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Sunday Services

July 27
"Coming out of the Broom Closet"
Laura Beth Brown, Youth and Young Adult Program Coordinator
UU Congregation at Shelter Rock

Popular culture, Harry Potter included, paints its own picture of witches. Though Ms. Brown is a true Harry Potter fan, she sees abundant misconceptions when it comes to earth-centered spirituality. Drawing from her experience as a practicing Pagan and from the Wiccan principles, she will discuss the realities of neo-pagan beliefs and practices.

 

August 3
"What’s Class Got To Do with It?"
The Rev. Lilia Cuervo, Affiliate Minister, UU Congregation at Shelter Rock

Unitarian Universalists have been long engaged in the noble cause of dismantling racism, sexism and homophobia. The time has come to start a serious discussion on how to engage with classism, pervasive, yet rarely acknowledged. This Sunday, we will reflect on this important issue and how it affects our lives.

 

August 10
"Garage Sale of the Mind"
The Rev. Ned Wight, Executive Director, UU Veatch Program at Shelter Rock

A whimsical meditation on sin, sex, civility, love, the internet and virtual community, simplicity and God.

 

August 17
"Must Faith and Politics Mix?"
The Rev. Dr. Donald W. McKinney, Minister Emeritus, First Unitarian Church, Brooklyn

If the answer is an emphatic yes, as I believe it to be, then how? When? Where? And most importantly, why? Some thoughts and convictions from over 50 years of wrestling with the question. Our conclusions may prove fundamental to the very survival of American freedom.

 

August 24
"The Challenge and Joy of Welcoming"
Claire Sexton, Young Adult and Campus Ministry Consultant for the Metro NY District

How can we best welcome people into UU congregations? And keep people feeling welcomed after their first few visits? This can be a challenge even with people who spent their childhood in UU religious education. Unitarian Universalism offers a saving message, but how is it best conveyed to everyone who needs to hear it?

 

August 31
"Labor in America: The World According to Barbara Ehrenreich"
The Rev. Alison Cornish

Perhaps no contemporary author writing about America's labor scene is as accessible as Barbara Ehrenreich, author of, among other books, Bait and Switch, Nickel and Dimed, Global Women and Fear of Falling. Check out one of her books for summer reading, and then come celebrate her virtuosity on Labor Day weekend.

 

September 7
"Ingathering and Water Communion For All Ages"
The Rev. Alison Cornish and the members of the Worship Committee

Please save water from your travels to pour into the common bowl of Water Communion.

 


 

 

Sunday services are held at 10:30am. (10am. during the summer) at our meetinghouse. Designed to appeal to both the mind and heart, services last about an hour, followed by time for conversation, coffee, juice and snacks.

We see religion as an ongoing search for truth, meaning, and the spiritual growth that comes with understanding and connecting with one another, and what each of us calls holy or sacred. Within our community of trust and fellowship, each is invited to follow his or her own path and to set his or her own pace.

Because each service has its own unique quality, we encourage newcomers to attend several services to better understand our tradition. Services are led by the Reverend Alison Cornish, our minister, as well as other religious leaders, and lay speakers drawn from the congregation and guests from the wider community. In the company of these women and men, we have learned about, and reflected upon, issues relevant to our mission.

Some services elaborate the basic principles of Unitarian Universalism. How, for example, can our afffirmed belief in "the inherent worth and dignity of every person" be sustained when horrific evils fill the daily news? And "respect for the interdependent web of all existence, of which we are a part" has great relevance both locally and worldwide as we grapple with serious environmental issues.

The main holidays of the world's religions, including Christian and Jewish, are honored in the Unitarian context of our principles: 

  • acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations;

  • a free and responsible search for truth and meaning.