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< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled Sunday Service: Sunday Service: "Reflections and Hopes." Join us at 10 AM for shared reflections on the year gone by and our hopes for the upcoming year. Coordinators: Gianna DiMaiolo and Kate Kimmerle.  One Service at 10:00 AM Sunday, December 28, 2025 Gathering music starts at 9:50 A.M. Join the virtual service at 11:00 A.M. via our Zoom link: Contact the Office for Zoom Link. Or join by phone. Call 1-860-646-5151 Meeting ID 357 815 420#. In Case You Missed It Click here for the December 21, 2025 service, "Where the Light Begins (Again)." #eBlast-12-24 Sunday Service: "Reflections and Hopes." Join us at 10 AM for shared reflections on the year gone by and our hopes for the upcoming year. Coordinators : Gianna DiMaiolo and Kate Kimmerle.  One Service at 10:00 AM Sunday, December 28, 2025 Gathering music starts at 9:50 A.M. Join the virtual service at 11:00 A.M. via our Zoom link: Contact the Office for Zoom Link . Or join by phone. Call 1-860-646-5151 Meeting ID 357 815 420#. In Case You Missed It Click here for the December 21, 2025 service, "Where the Light Begins (Again)." #eBlast -12-24 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Mar 30, 2025 The Truth About Trust Sunday Service: "The Truth About Trust" What makes a person trustworthy? In this service for all ages, we'll explore some of the components of trust as it relates to developing and maintaining relationships. Telling the truth and doing the right thing isn't always easy, especially when we've made mistakes, and we fear the consequences. However difficult it is, doing our best to be people worthy of others' faith and trust is important life-long work. Coordinators : Stacey Musulin & Martha Larson Services at 9:00 and 11:00 A.M. #eBlast-03-26 Sunday Service: "The Truth About Trust" What makes a person trustworthy? In this service for all ages, we'll explore some of the components of trust as it relates to developing and maintaining relationships. Telling the truth and doing the right thing isn't always easy, especially when we've made mistakes, and we fear the consequences. However difficult it is, doing our best to be people worthy of others' faith and trust is important life-long work. Coordinators : Stacey Musulin & Martha Larson Services at 9:00 and 11:00 A.M. Sunday, March 30, 2025 In Case You Missed It: #eBlast -03-26 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled Last Call to Be a Delegate to General Assembly Last Call to Be a Delegate to General Assembly Do you want to learn more about Unitarian Universalism and play a role in decision-making at the national level? We are looking for a few more UUSE members who are interested in learning about how UU "business" gets done at GA by serving as delegates. GA will be held June 18th to 22nd, 2025 in Baltimore and will be in a hybrid format. Delegates are welcome to attend in person but can also serve online. Participation as an online delegate can be at no cost to you. Attendance at all General Sessions is advised but not mandatory. Voting takes place online after General Sessions. For more information, contact Carrie Kocher at uuseoffice@uuse.org . #eBlast-05-28 Last Call to Be a Delegate to General Assembly Do you want to learn more about Unitarian Universalism and play a role in decision-making at the national level? We are looking for a few more UUSE members who are interested in learning about how UU "business" gets done at GA by serving as delegates. GA will be held June 18th to 22nd, 2025 in Baltimore and will be in a hybrid format. Delegates are welcome to attend in person but can also serve online. Participation as an online delegate can be at no cost to you. Attendance at all General Sessions is advised but not mandatory. Voting takes place online after General Sessions. For more information, contact Carrie Kocher at uuseoffice@uuse.org . #eBlast -05-28 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled CCIU Visit to the Hindu/Jain Temple The Connecticut Council for Interreligious Understanding will be holding a House of Worship Visit to the Hindu/Jain Temple on Sunday, July 23, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. Sri Satyanarayana Swamy Temple Connecticut Valley Hindu Temple Society 11 Training Hill Road, Middletown, CT 06457 Founded in 1979, CVHTS serves the religious, cultural, and social needs of the Indian community in Connecticut and across the Northeast. Sri Satyanarayana Temple is designed in a traditional style to accommodate worshippers from several different Hindu sects and friends. Please join the Hindu and Jain members of CCIU as we visit this beautiful house of worship and learn about the deities and practices of the Hindu and Jain faiths. Bring your questions and curiosity to this unique House of Worship visit, sponsored by CCIU and the CVHTS. OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled Healing Singing Bowls & Gongs Sound Bath Healing Singing Bowls & Gongs Sound Bath Sunday, October 12, 2025 at 3:00 P.M. at UUSE Join us for a relaxing meditative session using Himalayan singing bowls & gongs played by Reiki Maser Priscilla Gale. As the sweet vibration of the bowls envelope the room, their calming song enters the body in targeted ways to balance, heal, restore feelings of well-being, reduce pain and release tension and stress. The music will also provide feelings of peace, joy, confidence, more energy and clarity of thought. Suggested donation is $20, but no one will be turned away. #eBlast-10-08 Healing Singing Bowls & Gongs Sound Bath Sunday, October 12, 2025 at 3:00 P.M. at UUSE Join us for a relaxing meditative session using Himalayan singing bowls & gongs played by Reiki Maser Priscilla Gale. As the sweet vibration of the bowls envelope the room, their calming song enters the body in targeted ways to balance, heal, restore feelings of well-being, reduce pain and release tension and stress. The music will also provide feelings of peace, joy, confidence, more energy and clarity of thought. Suggested donation is $20, but no one will be turned away. #eBlast -10-08 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Sep 3, 2023 Spiritual Connection This month’s theme is Welcome. There’s a feeling of being welcomed and connected when we join a club or fraternal organization. And then there are the connections that spring from our hearts and the connections we feel when we share a common bond. Today’s service is about spiritual connection. Coordinator(s): Sheila