Our Share the Plate Offering this month will go to IRIS, an organization that we have supported for many years, including sponsoring an Iraqi family for a year in New Haven. To find out more about this organization, click on the video below. Please give generously! The Share the Plate program aims to embody SUUS’s […]
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CARING TEAM NEEDS YOUR HELP!The Caring Team is looking for volunteer drivers to help get people to doctor appointments, etc. This does not need to be a recurring commitment—even if you can only help out a time or two, it would be of great help for this small, hard-working team. They would like to create
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Hope you are all enjoying your summer. I’d like to share some information about our upcoming worship services in August: August 1: Rev. Jennifer JohnsonAugust 8: Rev. Terry SweetserAugust 15: Rev. Aaron StockwellAugust 22: Rev. Megan Lloyd Joyner – “Begin Again in Love” – The Dalai Lama says that compassion is a necessity without which
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When we look at the Source of our Living Tradition, it seems to make sense how we might read and find the final five sources, but how do we create and “read” our first source, “Direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to a renewal of the
August 15, 10:00am: Rev. Aaron Stockwell – “First Source Personal” Read More »
Unitarian Universalists put people first. Before all else, we affirm the inherent worth and dignity of every person. While not a UU herself, the extraordinary 20th-century painter Alice Neel similarly put people first in life and art. “For me, people are the first premise,” she said. “I have tried to assert the dignity and eternal
Sunday, August 8, 2021, 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm EDT Join UU New England for a rich and comprehensive webinar on Reparations and how UUA NER congregations are engaging in this important work. Click here for details. Inspired by the recommendations of the Commission on Institutional Change in the Widening the Circle of Concern report, this webinar
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The Complaint Department is Open There’s a variety of bread I like to get at my local supermarket but, unfortunately, it hasn’t been available for the past three weeks. The bread (nothing fancy, it’s just a seeded rye) is packaged under the store’s label, so I don’t quite understand the problem of not having it
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Sponsored by sponsored by the Peace Affirmation and Justice Team and the Adult Education Committee of FCC in Guilford, Elena Huegel will make a presentation at 11 am followed by a lunch on Tuesday, July 20. Come welcome Elena to CT. Please RSVP to Gay Harter by July 18 so we can order lunch: asharter@verizon.net. After spending many
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A HUGE thank you for all your pledge payments, Sunday offerings and donations for this past fiscal year! We have received 101% of our pledge income, 130% for our Sunday offering, and nearly double our budget for donations! You are so amazing for supporting our faith, our staff, our justice causes and our community. Thank you so much
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