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Our regularly scheduled Sunday Services are at 10:50 in the Sanctuary, with a virtual option via Zoom link. The link is published in the Tuesday night email to our membership list, and on Friday in the newsletter to Members and Friends.
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Sunday Services and Current Events
Sunday, April 28, 2024 • 10:50 am
Earth Day, the UCSI and the Olmsted-Biel House With Guest Speaker Giuseppe Settinieri, Friends of Olmstead- Beil House Advisory Board In-Person Service with Virtual Option Giuseppe Settinieri, of the Friends of Olmsted-Beil House (FOBH) Advisory Board, will be the guest speaker at our Earth Day Service. The FOBH is a nonprofit organization working to preserve the 17th-century farmhouse on Staten Island. The house and surrounding property is what remains of Tosomock Farm, the 130-acre farm where landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted, lived from 1848 to 1855 and where he developed his talent for landscape design. He designed a succession of public parks, beginning with Central Park in New York City, as well as Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Olmsted’s open opposition to slavery led the editor of The New York Times to send him to the American South from 1852 to 1855 to report weekly on how slavery affected the region’s economy. According to the Olmsted Network https://olmsted.org/explore-olmsteds-crusade-against-slavery/ , "Olmsted’s contributions to the anti-slavery movement were significant because Olmsted offered first-hand descriptions and a comprehensive assessment of the deplorable society slaveholding created. Many of his antislavery arguments consisted of moral condemnation and reports of violence and ill-treatment experienced by slaves. After traveling south, he provided an anti-slavery platform for the leaders of the newly forming Republican Party." It's a ‘short trip’ from Frederick Law Olmsted’s values to UCSI principles. Significantly, Carlton Beil and family were prominent members of UCSI. Mr. Beil is fondly remembered by a number of members, some of whom were children during his time at UCSI, for the nature study activities he brought to their youth group. This offers an excellent opportunity to share Olmsted-Beil House’s history and connect with the Staten Island community. For in-person gathering: Masks Are No Longer Required in the Sanctuary. Social Distancing. People are still reminded to be conscious of social distancing. For Access to Video Online: A video of the service is subsequently posted on our YouTube Channel. https://bit.ly/3xgePI3 Sunday, April 21, 2024 • 10:50 am
The Greatest of These Is Friendship With Rev. Darrell Berger in the Pulpit In-Person Service with Virtual Option Reverend Berger says, "I’ve officiated at about a thousand weddings over the last fifty years and in several hundred of them I have been asked to say, 'Faith, hope and love abide, these three, but the greatest of these is love.' But over the years I’ve concluded that, romantic waves of the moment not withstanding, what is most important to abide in our lives is friendship. This isn’t just a sentimental conclusion I’ve reached, but a conviction burnished from long and sometimes difficult experience. Even more important today, it is vital to the continuation of civilization." For in-person gathering: Masks Are No Longer Required in the Sanctuary. Social Distancing. People are still reminded to be conscious of social distancing. For Access to Video Online: A video of the service is subsequently posted on our YouTube Channel. https://bit.ly/3xgePI3 Sunday, April 14, 2024 • 10:50 am
Transformative Connection With Visiting Minister Ember Kelley in the pulpit In-Person Service with Virtual Option Abolitionist Mariame Kaba is an organizer, educator, archivist and curator. Her work focuses on ending violence, dismantling the prison industrial complex, transformative justice and supporting youth leadership development. She invites those working for liberation to “use our radical imaginations to come up with new structures beyond the system we are working to dismantle.” Join Visiting Minister Ember Kelley to explore how our relationships with one another and building connections in our congregational community can be transformative in creating a vision of a liberated and interconnected world. For in-person gathering: Masks Are No Longer Required in the Sanctuary. Social Distancing. People are still reminded to be conscious of social distancing. For access to video online: A video of the service is subsequently posted on our YouTube Channel. https://bit.ly/3xgePI3 |
Upcoming Events
Get/Stay Connected with the UCSI Women's Online Gatherings
Every Tuesday at 7:30pm Through weekly meetings of the Women's Group on Zoom, we enjoy catching up with each other and getting to know one another better. You can either video call or phone call in to these gatherings. Please contact Kathy Santo at membership@uucsi.org for more details. Virtual Children and Youth Programming resumes.
Children's Chapel Children's Chapel and Workshops Every Sunday with CCNY • 9:30 am Sunday Chapel starts at 9:30am. It is a sacred space for kids to share Joys & Concerns and to connect with friends old and new. We light the chalice together, sing hymns, and make way for movement or meditation as time allows. Our chapel welcomes young people ages 5-17, and we invite families with children younger than 5 to attend with their little ones too! Religious Education Workshops for grades K-8 begin right after Chapel and run until 11:00am. This year in our workshops, we’re celebrating the interdependent web of existence! Using a Circles & Cycles curriculum, kids will be making connections between our 8 UU principles and 6 UU sources of inspiration to build a network of understanding about what was, what is, and what can be. We’ll explore tenets of Judaic and Christian teachings, other world religions and cultural traditions, and examine the words and deeds of prophetic people both past and present to strengthen understanding of how we can live faith into action on matters of social and environmental justice. UU Kids Connect Every Third Thursday • 7:00 pm Starts on Thursday October 21st This fall UU Kids Connect is the place to be for kids in grades K-8 who want to meet new friends from new places, share their joys & concerns, show & tell what they’ve been up to, and have FUN! The UU Kids Connect Team creates a safer online space for social support and spiritual development as kids journey forward through their years. The UUKC GATHERINGS will happen every third Thursday of the month from 7:00 pm-8:00 pm (Eastern) beginning on Thursday, October 21st. Registration is FREE and open! |