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Our regularly scheduled Sunday Services are at 10:50 in the Sanctuary, with a virtual option via Zoom link. The link is published in the Tuesday night email to our membership list, and on Friday in the newsletter to Members and Friends.
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Sunday Services and Current Events
Sunday, May 26, 2024 • 10:50 am
Memorial Day: A Marine Remembers With Michael DeVito, Jr. in the Pulpit In-Person Service with Virtual Option On Memorial Day Weekend, Michael DeVito, Jr., a Staten Island resident and U.S. Marine Corps veteran, will be sharing his reflections on how his time in the military influenced his world view and how he uses those experiences to be of service to his community today. For in-person gathering: Masks Are No Longer Required in the Sanctuary. Social Distancing. People are still reminded to be conscious of social distancing. For Access to Video Online: A video of the service is subsequently posted on our YouTube Channel. https://bit.ly/3xgePI3 Sunday, May 19, 2024 • 10:50 am
Right Relationship With Visiting Minister Ember Kelley in the Pulpit In-Person Service with Virtual Option As human beings we are engaged in many different communities in our lives- our neighbors, our spiritual homes, our clubs, our politics, and even our hobbies. Some of these have guidelines for beliefs, and some for behavior, others claim openness to all. So, what makes healthy community? What boundaries and guidelines help us to thrive? How do we best hold space and care for others? How should we act to make others know they are welcome and important to us? Join Visiting Minister Ember Kelley for an exploration about what it means to be “In right relationship” with one another, a key ingredient for fostering healthy communal life. For in-person gathering: Masks Are No Longer Required in the Sanctuary. Social Distancing. People are still reminded to be conscious of social distancing. For Access to Video Online: A video of the service is subsequently posted on our YouTube Channel. https://bit.ly/3xgePI3 Sunday, May 12, 2024 • 10:50 am
Julia Ward Howe, A Woman of Many Contradictions With UCSI Member Ruth Benson in the Pulpit In-Person Service with Virtual Option How did this compliant Boston housewife go from: "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; He is trampling out the vintage where grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword, His truth is marching on." To this: "Our husbands shall not come to us, reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience. We, women of one country, will be too tender of those of another country to allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs." She was a Unitarian Transcendentalist, a poet, an abolitionist who wrote The Battle Hymn of the Republic in support of the North in the Civil War, and a pacifist who wrote her Mother's Day Proclamation in response to the Franco-Prussian War. She was a feminist, who, with Lucy Stone, founded the New England Suffrage Association and stood up to Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton on divisions over the 15th Amendment to the Constitution, which she supported. How did this compliant Boston housewife, who obeyed her chauvinist husband's decree that she was not to speak in public, evolve to become so outspoken, respected and renowned? For in-person gathering: Masks Are No Longer Required in the Sanctuary. Social Distancing. People are still reminded to be conscious of social distancing. For Access to Video Online: A video of the service is subsequently posted on our YouTube Channel. https://bit.ly/3xgePI3 Saturday, May 18, 2024 • 1:00 to 2:00 pm
Guided Tour of the Unitarian Church of Staten Island with Andrew Thomas of the NY Landmarks Conservancy The Unitarian Church of Staten Island (UCSI) will participate in the New York Landmarks Conservancy’s annual Sacred Sites Open House. We will be celebrating the history of this liberal church, founded by Transcendentalist Unitarians in 1854. The tour is part of the Sacred Sites Open House 2024 Pre-booked Tours collection Please click this link to register. Registration is highly encouraged as space is limited! The pre-booked guided tour of the charming Queen Anne style church will be led by Columbia University graduate Andrew Thomas, who conducted an architectural survey of historic houses of worship on Staten Island in the summer of 2023. The tour will offer a detailed view of this small church and the outsized impact it has had on Staten Island, New York, and the United States. The building was designed by young upstart architect Frank H. Quimby and built in 1895. The congregation was the result of a merger between two small liberal Christian churches that began meeting 1851 and incorporated as the Church of the Redeemer in 1854 in the Unitarian Denomination, later changing its name to The Unitarian Church of Staten Island. Its politically active members were instrumental in the abolitionist movement, underground railroad, and reform movements of the 19th and 20th century. Its founders include Francis George Shaw, father of Robert Gould Shaw, who famously led the 54th Massachusetts African American Regiment in the Civil War; and George William Curtis, writer, civil service reformer, and educator, for whom Curtis High School is named. |
Upcoming Events
Get/Stay Connected with the UCSI Women's Online Gatherings
Every Tuesday at 7:30pm Through weekly meetings of the Women's Group on Zoom, we enjoy catching up with each other and getting to know one another better. You can either video call or phone call in to these gatherings. Please contact Kathy Santo at membership@uucsi.org for more details. Virtual Children and Youth Programming resumes.
Children's Chapel Children's Chapel and Workshops Every Sunday with CCNY • 9:30 am Sunday Chapel starts at 9:30am. It is a sacred space for kids to share Joys & Concerns and to connect with friends old and new. We light the chalice together, sing hymns, and make way for movement or meditation as time allows. Our chapel welcomes young people ages 5-17, and we invite families with children younger than 5 to attend with their little ones too! Religious Education Workshops for grades K-8 begin right after Chapel and run until 11:00am. This year in our workshops, we’re celebrating the interdependent web of existence! Using a Circles & Cycles curriculum, kids will be making connections between our 8 UU principles and 6 UU sources of inspiration to build a network of understanding about what was, what is, and what can be. We’ll explore tenets of Judaic and Christian teachings, other world religions and cultural traditions, and examine the words and deeds of prophetic people both past and present to strengthen understanding of how we can live faith into action on matters of social and environmental justice. UU Kids Connect Every Third Thursday • 7:00 pm Starts on Thursday October 21st This fall UU Kids Connect is the place to be for kids in grades K-8 who want to meet new friends from new places, share their joys & concerns, show & tell what they’ve been up to, and have FUN! The UU Kids Connect Team creates a safer online space for social support and spiritual development as kids journey forward through their years. The UUKC GATHERINGS will happen every third Thursday of the month from 7:00 pm-8:00 pm (Eastern) beginning on Thursday, October 21st. Registration is FREE and open! |