Weekly News

April 16, 2025

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Welcome to Unitarian Universalist Society East

Email our office to receive a visitor packet or to find out more. We schedule several newcomer events throughout the year after Sunday services.

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Sunday Service: "In the Morning, Joy:

A Service for Easter"

Don't miss our annual, all-congregation Easter service. Through music and story, we celebrate Easter and bear witness to the joyful unfolding of spring. Coordinators: Mary Bopp, Emmy Galbraith and Rev. Josh Pawelek.

Services at 9:00 and 11:00 A.M.

Sunday, April 20, 2025

Gathering music starts at 8:55 and 10:55 A.M.

Join the virtual service at 11:00 A.M. via our Zoom link:

Contact the Office for Zoom Link.

Or join by phone. Call 1-860-646-5151 Meeting ID 357 815 420#.

In Case You Missed It:

Click here for a Youtube link to our 4/13/25 service, "Gracefully Amazing."

Click here for Dorothy Bognar's Meditation on Amazing Grace.

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Music Salon Unplugged

Join the Musical Fun - Friday, April 18, 6:30 P.M. in the Meeting Room

If you like music and fun, you will like the salon. We play instruments of all types for each other, sometimes sing, sometimes solo, sometimes in groups - lots of variety! This is a low-key group of friendly folks that are happy to hear music of all types. If you are an amateur, a sometimes professional, a beginner, a player who is rusty on an instrument you used to play ... ALL ARE WELCOME. You may play alone or with others. We typically try to play a couple pieces together as a group. You are also welcome to just sit and listen.

--Mary Bopp and Peggy Webbe

Also, let us know what you think. What do you like best about the Salon? Would you like to try different ideas? This is for all of us to have musical fun, so let us hear from you. If you have questions or comments, contact Peggy Webbe.

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Easter Egg Hunt

Easter Sunday, April 20th at 10:30 A.M.

Join CYM for an Easter Egg Hunt at 10:30 A.M. (before the 2nd service) on Easter Sunday in the back field. Open to all kids middle school age and under. Bring your Easter baskets and we'll see you there!

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General Assembly is ONLY two months away!

UUA General Assembly, the main UU denominational event of 2025, will be held this year in Baltimore from June 18 - 22. The event will be held in a hybrid format, so you can attend online or in-person.

Check out the following links for more information:

For general information about GA 2025: Click here.

To register for GA 2025: Click here

To view the programs and schedule: Click here.

To find delegate information: Click here.

For more information on how you can serve as a delegate from UUSE to GA, please contact Carrie Kocher at uuseoffice@uuse.org.

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Death Cafe

UUSE's next Death Cafe will be held at the meeting house on Tuesday, April 22 from 1:00 P.M. to 2:30 P.M. Death Cafe is a global movement with a simple goal: to provide participants in any stage of life with an opportunity for an open-ended discussion about death and dying. There is no formal agenda, but there is tea, cake, and a comfortable place to discuss this issue that will touch all of us at some point in our lives. All are welcome. Questions? Contact Rev. Josh Pawelek at minister@uuse.org.

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Getting to Know You Gathering

Saturday, April 26 at 11:00 A.M.

The UUSE Membership Committee is pleased to invite you to a "getting to know you" gathering on Saturday, April 26th at 11:00 A.M. at the Manchester Land Trust property, 330 Bush Hill Road in Manchester. We welcome newer members and friends who have attended services and the Introduction to UU sessions or other programming, including our children's religious education classes. Join us for a nature walk and good conversation. Light refreshments will be served, and all are welcome to bring a favorite poem or saying to share. Manchester town historian Susan Barlow will lead our walk and there will be members of various committees to chat with you. Rain date is April 27th. Children are welcome. Parking is plentiful. To register please contact Annie Gentile in the church office at uuseoffice@uuse.org no later than Thursday, April 24th.

