Our traditional joint worship service with the other Greater Capital Region UU congregations is returning! Mark your calendar now for Sunday, April 23, 10:30 am at the Doane Stuart School … Continue reading Regional UU Worship Service in Rensselaer (the service will NOT be at UUSS today)
Join with Schenectady Clergy Against Hate and Schenectady Community Ministries for an interfaith Earth Day. Bring gloves, gardening tools, a trash bag or two, and come help clean up Vale … Continue reading Urban Farm Clean-up
We're changing up a bit this month as we read a multigenerational book, The People Could Fly: American Folktales by Virginia Hamilton. We will gather by zoom on Monday, April 24, for a book discussion. Leah Purcell, our Interim Director of Lifespan Religious Education, has agreed to incorporate the book for RE in some way so feel free … Continue reading BIPOC Book Group Discussion: The People Could Fly
Philosophy comes in many forms covering a broad spectrum of discussion. 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 and discuss. To obtain a list of books we have read, have questions, or get on our contact list, … Continue reading Philosophy Group Discussion
Join UU Schenectady member and mindfulness Buddhist practitioner, Tamara Geveci, for five sessions of shared in-person meditation and mindfulness practice. All are welcome for any or all of the Spring sessions in the Emerson Room (or maybe outside if the weather allows). This will be a time of connection through guided meditative and mindfulness practice, as well as quiet, reflective meditation.
Food Bank 101: What the Regional Food Bank Does and the State of Food Insecurity in Our Region. Speaker: Molly Nicol, Chief Executive Officer, Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York Molly Nicol has been Chief Executive Officer of the Regional Food Bank since June 2021. She has decades of experience from both the for-profit and not-for-profit … Continue reading EBWA’s April Program: Food Bank 101
The Buildings and Grounds Team is sponsoring its first work party of 2022 to help out the gardens which are waking up after their long winter nap! On Saturday, April 29 from 10am – noon we’ll clear out the leftover leaves and trim the bushes and perennials to get ready for another wonderful growing season. … Continue reading Welcome Spring – Gardens Work Party
As flowers bloom, so does the Women's Alliance! All genders are invited to come celebrate the Alliance's rebirth and annual meeting with a buffet lunch at 12 noon on Thursday, May 4, at the Turf Tavern, 40 Mohawk Ave. in Scotia for $20. We will vote on Special Appeals grants, elect Board members and officers, honor Alliance members … Continue reading Women’s Alliance Lunch & Meeting
Join UU Schenectady member and mindfulness Buddhist practitioner, Tamara Geveci, for five sessions of shared in-person meditation and mindfulness practice. All are welcome for any or all of the Spring sessions in the Emerson Room (or maybe outside if the weather allows). This will be a time of connection through guided meditative and mindfulness practice, as well as quiet, reflective meditation.
Mark your calendar now for music, community, fun and PIES on Sunday, May 7! The Music Team will be hosting a coffeehouse after worship. A pizza, salad and cookies lunch will be provided in the dining room, followed with musical performances by some of our own UUSS talent in the Great Hall. Plus a silent auction of … Continue reading Eyes on the Pies Coffeehouse
