This Week at The First Church: May 7-13

[Allison Palm]

Check out descriptions and all our programs at http://uubelmont.org/adult-programs/

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)

An Old-Fashioned Hymn Sing – Wed., May 9, 7:30-9pm, Parish Hall
Join our Minister of Music, Alfa Radford for an evening of singing together. All voices welcome! Send your requests for the hymns you love best to adultp...@uubelmont.org by Monday, May 7.
 

Thursday

The FCB Living with Serious Illness Support Group
Nanny Almquist and Kathy Lind, co-facilitators
The First Church Living with Serious Illness Support Group is open to people in all stages of discovery and recovery, along with their partners and caregivers. Group will begin together and then split into caregiver and patient groups.
2nd Thursdays – April 12, May 10, June 14 in the church library at 7:00PM


Saturday

New UU Class – Sat., May 12, 9am-12pm, Library
This class is for newcomers, long-term members, and friends who would like to learn more about the history of our faith, how we practice it today, First Church history, and how our congregation functions. We will talk about our spiritual journey and what brought us to The First Church. There will be discussion with our minister, other staff, and committee members. Childcare provided on request. For more information or to register, please contact Jim Staton at jst...@uubelmont.org.


Coming Up!

Active Retirement
Next Meeting: Wednesday, May 16, 7:30pm. Classroom 5
Join a group of congregants who are newly retired/semi-retired/dreaming of retirement or dreading retirement to see how they are thinking and acting on this new phase of adult life. 


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 at ast...@uubelmont.org.  


The Women’s Retreat – Senexet House, Woodstock CT, June 1-3 – REGISTER NOW!
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.