Speaker: Tim Olsen

For the Earth

April 18, 2021 at 10:30 am Nancy Benz, Rev. Wendy Bartel, Tim Olsen

Our 7th principle affirms and promotes respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part. We need massive, sweeping change to face the climate crisis … Continue reading For the Earth

Christmas Eve Service

December 24, 2020 at 7:00 pm Rev. Lynn Gardner, Rev. Wendy Bartel, Tim Olsen

This year, rather than going out into the cold, we’ll celebrate Christmas Eve at your home, or wherever you will be! There will be traditional music, the telling of the … Continue reading Christmas Eve Service

Honoring the Dark: Music and Poetry of the Season

December 13, 2020 at 10:30 am Rev. Lynn Gardner, Rev. Wendy Bartel, Rosie Lewis, Tim Olsen, UUSS Choir

We welcome the beauty of the dark and celebrations of light. We’ll weave love, joy, faith, miracles, and magic with songs, poems, and stories. To see the Facebook Live recording … Continue reading Honoring the Dark: Music and Poetry of the Season

Blues in December

December 6, 2020 at 10:30 am Rev. Csaba Kecskes, Rev. Leonisa Ardizonne, Rev. Lynn Gardner, Rev. Wendy Bartel, Tim Olsen

We gather as two congregations (Catskills and Schenectady) and our partner church to acknowledge the complex emotions of the season and the role that music can have in our lives. … Continue reading Blues in December

Knowing Thankfulness

November 22, 2020 at 10:30 am Rev. Lynn Gardner, Rev. Wendy Bartel, Rev. Wendy Luella Perkins, Tim Olsen, UUSS Choir

How do you know when you are grateful? What does it feel like? We will explore gratitude, with story, music, poetry, and a bread communion. (All are invited to have … Continue reading Knowing Thankfulness

What’s in Your Spiritual Backpack?

October 18, 2020 at 10:30 am Rev. Lynn Gardner, Robyn Salvin, Tim Olsen

How do we prepare for the spiritual journey of life? We’ll explore what we might want to have with us, as well as what we might choose to leave behind. … Continue reading What’s in Your Spiritual Backpack?

The Incarcerated Body and Mutual Liberation

October 11, 2020 at 10:30 am Rev. Karen Van Fossan, Tim Olsen

On this Indigenous People’s weekend, we welcome Rev. Karen Van Fossan, who served in Bismarck/Mandan, North Dakota, in ongoing solidarity with Water Protectors at Standing Rock. Four years later, after the … Continue reading The Incarcerated Body and Mutual Liberation

Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady

Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady

Compassion, Justice, and Joy