Murray Unitarian Universalist Church

Holiday Fair, Day Two
2025-11-08 09:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | MA
Saturday, November 8, 9 to 3
It’s the most wonderful time of year!
Join us Saturday for day 2 of Murray’s annual Holiday Fair. Shop early for unique finds in Grandma’s attic, stock up on books for the cold winter ahead, take home cookies from our bakeshop, and have a no-cook Saturday in the gourmet room.
There’s something for everyone
FREE ADMISSION
Crafts, Food, Jewelry, Home Decor, Vintage Clothes, and so much more

Holiday Fair, Day One
2025-11-07 11:00 - 19:00 | MA
2 Days, Friday, November 7, 11 to 7, and Saturday, November 8, 9 to 3
It’s the most wonderful time of year!
Join us this Friday and Saturday for Murray’s annual Holiday Fair. Shop early for unique finds in Grandma’s attic, stock up on books for the cold winter ahead, take home cookies from our bakeshop, and have a no-cook Friday night in the gourmet room.
There’s something for everyone
FREE ADMISSION
Here’s what to expect this Friday, Nov 7, 11 to 7, and Saturday, Nov. 8, 9 to 3 at the Holiday Fair. There’s so much to see, you’ll want to come both days to make sure you don’t miss anything.
When you first enter the Holiday Fair, you’ll smell the delicious food being served in Fellowship Hall.
Gourmet Café
Turn right into Fellowship Hall for a bowl of seafood chowder, homemade entrees, soups, a meatball sub, or a hamburger. There’s a lot on the menu, including vegetarian selections. Sit down, have lunch or dinner, and relax before or after shopping the fair.
Raffles and the Christmas Tree Shoppe
While in Fellowship Hall, take a chance on the raffles; your eyes are going to pop with the variety of raffle items. You won’t be able to miss the holiday fanfare of the Christmas Tree Shoppe, with all sorts of ornaments, decorations, linens, and so much more to get your home in the holiday mood.
Leave Fellowship Hall and go down the hall to visit the rest of our Holiday Fair.
Thrift Shop
Down the hall on the right is the Thrift Shop, open during both Holiday Fair days (open Saturdays 10-4 year-round) for clothing, craft supplies, home decor, kitchen goods, and more. The Thrift Shop’s mission is to promote sustainability, serve our community, and reduce waste. Come shop our well-cared-for secondhand goods and be a part of that mission.
Keep going in the hallway.
Toys and Games
For both kids and kids at heart, our toy room is immense – there’s something for everyone no matter what age.
Gramma’s Attic
It’s an extension of our Thrift Shop, focusing mostly on home goods – whether you need new curtains, dishes, or a refresh on your decor, you’re sure to find something you didn’t know you needed at Gramma’s.
Almost Antiques
If you have a taste for the vintage, you’ll find treasures of all kinds. These beautifully cared for second-hand items are sure to catch the eye of both the collector and casual shopper alike!
At this point, you may have had to make a run out to the car to drop off your purchases.
Book Room
Books, books, and more books, and of course CDs and DVDs. Our book room is filled to the brim with books for everyone, from popular fiction to history, crafts, travel, cooking, and so much more.
Craft and Gifts Room
Across the hall from Books is Craft and Gifts, organized by Murray’s Clara Barton Guild. Everything is 100% handmade by Murray UU Church members and friends who work diligently year-round to create these beautiful gifts.
Bakeshop and Vendors
At the end of the hall is the Unity Room, where the Bakeshop sells hundreds of dozens of fresh-baked cookies, a wide variety of quick breads, and frozen pies you can take home and bake for your next holiday gathering. You might actually want to stop here first, because we virtually sell out of just about everything every year.
Unity Room is also where we feature an awesome variety of outside vendors, allowing local small businesses to share their passion with our shoppers.

