Welcome to Unitarian Universalist Society East
Sunday Services at 9:00 and 11:00
Sunday Services Schedule
October Ministry Theme: Courage
Join us at 9 or 11 AM
The 11 AM Zoom service login and call-in information is shared through the congregational eblasts on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Subscribe to the eblast by sending a message to uuseoffice@uuse.org or call the UUSE office at 860-646-5151.
Sunday, September 27th: Building a UU Justice Movement in Connecticut! This morning we welcome the Rev. Sierra-Marie Gerfao into our pulpit. Rev. Gerfao is the executive director of the newly founded CT UU Social Justice Ministry. She’ll preach on her vision for this ministry and how all of us can participate in it. Coordinator: Rev. Josh Pawelek.
Sunday, October 4th: Cultivating a Hopeful Courage (i.e., Courage is not just for Superheroes!) When you think of "courage," what comes to mind? Activists and prophets risking their lives for their beliefs? Superheroes wielding powers beyond human capacity? (new paragraph) In this service, we explore ways to grow the courage that resides within each of us in ordinary, but effective ways. These practices won't go viral nor bring fame, but can inspire hope and grow strength within ourselves, our families, and our communities. We'll have special musical guests - the band Meetinghouse - playing inspirational contemporary songs. Coordinators: Stacey Musulin and Sam Taylor
Sunday, October 11th: Transformation: It’s What Liberal Faiths Do! This morning, Rev. Josh continues his sermon series on Unitarian Universalism’s shared values. He’ll explore what it means to value transformation. We’ll also take time to welcome new members into the congregation. And we’ll give a nod to National Coming Out Day. Coordinator: Rev. Josh Pawelek
Sunday, October 18th: Gathering Courage. In times of difficulty, whether personal or global, we often ask ourselves what we can do. How do we know what the right thing is? Are we looking for comfort or guidance? This service will draw from Bishop Mariann Budde's book, How We Learn to Be Brave. Coordinators: Jane Penfield and David Klotz
Sunday, October 25th: Ancestor Day. All Congregation Worship! Bring a memento of a deceased loved one or ancestor to place on our altar of remembrance. What lessons do you take from their life? With special music, stories, and more, we will share the ongoing power of our ancestors’ lives in our collective life. Coordinators: Emmy Galbraith, Mary Bopp, Rev. Josh Pawelek
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Community Outreach Ministry
Charitable Giving for October
As always, thank you for your generosity.
We do not gather our gifts only for ourselves, but to share with the larger community.
Continuing our practice of sharing our gifts with the community beyond our walls, fifty percent of our Sunday plate collections for the month will be shared with:
Please contact Louisa Graver at uuseoffice@uuse.org, David Lacoss, or Nancy Madar at uuseoffice@uuse.org.
Make checks out to UUSE. If the memo line:
✓ is blank or “pledge” - all will go toward your pledge.
✓ has “COM” or the name of the charity - all will go to the charity.
✓ has “1/2 pledge, 1/2 COM” - it will be divided equally.
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2026/2027 Ministry Themes
July/August: None
September: Beginnings
October: Courage
November: Healing
December: Awe
January: Thresholds
February: Commitment
March: Balance
April: Emergence
May: Play
June: Horizons
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Quick Look:
UUSE Fall Music Lineup
Watch this newsletter or the weekly eblast for more details!
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Do You Have a Pulpit Announcement?
When requesting an announcement from the pulpit, the Sunday Services Committee asks that you use the following process:
Send an email to uuseoffice@uuse.org, provide the date(s) the
announcement should be made, and the text of the announcement (please
keep it concise!). Annie will forward the announcement request to the
relevant service coordinators. These requests must be received by the
Thursday prior to the service.
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Minister's Column
Dear UUSE Members and Friends:
Our ministry theme for October is courage.
In his book Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment, and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words, the poet David Whyte tells us the word ‘courage’ comes from the old Norman French word cœur, or heart. “Courage,” he writes, “is the measure of our heartfelt participation with life, with another, with a community, a work, a future. To be courageous is not necessarily to go anywhere or do anything, except to make conscious those things we already feel deeply and then to live through the unending vulnerabilities of those consequences.
Courage is the measure of our heartfelt participation with life, with another, with a community, a work, a future.
I like that. Our courage is the measure of our heartfelt participation.