Foran and Sandy Karosi OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Jan 21, 2024 Applying Our UU Values to Housing in CT. Guest Speaker: Erin Boggs, Executive Director of Open Communities Alliance. This service will introduce us to the work of the Open Communities Alliance and help us to reflect on the values that underlie the work of increasing affordable housing in CT. Coordinator: David Klotz #eBlast-01-17 January 21: “Applying Our UU Values to Housing in CT.” Guest Speaker: Erin Boggs, Executive Director of Open Communities Alliance This service will introduce us to the work of the Open Communities Alliance and help us to reflect on the values that underlie the work of increasing affordable housing in CT. Coordinator(s): David Klotz OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled Special Service: Sunday, November 24th at 5 PM Special Service: Sunday, November 24th at 5 PM at Temple Beth Shalom B’Nai Israel: Manchester’s Multi-Faith Thanksgiving Service. Manchester’s Faith community lifts up the spirit of gratitude. Watch our November eblasts for more information on this uplifting community event. Special Service: Sunday, November 24th at 5 PM at Temple Beth Shalom B’Nai Israel: Manchester’s Multi-Faith Thanksgiving Service. Manchester’s Faith community lifts up the spirit of gratitude. Watch our November eblasts for more information on this uplifting community event. OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled Calling all Artists, Photographers and Poets Calling all Artists, Photographers and Poets A new art exhibit for the Sanctuary will go up on March 26th - Signups by March 23rd. Our Spring theme is Renewal. Spring brings renewal through longer days, warmer air, and the return of growing things. The fresh light and new life of the seasons offer a sense of energy and hope after winter's stillness. Please register your entries at uuseoffice@uuse.org . Include title, medium, price (if for sale), and photo (if you wish to have your submission included in the sanctuary slide show.) Poets, please send your poems to Carol for mounting by March 20th. If you would like to include a photo or small piece of artwork, please send it along as well. Drop-off for entries is March 26th from 11:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. Questions? Please contact Eric Vogel or Janet Heller #eBlast-03-11 Calling all Artists, Photographers and Poets A new art exhibit for the Sanctuary will go up on March 26th - Signups by March 23rd. Our Spring theme is Renewal . Spring brings renewal through longer days, warmer air, and the return of growing things. The fresh light and new life of the seasons offer a sense of energy and hope after winter's stillness. Please register your entries at uuseoffice@uuse.org . Include title, medium, price (if for sale), and photo (if you wish to have your submission included in the sanctuary slide show.) Poets, please send your poems to Carol for mounting by March 20th. If you would like to include a photo or small piece of artwork, please send it along as well. Drop-off for entries is March 26th from 11:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. Questions? Please contact Eric Vogel or Janet Heller #eBlast -03-11 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled Community of the Earth The congregation is invited to view a new art show collaborative entitled, “The Community of Earth.” Families are welcome. refreshments will be served. “Mahjabeen “ is one of a series of portraits I’m working on of world religious leaders that I met at a conference on Star Island last summer. The conference was on Cross-cultural Conversations, and this resonated with me as an important and necessary component of our Community of Earth. That is what inspired me to coordinate this themed exhibit and to ask all of the artists to express their own interpretation of the Community of Earth. Jane Penfield OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Dec 15, 2024 Dona Nobis Pacem All-congregational Holiday Music service. Through music and song, story and homily, we celebrate the season and articulate our many faceted prayer that peace may prevail. Join us! Coordinators: Mary Bopp, Emmy Galbraith and Rev. Josh Pawelek. #eBlast-12-11 Sunday, December 15 : Dona Nobis Pacem . All congregational Holiday Music service. Through music and song, story and homily, we celebrate the season and articulate our many- faceted prayer that peace may prevail. Join us! Coordinators: Mary Bopp, Emmy Galbraith, Rev. Josh Pawelek #DecemberNewsletter OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled Hosts Needed for UUSE Community Harvest Suppers The Membership Committee is planning more potlucks at the homes of UUSE members/friends this fall. But we need hosts! If you are considering hosting a potluck but need a little motivation, here are some great reasons: get your house clean and organized, show off your cooking and favorite main dish, foster community and fun! If you would like to host a “Community Harvest Supper” at your home sometime in October or early November, please contact Sue Myers or Carole Boster via email or phone by September 15 and let them know the date & time for your event, and how many guests you can accommodate; they’ll send you back a quick questionnaire to gather further details for the sign-up sheet. Hosts are asked to provide a main dish; guests will bring the appetizers, sides, desserts etc. We’ll put sign-up sheets in the lobby after each service in late September. Questions? Ask Sue Myers or Carole Boster. #SeptemberNewsletter UUSE Community Harvest Suppers The Membership Committee is planning more potlucks at the homes of UUSE members/friends this fall. But we need hosts! If you are considering hosting a potluck but need a little motivation, here are some great reasons: get your house clean and organized, show off your cooking and favorite main dish, foster community and fun! If you would like to host a “Community Harvest Supper” at your home sometime in October or early November, please contact Sue Myers or Carole Boster via email or phone by September 15 and let them know the date & time for your event, and how many guests you can accommodate; they’ll send you back a quick questionnaire to gather further details for the sign-up sheet. Hosts are asked to provide a main dish; guests will bring the appetizers, sides, desserts etc. We’ll put sign-up sheets in the lobby after each service in late September. Questions? Ask Sue Myers or Carole Boster. #SeptemberNewsletter OOS Sermon YouTube