Recycling in crisis — a talk with Wellesley RDF Supt. Jeff Azano-Brown

January 24, 2019 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

Wellesley RDF Superintendent Jeff Azano-Brown at the Food Waste Drop Off area, located between two of the trash compactors.

Don’t miss this opportunity to talk with Wellesley Recycling and Disposal Facility Superintendent Jeff Azano-Brown about what is new at the RDF including its new Food Waste Drop-Off Pilot Program. Learn about the RDF’s business initiatives and how China’s refusal to accept plastic recyclables has affected Wellesley’s recycling program. All are welcome; please feel free to bring a guest. Co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Wellesley and the Unitarian Universalist Society of Wellesley Hills.

WHEN: Thursday, January 31, 2019; 7pm – 8:30pm

WHERE: Unitarian Universalist chapel, 309 Washington St.

Film screening at UU Wellesley — “Come Sunday”

January 10, 2019 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

Thursday, January 10 at 7:00pm in the UU Wellesley Chapel, 309 Washington St.
UULC Film: “Come Sunday”

Oscar nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as Bishop Carlton Pearson, a Pentecostal megachurch leader whose 40 year ministry ends when he is branded a heretic for abandoning his belief in hell. As we explore the Touchstones theme of Grace, this true story speaks to the power of Universalism. Based on a 2005 episode of This American Life.

UU Wellesley also has monthly LGBTQ Pride movie nights. Here’s the schedule.

Christmastime worship schedules, Wellesley churches

November 23, 2018 by Deborah Brown 1 Comment

Wellesley has ten houses of worship that observe Christmas. Some celebrate with all the formality you might expect from a church with Puritan roots, some with a casual flair, and one takes their services on the road and into a Natick barn. All the services and masses are joyful, and all are welcome. Merry Christmas, Wellesley.

Elmwood Chapel

42 Elmwood Rd. 781-235-6025

Join Milestone Church at Elmwood Chapel as they host a very special Christmas eve service for the whole family. Live music, candlelight Christmas message, and don’t miss a massive cookie bar with a variety of cookies, hot cocoa, apple cider, and more!

Monday, December 24, 2018
5:30pm – Wellesley Cookie Bar
6:00 pm – Wellesley Candlelight Service

Although registration is not required to attend, we are expecting large crowds so please register to claim your spot and help us prepare.

First Church of Christ, Scientist

8 Rockland St, 781-235-1114

Regular services on Sunday, December 23, 10am
Immediately following services there will be a Christmas hymn singing in the Sunday School.
All are welcome.

MetroWest Baptist Church

2 Brook St. 781-431-0828
Note: Christmas observance is Sunday, December 23 at the Natick Organic Community Farm barn, 117 Eliot St., Natick

Metro West Baptist Church holds a unique Christmas service — they celebrate the birth of Jesus where it all began, in a humble barn. Worshippers sit on bales of hay and read the Christmas story, sing carols and enjoy hot cocoa as they imagine just a tiny bit of what it might have been like 2000 years ago.

Sunday, December 23, 10am, at the Natick Organic Community Farm.

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church

79 Denton Rd., 781-235-7310

Christmas Eve Services: Monday, December 24, 3pm and 10pm
Christmas Day Service: Tuesday, December 25, 10am
Christmas Lessons & Carols: Sunday, December 30, 10am
Epiphany Fireside Service & Potluck: Sunday, January 6, 5pm

St. John the Evangelist Parish (Catholic)

9 Glen Rd., 781-235-0045

Christmas Vigil Mass (School Hall): Monday, December 24, 4pm
Christmas Vigil Mass (Upper Church): Monday, December 24, 4pm
Christmas Vigil Mass (with 5:10 Prelude with Youth Choir and musicians): Monday, December 24, 5:30pm
Christmas Vigil Mass (with 9:30 Prelude and Carols with Parish Choir): Monday, December 24, 10pm
Collaborative Midnight Mass at St. Paul Church, 502 Washington St. (11:30 Prelude and Carols with Youth Choir): Monday, December 24, 11:59pm
Christmas Mass (10am Prelude & Carols with Parish Choir): Tuesday, December 25, 10:30am

St. Paul Parish (Catholic)

502 Washington St., 781-235-1060

Christmas Vigil Mass (Church and Parish Hall): Monday, December 24, 4pm
Christmas Vigil Mass (with Children’s Pageant and Choir): Monday, December 24, 6pm
Christmas Vigil Mass (carols with Adult Choir): Monday, December 24, 8pm
Midnight Mass (11:30 Prelude with Youth Music Group)
Christmas Day Mass (10:30am Prelude with Adult Choir): Tuesday, December 25, 11am

Unitarian Universalist Society of Wellesley Hills

309 Washington St., 781-235-9423

Christmas Eve Service Monday, December 24, 5pm, with an extended prelude of holiday songs beginning at 4:45pm

Wellesley Congregational (Village) Church

2 Central St., 781-235-1988

Advent IV, Service of Holy Anticipation, Sunday, December 23, 10am
Christmas Eve Worship (Family Christmas Pageant), Monday, December 24, 4pm
Christmas Eve Worship (Candlelight Service with Senior Choir), Monday, December 24, 8pm
Christmas Eve Worship (Candlelight Service with Youth & Alumni Choir, Monday, December 24, 10pm

Wellesley Hills Congregational Church

207 Washington St., 781-235-4424

Family Christmas Pageant, Monday, December 24, 3:30pm
Candlelight Service of Lessons and Carols, Monday, December 24, 6pm
Candlelight Service of Lessons and Carols, Monday, December 24, 9:30pm

Wellesley Friends Meeting (Quaker)

26 Benvenue St., 781-237-0268

Christmas Eve Meeting for worship, Monday, December 24, 4pm – 5pm.

Dan McCabe Memorial Blood Drive in Wellesley on November 21

November 15, 2018 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

Dan McCabe Memorial Blood Drive
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
10am – 3pm
Wellesley Hills Congregational Church
207 Washington Street
Appointments are encouraged

Please call 1-800- 733-2767
or visit www.redcrossblood.org

Sponsored by the Youth Fellowship of Wellesley Hills Congregational Church and Wellesley Boy Scout Troop 182

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Sign up to ring the Salvation Army Red Kettle bell in Wellesley

November 12, 2018 by Deborah Brown 3 Comments

Salvation Army, Linden Square — Wellesley Assistant Fire Chief Jeff Peterson was on Salvation Army bell ringing duty last year in front of Roche Bros.

It’s Red Kettle time again, when traditionally over 200 Wellesley volunteers ring The Salvation Army bell for an hour-long shift in front of Roche Bros. in Linden Square. Last year this one Red Kettle raised over $30,000.

Because there is no national fund raising in The Salvation Army, funds raised in each community serve the people in that community.

Christmas services include toys for needy children, food for the family, clothing, and small practical gifts for shut-ins. Throughout the year that same local Salvation Army provides programs to aid the poor and needy such as food, emergency and transitional shelter, job training, financial assistance, day care and after school care, youth recreation and development programs.

Want to help out? Sign up online for a shift. Shifts start December 1 and there are always many familiar faces (or as we call them, “celebrities”) seen ringing the Salvation Army bells. You might see firefighters, members of the police department, Wellesley High School Key Club members, or families teaching their kids the value of giving back.

Look for The Swellesley Report on Saturday, December 22.

Please Red Kettle Volunteer Coordinator Dwin Schuler at 781-235-5615 if you have any questions.