I won’t try to develop this idea any further. I simply offer it to for contemplation as October commences and we move more deeply into autumn and our congregational year. Where in your life is your participation truly and deeply heartfelt? So heartfelt that, sometimes, as Whyte suggests, you feel vulnerable. So heartfelt that, sometimes, there are consequences. So heartfelt that, sometimes, your heart might even break. Is it your participation with another person—a partner, a child, a parent, a friend? Is it your participation with a community—a neighborhood, your child’s school, a service group, a social or environmental justice group? Is it your participation with the community of UUSE?!? Is it your participation in a work setting, or working for a cause or initiative that matters deeply to you? Is it your participation in some effort that seeks to build a better future?
Most of us have ready answers to these questions. And I suspect most of us, the more we think about it, have many answers to these questions.
I suppose some of us will immediately think, “I’m not courageous.” We’ll imagine all the brave things other people do that we would never have the guts to do. We’ll assume other people are so much more courageous than we are. If that’s you, I urge you not to imagine all the courageous things other people do. I urge you to contemplate your heartfelt participation in life.
I once had a mentor who reminded me that we as clergy have no idea what people are experiencing until they tell us. We have no idea what some people might have to go through just to get out of bed in the morning, let alone get through each day. Sometimes, for some people, leaving home and attending church on Sunday morning is a monumentally courageous act. I try always to stay mindful of this lesson. Courage comes in many forms.
For this month, contemplate your heartfelt participation in life, for it is the measure of your courage. As always, if you’d like to share the results of your contemplation with me, please do not hesitate to reach out.
With love, care . . . and courage,
Rev. Josh
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Strategic Plan Task Force
The Strategic Plan Task Force has collected, collated, and synthesized input from our congregation, beginning with the February 15, 2026 Sunday service at which we asked members and friends what their visions and hopes for UUSE were. We followed that successful service with two workshops at which we had deeper conversations about the future of our beloved community. In April and May, we placed our current Mission and Vision statements in the lobby and asked members and friends to make changes and offer ideas for new statements on sticky notes. Green dots indicated agreement with the current statements. In June and July, we collated, organized, and synthesized the input we received and came up with a proposed Vision and Mission statement:
The proposed Vision:
UUSE will grow an inclusive spiritual community centered by love and justice.
The proposed Mission:
We will use our resources to nurture the spiritual growth and wellbeing of our youth and adults within UUSE and the wider community.
As a framework for constructing the Plan, we developed five goals or potential pillars of the Plan:
We hope you will consider these statements and offer your thoughts as we add substance to the framework. Thank you.
Rob Napier, Maureen Flanagan, Jen Edgerton, Stan McMillen, Trisha Corey-Lisle, Kate Kimmerle, Michelle Spadacini
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Green Sanctuary News
October 2026
The Sustainable Living Committee invites you to participate in several upcoming events:
Sunday, Sept 27th at 1:00 pm, join us in room 3 and again on Oct. 4 in the children’s chapel, in writing postcards to encourage occasional voters concerned about the environment to VOTE in the upcoming elections. Everything will be provided thanks to Carole Tenny and Third Act’s CT Defending Democracy Team. Get the poster here.
The Chapter 2 version of the Climate Future Film Festival will be shown at UUSE on Sunday, October 18 at 2:00 PM. This new collection of 12 short films from around the world explores the interior response to climate change - visceral, personal, artistic, and emotional. Whether or not you have seen the original, chapter 1 set of films, shown here in Sept. 2025, you will be moved by these powerful short films to renewed action to fight the causes of and mitigate the harms done by climate change. Come early to share info and conversation before the films begin. The films run for two hours, including a short intermission.
An ironic result of the rising prices of oil due to the war with Iran is explained in this interesting article in the free newsletter Yale Climate Connections at https://yaleclimateconnections.org/newsletters/ “We’ve got an Accidental Carbon Tax” You may recall that we had a chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby at UUSE for several years 10 or 12 years ago started by our Sustainable Living Committee, and we held programs and received a unanimous vote at a congregational meeting to support a bill to place a rising price on carbon. The proceeds would be returned to the people based on income, supporting lower-income people and incentivizing everyone to move towards clean energy. Well, we never got that bill passed, though we did help get the major Inflation Reduction and Infrastructure Acts passed during the Biden administration. Now we have a war-forced carbon tax, but it provides no help for lower-income people. It will certainly incentivize some movement towards clean energy, but it is also causing increased drilling for oil and gas and burning coal around the world.
