Search Results

< To Upcoming Services Jul 16, 2023 Among the Trees Throughout history, humans have looked to trees for inspiration, protection, food, and wisdom. This morning's service will be a combination of spiritual, practical, metaphorical, and scientific thoughts about why trees matter. Our two speakers, Emery Gluck, retired DEEP forester, and John Hankins, president of Joshua's Tract Conservation Trust, will share their experiences in Connecticut's forests. Coordinator(s): Beth Hankins and Sandy Karosi OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Jul 20, 2025 NLDC Annual Recruitment The Nominating and Leadership Development Committee (NLDC) is starting our annual recruitment effort for the July 2025 - June 2026 term. On March 2nd after the 11:00 A.M. service, the NLDC will be recruiting for new chairs and committee members. We will have handouts outlining committee charters and chair responsibilities available for review and posted on the bulletin board in the Program Room. What we have learned from our conversations with chairs and members serving on UUSE committees is that congregants rarely reach out on their own to volunteer. However, when someone takes the initiative to reach out to an individual and discusses committee opportunities, then congregants are more likely to be open to serve. It is our hope that these recruiting sessions will provide an opportunity to reach out to more congregants and extend a personal invitation to serve the UUSE community. Please join us and consider volunteering for a committee. This congregation cannot continue to sustain itself without volunteers. We desperately need more volunteers, and we need them now. Please consider making time in your busy schedules usually just a few hours a month to give back to a community that enriches our lives and community in so many ways. We hope to see you there, but if you can't make it, please reach out to one of the NLDC members. Our contact information will be on the bulletin board in the program room soon. Sincerely, the Nominating and Leadership Development Committee #FebruaryNewsletter The Nominating and Leadership Development Committee (NLDC) is starting our annual recruitment effort for the July 2025 - June 2026 term. On March 2nd after the 11:00 A.M. service, the NLDC will be recruiting for new chairs and committee members. We will have handouts outlining committee charters and chair responsibilities available for review and posted on the bulletin board in the Program Room. What we have learned from our conversations with chairs and members serving on UUSE committees is that congregants rarely reach out on their own to volunteer. However, when someone takes the initiative to reach out to an individual and discusses committee opportunities, then congregants are more likely to be open to serve. It is our hope that these recruiting sessions will provide an opportunity to reach out to more congregants and extend a personal invitation to serve the UUSE community. Please join us and consider volunteering for a committee. This congregation cannot continue to sustain itself without volunteers. We desperately need more volunteers, and we need them now. Please consider making time in your busy schedules usually just a few hours a month to give back to a community that enriches our lives and community in so many ways. We hope to see you there, but if you can't make it, please reach out to one of the NLDC members. Our contact information will be on the bulletin board in the program room soon. Sincerely, the Nominating and Leadership Development Committee #FebruaryNewsletter OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled UU SpiritLife - Leaning Into the Light 2023 October 21. Leaning Into the Light, Stephen Levine. The late Stephen Levine was a spiritual teacher and writer. Many of us have read and re-read “A Gradual Awakening,” “Who Dies?,” “Healing into Life and Death,” and others. His article “Leaning Toward the Light,” picks up familiar spiritual themes. To paraphrase Levine: “I find myself using the term “God” and am comfortable with that term because I don’t have the foggiest idea what it means.” What else are we to call that spiritual stirring that tugs at our hearts when we look into the eyes of a baby or study any living thing up close? Is that thing we call “God” a constant in our lives or is it something we long for and seek, even as we question its existence? UUs are often called a community of seekers but are we ever finders? Why is all this important? Click this link for the Article. https://g0kaba.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/handbook/Stephen%20Levine%20Essay.pdf And for Discussion Questions and Things to Think About Click Here. https://g0kaba.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/handbook/Levine%20study%20Qs.pdf Facilitator: Judy Robbins. OOS Sermon YouTube

