Category: Past Sunday Programs

18 June 2023: “The Lily House: An Opportunity to Take Care of Each Other at the End-of-Life” with Dawn Walsh

10:00 AM Sunday, June 19, 2023 Join us as we welcome co-founder and executive director Dawn Walsh to learn about the Lily House, a community hospice home in Wellfleet that provides around-the-clock comfort care in a peaceful and compassionate environment where terminally ill individuals can live and die with dignity and grace while being surrounded by love – at no cost to those in need. In Fellowship, we take care of each other in life. The Lily House is an … Continue reading 18 June 2023: “The Lily House: An Opportunity to Take Care of Each Other at the End-of-Life” with Dawn Walsh

11 Jun 2023: “Putnam Farm – Realizing the Vision” with Rick Fancolini

10:00 a.m. Sunday, June 11, 2023 Putnam Farm is town-owned conservation land acquired with the intent of restoring agriculture to Orleans.  Thanks to COVID, a growing number of passionate growers and a multi-faceted, town-wide effort, that vision has become a reality.  Join Rick for an informal discussion about what’s been accomplished, the impact it’s having on our community and upcoming plans for the year ahead. All are welcome. Live at Chapel in the Pines. Rick Francolini is a resident of … Continue reading 11 Jun 2023: “Putnam Farm – Realizing the Vision” with Rick Fancolini

28 May 2023: “The Tale of Spinnaker, a Humpback Whale” with Scott Landry

10:00 a.m. Sunday, May 28, 2023 Scott Landry has been working at the Center for Coastal Studies for over 20 years on whale research and conservation. He will discuss our current understanding of how entanglement in fishing gear impacts individual whales and whale populations. This Sunday, he’ll be talking about Spinnaker, to illustrate how larger trends are manifest in the life of a single, and singular, being. All are welcome! Scott Landry directs the Marine Animal Entanglement Response (MAER) program … Continue reading 28 May 2023: “The Tale of Spinnaker, a Humpback Whale” with Scott Landry

21 May 2023: “The Article Two Study Commission and the Future of the 8th Principle”

10:00 a.m. Sunday, May 21, 2023 In June 2020, Nauset Fellowship joined many other UU Congregations in adopting the 8th Principle which states:“We covenant to affirm and promote journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse, multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions.”Now, the Unitarian Universalist Association must grapple with how to best situate the commitments expressed in the 8th Principle into Article II, the section of … Continue reading 21 May 2023: “The Article Two Study Commission and the Future of the 8th Principle”

14 May 2023: “The Three Jewels of Buddhism: The Buddha, The Dharma, The Sangha” with Nancy Eaton

10:00 a.m. Sunday, May 14, 2023 The Three Jewels are the core components of Buddhist practice and belief. First Light Sangha is a Buddhist community on the lower cape that meets weekly to practice mindfulness and meditation in the Plum Village tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. This morning three members will share briefly about each of the Three Jewels of Buddhism with time for questions and answers. All are welcome! Nancy Eaton has practiced mindfulness and meditation since … Continue reading 14 May 2023: “The Three Jewels of Buddhism: The Buddha, The Dharma, The Sangha” with Nancy Eaton

30 Apr 2023: “A Borinqueno on the Mainland” with Edgar Miranda

10:00 a.m. Sunday, April 30, 2023 Edgar Miranda was born in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico and raised in East Harlem, New York, attending primary and high school in Manhattan. For almost 50 years, he has worked in public education with students, teachers and parents from multiple language and cultural groups designing, implementing and supervising instructional programs. Incorporating insights gleaned from years of research with minority children and from Beverly Tatum’s work on identity formation and racism, Miranda will reflect on some … Continue reading 30 Apr 2023: “A Borinqueno on the Mainland” with Edgar Miranda

16 Apr 2023: “Historical Reinterpretation of Indigenous Artifacts Exhibits” with Sheryl Jaffe

10:00 a.m. Sunday, April 16 Coordinator of the Wellfleet Historical Society & Museum, Sheryl Jaffe, will speak about the re-interpretation of Wellfleet Historical Society & Museum Native artifacts exhibits: “Before 1620, Who Was Here?” and “Delilah Gibbs, Wellfleet’s Last Indian?” Jaffe will address how working with Wampanoag educator and historian Linda Coombs has helped to re-frame the stories of our shared history on the Outer Cape.

23 Apr 2023: “Protecting Our Natural Environment: Eastham Conservation Foundation – 45 Years in Action” 

10:00 a.m. Sunday, April 23, 2023 Eastham Conservation Foundation (ECF) was founded in 1978 as a volunteer, non-profit membership organization to help protect and enhance Eastham’s natural environment.  How is ECF doing today, and where should we be heading?  Joanna Buffington, a volunteer Director and Clerk for ECF since 2012, will share some of the current activities that address the mission to protect land, provide stewardship and educational programs for the public to enhance the natural environment and protect wildlife.  … Continue reading 23 Apr 2023: “Protecting Our Natural Environment: Eastham Conservation Foundation – 45 Years in Action” 

26 Mar 2023: “Nauset Interfaith Association’s Youth Outreach Efforts” with Brooke Eaton-Skea

10:00 a.m. Sunday, March 26, 2023 The Nauset Interfaith Association envisions a time in which no young person experiences homelessness or rejection and every young person has the freedom and support in which to thrive. Their Youth Outreach and Hospitality Action Team works to make this vision a reality. Their members support Cape Cod youth who are, or who are at risk of becoming homeless, or who otherwise experience dire need or exclusion from the community. Their goal is to help … Continue reading 26 Mar 2023: “Nauset Interfaith Association’s Youth Outreach Efforts” with Brooke Eaton-Skea

19 Mar 2023: “The 30-year journey of Cape Cod Children’s Place” with Elizabeth Aldred

10:00 a.m. Sunday, March 19, 2023 When the Cape Cod Children’s Place was founded thirty years ago, what community needs was it responding to? What has it accomplished over the three decades since then? How have conditions changed today? A conversation with friends at the Fellowship about this place, just up the road, very near and dear to Elizabeth Aldred’s heart. All are welcome! Live at Chapel in the Pines and on Zoom. Elizabeth Aldred raised her sons in Eastham … Continue reading 19 Mar 2023: “The 30-year journey of Cape Cod Children’s Place” with Elizabeth Aldred