Perhaps you can get help for rising fuel costs by getting a heat pump or mini-splits to help heat and cool your home. I am grateful for my mini-splits and my plug-in hybrid car, which rarely needs gas for around-town traveling. You may find some energy-conservation ideas at https://www.energizect.com/.
Some good news from Manchester is that along with three recently fully renovated schools, our brand-new library is also a net-zero energy building.
~ Janet Heller
Don’t forget, the Sustainable Living Committee sells Equal Exchange products on the 2nd Sunday of the month. Help support small farmers who grow sustainable products!
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Pangea Worldbeat in Concert
September 27, 2026 at 3PM
Pangea brings their genre-bending sound to the Quiet Corner for the very first time after launching in the Nest Factory in Bridgeport, CT and quickly growing in popularity, touring from NYC to VT. This 7-member ensemble, weaves an eclectic tapestry of Caribbean, Latin,
and African-infused jazz, featuring keyboard, saxophone/flute, guitars, vocals, Drum set, Conga drums, and yet more percussion. Pangea Worldbeat is a high-energy blend of Afrobeat, Space-Funk, Soul, Psyche-Rock, and Global Rhythms that will lift you out of your seat!
The collective includes: Kris Studebaker, Seny Tatchol Camara, Will Diaz, Mike Rachinsky, Jeff Wickun, Georgios Giannios, and Nicholas Yost. Pangea has shared the stage with renowned ensembles such as ARMO, The Polyrhythmics, and Grammy-nominated musician Cimafunk.
Admission is by free-will donation ($20 suggested) at the door. For more information, contact uuseoffice@uuse.org, call 860-646-5151, or visit uuse.org.
Unitarian Universalist Society East, located at 153 Vernon St West, Manchester, CT.
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CT UU Justice Ministry
Saturday, October 17, 2026
Mark your calendars! All UUs and our justice-seeking friends are invited to a first-of-its-kind annual Justice Conference hosted by the Connecticut UU Justice Ministry on Saturday, October 17th in New Haven. This conference is for everyone, whether you are a longtime organizer or brand new to taking action. There will be something for kids too, so whole families can come to this event together. Expect a chance to meet and learn from others, find inspiration and build skills. There will be engaging keynote speakers and workshops for everyone, whatever your background.
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Armond and Angelina's Native American Flute Playshop
Monday October 5th starting at 7:00PM.
For centuries people have been mesmerized by the hypnotic sounds from these gentle, easy to play flutes. Whether you have a musical background or have always wanted to play a musical instrument THIS PLAYSHOP IS FOR YOU. Practice flutes are available, or you may purchase one.
Armand and Angelina are a full-time Interfaith Musical Ministry. They have taught Native American Flute Playshops at over 500 Interfaith churches across the country.
Recommended $20 Freewill donation. Unitarian Universalist Society East, 153 Vernon Street West, Manchester CT.
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Climate Future Film Festival - Chapter 2
October 18th at 2 PM
The Sustainable Living Committee invites you to a free showing of The Climate Future Film Festival - Chapter 2! This new collection of 12 short films from around the world, explores the interior response to climate change - visceral, personal, artistic and emotional. Whether or not you have seen the
original, chapter 1 set of films, shown at UUSE in Sept. 2025, you will be moved by these powerful short films to renewed action to fight the causes of and mitigate the harms done by climate change. Honorary judges are four-time academy award nominee and sustainability voice, Edward Norton, and ground-breaking author and climate leader, Bill
McKibben. Come early to share info and ideas.
Sponsored by the Sustainable Living Committee at UUSE. For more information, contact uuseoffice@uuse.org, call 860-646-5151, or visit uuse.org
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Council of Elders
Inaugural Meeting (Reboot)
Wednesday, October 21, 1:00 PM in the UUSE Sanctuary
A message from Rev. Josh
At our September 13th Homecoming service, I mentioned that I would like to reconvene the UUSE Council of Elders. The Council of Elders came into existence in the late 2000s. Its purpose was twofold: 1) to explore how best to provide excellent ministry to elders; and 2) to explore how elders can use their wisdom and life-experience to strengthen the congregation. Our premise in founding the Council of Elders was that we live in a larger United States culture that doesn’t value elders. That is still true twenty years later. We wanted to become counter-cultural, to engage with elders not as a problem to be solved, but as a vital and essential part of the community.
One of my goals for the 2026-2027 congregational year is to reconvene the Council of Elders. Full disclosure: I have also offered to write a paper for my clergy study group on how congregations can provide excellent ministry to and with elders. I am convening an inaugural meeting of the Council of Elders on Wednesday afternoon, October 21, in the sanctuary of UUSE.