Harvest of Gratitude
2025-11-02 10:00 - 11:00 | Sanctuary, Murray UU Church, 505 N. Main St., Attleboro, MA, 02703, United States
Sunday, November 2, 2025
Led by Rev. F. Vernon Wright V

Service begins at 10 a.m. This is a hybrid service. Join us in the sanctuary or log on to Zoom from the comfort and safety of your own home to participate in our worship experience. Service ends at 11 a.m., followed by coffee and fellowship.
We are a certified Welcoming Congregation and Green Sanctuary

Finding the Truth
2025-10-26 10:00 - 11:00 | Sanctuary, Murray UU Church, 505 N. Main St., Attleboro, MA, 02703, United States
Sunday, October 26, 2025
Led by Rev. F. Vernon Wright V

Service begins at 10 a.m. This is a hybrid service. Join us in the sanctuary or log on to Zoom from the comfort and safety of your own home to participate in our worship experience. Service ends at 11 a.m., followed by coffee and fellowship.
We are a certified Welcoming Congregation and Green Sanctuary

Overcoming Fear
2025-10-19 10:00 - 11:00 | Sanctuary, Murray UU Church, 505 N. Main St., Attleboro, MA, 02703, United States
Sunday, October 19, 2025
Fear is something we all struggle with; there’s the fear of being alone, not being safe, being a burden, being dangerous to others, being a part of an unjust society, or being unwell. Sometimes we are lonely, sometimes we are not safe, sometimes we are a burden, maybe we were dangerous to others at times, maybe we are a part of an unjust society, we will not always be well, and this causes pain. When we obsess about the pain, because, let’s face it, pain takes up a lot of space in our minds, we can really be taken for a ride. What is painful becomes a catastrophe.
How do we keep what is naturally painful from becoming a catastrophic event? Join us as we delve into this question as we learn better to live into it.

Service begins at 10 a.m. This is a hybrid service. Join us in the sanctuary or log on to Zoom from the comfort and safety of your own home to participate in our worship experience. Service ends at 11 a.m., followed by coffee and fellowship.
We are a certified Welcoming Congregation and Green Sanctuary

Finding Home On Stolen Land
2025-10-12 10:00 - 11:00 | Sanctuary, Murray UU Church, 505 N. Main St., Attleboro, MA, 02703, United States
Sunday, October 12
Led by Rev. Jo Murphy
Often in Unitarian Universalist churches, we struggle with our relationship to the land our churches sit upon. Though we work to acknowledge the land, we don’t always follow through with indigenous solidarity. This hurts our chance at fully belonging while recognizing the complications of any home. Come explore these complications in worship and what it takes to make any land home.
Rev. Jo is the Executive Director for UU Mass Action and, with passion and zest, mobilizes and organizes with the many UU Mass Action campaigns. Jo is also kept busy as a chaplain at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and caring for her 1-year-old. She loves liberation, the ocean, and a fine chicken dinner.

Service begins at 10 a.m. This is a hybrid service. Join us in the sanctuary or log on to Zoom from the comfort and safety of your own home to participate in our worship experience. Service ends at 11 a.m., followed by coffee and fellowship.
We are a certified Welcoming Congregation and Green Sanctuary

Fall Yard Sale
2025-10-11 09:00 - 15:00 | Outside, Murray UU Church, 505 North Main St, Attleboro, MA, 02703
Saturday, October 11, 9 to 3
Discover the items you didn’t know you needed.
We have furniture, pet supplies, gardening supplies, tools and hardware; kitchen items; seasonal and home decorations; lamps; organizers/plastic bins; framed pictures; 35 mm cameras and tripods; keyboard; suitcases; Christmas trees; yard furniture; and, in case you need one, we have a 6-foot lighthouse.
All items are priced to sell. While at the Yard Sale, make time to stop in the Thrift Store for even more items like craft supplies, clothing, and linens.
And don’t forget our Holiday Fair on November 7th and 8th.
No early birds, please.

Everyday Courage
2025-10-05 10:00 - 11:00 | Sanctuary, Murray UU Church, 505 N. Main St., Attleboro, MA, 02703, United States
Sunday, October 5
Courage doesn’t always look dramatic. Sometimes it’s as simple as showing up for someone who needs support, speaking a kind truth, or taking one small step toward justice. In our Unitarian Universalist community, we honor the quiet acts of bravery that shape our daily lives. The choices to live with integrity, compassion, and hope.
We believe that everyday courage is not about fearlessness, but about living into our values even when the path feels uncertain. It grows when we stand together, encourage one another, and practice love in action.

