All are invited to help decorate for winter holidays! John Harpis will coordinate hanging wreaths, decorating mantles, and setting up Christmas trees. Questions? Contact Church Administrator Lillian Johnson at info at uuschenectady dot org
Last December, UUSS members and friends packed 93 Holiday Stockings for children in Schenectady. This December, the need is so much greater. We can't fix grocery prices or the national SNAP mess, but we UU's can help make Christmas and Hanukkah a little happier for local families in need. Can we collect enough small toys, … Continue reading Help Stuff Stockings on Dec. 4th
Stick around after the worship service on Sunday, December 14th, for the UUSS Holiday Hangout! We’ll have hot cider, sweet & savory snacks, carol singing around the piano, and a variety of holiday themed crafts. There will also be an opportunity to create your own wreath! (with a suggested donation to cover the cost of … Continue reading Holiday Hangout (Crafts, Caroling, Cider & Snacks)
Come for the annual UUSS Christmas Eve service, led by UUSS co-ministers Rev. Wendy Bartel and Rev. Lynn Gardner, and UUSS music director Maria Elmer. UUSS worship services are held in-person in the Great Hall, and also online. To join in the worship service online via Zoom, click HERE on Sunday morning. UUSS building mask … Continue reading Born Astonished
UUSS members and friends will share poetry, music and art from the season and seasonal holidays. We'll reflect on how these inform who we are, and/or how we find joy. All are welcome for this multigenerational service! Worship Presenters: Stephanie Maslanka, Maria Elmer, Poets and Artists UUSS worship services are held in-person in the Great … Continue reading Art of the Season, & Art that Forms Us
Join us online on Monday, Dec. 29th from 6 - 7 for a discussion of this month's book by a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, or other Person of Color) author. During the last month of the year, we read poetry - to reflect, as one year ends and another one begins, in stanzas that we have … Continue reading BIPOC Authors Book Group Discussion
Grief Group - Wednesday, Jan. 14th, 7:00-8:30 in the Fireplace Room. Grief is a human response to loss, and includes a range of emotions, including sadness, anger, overwhelm or numbness, denial, guilt, and despair. If you are grieving, you aren't alone. If you have experienced a loss, whether it be a relationship. a job, a … Continue reading Grief Group
Meet the Moment is a framework created by the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) for collective conversation, discernment, and strategizing about how our faith can be its most impactful in the context of new realities for Unitarian Universalism, religious life in North America, and the geopolitical landscape. We will nourish our bodies with a potluck lunch. … Continue reading Meet the Moment Potluck Lunch & Program
On Monday, January 19th, the BIPOC Authors Book Group will discuss the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winning novel James, by Percival Everett, from 6-7 pm on Zoom. All are welcome to join in the discussion! For Zoom link, or if you have suggestions for novels, historical fiction, memoirs, or books of poetry by BIPOC authors, contact … Continue reading Discussion of the novel ‘James,’ by Percival Everett
The Evening Branch of Women's Alliance (EBWA) January program will be Women of the Saratoga Campaign, presented by Anne Clothier, Assistant to the Saratoga County Historian. Many know the story of British General John Burgoyne's Surrender to the Americans after the Battles of Saratoga in 1777, commonly referred to as the Turning Point of the … Continue reading Women of the Saratoga Campaign (EBWA’s January program)
