< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled The Burial at Thebes The Burial at Thebes December 4th - 7th, 2025 The UUSE Affirmation class is planning to attend The Burial at Thebes. We thought others might like to attend as well. This is a version of Sophocles' Antigone, a new translation by Seamus Heaney and directed by our own Kristen Morgan. Shows run from December 4 - 7, 2025 at the Proscenium Theater at Eastern Connecticut State University. For tickets and more information, look for the flyers around the building and scan the code or contact the box office by emailing uuseoffice@uuse.org or phone (860) 465-5123. #eBlast-12-03 The Burial at Thebes December 4th - 7th, 2025 The UUSE Affirmation class is planning to attend The Burial at Thebes . We thought others might like to attend as well. This is a version of Sophocles' Antigone , a new translation by Seamus Heaney and directed by our own Kristen Morgan. Shows run from December 4 - 7, 2025 at the Proscenium Theater at Eastern Connecticut State University. For tickets and more information, look for the flyers around the building and scan the code or contact the box office by emailing uuseoffice@uuse.org or phone (860) 465-5123. #eBlast -12-03 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled Strategic Planning Task Force Strategic Planning Task Force Vision & Mission Statement Community Post-It Wall For those who have not yet had an opportunity to share their opinions on the current vision and mission statements or for those who would like to add additional comments, we look forward to your opinions. We hope to get feedback from everyone to best represent the whole congregation with the upcoming work. There are two ways to participate. 1) In person in the Sanctuary lobby and on the Garden Level, after or before services from April 26th until the end of May, you can suggest revision ideas on a Post-It or place a green dot to show satisfaction with the current wording. 2) Online at any time in the next four weeks, you can go to the following link (or the QR Code above) to post revision ideas or simply a smiling emoji 😀 to show satisfaction with the current wording. Your input is greatly appreciated! Many thanks for your thoughts, The Strategic Planning Task Force #eBlast-04-22 Strategic Planning Task Force Vision & Mission Statement Community Post-It Wall For those who have not yet had an opportunity to share their opinions on the current vision and mission statements or for those who would like to add additional comments, we look forward to your opinions. We hope to get feedback from everyone to best represent the whole congregation with the upcoming work. There are two ways to participate. 1) In person in the Sanctuary lobby and on the Garden Level, after or before services from April 26th until the end of May, you can suggest revision ideas on a Post-It or place a green dot to show satisfaction with the current wording. 2) Online at any time in the next four weeks, you can go to the following link (or the QR Code above) to post revision ideas or simply a smiling emoji 😀 to show satisfaction with the current wording. Your input is greatly appreciated! Many thanks for your thoughts, The Strategic Planning Task Force #eBlast -04-22 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled Jazz Group Forming Jazz Group Forming Organizational Meeting on Sunday, March 29th 2:00 P.M. - 3:30 P.M. on the Garden Level in Room 3 If you're interested in being part of a new jazz group at UUSE, please come to the organizational meeting on Sunday, March 29, from 2:00 to 3:30 P.M. right after the Chocolate Auction. We'll meet on the Garden Level in Room 3. We're looking for input from people comfortable with playing or singing jazz, to put our heads together about forming a group. We'll discuss goals, interests, rehearsing, performing, availability, experience, instruments, etc. Then we'll play a song or two. So, please bring your instrument. If interested, please contact Eric Rosenberg. 860-646-5151. #eBlast-03-25 Jazz Group Forming Organizational Meeting on Sunday, March 29th 2:00 P.M. - 3:30 P.M. on the Garden Level in Room 3 If you're interested in being part of a new jazz group at UUSE, please come to the organizational meeting on Sunday, March 29, from 2:00 to 3:30 P.M. right after the Chocolate Auction. We'll meet on the Garden Level in Room 3. We're looking for input from people comfortable with playing or singing jazz, to put our heads together about forming a group. We'll discuss goals, interests, rehearsing, performing, availability, experience, instruments, etc. Then we'll play a song or two. So, please bring your instrument. If interested, please contact Eric Rosenberg . 860-646-5151. #eBlast -03-25 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled Special Screening: Intersexion Tuesday night, March 25th, at the UUSE meeting house 7:00 PM Co-sponsored by UUSE’s Adult Religious Education and Social Justice/Anti-Oppression Committees. We’ve heard it said recently that there are only two genders. Indeed, the first question most new parents ask … “Is it a boy or a girl?” What if it’s neither? Fact: 1 in 2,000 babies is born with genitalia so ambiguous that the doctors cannot easily answer this question. In this groundbreaking documentary, intersex individuals reveal the secrets of their unconventional lives – and how they have navigated their way through this strictly male/female world, when they fit somewhere in between. #FebruaryNewsletter Tuesday night, March 25th, at the UUSE meeting house 7:00 PM Co-sponsored by UUSE’s Adult Religious Education and Social Justice/Anti-Oppression Committees. We’ve heard it said recently that there are only two genders. Indeed, the first question most new parents ask … “Is it a boy or a girl?” What if it’s neither? Fact: 1 in 2,000 babies is born with genitalia so ambiguous that the doctors cannot easily answer this question. In this groundbreaking documentary, intersex individuals reveal the secrets of their unconventional lives – and how they have navigated their way through this strictly male/female world, when they fit somewhere in between. #FebruaryNewsletter OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Aug 24, 2025 Coffee House Worship! Sunday Service: "Coffee House Worship!" Back by popular demand! This morning we bring the all-congregational coffee house to Sunday morning worship! Enjoy music, poetry, and community. Coordinator : Rev. Josh Pawelek. Summer schedule: 10:00 A.M. service #eBlast-08-20 Sunday Service: "Coffee House Worship!" Back by popular demand! This morning we bring the all-congregational coffee house to Sunday morning worship! Enjoy music, poetry, and community. Coordinator : Rev. Josh Pawelek. Summer schedule: 10:00 A.M. service Sunday, August 24, 2025 In Case You Missed It #eBlast -08-20 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Mar 1, 2026 Belonging and Thriving -- Together! Sunday, March 1st: Belonging and Thriving -- Together! All Congregation service featuring beautiful music by the Atrium Brass Quintet! This morning we launch our 2026 Annual Appeal. Rev. Josh will discuss the goals for this year’s appeal. What needs are we trying to meet? What programs are we hoping to grow? What vision are we trying to fulfill? Coordinator: Rev. Josh Pawelek. Sunday, March 1st: Belonging and Thriving -- Together! All Congregation service featuring beautiful music by the Atrium Brass Quintet! This morning we launch our 2026 Annual Appeal. Rev. Josh will discuss the goals for this year’s appeal. What needs are we trying to meet? What programs are we hoping to grow? What vision are we trying to fulfill? Coordinator: Rev. Josh Pawelek. #MarchNewsletter OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Oct 22, 2023 Seasons of Love. As the leaves turn with the fall season, imagine if every leaf was the same color. No reds, oranges, or yellows - no color, no diversity. Just as the universe expresses love with the changing colors of the leaves, we are human expressions of that same love. Join us as our guest, the Reverend Aaron Miller from the Metropolitan Community Church of Hartford, preaches about faith in this universal love that knows no boundaries and has no end. Coordinator: Sandy Karosi #eBlast OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled Yule The UUSE Pagan Group will be holding a ritual for the Yule holiday on December 17 at 1 PM at UUSE. Weather permitting, we may be able to have a fire outside. If not, we'll light up the sanctuary to celebrate the return of light. For more info or to get involved, contact Sandy Johnson. The UUSE Pagan Group will be holding a ritual for the Yule holiday on December 17 at 1 PM at UUSE. Weather permitting, we may be able to have a fire outside. If not, we'll light up the sanctuary to celebrate the return of light. For more info or to get involved, contact Sandy Johnson. OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled Attention Poetry Lovers! Attention Poetry Lovers! Do you have a favorite poem? One that fills you with joy or deeply moves you? We are compiling a list of members' favorite poems to include as an insert to the order of service on April 6th. Please send the title of the poem and its author to Gina Campellone (uuseoffice@uuse.org ) by March 30th. (Just the title and author are plenty. No need to include the entire poem!) #eBlast-03-26 Attention Poetry Lovers! Do you have a favorite poem? One that fills you with joy or deeply moves you? We are compiling a list of members' favorite poems to include as an insert to the order of service on April 6th. Please send the title of the poem and its author to Gina Campellone ( uuseoffice@uuse.org ) by March 30th . (Just the title and author are plenty. No need to include the entire poem!) #eBlast -03-26 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Jul 27, 2025 Adult Credos. Sunday, July 27th: Adult Credos. Some of the adults who participated in this year's Affirmation Class will share their credos. This is a time to reflect on what, how, and why we believe. Coordinator: Martha Larson. Sunday, July 27th: Adult Credos. Some of the adults who participated in this year's Affirmation Class will share their credos. This is a time to reflect on what, how, and why we believe. Coordinator: Martha Larson. #AugustNewsletter OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Apr 5, 2026 Let There Be Music! Our annual, all-congregation Easter celebration. Join us for music, story, and song as we consider the enduring themes of Easter. What stones are you rolling away? What new life is emerging in you? Coordinators : Mary Bopp, Emmy Galbraith, Rev. Josh Pawelek Services at 9:00 and 11:00 A.M. #eBlast-04-01 Our annual, all-congregation Easter celebration. Join us for music, story, and song as we consider the enduring themes of Easter. What stones are you rolling away? What new life is emerging in you? Coordinators : Mary Bopp, Emmy Galbraith, Rev. Josh Pawelek Services at 9:00 and 11:00 A.M. Sunday, April 5, 2026 #eBlast -04-01 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled Homecoming Picnic! Homecoming Picnic! Sunday, September 7th after the second service On Sunday, September 7 we return to our fall schedule with services at 9:00 and 11:00 A.M. Start the new church year off right by coming to our annual homecoming picnic in the lower parking lot following the second service. UUSE will provide hamburgers, hot dogs, and veggie burgers. Feel free to bring a side or dessert to share! Enjoy food, fun and good conversation! We'll have a bounce house, too, for the kids! Come for the party and stay for the concert at 3:00 PM! Questions? Email Anne Carr at uuseoffice@uuse.org . #eBlast-09-03 Homecoming Picnic! Sunday, September 7th after the second service On Sunday, September 7 we return to our fall schedule with services at 9:00 and 11:00 A.M. Start the new church year off right by coming to our annual homecoming picnic in the lower parking lot following the second service. UUSE will provide hamburgers, hot dogs, and veggie burgers. Feel free to bring a side or dessert to share! Enjoy food, fun and good conversation! We'll have a bounce house, too, for the kids! Come for the party and stay for the concert at 3:00 PM! Questions? Email Anne Carr at uuseoffice@uuse.org . #eBlast -09-03 OOS Sermon YouTube