Service begins at 10 a.m. This is a hybrid service. Join us in the sanctuary or log on to Zoom from the comfort and safety of your own home to participate in our worship experience. Service ends at 11 a.m., followed by coffee and fellowship.
We are a certified Welcoming Congregation and Green Sanctuary

Potluck Dinner and a Movie
2025-10-04 18:00 - 21:00 | Unity Room, 505 N Main St, Attleboro, MA, 02703, United States
Social Concerns Committee presents
A celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a potluck dinner, and viewing the educational documentary:
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World
About the Native Americans who rocked the World. View the trailer.
This will be held in the Unity Room. Discussion following the viewing.
Please use this form to let us if you are attending and what potluck dish you will be bringing.

October Family Fellowship
2025-10-03 18:00 - 20:00 | Fellowship Hall, Murray UU Church, 505 N Main St, Attleboro, MA, 02703, United States
Families with children of all ages are welcome to join us a we get in the spirit of Halloween with a movie, dinner, and some crafts.
Murray Unitarian Universalist Church celebrates the inherent worthiness of each person and values of respect, honesty, equity, justice, diversity, kindness, and compassion. We welcome you to join us for fun and fellowship.
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Volunteer Fair
2025-09-28 11:00 - 12:00 | Fellowship Hall, Murray UU Church, 505 N Main St, Attleboro, MA, 02703, United States
Program Council’s Volunteer Fair during Coffee Hour. A meet-and-greet to learn about and connect members with each committee, group, or team.

Building Community
2025-09-28 10:00 - 11:00 | Sanctuary, Murray UU Church, 505 N. Main St., Attleboro, MA, 02703, United States
Sunday, September 28
We are about building community and recognizing its deep necessity. In connection with one another, we discover not just companionship, but the shared strength, wisdom, and compassion that sustain our spirits.
Community can sometimes feel abstract, but we bring it into life through participation and presence. Events like our Holiday Fair, or committees like our Social Concerns, turn ideas into action, offering a chance to meet others, explore your gifts, and shape the life of our congregation together.
In coming together, we find that community is not just something we build—it is something that builds us.
We invite you to reflect: How might you bring your presence, your gifts, and your curiosity to help our community grow stronger, deeper, and more connected?

Service begins at 10 a.m. This is a hybrid service. Join us in the sanctuary or log on to Zoom from the comfort and safety of your own home to participate in our worship experience. Service ends at 11 a.m., followed by coffee and fellowship.
We are a certified Welcoming Congregation and Green Sanctuary

Offering Sanctuary
2025-09-21 10:00 - 11:00 | Sanctuary, Murray UU Church, 505 N. Main St., Attleboro, MA, 02703, United States
Sunday, September 21
At our core, we are about welcoming, offering sanctuary to the last and the least, and by extension, to everyone. When we create space for those most in need of dignity and belonging, we build a spiritual home that embraces all who enter.
Welcome here is more than a greeting at the door; it’s a practice of justice, compassion, and community. To welcome the vulnerable is to affirm the worth and dignity of every person. To welcome the outsider is to widen our circle of love. And to welcome one another, again and again, is how we live out our shared faith.
We invite you to wonder with us: How do we live our welcome so no one feels like a stranger? What barriers, seen or unseen, can we lower so that all may enter freely? And how might this practice of welcome transform us as well?

Service begins at 10 a.m. This is a hybrid service. Join us in the sanctuary or log on to Zoom from the comfort and safety of your own home to participate in our worship experience. Service ends at 11 a.m., followed by coffee and fellowship.
We are a certified Welcoming Congregation and Green Sanctuary

A Welcoming Place
2025-09-14 10:00 - 11:00 | Sanctuary, Murray UU Church, 505 N. Main St., Attleboro, MA, 02703, United States
Sunday, September 14
We are a welcoming place for all who enter our doors. We affirm our identity as a Black Lives Matter church and as an LGBTQ+ welcoming community, and we take pride in being a safe haven for seekers, questioners, and heretics of every stripe. Here, diversity of belief and experience is not only accepted but celebrated, as we join together in our shared commitment to human dignity, compassion, and loving kindness.
Together we ask: What might it look like to widen the circle of love and belonging even more, both within these walls of this church and beyond them?

