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First Parish in Cambridge Unitarian Universalist S May 28, 2017 Resisting White Supremacy--What's in it for White People Ken Wagner Welcome to First Parish! bring games that include more than 2 people. It is First Parish in Cambridge is a multi-faith, spirit-filled helpful if you RSVP to [email protected]. congregation devoted to love and justice. We are moving Annual Business Meeting – Sunday, June 4 joyfully into a multiracial, multicultural, justice-making Members are notified that the Annual Congregational future. We embrace all ages, races, classes, abilities, Business Meeting of the members of First Parish in sexual orientations, gender presentations, and ethnic and Cambridge will be held on June 4, 2017 at noon in the religious backgrounds. Honoring all the faith traditions of Meetinghouse. The agenda will include recognizing the world, we support each person’s path to wisdom and spiritual growth. Whoever you are, wherever you are on leaders who are completing 2016-17 leadership the journey of life, we welcome you into our hearts. responsibilities, electing Board members for 2017-18, voting on the 2017-18 budget, hearing a final Interim If you’re here for the first time, we invite you to fill out a visitor card located in the pew and leave it in the Minister report, and selecting Social Justice Task Force collection plate. We’ll sign you up for our weekly e-mail priorities for 2017-18. announcements and monthly newsletter. All are Childcare will be provided during the meeting. Lunch welcome to join us in Helverson Parlor following the will be for sale prior to the meeting. service for refreshments. Please take a “terra cotta ” mug so we can recognize and greet you. All voting members can check in at the beginning of the For those attending with children, you are welcome to meeting and receive voting cards. Whether or not you’re worship as a family or children ages 4 and under are eligible to vote, you are welcome to attend the meeting and welcome in our Nursery in the Parish House. An usher can participate in discussion. If you are not a voting member, direct you to Nursery staff. Registration is required. we encourage you to join our congregation and fully Shared Offering participate - contact Our shared offering recipient for May is the Cambridge [email protected] for information Interfaith Sanctuary Coalition (CISC). First Parish voted about joining First Parish. unanimously in March to join CISC in order to support efforts to offer physical sanctuary at University Lutheran Voting members need to have officially joined First Church to immigrants facing the possibility of deportation. Parish and have made a financial contribution within 12 CISC is committed to community engagement, advocacy, months of the meeting. If you are unsure of your status, and offering physical sanctuary with the goals of providing contact Carol Lewis, at [email protected] hope, comfort, and political support to immigrants and or 617-876-7772 by June 2, 2017. refugees suffering indignities, harassment, and deportation. Absentee ballots are allowed in cases of disability. Welcome to Religious Education 2016-17 Members must request an absentee ballot at least one week before the meeting. Please use the online request form:http://firstparishcambridge.org/absentee-ballot/ or A reminder that there are no RE programs over contact the Clerk at [email protected]. Memorial Day weekend. Handouts and other information related to the agenda Please join us June 4 for the final week of RE programs, can be found on our website: and June 11 for a family friendly Flower Communion http://www.firstparishcambridge.org/meeting. Please worship service. All are invited to bring a flower from review this information before the meeting. Our home to share in our annual communion tradition. See you then! congregation is a democracy, which depends on each member’s voice and vote. Please join us! Families of 4-6th graders, please join us on Saturday, June 3 at First Parish from 5:00 pm -7:00 pm to share a meal and play games together. All family members are welcome. Please bring a dish to share with others. You may also bring a favorite game. We encourage you to Pastoral Care is available for you. If you would like a pastoral care phone call or visit please let me know. Cambridge Interfaith Sanctuary Coalition Updates Cushing Giesey and Rev. Danielle DiBona are available to support you. Please contact Danielle First Parish recently voted to join the Cambridge directly by phone or email at Interfaith Sanctuary Coalition (CISC) in order to support [email protected] immigrants facing the possibility of deportation. If you would like to get involved in this work, please fill Events This Week out this form (http://bit.ly/2pnOYJ6) or contact Rebecca Please note that Yoga Classes and Music Classes are not First Balder at [email protected]. Parish programs. They are run by outside instructors and a fee is associated with the classes. Please also join CISC on Sunday, June 4, from 6:00 pm Sunday May 28 – 7:00 pm, at First Church Cambridge (11 Garden St.) for 10:30 am Sunday Worship a talk by Dr. Michael Grodin on Refugees, Trauma, and 12:00 pm Mandarin Class in the Fuller Room the Migration Process. Many immigrants and refugees Monday May 29 face untold challenges as they flee oppressive Memorial Day – Office Closed dictatorships, economic hardship, and other tribulations to 6:30 pm AA in the Parlor seek the hope of a better life in the United States. 6:30 pm Art Class in the Chapel However, their challenges don’t end when they cross the border to “safety,” as these hardships put immigrants and Tuesday May 30 refugees at an alarming risk of trauma and enduring 9:00 am Yoga in the Barn Rm 11:00 am Tuesday Meals in the Parlor psychiatric disorders. Dr. Grodin, founder of the Boston 6:30 pm Cambridge Forum Board in the Landing Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights and 7:00 pm Young Adult Group in the Nursery international expert on medicine and the Holocaust, will give a talk exploring the role of trauma in the migration Wednesday May 31 process. 9:30 am Yoga in the Barn Rm 6:30 pm Two Brattle in the Baldwin Rm SAVE THE DATE: October 13 – 15, 2017 7:00 pm Interplay in the Parlor Annual Retreat to Ferry Beach (Maine) Please join the community of First Parish in Cambridge Thursday June 1 as we host our Annual Retreat to Ferry Beach (Maine). 9:00 am Yoga in the Barn Rm This year we aim to celebrate the gift of being human. 12:00 pm Yoga in the Barn Rm All activities will be inspired by our First Principle: 5:30 pm Y2Y in the Gallery Affirming the inherent worth and dignity of all. The 6:00 pm Yoga in the Barn Room retreat is a time to relax, connect with old friends and 7:00 pm Social Justice Council in the Chapel make new ones, engage in deep conversation tied to our Friday June 2 first principle, worship under the trees, deepen our connection to First Parish, play on the beautiful beach, 9:00 am Groovy Baby Music in the Chapel sing at the campfire, laugh, and have fun. Register now 12:00 pm Better Future Project in the Chapel at: https://goo.gl/forms/ojfcCxYmpEvyw1603 Saturday June 3 8:30 am GSA in the Chapel Pastoral Care

Sometimes life can become stressful and hard. You 10:00 am Yoga in the Barn Rm may be facing a job loss, the end of a relationship, a 4:30 pm Women’s Circle in the Barn Rm serious illness, a difficult conversation that you’re 5:00 pm Gr. Potluck in the Parlor worried about.