Happy New Year! A next year of reading BIPOC authors and being with you to share ideas, perspectives, and learnings. Hooray! We begin 2024 with James Baldwin's If Beale Street Could Talk, written in 1974. Join us for the book discussion on Monday, January 29, at 6 pm. Thanks to those who have sent book … Continue reading BIPOC Book Group Discussion
The UU Schenectady Philosophy Group meets online Wednesday, January 31st from 10:00 am until 12 noon. Books we have read delve into the ideas and the written word about - knowledge, truth, reality, reason, ethics, and government. NO prior knowledge of philosophy is needed to participate. We are currently reading The Soul of America - … Continue reading Philosophy Discussion Group
Grief is our human response to loss, and losses can result from so many different things: a death, a change in employment, a relationship, a move, a diagnosis, an accident, and more. All of this can be complicated even more during and after holidays and in the winter. If you are grieving, you are invited to join … Continue reading Grief Group
Plan to join the Alliance on Thursday, Feb. 1, at noon at the Turf Tavern in Scotia for lunch and an "Art Unites Us!" presentation by Heather Hutchison, co-founder and executive director of C.R.E.A.T.E. Community Studios. C.R.E.A.T.E. has studios on Erie Boulevard in Schenectady as well as in Saratoga, and is opening a third studio … Continue reading “Art Unites Us!” presentation Feb. 1 at noon
Gather with UUs from around the region on Friday, February 2nd, from 7-8:30 pm for a multigenerational, multicongregational trivia night! As in past years, there will be multiple rounds of questions covering a variety of topics, including a few questions about UU history, plus the ever popular “name that UU hymn,” music round. We’ll make … Continue reading Multigenerational Multicongregational Online Trivia Night!
Do you like to sing with others? Join us at choir rehearsal, either Tuesday evening or Sundays before the worship service, or both! Then on occasional Sundays, the choir will sing as part of the worship service. Questions? Contact Maria Elmer, UUSS Music Director, at music@uuschenectady.org.
The UU Schenectady Philosophy Group meets online Wednesday, February 7th from 10:00 am until 12 noon. Books we have read delve into the ideas and the written word about - knowledge, truth, reality, reason, ethics, and government. NO prior knowledge of philosophy is needed to participate. NEW BOOK! PULITZER PRIZE WINNG AUTHOR! - JON MEACHAM … Continue reading Philosophy Discussion Group
Tom Comparin, Rev. Wendy and Rev. Lynn will facilitate a three-session class on this year’s UUA Common Read, On Repentance and Repair by Danya Ruttenberg. It invites readers to explore practices for accountability that can bring us into wholeness and really make a difference in our personal, community, and national relationships. Participants are encouraged to … Continue reading On Repentance and Repair Class (please register ahead)
Do you like to sing with others? Join us at choir rehearsal, either Tuesday evening or Sundays before the worship service, or both! Then on occasional Sundays, the choir will sing as part of the worship service. Questions? Contact Maria Elmer, UUSS Music Director, at music@uuschenectady.org.
The UU Schenectady Philosophy Group meets online Wednesday, February 14th from 10:00 am until 12 noon. Books we have read delve into the ideas and the written word about - knowledge, truth, reality, reason, ethics, and government. NO prior knowledge of philosophy is needed to participate. Timely New Book by Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Jon … Continue reading Philosophy Discussion Group