Coffeehouse Sign up starts at 6 PM-- performances will start at 6:30 PM - NEW START TIME UUSE's monthly coffeehouse finishes its 25th season. Sign up starts at 6 pm -- performances will start at 6:30 pm NEW START TIME. Poets, singers, songwriters, storytellers, bagpipers, and performers of all kinds may sign up for a 10-minute or two-song slot. Audience members are warmly welcomed. We provide the coffee -- BYO food or libations #JanuaryNewsletter < Previous Next Coffeehouse Next >

A page that describes the connections one makes at UUSE. Connections UUSE is all about community and connections. Whether it's birds of a feather affinity groups, pastoral care, small group ministry, committee work, or if you just want to come for a visit, our connections pages can tell you all you need to know about UUSE FACEBOOK! UUSE has two Facebook pages where members and friends can share all things UUSE. Our main site is www.facebook.com/UUSEast . You can find out what’s going on at UUSE here. And please share our events to your own page to help spread the word about all of the great things we do! We also have a second site, UUSE Happenings, designed specifically to share ideas and events with others in the UUSE community. Anyone can post here. Is your child going to be in a play? Are you performing a concert? Looking for people to hike with? Post it here! This is a closed group, request to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/587066578028806/ MEETUP: We have a Meetup page! Join our group! Find events, RSVP and more at: http://www.meetup.com/Unitarian-Universalist-Society-East/ . If you’d like to add an event to the Meetup site, contact Carol Marion at uuse.web@uuse.org or use our Publicity Form . Weekly eblast – To sign up, scroll to the bottom of the landing page of uuse.org . Send eblast submissions to uuseoffice@uuse.org Send Newsletter submissions to Newsletter@uuse.org

< To Upcoming Services Nov 3, 2024 America the Beautiful As we approach election day, Rev. Josh reflects on what is noble and good about the United States of America, and what is at stake as voters go to the polls. No matter the outcome on November 5th, how do we support each other in the aftermath? How do we, together, remain true to the American vision peace, liberty and justice for all? Coordinator: Rev. Josh Pawelek. #eBlast-10-30 Sunday, November 3rd: Election Day I Tuesday, November 5th is a big day for the United States of America. On the Sundays surrounding the election, Rev. Josh will address what’s at stake in this election. What’s at stake for us as UUs and liberal religious people? What’s at stake for our communities? What’s at stake for country? Our November ministry theme is repair. Rev. Josh sincerely hopes these services can focus on repair, but so much remains unknown. And there is so much at stake. Coordinator: Rev. Josh Pawelek . #NovemberNewsletter OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled CCIU and UU Event CCIU and UU Event To Love Your Neighbor, Know Your Neighbor Sunday, June 1st at the Unitarian Society of Hartford Explore 6 different religions at 2 Unitarian Universalist (UU) meetinghouses in this lively, candid and highly informative question-and-answer forum, produced by the Connecticut Council for Interreligious Understanding (CCIU). In each conversation, 3 panelists from different religions answer your questions about what it means to practice their beliefs. The next gathering will be Sunday, June 1st from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Society of Hartford, 50 Bloomfield Avenue in Hartford. Religions to be discussed include Islam, Jainism and Sikhism. UUSE in Manchester will host the July 20th discussion from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m., which will include a discussion of the Bahai Faith, Hinduism and UUsim. #eBlast-05-28 CCIU and UU Event To Love Your Neighbor, Know Your Neighbor Sunday, June 1st at the Unitarian Society of Hartford Explore 6 different religions at 2 Unitarian Universalist (UU) meetinghouses in this lively, candid and highly informative question-and-answer forum, produced by the Connecticut Council for Interreligious Understanding (CCIU). In each conversation, 3 panelists from different religions answer your questions about what it means to practice their beliefs. The next gathering will be Sunday, June 1st from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Society of Hartford, 50 Bloomfield Avenue in Hartford. Religions to be discussed include Islam, Jainism and Sikhism. UUSE in Manchester will host the July 20th discussion from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m., which