Service begins at 10 a.m. This is a hybrid service. Join us in the sanctuary or log on to Zoom from the comfort and safety of your own home to participate in our worship experience. Service ends at 11 a.m., followed by coffee and fellowship.
We are a certified Welcoming Congregation and Green Sanctuary

Water Communion
2025-09-07 10:00 - 11:00 | Sanctuary, Murray UU Church, 505 N. Main St., Attleboro, MA, 02703, United States
Welcome back for the first Sunday service of the 2025-26 church year.
Bring a sample of water from your summer, tap water, or virtual water to share that is significant to you, and share something succinctly.

Service begins at 10 a.m. This is a hybrid service. Join us in the sanctuary or log on to Zoom from the comfort and safety of your own home to participate in our worship experience. Service ends at 11 a.m., followed by coffee and fellowship.
We are a certified Welcoming Congregation and Green Sanctuary

Pop-Up Service
2025-08-31 10:00 - 11:00 | Unity Room, 505 N Main St, Attleboro, MA, 02703, United States
Inspirations: A Bridge to the Fall at Murray
Led by Bruce Field
Originally, there was no service scheduled for this Sunday. This is a hybrid service that will be in the Unity Room and available on Zoom.
Let’s share what’s recharged our spirits this summer and what will inspire us in the coming year at Murray! Is there a word, a phrase, a reading, a writing of your own, a short poem, a song that lifts your spirit, that inspires you — that you’d like to share?

Service begins at 10 a.m. This is a hybrid service. Join us in the Unity Room or log on to Zoom from the comfort and safety of your own home to participate in our worship experience. Service ends at 11 a.m., followed by coffee and fellowship.
We are a certified Welcoming Congregation and Green Sanctuary

Blessing of the Animals
2025-08-24 10:00 - 11:00 | Outside, Murray UU Church, 505 North Main St, Attleboro, MA, 02703
Summer Service
Blessing of the Animals
Led by Ruth Debrot, Meg Lambert, and Randy Larrivee
Join us for a live, outdoor ceremony to give thanks and bless the companions in our lives — leashed or crated cats and dogs, birds and chickens, turtles and fish, horses, and so much more! We will acknowledge the ways that human lives are made fuller and richer by the creatures that inhabit the Earth with us. Feel free to bring your pets, photos of pets, and stuffed animals.

Summer Services are lay-led and begin at 10 am. This is an in-person service only, in the grassy area behind the church.
We are a certified Welcoming Congregation and Green Sanctuary

Memorial Service
2025-08-23 15:00 - 16:00 | Sanctuary, Murray UU Church, 505 N. Main St., Attleboro, MA, 02703, United States
Celebrating the life of Rev. Sandra Douglass Fitz-Henry
Service begins at 3 pm, feel free to come early and enjoy the music. This is a hybrid service. Join us in the sanctuary or log on to Zoom from the comfort and safety of your own home to participate.
Read her obituary, CLICK HERE.
We are a certified Welcoming Congregation and Green Sanctuary

Philosophy
2025-08-17 10:00 - 11:00 | Online only, United States
Summer Service
Why Our Philosophy Is Important
Led by Len Yutkins
A brief survey of how our philosophy impacts everything we believe and do.

Summer services begin at 10 am. This is an online service. Log on to Zoom from wherever you are to participate in our worship experience.
We are a certified Welcoming Congregation and Green Sanctuary

Honk for [Insert Your Cause]
2025-08-14 17:30 - 18:45 | Outside, Murray UU Church, 505 North Main St, Attleboro, MA, 02703
This is a peaceful Indivisible Mansfield and Beyond rally in front of the Murray UU Church
Thursday, August 14, 5:30 to 6:45 pm
Bring a sign that says, “HONK FOR [insert your cause]!”, Examples: Honk for Democracy, Honk for Due Process, Honk for Justice, Honk for Free Speech, Honk to Release the Epstein Files!
Let’s get the traffic engaged!
Please bring a donation for the Murray Food Pantry

Kindred Spirits
2025-08-10 10:00 - 23:00 | Online only, United States
Summer Services
Kindred Spirits: Praying with L. M. Montgomery
Led by Carol Konvalinka-Connolly
Canadian author L.M. Montgomery wrote Anne of Green Gables and other novels about the life of an orphan girl, Anne Shirely, and her search for “kindred spirits”. Kindred Spirits are people who share a deep, intrinsic connection based on mutual understanding, empathy, and shared values or interests. Join me as we meditate on the wisdom of L. M. Montgomery as we search for pearls of wisdom in her narration and give thanks for kindred spirits.

