The Children’s Religious Exploration Program of the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church seeks a Co-Teacher to plan and facilitate engaging experiences for a wide age range with the program’s Lead Teacher/Director.
This is a part-time, three hours per week position. Two hours are required on Sunday mornings; a weekly one hour planning meeting will be arranged with the Director.

Qualifications:
• Have values aligned with those of Unitarian Universalism
• Willingness to serve the mission and work of the GUUC congregation
• Demonstrated ability to work with diverse people in diverse situations
• Minimum of one year experience assisting or teaching in a classroom setting
• Knowledge of mixed age curriculum and experience using story, song, art, nature, movement, discussion, and/or play to engage children is highly desired
• Ability to work supportively with teen assistants
• Experience maintaining confidentiality
• Successful completion of a background check (CORI)

Candidates with experience in Emergent, Nature Based, Montessori, and/or Waldorf curriculum, as well as those with experience in children’s religious education are particularly encouraged to apply.

Pre-service training will begin the week of September 5, 2016. The first program Sunday will be September 18 and will continue most Sundays through June 4, 2017.

To apply:

Please send a letter of interest, resume, and two professional references by August 20, 2016 to info@gloucesteruu.org

Paper applications may be mailed to:
Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church
10 Church Street
Gloucester, MA 01930
ATTN: DRE

One-week Music Day Camp for Children Ages 6-12

A one week morning day camp will be offered Monday, August 22 – Friday, August 26, 8:30 – 12:30, for children aged 6 through 12 years old at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 48 Middle Street, Gloucester, MA.  “Cape Ann Arts Alive” will offer music and more as we explore Cape Ann through the lively arts.

Campers will have opportunities to sing and make music, participate in movement, creative drama and dance, write haiku and more. The camp experience will culminate with a showcase of the week’s highlights at 11:30 AM for family and friends.

Drama and music will combine as we discover the stories of colorful, local characters Howard Blackburn, the Witch of Dogtown and the Gloucester Sea Serpent.

Gloucester poet/composer Steve Scotti’s “On the Dogtown Common Road” which highlights the Babson Boulder carved mottos will be used to inspire Haiku and other poetry.

Program Staff features veteran teachers and performers from the Cape Ann Interfaith Community including Kathleen Adams, Annisquam Village Church; Rose Sheehan, Gloucester UUC; Kristina Martin, First Congregational, Rockport; Pastor Anne Deneen and Eva DiLascio, St. Paul Lutheran, Lanesville; Jay DiPrima, Mary Jodice and Mark Nelson from St. John’s.

Lane’s Cove Seawall Appeal Successful, Over $1.3 Million in Support for Critical Repairs Expected Through FEMA

 Additional EEA State Matching Funds Pursued to Earn Additional $2.2 Million

 (Gloucester, MA) – August 15, 2016 – The City of Gloucester has successfully won an appeal to support restorative work at Lane’s Cove Breakwater with an estimated total of $1,356,195 expected to be received from MEMA (Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency).

“We are grateful that the city’s appeal was successful in order to gain the necessary funds for the critical needs at Lane’s Cove Seawall,” said Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken. “Our city needs help from our state and federal partners to ensure we have safe infrastructures, and this appeal shows we are continuing to fight for results.”

A petition was originally filed by the City against FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) in October 2015, with Gloucester Public Works Director Michael Hale noting that the City disagreed with the then determination that “damage to Lane’s Cove Seawall from the December 26, 2010 storm was substantially the same damage as reported from the February 8-10, 2013 blizzard.” The appeal further provided insights from engineering reports which showcased the difference in damage between the two storms, outlining the specific damage as a result of the later storm.

In a letter back to the Gloucester Department of Public Works and MEMA Director Kurt Schwartz, FEMA Regional Director Paul Ford stated that availability of financial assistance through the October 2015 appeal, which will now be remanded to the DRM (Disaster Recovery Manager) for implementation. The FEMA funding will be directed through MEMA to assist Gloucester as a result of the findings.

The City is also seeking additional funds via the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) for approximately $2.2 million dollars in matching relief under EEA Project Category 2, which covers “seawalls, coastal flood and/or foreshore protection.”

About the City of Gloucester America’s oldest seaport, the City of Gloucester is known throughout the world as an authentic, working waterfront community, a place of spectacular natural beauty, and home to a diverse population of about 30,000 residents. An important center for the fishing industry, Gloucester also is proud of its vibrant cultural life and rich art heritage as one of the premier art colonies in the United States. In addition, the city is a destination for thousands of visitors who visit the harbor and its beaches during the summertime. In recent years, Gloucester has been actively diversifying its traditional maritime economy, adding leading small research institutions such as the UMass Amherst Large Pelagics Research Laboratory and the Ocean Alliance to the array of local businesses and state and federal agencies working in the city. Recent advancements in Gloucester include new investments in marine robotics and new product development from the fishery.

Media Contact: Christopher Sicuranza, csicuranza@gloucester-ma(dot)gov, 978-281-9700

Hi Joey,

Wonder if you might post this for some people looking for lost glasses – REWARD offered if found.

• Lost – Brown Costa Sunglasses with bi-focals. Thursday 8/11 at Corliss Landing. 
• Lost – children’s prescription glasses over the 8/6 weekend at Good Harbor Beach

Thanks!  Enjoy the cooler weather this morning.   Karen

Hey Joe,
Was wondering if you could put something up on GMG about drones and ask the owners not to fly them over the Lannon. We have been sailing at the breakwater and a drone has been following us around and really bothering our passengers on 3 occasions. I reached out to Craig Kimberly and Martin Delvecio and it’s not them, are the only people I know with them.

Anything will help.