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Due to ongoing concerns regarding COVID-19, the Board of the Unitarian Church of Staten Island has cancelled in-person Sunday Services for the foreseeable future. Join our virtual Sunday services online from our Facebook page at 11:00 am.
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Sunday Services
Sunday March 7, 2021 • 11:00 am
One Year Later Reflections on the Pandemic from UU Ministers Across the Country It has been a year. A year of the unexpected. A year where we live in new ways. This service will mark the approaching anniversary of when the COVID pandemic truly started affecting our communities, our congregations, and our lives. One year later, what have we learned about each other; about faith, life and community? Join us for this unique service, organized by Rev. Jason Cook of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fullerton, CA, where countless ministers all around the country share what we have learned one year later. 
Sunday February 28, 2021 • 11:00 am
Enslavement, Resistance and Religion on Staten Island with Guest Speaker Rev. George McClain Little attention has been given to the history of enslavement on Staten Island. Yet much of the development of Staten Island in its pre-Revolutionary years rested on the shoulders of enslaved Black persons. This presentation will begin to give due attention to this part of our Island heritage. Rev. Dr. George McClain researched the announced topic as the John J. Marchi Visiting Scholar at the College of Staten Island, 2018-20. George found inspiration for his life-long ministry in his participation in the 1964-65 Civil Rights Movement in Alabama and Mississippi and served as a Methodist social action executive for 25 years. 
Sunday February 21, 2021 • 11:00 am
Faith and Patriotism: And Interfaith Dialogue With Rabbi Michael Howald and Rev. Emily DeTar Birt Faith has been used across our nation’s politics and debates for centuries. Religion and faith have been used as tools for citizenship, civil disobedience, in political policy making, and in insurrection. And in all these different forms, faith is explained as part and parcel for what it means to be an American patriot. We invite you to join Rabbi Michael Howald and Rev. Emily DeTar Birt for this service, in a dialogue about what different faiths say about politics and patriotism. Don’t miss this unique interfaith conversation. |
Upcoming Events
Loving Staten Island Friendship Coffee and Dessert Hours
Hosted online by various Staten Island faith communities For a number of years, the Staten Island Inter-Religious Leadership Council has been hosting Loving Staten Island Friendship Dinners, with the aim of getting people of different faiths and backgrounds together and forming connections. The pandemic curtailed the in-person gatherings, but not the gatherings themselves! So, grab your favorite dessert and login to Zoom to meet other Staten Islanders. To support each other through the pandemic. To learn about different houses of worship and community centers in your borough. And to have meaningful conversation and make new friends. Date: Host: Feb 21 - Richmond Inter-Parish Council, The Episcopal Churches of S.I. Time: 7:00 - 8:30pm To join any Friendship Dessert Hour: Go to zoom.us and enter: Meeting ID: 931 9985 7416 Passcode: 135731  UCSI Women gather for fun and Christmas cheer, 2018
Get/Stay Connected with the UCSI Women's Online Gatherings
Every Wednesday at 7:00pm Through weekly meetings of the Women's Group, during this time of social distancing, we enjoy getting to catch up with each other and to get 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
Every Sunday at 10:30 am and 6:30 pm Children's Chapel We have been invited by Community Church of New York to join their Children's Chapel on Sundays at 10:30 am. All families with children ages 0-17 are welcome! Please register for the chapel. Email DRE Jil Novenski at jnovenski@ccny.org Beacon UU Youth Groups Beacon UU (formerly known as the UU congregation of Summit, NJ) has opened their programing for us to join. Every Sunday at 6:00 they have two youth groups. One for 6th-8th grade members, and another for 9th-12th grade. Please email minister@uucsi.org to register. |
