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
The next Schenectady UU Men's Group's monthly meeting will be Wednesday, February 14th at 7:30 PM in the Waters House living room. The discussion topic will be appropriate for the particular day. All friends of UUSS are welcome. For more information or questions, please see or contact Bill MacTiernan at 518 497 3447.
The UUSS LGBTQ group will have its next meeting on February 16th, 2024 from 7pm to 8:30pm. We will be discussing the topic of self care this month. Please contact Jenifer Pritchard at jeniferpritchard@ymail.com with any questions or if you need to attend that week via zoom.
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)
The UU Schenectady Philosophy Group meets online on Wednesdays 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. To obtain a list of books we have read, have questions, … Continue reading Philosophy Discussion Group (online)
Come enjoy a relaxed evening of conversation and connection. RSVPs are not required, but are very helpful as we set up. Click HERE to RSVP, and also to offer help with a cleanup task if you are able. Questions? Contact UUSS Congregational Life Coordinator Kristin Cleveland at clc@uuschenectady.org.
Bring your lunch on February 25th and join UUSS members and home herbalist Donna Jennings and community herbalist Melissa MacKinnon for an afternoon learning how to create herbal healing salves. Meet in the Dining Room from 12 pm - 1:30 pm. We’ll make a salve you can take home. We’ll share seeds that you can grow … Continue reading Herbal Healing Salves
An interesting reading choice for the month of February, which includes Presidents' Day on February 19, celebrating the birthdays of Washington and Lincoln: Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar, 2017. Share your thoughts with us as we discuss the book on February 26, at 6 pm, on Zoom. … Continue reading BIPOC Book Group Discussion of Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave
The UU Schenectady Philosophy Group meets online Wednesday, February 28th 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 – A … Continue reading Philosophy Discussion Group
Do you like to sing with others? Join us at choir rehearsal, either Tuesday evenings or Sundays before the worship service, or both! The choir sings as part of the worship service on occasional Sundays. Questions? Contact UUSS Music Director Maria Elmer at music AT uuschenectady.org
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)
The UUSS Green Sanctuary Team is offering a walk in the Albany Pine Bush on Saturday, March 2. We will depart from the Albany Pine Bush Discovery Center at 195 New Karner Rd. in Albany at 1:30 for the walk. The trails are well marked and graded. George Shaw will offer information on the formation … Continue reading Walk the Albany Pine Bush and learn its geologic history
