2024 Inkspot Published
The 2024 Inkspot, UniLu’s annual publication for members and alumni/ae, is in the mail! Here are links to stories mentioned in this issue. If you are a member or alum and don’t receive your copy, please email inkspot@unilu.org with your current mailing address. After the Election, We Know What to Do Parish News Food and Faith discussions with Laurel Oberstadt-Petrik…
Worship with Us!
UniLu offers a one-hour all-ages Service of Holy Communion at 10:30 am on Sundays, available both in person and on Zoom. The service features music, Bible readings and reflections, prayers, Holy Communion, and hymn-singing. On December 15, 2024, Pastor Carrie Ballenger will preside at our celebration of the third Sunday of Advent, and a communal, interactive, and…
Join Us for “Food and Faith”
HDS ministry intern Laurel Oberstadt-Petrik invites you to “Food and Faith: A Spiritual Journey through the Seasons.” Our next meetings are: At these meetings, we will address the winter themes of sabbath and disruption. Email Laurel at lpetrik@unilu.org to register and receive the Zoom link. All are welcome!
Celebrate Advent and Christmas with Us!
Join UniLu for the season of Advent, a time to renew our hope, peace, joy, and love as we prepare to celebrate Christ’s birth at Christmas.
Churches for Middle East Peace Visits October 20
On Sunday, October 20, 2024, UniLu we will welcome Destiny Magnett, a representative from Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP), as our afternoon speaker. Destiny will give an overview of CMEP’s work and offer a time for Q&A about how churches and individuals might get involved. Please…
Fall Hiking Trip!
UniLu’s annual fall hiking trip to New Hampshire takes place from Friday, October 11 through Monday, October 14, 2024. Spend all or part of the long weekend at a cottage on a lake in central New Hampshire, with options for easy to more challenging hikes in the White Mountains during the peak of the fall colors. All ages and abilities are welcome. Rides can be…
Pet Blessing 2024
Join members from UniLu, Faith Lutheran Church, and St. Mary of the Annunciation Church on Saturday, October 5 for a Pet Blessing in Sennot Park (between Broadway and Norfolk Streets in Cambridge). A brief service will take place at 1 pm, and people will remain under the big tree for blessings until 3 pm. Bring your pet or a picture; pets of all sizes and species are…
Join the Choir! Rehearsals Begin August 20
Join the UniLu choir! Rehearsals begin on Tuesday, August 20 at 7:30 pm; our first Sunday service will be Sunday, August 25. Contact Lorraine Fitzmaurice, our music director-choir, with any questions. If you love to sing, you are welcome!
The False White Gospel: A UniLu Book Discussion Group
This book isn’t only for Christians but for our brothers and sisters in other faith traditions, and with no faith at all. When we see a civic promotion of fear, hate and violence as the trajectory of our politics, we need a civic faith of love, healing, and hope to defeat it. And that must…
Hymn Sing: Sunday, June 16 at noon
On Sunday, June 16, 2024, we will gather after coffee hour (at approximately 12 noon) for a congregational hymn sing both in-person and on Zoom. We’ll sing hymns suggested by UniLu community members, with music from Africa, Europe, and the Americas from the 14th century to the present. Zoom attendees: simply remain on the worship call or join using the regular…