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GBIO is ready to select its next campaign themes!  It is now in the final stages of assembling the research teams who this summer will explore issues in each of the five topics that emerged from about six months of “house meetings” at the 55 or so GBIO congregations across eastern Massachusetts. (We held three at United Parish in December, January and March.)

If you want to be part of this final process of choosing GBIO’s next campaign issues, read on.

The five topics which emerged from hundreds of house meetings were:

· Housing and homeownership

· Child care

· Education

· Mental health

· Food insecurity
  •  Interested in the Housing team? Please contact David R., who is a member of that team.
  •  Interested in the Child Care team? Please contact Terry B., who is a member of that team.
  •  Interested in the Education, Mental Health and Food Insecurity teams? Please contact David R., and he will put you in touch with the leaders of those teams.
Contact David or Terry directly, or e-mail us at gbio@upbrookline.org. The process this summer is to narrow down these five “semi-final” topics to two or three, with specific issues within those selected topics, where GBIO can make a difference in the lives of people affected by the issues. Joining a GBIO Research Team will be a great chance to work with folks from other congregations who are also concerned about the issues you care about. This is a great chance to get in at the beginning of GBIO’s next phase of work. Please let us know of your interest! [post_title] => GBIO Campaign Themes [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => gbio-campaign-themes [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2026-06-23 19:04:45 [post_modified_gmt] => 2026-06-23 19:04:45 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://www.unitedparishbrookline.org/?post_type=upb_news&p=8843 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => upb_news [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [1] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 8818 [post_author] => 3 [post_date] => 2026-06-15 21:10:54 [post_date_gmt] => 2026-06-15 21:10:54 [post_content] => Join us on Sundays at 10am from June 21 through September 6, downstairs in Willett Hall for Summer Worship. Our theme for Summer Worship is “Reporting the Good News,” inviting our summer homilists to share about where they see the Good News alive in the world (at a protest or picket line, siblings reconciling after a fight, a teacher showing mercy for a late assignment, etc.). Contact the Exalting Ministry Team at exalting@upbrookline.org. [post_title] => Summer Worship Begins June 21 [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => summer-worship-begins-june-21 [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2026-06-15 21:10:54 [post_modified_gmt] => 2026-06-15 21:10:54 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://www.unitedparishbrookline.org/?post_type=upb_news&p=8818 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => upb_news [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [2] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 8792 [post_author] => 3 [post_date] => 2026-06-10 21:50:54 [post_date_gmt] => 2026-06-10 21:50:54 [post_content] => Join us on Sunday, June 14, immediately following worship in the Sanctuary and on Zoom. (Please note, worship will start at 10am. The All Parish Meeting will be at 11am.) The All Parish Meeting is open to EVERYONE - whether you're a long-time member of United Parish or you've just recently started attending worship. This is a chance for our whole congregation to come together. Come as we share and celebrate how God is working in our church. We will have strawberry shortcake for Coffee Hour. The Nursery will be open for childcare. We look forward to seeing you there! Contact Stefan Reed at moderator@upbrookline.org. [post_title] => Spring All-Parish Meeting – June 14 [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => spring-all-parish-meeting-june-14 [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2026-06-10 21:54:25 [post_modified_gmt] => 2026-06-10 21:54:25 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://www.unitedparishbrookline.org/?post_type=upb_news&p=8792 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => upb_news [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) )

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