Search Results

Updated May 17, 2024 Do you need Childcare for the meeting? - https://www.uuse.org/post/do-you-need-childcare-for-this-sunday-s-annual-meeting Discernment Letter - https://3ce23514-62b3-4167-a04a-ad0b131b09e9.usrfiles.com/ugd/3ce235_638d44fcc09b4a639052c9e235c7d365.pdf Side By Side (Updated May 17, 2024) - https://3ce23514-62b3-4167-a04a-ad0b131b09e9.usrfiles.com/ugd/3ce235_a649a4dd76744db9a7b694b674abe007.pdf Slate - https://3ce23514-62b3-4167-a04a-ad0b131b09e9.usrfiles.com/ugd/3ce235_b5362f7963f4404197b79cf0bc28b18c.pdf Budget - https://3ce23514-62b3-4167-a04a-ad0b131b09e9.usrfiles.com/ugd/3ce235_49cad73f6d6c43a7aa02b14fb6c6796b.pdf Call letter with absentee and proxy ballots.pdf - https://3ce23514-62b3-4167-a04a-ad0b131b09e9.usrfiles.com/ugd/3ce235_d03f98593c1340a4a4c54ca1bd3cccb7.pdf Gift Policy - https://3ce23514-62b3-4167-a04a-ad0b131b09e9.usrfiles.com/ugd/3ce235_04523911bdde4e849c42f72c82ace46b.pdf Endowment policy - https://3ce23514-62b3-4167-a04a-ad0b131b09e9.usrfiles.com/ugd/3ce235_8c46870199b84675bb3b5c62ed4062a7.pdf

Greetings CYM Families & Friends! Mother’s Day made for a great time to get in the garden with children and tend to Mother Earth.  We learned a lot, worked together, and problem solved.  The gray overcast was perfect and I left with a feeling of connection and groundedness.  I think the youth enjoyed it too.  Be on the look-out for strawberries, tomatoes, and carrots to harvest in the future! This Sunday, we will have more opportunity to share nature’s gifts at the All Congregation Flower Communion service.  If you aren’t familiar with the UU ritual, folks are asked to bring a flower from their home or yard which will be collected on their way into the Sanctuary.  In between a few fascinating stories of rich UU history, the Flower Communion ritual will take place, and everyone present will be invited to pick a different flower to take home with them.  The stories being told will remind us of our long history of helping persecuted and oppressed people as well as where our flaming chalice symbol comes from.  It’s sure to leave you proud to be a Unitarian Universalist, and inspired to do more. Here’s what else is happening in CYM this Sunday, May 19, 2024: Nursery: Childcare will be available in our nursery at 11 AM for children age 3 and under. OWL: “Communicating with a Sexual Partner” - Participants apply knowledge gained during Our Whole Lives to the process of communicating with a partner—initiating conversations, communicating relationship bottom lines, and responding to arguments against using protection. They learn and practice a strategy for negotiating with a partner despite disagreement about key issues, such as using protection. High School Youth Group: Will meet in the couch room ahead of service, and attend service together.  Youth will be invited to help with the flower communion ritual. Save the Date: MAY Sun, May 19: All Congregation Service: Flower Communion Sun, May 19: UUSE Annual Meeting in the Sanctuary from 1-3pm (childcare available) Sun, May 26: Memorial Day, No CYM (one service at 10 AM) How You Can Help in CYM: Nursery (ages 3 and under) https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084EAFAC2CA3FFCE9-nursery ​ Workshop Adventure (Grades 1 through 5) https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084EAFAC2CA3FFCE9-workshop Twilight Zone (6th, 7th and 8th grades) https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084EAFAC2CA3FFCE9-5thdimension ​ High School Youth Group (Grades 9-12) https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084EAFAC2CA3FFCE9-high Faith In Action (Grades 10-12)https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084EAFAC2CA3FFCE9-faith CYM program calendar for 2023-2024 CYM Committee Members: Desiree Holian-Borgnis, Chair Michelle Spadaccini Paula Baker Sudha Sevins Committee email: uusecym@uuse.org Angela Attardo, CYM Program Assistant CYMAsst@uuse.org With Love and Gratitude, Emmy Galbraith dcym@uuse.org Cell: (860)576-7889