Summer services begin at 10 am. This is an online service; log on to Zoom from wherever you are to participate in our worship experience.
We are a certified Welcoming Congregation and Green Sanctuary

Revolutionary Spirituality
2025-08-03 10:00 - 11:00 | Online only, United States
Summer Service
Revolutionary Spirituality
Led by Evan Laferriere
What is at the intersection of justice and sacredness? How do you connect the two, and how have people done so in the past?

Summer services begin at 10 am. This is an online service, log on to Zoom from wherever you are to participate in our worship experience.
We are a certified Welcoming Congregation and Green Sanctuary

Rise Against The Regime
2025-08-02 14:00 - 16:00 | Downtown Attleboro, 1 Park St., Attleboro, MA, United States
This Saturday, August 2, 2 to 4 pm
Fiske Square, Downtown Attleboro. Turn your frustration into fuel and let your outrage become action.
August 2nd marks a pivotal National Day of Action, uniting communities across the nation in a shared purpose: Rage Against the Regime.
On this day, we come together to transform anger into action, harnessing the energy of collective resistance. Our movement is rooted in non-violence, but it is far from passive. We stand strong, bold, and unyielding, showing the world the irresistible force of communities united against injustice.
We need to come together to channel our anger into purposeful, strategic, collective action—rage is not chaos, it’s resolve.
We are not only against something; we are for justice, dignity, and a better future. We do not break, nor do we break others. We build a power the regime cannot contain.
As always, we will be selling stickers and collecting non-perishable, cash and Venmo donations all going to the Hebron Food Pantry.

Fundraising with a Mission
2025-07-27 10:00 - 11:00 | Sanctuary, Murray UU Church, 505 N. Main St., Attleboro, MA, 02703, United States
Summer Service
Murray Thrift Shop: Fundraising with a Mission
Led by the Murray Church Thrift Shop
For five years, the Murray Thrift Shop has been growing. Every Saturday, we have delighted customers, offered bargains, helped our community, reduced waste in our landfills, and had so much fun! Come find out what inspires our volunteers and customers to keep coming back.

All Church Cookout
All are welcome to an all-church cookout: hamburgers (meat and vegetarian), hot dogs, chips, and salad. It will be held outside following the service, in the backyard, weather permitting. If not, we will move it into Fellowship Hall

Summer Services begin at 10 am. This is an in-person service only.
We are a certified Welcoming Congregation and Green Sanctuary

Meet the Moment: General Assembly
2025-07-20 10:00 - 11:00 | MA
Summer Service
Meet the Moment: General Assembly 2025
Led by Emily Weiland
In this sometimes difficult year, it can be revitalizing to know what is happening with Unitarian Universalist congregations across the country that share our values and, like us, strive for justice. Join this Sunday service to learn about the 2025 “Meet the Moment” General Assembly, featuring reflections by Carol Konvalink-Connolly, Bruce Field, Lauralyn Smith, and Emily Weiland.

Watch the Summer Sunday Online Service in the Unity Room
Join your Murray friends from 10-11 am, followed by conversation
Bring your own beverage. Murray tech support and child care are NOT available
This is an experiment. It’s going well. We’ll see how it goes and plan for future Sunday sessions in the summer.

Summer services begin at 10 am. This is an online service; log on to Zoom from wherever you are to participate in our worship experience.
We are a certified Welcoming Congregation and Green Sanctuary

Pick Your Own Protest
2025-07-19 14:00 - 16:00 | Downtown Attleboro, 1 Park St., Attleboro, MA, United States
Join us on July 19th, 2-4 pm, Fiske Square, Attleboro.

