimate and complicated relationships
we have with the ground we came from and that we walk on.
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20
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The Distance We’ve
Travelled led
by Rev. Telos Whitfield.
This will be a shortened worship service followed by our Annual
Meeting. All members and friends are welcome to attend!
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27
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Roger Williams: A Personal Hero led
by lay speaker David Lord
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June Services
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3
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My UU Elevator Speech led by lay
speaker David Driver.
When people ask you to explain what Unitarian Universalism is all
about, are you able to condense your answer to a description that could
be delivered in the short span of an elevator ride? This can be tricky,
but it is something we UU's should master.
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10
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Where Do We Want to Go From
Here?!
We will celebrate our year of renovation, spiritual exploration
and putting our principles into action; participate in our annual
ritual of Flower Communion; and re-commit to ways we can promote a
“green economy,” focus of 2012 World Environment Day, first
held on June 5, 1973.
Following our service on June 10, we will host an Open House and
Picnic, noon – 2pm, and invite the Community to have lunch with
us and see our renovated and accessible building! Join us!
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Upcoming
Events
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Tuesday Lunch Talks – Bring
your lunch and join Rev. Telos and
members/friends, around the table downstairs in our social
hall, for talks that range from the intimate to the
universal. Tuesdays in May and June are: May 8 and May 22,
and June 5 and June 26. (please note:
there are 3 weeks in between Tuesdays in June.)
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