Sunday Services at 10:50, with a virtual option via Zoom. Find news about us on the Events and Services page, on Instagram and Facebook, and the Friday newsletter to Members and Friends.
Our historic Arts & Crafts building, located one block from Snug Harbor Cultural Center.
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Many Staten Islanders know about Robert Gould Shaw and are familiar with names like Curtis High School, the Goodhue Center, Jewett Avenue but do they know that these famous names date back to the families who founded our church, the Unitarian Church of Staten Island?
Many of the founders had roots in New England where they were active in abolitionist groups. George William Curtis and George Francis Shaw, both from New England, ended up on Staten Island, where they became prominent members of the fledgling Unitarian Church, founded as the result of the merger of two independent liberal churches in West Brighton and Stapleton. They were influenced by the Boston Unitarian ministers, William Ellery Channing and Theodore Parker. Channing and Parker were considered radical by contemporary New England Unitarians, yet the Transcendentalist values they embraced remain surprisingly modern: dedication to racial and gender equality, and social justice. |
Anti-war activist and Muslim Ghanim Khalil, in dialog with Rabbi Michael Howald.
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Church Interior:
The Rose Window in our Sanctuary
We are handicapped accessible.
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Carol Bullock, Executive Director of the Pride Center of
Staten Island
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