High Street Church

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Norma Burne and Beth Collins
Dia de los Muretos, or Day of the Dead, is a holiday celebrated in Mexico and by Mexican Americans. Family and friends gather to remember and pray for friends and family members who have died. Norma Burne and Beth Collins will lead a bilingual (Spanish and English) Service honoring and celebrating the mysteries of death, and the lives and memories of those who have gone before us. Lupita Mendoza, Norma, and Beth will decorate the altar in the Mexican tradition.
You are invited to bring pictures of loved ones who have passed on to place on the altar and will have an opportunity to light a candle in their honor and speak their names.
November 7 ~ The Tangible Power of Religious Education for Our Children

Most every Sunday we graciously sing our children and adolescents both down and upstairs for their religious education classes, but what really happens while they are there? What are the expectations, hopes and dreams of Children's Religious Education and how do we ensure that we are all making that happen? I believe that our children's Religious Education is as equally vital as their academic growth, and invite you to journey with me, examining the value of our children, as well as our own value as a congregation that supports each child’s personal faith journey.
November 14 ~ Association Sunday: Celebrating 50 years and the Future of our Faith
Eunice Benton, Mid-South District Executive
Today High Street is proud to be joining many hundreds of our sister congregations all over the country who have chosen to celebrate this year the 50th anniversary of the Unitarian Universalist Association. We are honored to have in our pulpit today Eunice Benton, our Mid-South District Executive, to help us celebrate the ties that bind our congregations together and make us stronger.
As part of the Service today, the Offering will be forwarded to the UUA as a gift from High Street. The gift is, in a poetic sense, a symbolic gesture of recognition of the multitude of benefits which accrue to High Street from the UUA. Proceeds will go to ensuring that our religion thrives for generations to come by supporting the Leap of Faith Growth Action Plan to establish mentoring relationships among congregations; funds will also support the celebration of this significant anniversary.
November 21 ~ Listening to Immigrant Voices
Rev. Rhett Baird
Congregational Meeting ~ Thanksgiving Potluck ~ Share the Plate with Macon Outreach As we gather, young and old, for our Sunday before Thanksgiving and the sharing of a meal together in the Fellowship Hall after the Service, I will find a way to invite all of us to listen and honor the richness, the courage, the diversity of voices of some who came to this country carrying hope and courage and fear and roots. The brief profiles will be drawn from many different countries and will span three centuries. The experience will be as rich as the meal that will follow. *Members please stay for a brief Congregational Meeting at the end of the Service, prior to the Potluck.
November 28 ~ Shaping a Meaningful and Ethical Life

The Service this morning will be an invitation into a journey toward a deeper understanding of empathy and engagement. We will explore how character, courage, human and moral understanding can be fostered by reflecting on the lives of others. We will explore how artists, writers, and thinkers of the past two centuries can inspire our own reflections on our daily lives, and call us toward deeper meaning and purpose.

We know that attending a new church can be a little unsettling. So please be at ease. We are not going to single you out or call attention to you in any way. We ask that you wear a name tag so we can learn your name, but otherwise you are left alone to see for yourself what we’re all about: just a group of people who have found the freedom that comes from a Unitarian Universalist church. So give us a try and experience why so many people have made High Street their church home.

Unitarian Universalism is a liberal religion with Jewish-Christian roots. It has no creed. It affirms the worth of human beings, advocates freedom of belief and the search for advancing truth, and tries to provide a warm, open, supportive community for people who believe that ethical living is the supreme witness of religion.

Childcare is provided for Sunday Services and at other times as needed.