• Birthday & Anniversary Sunday: Today after the service, please join us for a reception to celebrate birthdays and anniversaries from July and August. If you celebrated, we want to sing to you!

• Baby news: Mitzi’s new Great-granddaughter arrived  Monday. Mitzi would love a card or a visit to congratulate her! Her contact information is below.

• Baby grand news: A Yamaha baby grand piano is looking for a loving home. Contact kerstinmitchell19@gmail.com

• Sun Day is for people of faith to celebrate that the earth is God’s sacred creation and our common home. The weekend of Sept 20-21 is a grassroots weekend of action to lift up the gift of clean energy. The VT Conference of the UCC is sponsoring a webinar on 9/4 at 6:30pm to help communities prepare for the event. 

• Artificial Intelligence Data Centers. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is resource intensive. It requires power, water, and mining of toxic minerals.  The Justice & Witness Ministries Committee of the VT Conference of the UCC encourages all UCC members in Vermont to strengthen our outreach work and to emphasize our faith-based public witness. To learn more, and to hear about strategies for responding to construction of huge data centers, see:  tinyurl.com/WNCC-25-08-31

• Gaza: “More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine… according to a new UN-backed food security report released on Friday.” The VT UCC Conference shared links for ways to help: tinyurl.com/WNCC-2025-08-24a

• Decolonizing Mental Health & Empowering Holistic Wellness: Join Jenni to watch an introductory webinar about the intersection of mental health and spiritual growth. “Participants will learn how intrapersonal healing can catalyze collective healing and renewal.” Wednesday, Aug.28 at 3:30

• Looking Back 20 Years: The UCC remembers Hurricane Katrina with a prayer and a look back to 2005. See photos and reflections here:  tinyurl.com/WNCC-08-24-2025

• Hearts You Hold  http://heartsyouhold.org - supports migrants, immigrants, refugees, and asylees in a concrete material way, by taking the time to ask them what they need or want. HYH, a Vermont-based nonprofit, receives numerous requests from local workers in Vermont and New Hampshire, as well as from individuals across the United States.

• VT UCC Annual conference topic was "White Christian Nationalism." The keynote address can be found online: tinyurl.com/WNCC-250504

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• The UCC Council for Racial and Ethnic Ministries (COREM) released a statement: “’…more than 8,000 government web pages and 3,000 data sets have vanished…. This is not bureaucratic housekeeping.’ It is systemic silencing.” tinyurl.com/WNCC-25-04-20

• VT UCC Justice & Witness Ministries Committee writes, "When UCC members attend these rallies, we can indicate that we are UCC and are speaking for our church’s faith and values.” Watch for Labor Day rallies on September 1; the Burlington Pride Parade on September 7; the Sun Day of Action on September 21; and the Responding to Christian Nationalism webinar on October 16 at 6:30 PM. See Jenni for more information.

• Aligning Your Money with Your Values: See Carolyn Marsh about this workshop. This information will help you identify highly rated financial institutions in Vermont that align with your environmental and social values.

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