Our Mission Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Society is a welcoming congregation that supports lifelong spiritual growth, fosters reverence for nature, promotes justice and serves the local and global community.
We invite all who would like to learn more about us and our values to join us at our Sunday Morning Services.
Childcare and Religious Education classes are available during our services, September through June. Childcare only during July & August.
Our Newcomers sectionis designed to help you learn about SUUS and what to expect when you visit.
September 5 (10:00) Mike Evans: Labor Day 2030?
Please Sunday Services begin at 10:00 AM through Sunday, September 5.
What will
Labor Day look like in the future - for our children and our
grandchildren? This is a Sunday Service Committee service led by
co-chairs Mike Evans and Steve Ernst and member Barbara Carlson.
Coffee hour and discussion will follow the service Childcare available during the service. Religious Education classes will start up on September 12.
Our
Meeting Room, Library, RE rooms and Coffee Room are available for short
term or long term rentals. For more information on renting our facility
for your group or event, please click here.
September 12: Annual Regathering Service
All are welcome to our Regathering Service on September 12th at 10:30am. This is the time Unitarian Universalists around the world return from their vacations or travels and share a meaningful moment they encountered during their time away. We each bring a small container of actual (or virtual) water from a beach, a river, a lake, a waterfall, an ocean, a faucet or puddle - a symbol of our striving to make meaning of our lives through adventures both bold and simple.
Also, those who bring stones back from their travels will be able to place them around the Peace Pole after the service.
A picnic will follow the service so we can continue our stories and our sharing.
SUPPORT THE MINISTER'S DISCRETIONARY FUND
The MINISTER'S DISCRETIONARY FUND was set up by
the SUUS Board to help the Minister reach out in confidence to those in
need in our congregation and community. It began with a $1,000 grant and
has been continually replenished by donations. In four years, the funds
have rolled over several times thanks to individual contributions. Because of
financial hard times, the Fund is currently low. If you are able to help SUUS be ready
to respond to the next person in need. Please give any amount you can
afford.
Make checks payable to and send to:
SUUS Minister's Discretionary Fund (SUUS MDF) 297
Boston Post Road Madison, CT 06443
When I am away, I will work with Helen Kennedy, Church
Administrator, to administer this Fund. Your ongoing support really does make a difference.
Rev. Claudia Elferdink
What We Believe (In 30 Seconds)
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CBD WORKSHOPS: Our UU Purpose: The Foundation for Congregational Vitality, October 30 - a Learning Congregation workshop that invites participants to consider fundamental questions about what it means to be a UU congregation and leader. Clear answers to these questions fuel purposeful congregational growth and vitality. Our UU Purpose: Turning Ourselves Inside Out, December 4 - a Learning Congregation workshop to help leaders discern their congregation's calling and unique role in the community. Inspiring and meaningful mission statements flow naturally when a congregation and its leaders understand this calling.
UUSC Upcoming Trips: Witness to a Return Home: A Trip
to Uganda, November 4–16
Participants will
learn about UUSC's unique eye-to-eye partnership with Caritas Pader, which has
empowered thousands of people to return to their villages and rebuild their
lives after a brutal 20-year civil war. Participants will also meet with the UU
Kampala congregation; talk with Ugandan leaders of the struggle for LGBT people's rights; and visit the school and
orphanage the Kampala congregation supports near Masaka. Early registration
discount end on September 1. Find out more and download an application. Haiti Volunteer Program, 2011 and beyond
Join us in supporting
our partners in their work to rebuild Haiti and ensure a just recovery for all
Haitians. Our goal is to begin these volunteer trips in January 2011. Interested
in participating? Let us know!
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