News & Features
February 2006

Church contributes to cemetery fund

The Brookfield Unitarian Universalist Church has donated $1,000 to the Brookfield Cemetery Preservation Fund in memory of Helen and Harriet Mitchell and in the spirit of community support.

The gift goes toward a $25,000 fund drive launched last May when an anonymous donor pledged to match that much raised. The money will be used to carry out projects in the cemetery’s Preservation and Management Plan, including preservation of the main gate structure and tree maintenance.

The Brookfield Unitarian Universalist Church is located on Route 148 across from the Brookfield Town Common. The oldest congregation in the Brookfields, it traces its history back to the original settlements at Foster Hill in the late 1600s. The church continues to serve members from several towns in the region and is a fellowship of truth seekers, bound by no dogma and restricted by no creed.

An integral part of the BUUC fellowship is reaching out to the larger community. The church does this through volunteer work with the Southbridge Interfaith Hospitality Network and through weekly food collections for the Brookfield Food Pantry. The Green Sanctuary Committee of the BUUC hosts environmental workshops and is a strong supporter of the Equal Exchange Interfaith Program, through the sale of organic coffees, teas, and chocolates, and through its annual fair trade sale of craft, folk art, and textiles from artisan cooperatives in Guatemala, Mexico, and Ecuador.