The Unitarian Universalist Church of Manchester invites you to join us Sunday April 12th for our next Sunday service! This month we are talking about Embracing Possibility. Join us after our service in our Fellowship Hall for coffee, snacks, and community conversation!
Announcements
CONGRADULATIONS!!!
Our own Barbara Dagenais passed the ServeSafe course this week! We now have our own “in house” Kitchen Manager certified by the Manchester Health Department to help us answer all of our safe food handling questions! Great work, Barbara!!
This week in RE
This week: All month long we are exploring how we can embrace possibilities. This week, we are exploring what it means to embrace the possibility of building a better world.
Next week: In honor of Earth Day, we are exploring the possibility of healing the damage we have done to the natural world. As we do that, we will lift up our UU value of Interdependence.
Pride 2026
Pride season is almost here! Come celebrate LGBT+ Pride with us on June 27th from 11am to 5pm! We will need volunteers and participants for several things, so if you’d like to help out please contact Louis Lance or Rin Cutter!
We need people to march in the parade, help with festival table setup and tear down, and manning the table in two hour increments. We look forward to hearing from you!
Current Year Pledge Payments and Contributions of Record
As we approach the final few months of the current fiscal year, the finance committee would like to encourage you to fulfill your FY 25-26 pledge by the end of the fiscal year, June 30th. Due to much greater than anticipated building repairs, oil and electricity use for heating, and snow removal costs, we are headed for a deficit for the current year. To minimize the deficit, we ask everyone to pay their pledge in full and by June 30th if possible. If you won’t be able to fulfill your pledge, please let our collector, Chris Monroe, know by emailing her at collector@uumanchester.org.
Also, we want to remind you about the eligibility requirements for voting at the annual meeting on Sunday, May 17th.
Voting eligibility for church meetings per our bylaws:
1) You must be a signed member of UU Manchester at least 30 days prior to the meeting.
2) You must have made a contribution of record to the church in the current fiscal year. Unidentified plate donations do not count, as the collector has no way to know who made them. You can put cash plate donations in an envelope with your name on it, and it will be credited to you. All pledge payments are a contribution of record. If for some reason, you cannot satisfy this requirement by 4/17/26 (for this fiscal year July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026), you would need to get a waiver from the minister or the president of the board in order to qualify to vote. Note that current year pledge payments made before the start of the fiscal year do count, as they are credited in the current fiscal year.
With much gratitude,
The Finance Committee
Important Dates – Pledge Canvass and Congregational Meetings
In advance, the Finance Committee sincerely thanks you for your pledge for our next fiscal year and your participation in this spring’s Budget Town Hall and Annual Meetings. Please note these important dates:
Sunday, April 5 – FY 26-27 pledges due
Sunday, May 3 – Budget Town Hall Meeting (after coffee and fellowship)
Sunday, May 17 – Annual Meeting (also after coffee and fellowship)
Any pledge questions may be sent to treasurer@uumanchester.org.
Star Island History Week
Join fellow UUs for Natural History Week on Star Island, June 21-28, 2026. This year’s theme, “Active Hope: Water Is Life,” invites participants to explore ocean conservation and environmental advocacy through talks, art, nature walks, and community connection. Lear more and register at https://starisland.org/program/nhw. Fliers for this event will be posted in the back of our Sanctuary and the announcements board downstairs!
Worship & Music Committee: Call for Summer Services
The Worship & Music Committee is currently planning for lay-led services for this summer. Please let us know if you would like to lead a service, speak at a service, have a service theme idea, etc. We have dates open beginning June 28 and through July/August. It is a substantial task to make summer lay-led services happen, so many hands/minds make light work! You don’t need to lead alone – we are here to help! Consider leading a service as a committee; with a friend or small group; inviting an organization you think is important; developing a service theme from a book, author, podcast, etc. Reach out to Angela Audet (angelaaudet@gmail.com) or Rin Cutter (kcutter7@gmail.com).
Volunteer Needed: Flowers Coordinator
We would like to revive the tradition of congregants bringing in flowers to beautify the sanctuary for Sunday Service. This requires a coordinator who can create a schedule and invite volunteers to sign up for bringing in flowers (and they can take them home after! Bonus!) Sunday flowers can be dedicated to loved ones, honor birthdays celebrate a special day, etc., and the dedication can be shared as part of Joys and Concerns for the day. If you would like to take on this important volunteer role, please reach out to Angela Audet at angelaaudet@gmail.com
Thank you!
Topics: Worship