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United Church of Christ | Saxonville, Massachusetts

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The Edwards Church Board of Wider Mission

The Justice and Love in Action Team focuses on social justice issues, in hopes of expanding circles of healing and justice to neighbors near and far. In recent years, we have provided numerous opportunities to respond in love to the crises of changing climate and increased public hatred. Our committee worked to provide the Edwards community concrete ways to engage in acts of compassion and social change on our campus, in the broader local community, and globally.

Preparing ourselves to care for our wider community

In order to positively impact our community, Justice and Love in Action offers educational opportunities to help us learn about issues of justice and the environment. We aim to learn more about systems of oppression in hopes of creating change, and to discover and implement ways of being more environmentally sustainable.

Supporting and promoting justice in our local community

Justice and Love in Action helps our congregation positively impact the lives of people in our local community. We support local folks who are homeless and/or in need of day to day necessities, recently arrived refugees and asylum seekers, and we also look for opportunities to help make our nearby towns more welcoming and just for everyone. These include a Martin Luther King Conference in Framingham; Framingham Comes Together; Palm Sunday Parade with our campus' partnering worship committees; and contributions to A Place to Turn, One Less Gift, and Worcester Fellowship, among many others.

Supporting and promoting justice in the wider world

We also seek to extend care to people nationally and internationally, both in moments of crisis and for building ongoing, sustainable support.

Our 2023 annual report is available, and you will find our latest activities below.

Message from UCC Conference

August 30, 2023 by Alexis Ortiz

We are saddened and outraged by the murders of three black people by a white supremacist in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday. We hold in prayer the families of the people who were slain and all who loved them. We pray for the entire community of Jacksonville and for black people throughout the U.S., who are […]

Filed Under: Racial Justice

Intentional Money Habits

June 26, 2023 by Alexis Ortiz

Workshop: Align Your Money to Your Anti-Racist Principles – Edwards Hall Thursday, August 3, 6:00 p.m. — Potluck,   6:30 p.m.  — Workshop       Together we can make a difference in the racial wealth gap! No matter how much money you have, you can shift power through intentional spending habits, charitable giving, and investments/saving. In this […]

Filed Under: Racial Justice

Sacred Ally Quilt Ministry

June 3, 2023 by Rev. Debbie Clark

Edwards Church is excited to partner with the Southern New England Conference of the United Church of Christ to bring the Sacred Ally Quilt Ministry to Framingham. Created by women in nine UCC congregations in New Hampshire in the days following the murder of George Floyd, the ten Sacred Ally Quilts document the painful experience […]

Filed Under: Racial Justice

May Announcements

April 28, 2023 by Nicola Seaholm

Chancel Committee Thank You The Chancel committee would like to thank all those that purchased flowers for Easter to help decorate the sanctuary. JUNE STEEPLE: Call for Articles and Photographs! Articles and photos for the next issue of the Steeple are due on May 17. Submissions should be a maximum of about 350 words. We […]

Filed Under: Steeple, Welcome, Wider Mission Tagged With: Steeple May 2023

April Announcements

April 6, 2023 by Nicola Seaholm

Compassionate Conversations Fourth Mondays at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom (4/24) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88334124569 Would you like to have deep and meaningful conversations with fellow congregants? Are there topics you’d like to explore in a safe environment? Come and share your thoughts, feelings, concerns in a safe environment. We will discuss a different topic on the 4th Monday […]

Filed Under: Steeple, Welcome, Wider Mission Tagged With: Steeple April 2023

Justice and Love in Action

December 29, 2022 by Rev. Debbie Clark

  How do we integrate our commitment to becoming an anti-racist church with our historic giving practices and already established relationships? How do we transform systems of oppression with our resources? How do we not pit values and priorities against each other? These are just some of the questions Justice & Love in Action (formerly […]

Filed Under: Racial Justice, Steeple

Special Offerings for January—The Diaper Project and “Donate”

December 29, 2022 by Rev. Debbie Clark

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  For the celebration of Epiphany, the Justice and Love in Action Team invites you to bring in diapers for The Diaper Project at A Place to Turn.  Sizes 5, 6 and 4T-5T pull-ups are especially needed. You can also donate sanitary pads and tampons as part of the DONATE project — a program started by […]

Filed Under: Steeple, Wider Mission

Reflections on the Challenge of Becoming Antiracist

September 9, 2022 by Rev. Debbie Clark

As I reflect on my journey to become an antiracism activist, I remember when I didn’t know what white privilege was. Growing up 1960s I remember seeing marches on TV before my father changed the channel, hearing about Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at our UCC church and talking at the Sunday dinner table […]

Filed Under: Racial Justice

Celebrating our impact

September 9, 2022 by Rev. Debbie Clark

  In recent weeks, the Justice and Love in Action Team (formerly the Board of Wider Mission) has received correspondence from several organizations we support, letting us know that our efforts make a huge difference. Here are some updates. For several years, the African Community Education Project in Worcester has received Seeds of Grace grants […]

Filed Under: Devotions for Random Reflection on Home Page, Spiritual Reflections from our Community, Steeple, Wider Mission

Songs at the Heart of Our Times

September 9, 2022 by Rev. Debbie Clark

Songs at the Heart of our Times: Bringing Hope and Uplifting Community Through Music Sunday, October 30, 5 pm, in the Edwards Church Sanctuary On Sunday, October 30, at 5 pm in the Edwards Church sanctuary, there will be a special concert:   Songs At The Heart Of Our Times: Bringing Hope And Uplifting Community Through […]

Filed Under: Steeple, Wider Mission

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Set your GPS for 39 Edwards Street, Framingham. We have plenty of parking!

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