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Intro to UU

Sunday, April 27, 1:00 - 4:00 P.M. in the UUSE Chapel or Zoom

Would you like to know more about Unitarian Universalism and Unitarian Universalist Society East? Please attend our Intro to UU Session. Rev. Josh Pawelek and the Membership Committee invite you to an informative seminar, which will include a brief history and background of our theology; UUSE's mission, programs and facilities; opportunity to meet others interested in UUism; and a sharing of stories about what brings us together. To register, please contact Annie Gentile at 860-646-5151 or uuseoffice@uuse.org. Please RSVP by Thursday, April 24, and let us know if you need childcare. Questions? Please contact Janet Dauphin or Carole Boster at membership@uuse.org.

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A Concert for Two Pianos

Come hear the two UUSE Steinway grands in a blockbuster program of duo piano works by Mozart, Liszt and Gershwin, performed by virtuosos Paul Bisaccia and Corbin Beisner on Sunday, April 27 at 3:00 P.M. at the UUSE Meetinghouse. The suggested donation is $15 but no one will be turned away.

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Mayfair Tag Sale!

Just a reminder to please gather items to donate to our Mayfair Tag sale on May 3rd. We'll be selling anything related to summer: gardening items and tools, sports equipment, pool and patio items, outdoor games, bird baths, picnic items, etc. Think "outside" and that's what we're looking for.

Drop off will be Thursday, 5/1 or Friday, 5/2 anytime outside at the garden level covered porch or Saturday morning between 7:00 and 9:00 A.M.

Contact Deb Gould or Sandy Karosi if you have questions.

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Help with Bottle and Can Drive Fundraiser

We are looking for help with the Bottle and Can Drive on Saturday, May 3rd from 9:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. in conjunction with Mayfair. Come for an hour or stay the whole time -- whatever works for you! We will be sorting and counting bottles and cans for placement into large bags to bring to the redemption center. And we have fun meeting people as folks drop off their bottles and cans! Please contact Michelle Spadaccini at uuseoffice@uuse.org to sign up to help or with any questions. Thank you in advance!

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New England PRIDE 247-365 Concert

New England PRIDE 247-365 will perform an eclectic mix of material spanning the decades, celebrating queer composers, lyricists, poets, icons and women. An intergenerational collective of queer performers and allies and based in Hartford, they will be performing at UUSE on Sunday, May 4th at 3:00 P.M. There is a $15 voluntary donation.

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Pastoral Friends

The Pastoral Friends Committee has a rotating chair throughout the year. Should you need pastoral care during April, please contact Laurie Semprebon at uuseoffice@uuse.org.

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Ongoing Happenings at UUSE!

There’s Always Something Good Going On

• New! Adult Affirmation, 3rd Sundays at 1 P.M.
• Stop & Shop Gift Card sales after services on 1st Sundays
• Fair Trade Coffee/Tea/Chocolate sales after services on 2nd Sundays
• Yoga, every Wednesday at 10 A.M. All welcome! (9:30 A.M. on 3/26)
• Manchester Women's Singing Circle, every Thursday at 7 P.M.
• Book Lovers, 2nd Tuesdays at 3:30 P.M. in person and on Zoom.
• Women's Circle, 3rd Tuesdays at 7:00 P.M. (Zoom only December through March) Email Nora Alpers-Leon atuuseoffice@uuse.org for the Zoom link.
• Romeos, a monthly lunch for retired men on second Tuesdays - contact the UUSE office to be put on the email list.
• Ladies at Lunch, a monthly women's lunch typically on second Thursdays - advertised in the weekly eblasts.
• Buddhist Group, 1st Tuesdays at 7 P.M.
• God Talk, 4th Tuesdays at 4:30 P.M.
• Humanist Group, 3rd Tuesdays at 4:30 P.M.
• Science and Religion Discussion Group, 4th Thursdays at 4:30 P.M. April 24th - "Overpopulation" led by Heli Roy

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Our Mission

Unitarian Universalist Society East is a welcoming, open-minded spiritual community seeking truth and meaning in its many forms. We share responsibility for building a more equitable, peaceful, and sustainable world.

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UUSE Links and Information

• Monthly Newsletter • Website • Previous Sunday Services

 • Children & Youth Ministry • Facebook •

New England Region of the Unitarian Universalist Association

uuse.org • 860-646-5151

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