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312 FILLMORE STREET, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10301 PHONE: 718-447-2204
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You Are Welcome Here!
Sunday Services are suspended for the summer and will resume in September.
Join us for our Summer Series of Events posted below.
Please email [email protected] for information on how to join Sunday Service Zoom meetings.
Join us on Youtube—videos of the service are posted on our YouTube Channel https://bit.ly/3xgePI3.
Find news about us on this page, on Instagram and Facebook, and the Friday newsletter to Members and Friends.

Sunday Services and Current Events

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 • 7:00 to 9:00 pm
Spiritual Cinema (Part 2)
In the UCSI Fellowship Hall
With three powerful shorts from Project UnLonely, Season 8

This week, we continue our journey into Belonging

Stoop Chat with Jimmy & Shanaya – A blind poet and his neighbor bridge worlds through poetry.
Between the Silence – Love and understanding grow in the quiet act of shared gardening.
Unsaid – A young boy learns what family means in the unspoken rhythms of daily life.

The evening includes 40 minutes of curated films with guided discussion & personal reflection.
Bring a friend and your favorite story of connection.

Light refreshments • Free event • Donations welcome
No RSVP needed. See you there!

Recent Services

Sunday, June 15, 2025 • 10:50 am
My Dog Is My Home: "They’re Just Like Children. They’re Our Babies."
With Guest Speaker Christine Kim in the pulpit
In-person service with virtual option
Christine Kim is the Founder and Executive Director of My Dog Is My Home, a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing access to shelter and housing for people experiencing homelessness with animals.

Join her for this Father’s Day service as she shares the intimate stories of people who commit themselves to caring for the non-human beings who are a part of their chosen families, even through homelessness. With these stories, we will challenge conventional definitions of family and learn how to extend compassion and justice to the people and animals who find a home in each other despite having little else.

For Access to Video Online: A video of the service is subsequently posted on our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3xgePI3

Sunday, June 8, 2025 • 10:50 am
Fear and All Its Friends
With Guest Speaker India Wood in the pulpit
In-person service with virtual option
What are you afraid of? In our current political moment in which fear dominates this administration's tactics of governance, how do we understand fear - both how it is used as a tool of control, and how it manifests in ourselves and our communities?

India Wood, a Union Theological Seminary student, aspirant UU minister, and current organizer for UUs for justice in the Middle East, will speak about how fear of antisemitism has contributed to the ongoing destruction of Gaza, and her own relationship to her faith as a Jewish UU.

For Access to Video Online: A video of the service is subsequently posted on our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3xgePI3

Sunday, June 1, 2025 • 10:50 am
Why Sojourn Together?
With Reverend Daniel Lawlor in the pulpit
In-person service with virtual option
“...they shall bear the burden with thee.” - Book of Exodus Chapter 18, Verse 22

From ancient scripture to modern times, spiritual movements repeatedly have a choice- act together or alone. This year we celebrate 64 years of the union of the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church of America into our Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. The Civil Rights Movement and struggle over the War in Vietnam were defining realities during those early years of partnership. We are one of over 1,000 congregations in the United States and the Philippines discerning how best to share one another burdens as we discern how to meet our moment. Join us for songs, meditation, a new member ceremony, and a reflection on shared ministry and sojourn in our own time.

For Access to Video Online: A video of the service is subsequently posted on our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3xgePI3

Meet Our Quarter-Time Minister, Reverend Daniel Lawlor
Rev. Lawlor is a minister at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Hudson Valley, in Croton-on-Hudson, NY. He says, “I am humbled and honored to be invited to serve with your historic congregation and kind community, where you commit each week to the search for truth and the spirit of love."

Inspired by his family’s example of engaged, religious practice and community work growing up in Rhode Island, Rev. Lawlor is inspired by caring communities and honored to witness the joys and sorrows in our faith. The son of a teacher and grandson of a deacon, Rev. Lawlor is a former middle school teacher and has served as a fundraiser for non-profits in California and New York, including the Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth. Rev. Lawlor is a proud graduate of Boston University School of Theology and Brown University. He and his dynamic spouse Yumi, and their amazing young son call New York City home.

As a quarter-time minister Rev. Lawlor shares,"I hope to see you soon, get to know you better, and connect for good, whether in a Sunday service or the wider community! I'm excited for the year ahead!"

Upcoming Events

Christmas cheer, 2018

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 [email protected] 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!

THE CHURCH IS LOCATED 1 BLOCK FROM SNUG HARBOR CULTURAL CENTER, ON THE NORTH SHORE OF STATEN ISLAND. A 15 MINUTE BUS/TAXI RIDE FROM THE SI FERRY TERMINAL IN ST. GEORGE.

DIRECTIONS:
BY TAXI: Drive to 312 FILLMORE ST, corner of CLINTON AVE—a 10 minute drive from the Staten Island Ferry Terminal.

BY BUS: From the Staten Island Ferry Terminal, take the S40 BUS towards GOETHALS RD via RICHMOND TERRACE. Get off at corner of CLINTON AVE and RICHMOND TERRACE. Walk one block to 312 FILLMORE ST.

BY CAR: From the VERRAZANO BRIDGE, OUTERBRIDGE or GOETHALS BRIDGE, take the CLOVE ROAD EXIT on RT278. Turn onto Clove Road going toward and crossing VICTORY BLVD. Continue on CLOVE ROAD until you can make a RIGHT on BARD AVE and continue to RICHMOND TERRACE. Turn RIGHT on Richmond Terrace and proceed 4 BLOCKS to CLINTON AVE. TURN RIGHT onto CLINTON AVE and proceed 1 block to FILLMORE ST.

From the BAYONNE BRIDGE, take the first exit (EXIT 13) onto MORNINGSTAR RD. Turn right onto MORNINGSTAR and continue until the road ends at RICHMOND TERRACE. Turn right, going under the overpass, and continue on RICHMOND TERRACE for about 10 minutes, until you reach CLINTON AVE. Turn RIGHT onto CLINTON AVE. Go 1 block to FILLMORE ST. There is ample (and free) street parking.

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