The UUSS LGBTQ group will have its next meeting on January 19th, 2024 from 7pm to 8:30pm in the Fireplace Room. We will be discussing the topic of gender this month. Please contact UUSS Congregational Life Coordinator Kristin Cleveland at clc@uuschenectady.org if you have questions.
Evening Candlelight Christmas Eve service. Rev. Wendy Bartel, Rev. Lynn Gardner, Maria Elmer The choir will sing. Those gathered will sing. We'll explore why the ancient story of Christmas is still relevant. We will sit in the dark together and then pass the light. Karlinda Caldicott and Norm Thibodeau will offer their musical gifts, … Continue reading Passing the Light
Rev. Lynn Gardner, Rev Wendy Bartel, Maria Elmer, and lots of helpers! We share a version of the ancient Christmas story of the birth of Jesus. Please bring new warm hats, mittens, gloves, and scarves to donate to local kids and teens at Northern Rivers. Kids who aren't otherwise in the pageant are invited to … Continue reading Christmas Pageant
The UUSS LGBTQ group will have its next meeting on December 15, 2023 from 7pm to 8:30pm. Those who identify as LGBTQ+ are welcome to join us in the Emerson room or on Zoom. (For zoom link or other info, contact the UUSS Congregational Life Coordinator at clc@uuschenectady.org). Guest speaker Ellie von Wellsheim, from The … Continue reading UUSS LGBTQ Group
From Baseball to Broadcasting, featuring Wanda Fischer, Host of WAMC's Hudson River Sampler When the Evening Branch of the Women's Alliance (EBWA) Steering committee contacts prospective speakers each spring for the following year, we usually have particular topics in mind. Sometimes a speaker wants to talk about something different, and often we agree to the … Continue reading From Baseball to Broadcasting: EBWA program for December
On Sunday December 10th, hang out with UUSS after the service for some holiday fun! Sing carols and other holiday songs around the piano and then head to the dining room to create a wreath and other decorations and gifts while snacking on seasonal refreshments.
Last December the Daytime Alliance filled and donated 50 holiday stockings for local children in need. Can we increase that to 75 stockings this year?? Yes, with your help, we are sure we can! We will provide 75 cute stockings. We need items to stuff in the stockings plus people to do the actual stuffing as part … Continue reading Daytime Alliance Lunch & Stocking Stuffing
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 at holidays and during the winter. If you are grieving, you are invited to join with Rev. … Continue reading Grief Group
This year the Fall Congregational Meeting will be on Sunday, November 19th, and the Spring Congregational Meeting will be on Sunday, May 19th, following the worship services. Please make a note of these dates in your calendars and plan on attending!
Speaker: Wendy Roberts, Associate Professor of English, University at Albany Phillis Wheatley is often referred to as the Mother of African American literature, the first Black person, and therefore also the first Black woman living in British North America to publish a book, and, because it was a book of poetry, the first to publish a book of … Continue reading Phillis Wheatley’s Presence: Getting to Know One of America’s First Black Poets
