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The Compass, November 13, 2024

Updated: Nov 14



Welcome Two New Members


Please welcome Hannah & Abigail Schwarzhans who join the church on November 10, 2024.


 

Below is the "thank you" letter from the Buzzards Bay Coalition for the money donated to their cause during the Climate Justice Revival on September 28 and 29.



 

Welcoming author Nada Samih-Rotondo, a Rhode Island-based author and educator, on her memoir and her experience as a Palestinian-American on Sunday, November 17, at 11 AM




About Nada's book: Life changes forever for six-year-old Nada when Iraq's invasion of her birth country of Kuwait pushes her mother to immigrate with her to the United States. Just as she finally settles into her strange new existence apart from her father in Rhode Island, learns English, and grasps the fact that she is there to stay, Nada begins discovering revelation after revelation that changes her perspective on her world and family. With an imaginative blend of folklore and history that explores the relationship between our bodies, ancestors, and the lands that hold us, All Water Has Perfect Memory is a memoir that takes readers through the author's ancestral origins-the coast of Palestine, Kuwait, and the shores of Rhode Island- and explores generations of silence and eventually, connection.

Join us for coffee hour after service to meet the author and grab a copy of her book. All are welcome to attend!


Thank you to Annie, Becky, and the SJC for organizing this speaker.

 

Did you miss Sunday service? Watch it here




 

Upcoming Services


Nada Samih-Rotondo will be available after service selling copies of her book.



There is a sign up sheet for the Thanksgiving Potluck in the new Information Station in the dining room. All of the clipboards for volunteer opportunities will have a permanent home there. Check it out during coffee hour!


***Please be aware that from now on, if you arrive on Sundays after 11 AM you will have to use the Union Street entrance. This is due to the fact that we do not have a Sunday Sexton.

 

Thrift Shop Update


Fall items and clothing are being put out, and customers are asking for Christmas so we will start putting that out as well.


Items on sale are women's summer jeans, men's "golf" shirts, and long-sleeved casual shirts  are all $1.00 each.


We have too many small end tables and are willing to negotiate the price.  We also have some interesting pieces of furniture -  a small antique drop front desk, a bar cart, and a natural wood end table made in Indonesia.


If you are baking or cooking for the holidays we have many appropriate items all very reasonably priced.


Or just come poke around.  You may find something you really need!


-Pam, Thrift Shop Coordinator


Registration is suggested for the Pagans of New Bedford gathering.


Please contact Jeff Angeley with any questions.


RSVP strongly encouraged for this event.


Registration is not required for the Holiday Market.


Tickets are ona sliding scale with a suggested donatio of $20. Registration is required for this event.


Registration is suggested for this event.


 

See everything happening at UUNB on the calendar on our website. Updates are shown immediately, so you will always know what is planned.


 

Don't Fall For It! The Latest Scams Hitting Churches Across the Country


Piano Scam: You will get an email from an old widow who is trying to donate her late husband's baby grand piano. Ignore it. This link tells you more about that scam.


New Member Directory Scam: You will get an email from a "new member" who is excited to get connected. They are asking for you to send them the congregation's directory.


Personal Extortion Scam. You get an email from a hacker who says they have video of you watching pornography and they threaten to release it to all your contacts. Ignore. This link tells you more about this scam.


Gift Card Scam: You receive a message from the minister asking you to buy a few gift cards to help someone. This link tells you more about this scam.


 

November 14: AHA Made in New Bedford. The Thrift Shop will be open 5 PM - 7 PM, thanks Deb and Steve for volunteering.


November 17: Kindness (The Tool to Repair Meanness), Speaking Out Maria Cook, Universalist Preacher by Janeen K Grohsmeyer


November 24: Honesty (The Tool to Repair Lies), Gratitude Potluck, Don’t Let Auntie Mabel Set the Table by Vanessa Brantley Newtons, Birthday Blessings


Save the Date: Solstice Service Hosted By Way Cool Sunday School 12/22/24 at 11 AM


The bookcase at the back of the sanctuary now has new quiet creative materials for children during service. Please return any materials after service and inform ushers that this exists for new/existing children/families. We will continue to provide materials for children to be in service if they choose.


Contact Yasmin with any questions- flefleh@gmail.com



On Sunday, November 10, the children learned about stained glass windows and took a short walk to Gallery X on William Street to see their newly restored windows. Gallery X was the reciepient of Community Preservation Act Funds to restore and preserve their one-of-a-kind windows. Then the children created their own stained glass windows to bring a little piece of church home with them.


 

Talking to Kids About Thanksgiving: Center Truth, Connection and Being Grateful

This year, shift your approach to Thanksgiving by focusing on seeking truth, fostering deep connections with people and place and centering Indigenous voices and knowledge.


Every year as fall approaches, Indigenous communities around the United States experience amplified erasure, misrepresentation and gaslighting of America’s colonialist and complex history. From harmful Columbus Day activities to picture books that depict a false story about the first Thanksgiving, we have a lot of work to do if we want to teach children to seek out the truth and push back against the status quo.


 

Join the Social Justice Committee tonight on Zoom at 6:30 pm. All are welcome to attend!


 

From The Archives


The Evening Standard, March 10, 1866




 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED


There will be a meeting for volunteers interested in helping out during the Holiday Market on Friday, November 15, at 4 PM via Zoom. Volunteers are needed for the following:

  • Soliciting donations for the gift baskets

  • Putting together gift baskets

  • Set up the day before

  • Plant Table

  • Bake Sale/Food/ Drinks

  • Selling Raffle Tickets

  • Breakdown/clean up the day of

  • And More!





