The Women’s Retreat – Senexet House, Woodstock CT, June 1-3 –DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS TODAY!
Women of all ages from The First Church are invited to our annual women’s retreat weekend on a lake. There are individual and group activities both indoors and out, quiet time by the fire, and good meals with someone else doing the cooking and dishes. We make everyone feel truly welcome. Accommodations are shared--mostly in doubles. Participation is limited to 30. Car-pooling is fun and essential due to parking constraints. Cost is $185 per person (which includes 2 nights & 5 meals). Contact Allison Palm at ap...@uubelmont.org for a registration form. Partial scholarships are available.
Monday
Meditation - Rob Cosinuke, Mondays, 8-9 pm,Church Library
Tuesday
The Quilters' Group and Knitting Circle - Gladys Unger and Eva Patalas, Tuesday nights at 7:30 pm, RE Class #3
Wednesday
Buddy Group - Wednesdays 9-11am, Library (bring your own favorite morning beverage)
Book Group to discuss Lily King’s Father of the Rain on Wednesday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Library Lily King’s Father of the Rain, 2010 New England Book Award winner for fiction, comes highly recommended by two Book Group members. Publisher’s Weekly provided this description, “[King’s] third novel, narrated by the clear-eyed daughter of an alcoholic father, follows their evolving relationship. The opening scene-- with 11-year-old Daley and her father wreaking delirious havoc by streaking naked at a martini-fueled pool party in the sleepy Boston suburbs-- brims with Daley's love for her father and desire for connection with him, but is also tinged with the repercussions of a charismatic man divorced from the role of parenthood . . . King's latest is original and deftly drawn, the work of a master psychological portraitist.” Please come join us!
The Book Group warmly welcomes new members and returning members at any time, whether you have finished reading the book or just begun. We meet on the fourth Wednesday of most months. If you have questions about the Book Group, please contact Anne Stuart atast...@uubelmont.org.
Sunday
Caring for Older Adults Deborah Blumberg and Miriam Baker
Many people are juggling jobs, families and their parents’ or other family members’ increasing medical needs, frequent emergencies and ongoing need for care. How do we cope with the needs of our loved ones and find some balance in our own lives? What do we need to learn as we take on this task? How do we find information and community? If you find yourself in this position, you are welcome at this group for discussion and support.
4th Sundays, 7pm, Library For more information or to register, please contact Deborah at dBlu...@uubelmont.org