Are you an elder? Should you attend this meeting? Of course, what constitutes elderhood is an open debate. I note that, among Unitarian Universalist clergy, some of my colleagues consider me an elder at almost 60 years old. For the time-being, I am defining elder the way we did 20 years ago. Anyone who is 70 years or older qualifies as an elder, along with anyone younger who would like to participate (back in the 2000s we had people in the 60s and even some in their late 50s who participated).
When we gather, I’ll ask you to respond to some general questions: What's working well in terms of ministry to elders? What could work better? And there’s a deeper, perhaps more existential question: "What does it mean to you to be an elder?" "What are the feelings associated with being an elder in United States culture and at UUSE?"
If you are planning to attend the inaugural meeting, please let us know at the UUSE office at (860) 646-5151 or uuseoffice@uuse.org.
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Free At Last Players present a reimagining of
Annie
October 27, 7 PM at Unitarian Universalist Society East
The Free At Last Players use performance art to combat the stigma of mental illness. Acting in the belief that everyone has something to contribute to society, they seek to mend the fences that separate the diagnosed from the larger world. Download the poster here and share with your friends.
“Let’s join society not as Mr. Starbucks’ gift – but because we are already a part of it.”
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Author Event at UUSE With S.J. Taylor
November 1st at 1 PM
Join Author S. J. (Sam) Taylor as she discusses her latest book, Helga the Fair. A reimagining of several Icelandic sagas, this story follows 13-year-old Helga as she allies with unlikely friends to fight against an invasion of vengeful monsters who've taken over the valley and threaten their families. There are undead shenanigans and a friendly ghost seal.
S. J. Taylor writes stories steeped in folklore and magic, where young protagonists tackle big
adventures and bigger questions. Although she grew up in Arizona's desert, her heart yearns for the Nordic lands. When she's not writing, she can often be found knitting yet another sweater (sweater weather is the best weather).
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Annual Harvest Brunch
The annual CYM Harvest Brunch on the Garden Level will take place between services (10 a.m.-ish) on Sunday, September 27. Bring your appetite, your own place setting, and a dish to share as you are able. Open to the entire congregation, friends, family, and visitors.
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Postcarding for the Environmental Voter Project
Sunday, September 27, 2026, 1 to 3 PM, in Room 3, and Sunday, October 4, 2026, 1 to 3 PM, in Children’s Chapel
We’re having more postcarding parties! Our August gatherings were a great success—in addition to some socializing, we got 500 cards written and stamped in less than 4 hours—so UUSE's Sustainable Living Committee, in conjunction with Third Act—Connecticut's Defending Democracy team, will be gathering again to write get-out-the-vote postcards for the Environmental Voter Project (EVP), in order to turn infrequently-voting people in swing states whose highest priority is the environment, into reliable voters. Postcards, stamps, addresses, message text, and pens will be provided. All are welcome! Contact
Carole Tenny, uuseoffice@uuse.org, for further information.
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Intro to UU
September 27, 2026, 1 to 4 PM
Would you like to know more about Unitarian Universalism and Unitarian Universalist Society East? Please attend our next Intro to UU
Rev. Josh Pawelek and the Membership Committee invite you to an informative seminar
which will include:
To register, please contact Annie Gentile at (860) 646-5151 or uuseoffice@uuse.org. Please RSVP by Thursday, September 24, 2026. And let us know if you need childcare.
Questions? Please contact Sylvia Ounpuu or Janet Dauphin at membership@uuse.org
or Rev. Josh Pawelek at 860-646-5151 or minister@uuse.org
Unitarian Universalist Society East
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Coming Soon? UUSE Choir
Weekly rehearsals start on Wednesday, October 7th at 7 P.M.
Do you love to sing? You don't have to audition. Whether you sing in your car or with the Metropolitan Opera-If you like to have fun, you can sing with the UUSE Choir! Weekly rehearsals start on Wednesday, October 7th at 7P.M. In the Meeting House. We will be preparing for Holiday Music Services on December 20th.
For more information, contact Jenn Richard at uuseoffice@uuse.org
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Trunk-or-Treat
Trunk-or-Treat returns to UUSE on Saturday, October 24,
from 6 to 7:30 p.m., and we need your trunk.
This is one of our favorite nights of the year: kids in costume, candy, and a parking lot full of decorated cars welcoming families from all over Manchester and surrounding towns. But it's only fun if enough of us show up to make it happen.
