May 6 ~ Annual Teen Service: Poetry ~ High Street
Teen Class
The Teens, with their teachers Steve Collins and Laura Moody, have
been studying poetry. They will share some of their discoveries in this
Service.
May 13 ~ Nurturing One Another ~ Rev. Kimberly Miner
~ Share the Plate with Madina School
For Mother’s Day, some reflections for those of us who need to
be nurtured, and those of us, not just mothers, who nurture.
May 20 ~ Spend It All ~ Rev. Jan Nielsen, Senior Minister,
The Universalist Church of West Hartford, CT
"One of the few things I know . . . ," writes Annie Dillard,
"is this: spend it all . . . .". Rev. Jan Nielsen will ask
us to look back at where we have been here at High Street Church and
also to look ahead and imagine what our future might hold. (Jan assures
us that this is NOT a fundraising Sermon.)
Rev. Nielsen is a special guest in our pulpit this morning at the invitation
of Rev. Baird. They have been friends for seventeen years. She will
also be a participant in the retirement event this afternoon at 5 p.m.
at High Street. Rev. Nielsen is a 2002 graduate of Harvard Divinity
School. She practiced law in Arkansas before following a call to the
ministry and has been a Unitarian Universalist for 35 years.
The Service today will also include a very special gesture of appreciation
to our
Religious Education teachers.
May 20, 5 pm ~ Celebration in Honor of Rev. Rhett
Baird’s Ministry and
Reception Following ~ Rev. Jan Nielsen and Others ~ A special Service
to honor Rev. Rhett Baird’s many years as a Minister, in words
and music. Visiting Clergy members are invited to robe and process.
Reception follows at First Baptist Fellowship Hall.
May 27 ~ Music for the SoulAnnual High Street Music
Service ~ Lisa Willett, Music Director, Mary Ann Fitzgerald, Accompanist,
Rev. E. Arlen Goff, and the High Street Choir
Once a year, the High Street Choir presents a program of anthems we've
enjoyed most through the year. The 2012 theme is "Music for the
Soul" featuring gospel tunes from Southern, Appalachian, and African
American roots. Some will be familiar, while others will be High Street
premieres. There will be something for everyone's taste: traditional,
contemporary, jazz, rock, gospel, and folk.
During his Homily, Rev. E. Arlen Goff will trace the
relationships of these homegrown songs to our UU faith tradition.
