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Worship Service at Melrose Unitarian Universalist Church

Posted by Shelby on 01/28/07 at 09:00 PM

This morning I had a wonderful preaching experience at the Melrose Unitarian Universalist Church. I love preaching for small congregations and Melrose epitomized the reasons why. The white rectangle sanctuary was intimate. The congregation was enthusiastic during the service and friendly afterwards. And this is singing congregation! The hymns were filled with spirit.

In the sermon, I shared some stories from my experience teaching this past semester and reflections on the recent street violence in Boston.

Following the service, I met Rebecca Mooney, a congregant at Melrose and the Program Director of the Melrose Alliance Against Violence. MAAV takes a holistic approach to violence prevention, working both on domestic violence issues and dating violence among teens. They also have Youth Site on teen mental health.

Comment posted by Claudia Jiménez on 02/26/07

Both of the websites mentioned have very useful information on bullying, violence and depression. I plan to include the links in our next newsletter for parents who might be dealing with those issues. Thank you, for making these resources available!

Comment posted by Shelby on 03/07/07

Claudia- I’m so glad you found the MAAV
material useful. Please keep in touch
with updates about the Health-E Teens
Coalition. -Shelby

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