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Church is the practice. Love is the point. Radically welcoming, justice-seeking church in the Boston area. Worship online SUN @ 10am. Go to

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“Kindness is not just the absence of being mean or hateful. Being kind entails actively resisting actions, ideas, and institutions that rob others of dignity.”
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From “In Defense of Kindness” by @breyeschow

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A #Christmas #prayer for the world in music and light from The Congregational Church of Needham (MA) #UnitedChurchofChrist #Needham #SilentNight
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A reminder from our siblings at @exeterucc #unitedchurchofchrist: In a #pandemic the faithful think to do even on #ChristmasEve is to #StayHome & worship together, apart. Join us @needhamUCC for our #ChristmasPageant 12/24 @ 4pm LIVE! via Zoom. Info: https://t.co/VTgyd1OiSR

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A reminder from our siblings at @exeterucc #unitedchurchofchrist: In a #pandemic the faithful think to do even on #ChristmasEve is to #StayHome & worship together, apart. Join us @needhamUCC for our #ChristmasPageant 12/24 @ 4pm LIVE! via Zoom. Info: https://t.co/VTgyd1OiSR

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Join us online for this "best of" Christmas concerts past ft. the Chancel Choir, Friendly Chimers, soloists, and instrumentalists. Participate live in the event premier THIS SUNDAY 12/13 @ 7pm on YouTube at https://t.co/mJkSdKU90J. (Concert then will be available anytime after)

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Mary has no reason to rejoice. Her life runs counter to what the world calls happiness. But she does because she's part of something larger, better: the liberating will of God. And she is not alone. Worship THIS SUNDAY 12/13 @ 10am LIVE! via Zoom. Info: https://t.co/fRCF4kBYld.

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Some gifts require preparation to receive. You gotta clear a space for a Christmas tree or a new baby. Advent is a time to prepare to receive the justice, peace, & compassion God offers. Join us for worship THIS SUNDAY 12/6 @ 10am LIVE! via Zoom. Info at https://t.co/VTgyd1OiSR

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Turn your holidays into holy days. Set aside some time this #Advent (the church season before #Christmas) to renew your spirit with this daily devotional of reading, art, reflection, & rest exploring our theme of “Those Who #Dream." Download as a PDF from https://t.co/wYGCwdvf9m

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#Advent begins THIS SUNDAY, 11/29 @ 10am. Our theme? "Those Who #Dream." Many in the Bible dreamed of #justice, #peace, & #compassion. But they woke up to make those dreams real. Theirs was a #hope with legs. Worship LIVE! via Zoom, connection info at https://t.co/VTgyd1OiSR

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Watch this sermon from Rev. Maddie Foster for November 22 on how sharing turns scarcity into abundance, not just in Jesus' day but here and now. Available at https://t.co/TlPbI4j5oO

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On this #TransgenderDayofRemembrance, we mourn our #transgender neighbors murdered in 2020 just for being who God created them to be. Join us for an interfaith memorial service premiering TONIGHT @ 5pm (and available after) on the @UUNeedham YouTube site: https://t.co/aOQVPpfcFJ

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No one's stealing your #Thanksgiving.

But if you travel unwisely and gather unsafely, you just might steal someone's #Christmas, and #NewYears, and the year after that...

#Covid #Pandemic #Holidays #LoveThyNeighbor #LoveALLThyNeighbors #WearaMask #StayatHome

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GOTTA SHARE! Claudia + @danzanes wrote this song this summer inspired by the last op-ed of Rep. @repjohnlewis, published the day he died. Let hard truth & amazing grace, let LOVE be your guide, move you in purpose & in joy toward being more fully human(e). https://t.co/EXhOD8FJ02

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Watch the full sermon from Rev. @therealjohngage @needhamucc #unitedchurchofchrist about #gratitude for the hard stuff, "Manna: 'I Did Not Order This'," at https://t.co/TlPbI4j5oO

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Happy 2nd #Ordiversary to @revmaddiefoster. Our local church at @needhamucc and the wider #unitedchurchofchrist and the world are so blessed that when God said "Whom shall I send?" you said, "Here I am. Send me!"

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O God, keep all our #veterans in your care today. Grant them the peace they sought to preserve for others. As we honor them we also pray for peace, that those who have sacrificed so much for peace & freedom will not have done so in vain. (Full #prayer at https://t.co/OKhyLFNrfA)

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Remember... before? It's been an eventful 18 months in the life of our congregation. Jog your memory and give thanks with this video from our "Growing in Gratitude" stewardship series. https://t.co/9E0dJuXMVw and at https://t.co/VTgyd1OiSR

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Odd Biblical names may be easy to remember but the details, not so much. So we may remember Shadrach, Meshach, & Abednego were thrown into the fiery furnace but why? Sometimes we don't need a different story but to read the one we have. (Daniel 1-3). https://t.co/TlPbI4j5oO

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Shadrach, Meshach, & Abednego were thrown into the fiery furnace, but why? Sometimes you don't need a different story, you just need to actually read the one you have. "More Than a Fairytale Faith," Part 4 THIS SUNDAY 11/8 @ 10am LIVE! via Zoom. Info at https://t.co/VTgyd1OiSR

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Day 3—Say it again, louder: As we wait, remember that God still loves you (no vote can change that); The call remains the same (do justice, love mercy, walk humbly); Go ahead & do justice now (it's always the right time to do the right thing). @needhamucc #UnitedChurchofChrist