 

Holiday Market on December 7

We are also looking for volunteers on the day of to help with running the plant table, bake sale, raffle table, and cleaning up afterwards. Please email Jess if you would like to volunteer.


Confirmed Vendors:

Crust Punks NBMA - Sourdough bread and cookies

Caitlyn Gifford - Hand-sewn stuffed animals and greeting cards

Wendy Gilbert - crochet blankets, scarves, coasters, scrunchies, headbands, hats

New Bedford Pottery - handmade pottery including mugs, trinket dishes, and ornaments

F.S. Designs - Knit & Crochet

Bill White - Bill's Woodcarving

Holly White - Crochet Mermaid Tails

Patricia Duarte & Marie Gracia - Sewn aprons, hair accessories, Christmas decor. pinecone bouquets, and painted rocks.

Steve Carmel - antique tools

Green Cottage Works - hand-poured soy candles

Kimberly Ward, author

Julianne Scott - crochet

Jack & Stones - semi-precious stone jewelry

Thrift Shop - Holiday items

New Bedford Department of Child & Family - information table


START YOUR PLANT CUTTINGS!

We hope to have a plant sale again during the Holiday Market, so start your plant cuttings.


Gift Basket Raffle

We will be collecting items for another gift basket raffle like we did for the Jazz Service in June. We hope to do similar themes like:

  • Cooking/Italian

  • Wine and goodies

  • Cat or Dog theme

  • Knitting

  • New Bedford

  • Local History

  • Coffee/Tea/Baking

  • Spa/Wellness


If you can't shop, we will take donations of cash to purchase gift basket supplies. We made close to $600 in raffle tickets at the jazz service and we think we can do even better at the holidays. Gift baskets will need to be made by Thanksgiving so they can be included in the promotional materials for the Holiday Market on December 7.

 

“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis


At Haymarket, we believe that books are crucial tools in struggles against racism, imperialism, and capitalism—and for a better world. That’s why we’ve decided to make TEN key ebooks free to download: join us in reading these indispensable works of analysis, history, and strategy.


Wherever each of us live, work, and are in community: the time is now to build power and fight back, together. Offer expires in three days!





 

Post-Election Community Call with GLAD Law, Thursday, November 14 | 5:30pm – 6:30pm ESTRegister for free: Zoom Webinar


Share your questions and join GLAD Law for a conversation about what we expect in the incoming Trump administration and state legislative sessions, what rights, protections, and resources are available now, and how we plan to keep working together to advance justice and keep our communities secure.

Featuring

  • Ricardo Martinez, Executive Director

  • Jennifer Levi, Senior Director of Transgender and Queer Rights

  • Mary Bonauto, Senior Director of Civil Rights and Legal Strategies

  • Polly Crozier, Director of Family Advocacy

  • Sarah Austin, Staff Attorney


 

Free clothing shopping events held by Walt's Mobile Closet. For more info visit www.waltsmobilecloset.org


 

November 22, 2024, at the New Bedford Whaling Museum

Experience the film just as audiences would have in the silent film era . . . with live piano!


Down to the Sea in Ships (1922), directed by Elmer Clifton and filmed in New Bedford, is a full feature silent film (1:34) that’ll be screened in the Whaling Museum’s Harbor View Gallery with musical score performed live at a grand piano by Jennifer A. Maxwell, a Classical Concert Pianist nominated for a Grammy in 2016 and 2018.


Using some archival material and some original material, Maxwell created a theme for each character (hero's theme, villain’s theme, etc.) and each type of action (love theme, whaling theme, etc.), timed them to occur exactly for the durations of the scenes, and composed them in keys and such that would segue appropriately from one to the next. She also utilized a couple of vintage tunes that would have been recognizable in the day, weaving them in with the original music. All with the purpose of underscoring the narrative and providing cohesion in a medium in which there is no dialogue. With its theme of whaling, and its inclusion of the only legally filmed whale hunt in cinema history, the film is a brilliant record of New Bedford history. It also is notable for featuring the debut of the inimitable flapper girl movie star Clara Bow—and she is indeed delightful!


Doors open at 6:00 PM for a lite bite and cash bar service in the Harbor View Gallery (Upper Level), with limited cabaret style seating, and rows of chairs. for film viewing. Remarks and film screening will begin promptly at 6:30 PM. The event ends at 8:00 PM.


 


 

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


"We envision a congregation in which we practice the principles of our faith. We seek to enjoy peaceful reflection and inspiration in intellectually and spiritually satisfying church services. We aim to embrace the people and efforts of our church community by supporting our children and their programs, our committees and their goals, our staff and their efforts on our behalf, and each other."

 

Our Promises



  • Each person is important.

  • Be kind in all you do.

  • We help each other learn.

  • We search for what is true.

  • Each person has a say.

  • Work for a peaceful world.

  • The web of life’s the way.

  • Build the beloved community, free from racism and oppression.


 

First Unitarian Church in New Bedford

71 8th Street, New Bedford, MA 02740

(508) 994-9686

Administrator ext. 10

Minister ext. 13

Karen cell: (508) 441-9344

Thrift Shop ext. 12


Board Members & Officers

Steve Carmel, President

Charles Morgan, Vice President

Deborah Carmel, Treasurer

Cora Peirce, Clerk


Trustees

Committee Chairs

Staff

The Thrift Shop is open Tuesdays and Saturdays from 10 AM to 1 PM

(508)994-9686 ext.12






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