Here's how you can help:
Questions? Contact the CYM Committee at uusecym@uuse.org.
Let's make this the best Trunk-or-Treat yet.
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Dates of Remembrance
“There is a love, holding us.” ~Rev. Rebecca Parker
A message from the Pastoral Friends Committee
Is there an upcoming date that holds a special place in your heart? Examples might include the anniversary of the death of a loved one, a wedding anniversary, a milestone birthday, a work anniversary, or an approaching retirement. The Pastoral Friends Committee would like to offer an opportunity in each monthly newsletter for individuals to briefly acknowledge such dates and the life passages they are tied to. We imagine this as yet one more opportunity within our beloved spiritual community for members and friends to express the meaning of a particular date in their lives, and to let others know its significance.
October Dates of Remembrance:
If you would like to submit a “Date of Remembrance” to the newsletter, please note that the submission deadline is the 20th of the prior month. Send your remembrance to pastoralfriends@uuse.org.
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Call for Volunteers
The Building & Grounds committee needs help weeding perennial beds and managing invasive plants through the summer. Contact Jane Osborn or Cory Clark about joining them Thursday mornings or if another time is convenient for you. Due to heat, we start at 8:00 AM and work an hour or two. Weather permitting, we could consider Sundays after services. Any help is much appreciated!
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The Fair is coming! The Fair is coming!
The UUSE Artisan Holiday Market (because it’s so much more than a run-of-the-mill fair) will be held on
Friday, Nov. 20, 2026, 6 - 8:30 PM
Sat. Nov. 21, 2025, 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM
The fair is our biggest fundraiser and is especially important because a large portion of the funds raised come from the public and not from our pockets. So be sure to advertise far and wide! Tell everyone you know!
How to Help
It’s time to create and start gathering things to donate!
We sell all sorts of things at the fair, from beautiful, handcrafted pieces to fabulous finds from your attic, vintage jewelry to cookies.
If you have questions about what to donate AND to let them know about what is on its way contact our wonderful people who have stepped up to chair a booth!
Used/Vintage Items
Handcrafts & Arts
Watch the eblast for upcoming workshops to help make items to sell. It’s fun creating together. All skill levels welcome, all supplied will be provided!
Specific items that you have that our craftspeople could use, like canning jars or craft supplies or freezer space
Benefits of Volunteering
Help Needed!
Email the fair if you are interested in volunteering and to get on the volunteer list.
When in doubt, email Fair Chair Desiree at fair@uuse.org to offer your time or your stuff.
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Wait? What? The 2027 Goods & Services Auction
Live Event Saturday, January 30, 2027 at 5 PM at the Meetinghouse
The Chili Cook-Off is Back!
Enjoy a free, delicious chili dinner with vibrant beloved community, including beer & wine, cornbread, salad and dessert, plus pizza for those who don’t eat chili. Free!
Exclusive Live Event Items
Places at dinners and activities offered by members and the fabulous live auction items like Rev. Josh’s sermon will only be available at the live event.
Online Silent Auction
Monday, January 18, 8 AM through Friday, January 29, 2027. Details to follow.
The Auction is one of our biggest fundraisers and fun family events. It’s important to our congregation. We know, it’s far away, but things get busy in the Fall.
How You Can Help This Summer and Fall
Donate!
What can you contribute to auction off at this extraordinary event? Could you teach, repair, entertain, bake? Share your talent in other ways? We’ll have the ever-popular dinners, group activities, lessons, services, and select items that need a new home.
As you are out and about this summer, contact your favorite merchants to ask for donations. If you love a place, others will, too. Pick up a merchant donation letter by emailing us at auction@uuse.org.
Think About Entering the Chili Cook-Off!
It’s never too early to dream of your favorite chili! Who makes the best chili? Enter your tried and true family recipe or a new experiment you’ve been wanting to try. Vegan, vegetarian, and with meat—all are welcome! Bragging rights and a beautiful UUSE Chili Cook-Off Apron are up for grabs for the winners! Entry is limited, so contact auction@uuse.org ASAP to reserve your spot.
Questions???
When in doubt, email uuseoffice@uuse.org
or talk to any of the Auction Committee members—Robin Byrne, Susan Gabriele, Jennifer Klee, Colin Guerette, Stan McMillen & Nancy Pappas
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UUSE Coffeehouse and Open Mic
Will Return on October 3rd!
