Soup!

Soup! 

(Come make soup & volunteer with our children at Arlington Street Church)

As the weather gets colder and darker 

we seeks even more to come together;

sharing a meal, 

sharing time together 

in the warmth of one another.

http://missmaryliberry.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/flannel-friday-stone-soup/

A few Soup Kitchen/Food Programs you can support in the Boston area

• http://haleyhouse.org/soup_kitchen
• http://www.fridaynightsupper.org (located at ASC)
• http://www.dosomething.org/about/who-we-are
• http://www.homelessshelterdirectory.org/cgi-bin/id/opensearchfb.cgi?city=boston&state=MA

A song about Stone Soup, an Artist/Activist Collective and Community Resource Center in Worcester, MA.

Performed by Lucelia de Jesus and Matt Feinstein (author of song), 

song filmed by Nicole Belanger. 

All about Stone Soup: http://StoneSoupWorcester.org

Questions to Ponder with your family and friends:

• What is your favorite kind of soup? Do you know how to make it? If, so who do you make it with?
• Do you say "Grace" (A little something special) before and/ or after eating? What do you say?
• If you could invite someone to dinner to share soup with you, who would you invite and why?
• What can YOU do this holiday season so that more people can enjoy hot soup in community?

To Every Season...

"To Everything There is a Season"

Questions to ponder with your family and friends:

• What is a SEASON?
• How does this Season make you feel?
• What sort of Rituals do you do during this time of year as a family? ~ Some of our Hindu friends are Celebrating Diwali now, a festival of lights.
• Where will you be celebrating other holidays during the month of November? What will you be celebrating and how does that relate to being Unitarian Universalist?
• What will do you for others that might have a hard time finding a meal for their next holiday celebration?

Coming Together!

Coming Together!

sports

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much - Helen Keller 

animals

gods

Questions to Ponder with your family and friends

• What is it that brings you together during a hard game?           A challenging day at school or work?
• Where do you go for your FAITH? .... Do you play a game or snuggles with animals? Perhaps pray to god?
• Why do you think coming together can be sometimes really hard?

BRIGHT Memories

Unitarian Universalist have many different ways for honoring those no longer with us. Many of these rituals come from the vast sources that fill our hearts with mystery, wonder and awe.

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BRIGHT Memories

    

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Questions to Ponder with your family and friends: 

In this time of year, with the sunshine and leaves so 

BRIGHT and Golden,  How and Who do you remember 

those no longer with us?

Some remember by placing a stone on a grave, 

some with flowers and sweets to eat. 

Feel free to print out these images (above) or draw your own with the names of those no longer with us. Place them someplace special and or bring them to church on Sunday for the alter. 

What's a memory? ~ Have a listen!

Wilfrid Gordon Mcdonald Partridge by Mem Fox

Simply Epic!

Simply Epic!

 

 

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life and see if I could not learn what it had to teach..... ~ Henry David Thoreau

 

As birds are made to fly and rivers to run, so the soul to follow duty ~ Ramayana

 

 

Questions to ponder with your family and friends:

• What is simple in your life?
• What is something that is EPIC that has happened to you?
• What about something "Simply epic?"
• Where are the similarities and differences between
  Henry and Ramayana?  ~ Both from very different times, religions and beliefs, places?

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 



Compassion in Community

Compassion in Community

The 2nd Unitarian Universalist (UU) Principle 

calls on each and everyone 

to have compassion for one another

From Old Turtles to Wise Monkeys, 

where does your compassion come from?

The Word Compassion comes from Latin and means "to suffer together with", perhaps to struggle together with, or to say you have some pains and I have some pains. Your pain might be different then mine but I still see you are a beautiful person. I have COMPASSION for you.

Questions to Ponder with your family and friends:

• Who do you know that is easy to have compassion for?       How come?
• Who is it really hard to have compassion for? Why?
• Does RELIGION have a part to any of this, What is folks of all different religions?

The Taras are a set of Tibetan Buddhist female deities representing compassion
and other benefic traits. 

Sacred Space

Sacred Space

http://parisapartment.wordpress.com/category/sacred-spaces/

Sacred

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For other uses, see Sacred (disambiguation).

"Holy" and "Sanctity" redirect here. For other uses, see Holy (disambiguation) and Sanctity (disambiguation).

Sacred means revered due to association with holiness. Holiness, or sanctity, is in general the state of being holy

 (perceived by religious individuals as associated with the divine)^[1] or sacred (considered worthy of spiritual 

respect or devotion; or inspiring awe or reverence among believers in a given set of spiritual ideas).^[2] 

In other contexts, "objects are often considered 'holy' or 'sacred' if used for spiritual purposes",^[3] 

such as the worship or service of gods. These terms can also be used in a non-spiritual or semi-spiritual context 

("sacred truths" in a constitution).^[4] It is often ascribed to people ("a holy man" of religious occupation, 

"holy prophet" who is venerated by his followers), objects ("sacred artefact" that is venerated and blessed ),

^[5] times ("holy days" of spiritual introspection, such as during winter holidays),^[6] or places ("sacred ground", 

"holy place").^[7]

Questions to Ponder with your family and friends

• What does that sacred space look and feel like to you?
• Where is it?
• How often do you go?
• Is Arlington Street Church a sacred space? If so why or why not?