The Administrator of this church, Jessica, also once served on the board of directors of the Mattapoisett Museum from 2021-2023. In her time volunteering at the museum she spent many a Sunday afternoon diving into newspaper articles stretching from the 1800s to the 1960s. This particular one was fun for her to connect the dots. She hopes you enjoy it! This year, marks 150 years since the harrowing Catalpa expedition.

Of all our themes this year, Embracing Possibility is arguably most central to our faith. It has distinguished Unitarian Universalists from our beginning. Historically, when others saw depravity and sin at the core of human identity, we saw potential. When many were preaching that this world is fallen, we fell in love with the possibility of heaven on earth.

Our Mission is to encourage diversity and mutual acceptance and work for positive change in ourselves and our community. "We envision a...