will include a discussion of the Bahai Faith, Hinduism and UUsim. #eBlast -05-28 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled Author Event with S. J. Taylor Author Event with S. J. Taylor Sunday, April 13th, 1:00 P.M. at UUSE New UUSE member, S. J. Taylor, is the author of Madsi the True, a children's fantasy book steeped in Norwegian folklore. She is also the author of "The Witch of Festa Falls" in the Being Ace anthology--a short story likewise steeped in Norwegian folklore and featuring Birga, who grows up to become the village witch in Madsi the True. Ms. Taylor will read from Madsi the True and discuss her work Copies of all her books will be available for purchase. Proceeds will go to UUSE. This event is sponsored by the UUSE Children and Youth Ministry and Adult Religious Education Committees. For more information, contact the UUSE office at (860) 646-5151. #eBlast-04-09 Author Event with S. J. Taylor Sunday, April 13th, 1:00 P.M. at UUSE New UUSE member, S. J. Taylor, is the author of Madsi the True , a children's fantasy book steeped in Norwegian folklore. She is also the author of "The Witch of Festa Falls" in the Being Ace anthology--a short story likewise steeped in Norwegian folklore and featuring Birga, who grows up to become the village witch in Madsi the True . Ms. Taylor will read from Madsi the True and discuss her work Copies of all her books will be available for purchase. Proceeds will go to UUSE. This event is sponsored by the UUSE Children and Youth Ministry and Adult Religious Education Committees. For more information, contact the UUSE office at (860) 646-5151. #eBlast -04-09 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Mar 24, 2024 On Donkeys, Palms, and Money-Changers: A Meditation for Palm Sunday. Rev. Josh takes us through Jesus' entry into Jerusalem a week prior to his execution. What might this ancient story tell us about the previous balance between humility and rage? Coordinator: Rev. Josh Pawelek #eBlast-03-20 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled Choir Rehearsal. Do you love to sing? Do you love to have fun? If you answered “yes” to these questions you can sing with the UUSE Choir! You don't have to audition. Check the weekly eBlast and monthly Newsletters for rehearsals dates. All ages welcome. For more information, contact Mary Bopp at music@uuse.org . OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled Beth Gray Interment Beth Gray Interment The ceremony to inter the ashes of former UUSE member, Beth Gray, will take place in the UUSE memorial garden on Saturday, May 24th, at 11:00 A.M. All are welcome. Questions? Contact Rev. Josh. #eBlast-05-21 Beth Gray Interment The ceremony to inter the ashes of former UUSE member, Beth Gray, will take place in the UUSE memorial garden on Saturday, May 24th , at 11:00 A.M. All are welcome. Questions? Contact Rev. Josh. #eBlast -05-21 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled Childcare and Gift Wrap fundraiser Childcare and Gift Wrapping Fundraiser Wondering how you're going to get it all done this holiday season? We can help! The Youth Group is offering a Childcare and Gift-Wrapping Fundraiser on SUNDAY, December 3 from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Drop off your children on the Garden Level anytime between those hours and shop for the holiday child-free. Youth will provide games, activities and a snack with adult supervision. Drop off your gifts at our wrapping station (with or without your favorite wrapping paper). We will wrap them for you in gift bags or wrapping paper while you're out. $13 per hour for the first child; $7 per hour for each additional child. $3 per gift wrapped. For more info or to reserve a spot, please contact Michelle Spadaccini at uuseoffice@uuse.org or 860-646-5151. All proceeds go to fund Youth Group activities. #eBlast-11-29 Wondering how you're going to get it all done this holiday season? We can help! The Youth Group is offering a Childcare and Gift-Wrapping Fundraiser on SUNDAY, December 3 from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Drop off your children on the Garden Level anytime between those hours and shop for the holiday child-free. Youth will provide games, activities and a snack with adult supervision. Drop off your gifts at our wrapping station (with or without your favorite wrapping paper). We will wrap them for you in gift bags or wrapping paper while you're out. $13 per hour for the first child; $7 per hour for each additional child. $3 per gift wrapped. For more info or to reserve a spot, please contact Michelle Spadaccini at uuseoffice@uuse.org or 860-646-5151. All proceeds go to fund Youth Group activities. #eBlast -11-29 OOS Sermon YouTube