UUSE’s Annual Meeting is this Sunday from 1-3 PM in the Sanctuary and CYM is offering childcare.  Please email me if you need a spot! The Annual Meeting is a terrific opportunity to get caught up on the inner workings of our beloved congregation.  Along with voting on the budget, there will be valuable conversation on proposed changes to our constitution, and many more items that impact families, our programs, and ministries.  Pack a lunch and join us this Sunday afternoon!

Worship May Ministry Theme: Pluralism Service Schedule. On May 26 we move to a single service at 10:00AM. We will resume with two services after Labor Day. We broadcast the 11:00 or the single service in Zoom. Our Zoom login and call-in information is shared through the congregational eblasts on Wednesdays and Saturdays. To subscribe to the congregational eblast, please send a message to uuseoffice@uuse.org or contact Annie Gentile in the UUSE office to arrange another method of receiving relevant information. Upcoming Services Reminder: UUSE has a Low Scent Policy Here's a list of upcoming services. Past services can be found here . May 19, 2024 OOS Flower Communion. All-Congregational Worship. Through wonderful music and our annual flower communion, we celebrate our beloved multigenerational community. Please bring a flower or flowers to share! We also revisit some important moments in 20th-century UU history. Coordinators: Emmy Galbraith, Mary Bopp, #eBlast-05-15 May 26, 2024 OOS Aging—What’s Next? May 26: “Aging—What’s Next?”This is the second service we have had this year on aging. As we get older, we may find ourselves making decisions about numerous things including where we will live. Today we will hear from three members who have chosen different options.Coordinator(s): Nancy Madar and David Klotz #MayNewsletter June 2, 2024 OOS Free at Last! June 2: “Free at Last!”This morning, we welcome back the Free at Last Players, a community-based theater troop that educates audiences on mental illness and mental wellness.Coordinator(s): Rev. Josh Pawelek #MayNewsletter

Past Services This is a list of past services. Upcoming services can be found here . 5/12/24 OOS Sermon YouTube Longing to Belong: Reflections on Pluralism Since the founding of the Unitarian Universalist Association in 1961, religious, theological and spiritual pluralism have been central to our identity--and had been increasingly central to the identities of the precursor American Unitarian Association and Universalist Church of America. How do we experience and navigate pluralism today? In our congregations? In the wider society? Coordinator: Rev. Josh Pawelek #eBlast-05-08 5/5/24 OOS Sermon YouTube Lifted by Pluralism. UUSE celebrates religious pluralism through an exchange of diverse ideas, where everyone has the rights, freedoms, and safety to worship or not, according to their conscience. This Sunday, Janice Knotts, Nancy Thompson and Ellen Williams will share how Christianity, Buddhism and Paganism inform their spiritual practices and enrich their search for truth and meaning. Coordinator: Gianna DiMaiolo #eBlast-05-01 4/28/24 OOS Sermon YouTube Shine. Sometimes we get what we don't deserve ... and it's wonderful. One traditional religious term for this phenomenon is grace, though Unitarian Universalists typically don't embrace this term. Given, that, what might grace look like for UUs? Coordinator: Rev. Josh Pawelek #eBlast-04-24 4/21/24 OOS Sermon YouTube Earth Day and the Arts: We Wont Give Up! Art has the power to inspire change. Join us as some of our artists and writers share their thoughts about the artwork they have created for our new Earth Day art exhibit. Coordinators: Janet Heller, Chris Larson, #eBlast-04-17 Show More

Intro to UU The Intro to UU program is taught periodically by the minister. There's not one scheduled at the moment. Keep an eye on the Happenings section of the website to see when the next session might be coming.