Sign-up starts at 6 PM-- performances start at 6:30 PM
Join us on the first Saturday of each month, October through May, for an evening of music, poetry, stories, and community! Bring your own songs, poems, stories, or any creative offering — or simply come enjoy the warm, supportive atmosphere as part of our appreciative audience.
Sign-ups begin at 6:00 PM, and family friendly performances start at 6:30 PM. We feature 12 slots, each about 10 minutes or two songs. Bring your own drinks, your own dinner, and your own friends — we’ll provide the coffee! Donations accepted but not required.
Unitarian Universalist Society East, 153 Vernon Street West, Manchester, CT
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Ladies at Lunch
Friday, October 9, we will have lunch at Pasha Turkish Restaurant. It is located in the Broad Street Plaza, 397 Broad Street, Manchester. We meet at noon. Do join us! All are welcome. If you will attend please let Sharon Huber know by Thursday the 8th afternoon. uuseoffice@uuse.org or 860-646-5151.
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Romeos for Lunch
Romeos (Retired Old Men Eating Out) meet at noon on the 2nd Tuesday of each month for lunch and conversation at various local restaurants. If you are retired or simply have free time, feel welcome to participate. Contact Annie at the church office to be included on the email call list.
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Yoga at the Meetinghouse Wednesdays at 10:00 AM
All are welcome to these gentle-to-moderate yoga classes for all abilities. $5 drop-in fee. Bring a yoga mat (we have some extras). Bring a friend! Questions to: Susan at uuseoffice@uuse.org. Yoga is a UUSE adult education offering.
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Women's Sacred Singing Circle
Every Thursday at 7 PM
We sing songs and chants from a variety of traditions, including some written by women from circles around the country, including our own. All are about the earth, healing, spirit, and, of course, women.
Come late, leave early, or stay the whole time. Come every week or off and on, when you choose. But come! We have so much fun each week, we want you to join us in the laughter, song and community!
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Pagan Group
The Pagan Group is meeting on third Tuesday at 7 pm in garden level chapel. We are exploring eldering process.
Contact Ellen Williams with questions, uuseoffice@uuse.org
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Meditation Group
The Meditation Group will meet third Mondays from 3:30 PM in the Youth Group room (room 2) on the garden level to meditate in community. Everyone is welcome; no experience required. Contact Nancy Thompson with questions,
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Book Lovers
The Book Lovers meet in person and simultaneously on Zoom every second Tuesday from 3:30 to 5:00 PM. You are welcome even if you haven’t finished the book. The link is sent out the weekend before by Carolyn Gimbrone.
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Buddhist Group
The UUSE Buddhist Group will meet on the 1st Tuesday, at 7 PM on Zoom for meditation and discussion of a Buddhist perspective on the monthly ministry theme. Email Nancy Thompson at uuseoffice@uuse.org for details or the Zoom link.
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Humanist Group
Join us in on the 3rd Tuesday at 4:30 PM. This ongoing group explores Religious Humanism and its applications to life, both historically and today. All welcome. Contact Rev. Josh at minister@uuse.org for the Zoom link.
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Science and Religion Discussion Group
Where do science and religion meet? Where are they in opposition?
Meet 4th Thursdays at 4:30 in the Chapel, and on Zoom.
Contact Chris Larson for the Zoom link.
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God Talk
A discussion group for UU theists
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4th Tuesdays at 4:30 PM.
This ongoing group explores how UUs can name and experience God in meaningful, useful ways. All are welcome. Contact Rev. Josh at minister@uuse.org for the Zoom link.
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Pastoral Friends Rotating Chair
October: Sue McMillen
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Newsletter Submissions
Submit articles using newsletter@uuse.org or use this publicity form. Deadline for the Newsletter is the 20th of each month.
UUSE General Information
UUSE Office Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Meetinghouse Office: 860-646-5151
Office Administrator: Annie Gentile email: uuseoffice@uuse.org
Minister: Rev. Joshua Pawelek, 860-646-5151, minister@uuse.org
Minister Office Hours: Tuesday 10 AM to 7 PM and Thursday 10 AM to 4 PM
Director of Children & Youth Ministry: Emmy Galbraith, 860-646-5151, dcym@uuse.org
President: Trisha Corey-Lisle, 860-646-5151, uuseoffice@uuse.org
Newsletter Editor: Carol Marion, 860-646-5151, newsletter@uuse.org
Website Coordinator: uuse.web@uuse.org UUSE Website:https://www.uuse.org
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