Each day, we grow angrier about what’s happening around us. The unknown has most of us scared, and the divided world can make us all feel alone.
It’s past the time to be quiet and see what happens. We invite you to join us once again in downtown Attleboro for a peaceful rally.
You all showed up in a big way for our “Hands Off” and “No Kings” rallies. Thank you!
Let your voice be heard, to demand…

Human Rights
An End to Unchecked Power
Justice for Everyone – Not Just the Wealthy
No Kings, Dictators, or Tyrants in America
No War
Protection of our Veterans

Bring your voice, your sign, and any friends who agree. Together, we will speak truth to power.

What: “Pick Your Own Protest”
Date: Saturday, July 19
Time: 2-4pm
Location: Downtown Attleboro

Sticker sale to support Hebron Food Pantry, minimum donation of $5 cash, Venmo, or PayPal
These are not just protests anymore; we’re causing “Good Trouble” while working towards a movement that could rewrite how this story ends.

Good Trouble Lives On
2025-07-17 17:00 - 18:00 | Outside, Murray UU Church, 505 North Main St, Attleboro, MA, 02703
Good Trouble Lives On is a national day of nonviolent action to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration and to remind them that, in America, the power lies with the people.
On July 17, the anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’s passing, we’re taking action across the country to defend our democracy and carry forward his legacy of Good Trouble.
Join us at Murray UU Church from 5 to 6 pm
If you are interested in creating signs, there is some white foam board in the coat racks near the kitchen.

From voter suppression bills like the SAVE Act to the criminalization of protest, the Trump administration is launching a full-scale attack on our civil and human rights. But we know the truth: in America, the power lies with the people, and we’re rising to prove it.
This is more than a protest; it’s a moral reckoning. A continuation of the movement Lewis helped lead, and a new front in the struggle for freedom.
Please note: A core principle behind our Good Trouble Lives On actions is a commitment to nonviolence in all we do. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values.

Which Love?
2025-07-13 10:00 - 11:00 | MA
Summer Service
Which Love?
Led by Justin Keith
Love means many things to many people. It also means many things to one person. Like a parking spot in a strip mall with many stores, which spot is right for you?

Summer services begin at 10 am. This is an online service, log on to Zoom from wherever you are to participate in our worship experience.
Watch the Summer Sunday Online Service in the Unity Room
Join your Murray friends 10-11 am, followed by conversation
Bring your own beverage. Murray tech support and child care are NOT available
This is an experiment. We’ll see how it goes and plan for future summer Sundays after these two sessions.

We are a certified Welcoming Congregation and Green Sanctuary

Resisting the Erasure of History
2025-07-06 10:00 - 11:00 | MA
Summer Service
Resisting the Erasure of History
Led by Monica Staaf
Since ancient times, tyrants have attempted to rewrite history to strengthen their control. Now, we are experiencing a purge of literature and policies relating to slavery, discrimination, diversity, equity, inclusion, and other issues that offend the powerful. We’ll explore the importance of remembering our past, good and bad, as a spiritual act.

Summer services begin at 10 am. This is an online service, log on to Zoom from wherever you are to participate in our worship experience.
Watch the Summer Sunday Online Service in the Unity Room
Join your Murray friends this Sunday, July 6, and the following Sunday, July 13, 10-11 am, followed by conversation
Bring your own beverage. Murray tech support and child care are NOT available
This is an experiment. We’ll see how it goes and plan for future summer Sundays after these two sessions.

We are a certified Welcoming Congregation and Green Sanctuary

Becoming More: Living from the Heart
2025-06-29 10:00 - 11:00 | MA
Summer Service
Becoming More: Living from the Heart in a World of Transition
Led by Kathleen Fox Redmond
We stand at a threshold between an old story ~ rooted in fear, scarcity, and separation, and a new, soul-led story of connectedness, Love, and compassionate action.
In this reflection, Kathleen Fox Redmond explores what it means to “become more, not less” in a time of global and personal upheaval and transformation.

Summer services begin at 10 am. This is an online service, log on to Zoom from wherever you are to participate in our worship experience.
We are a certified Welcoming Congregation and Green Sanctuary
