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< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled GHIAA News! GHIAA News! Meet GHIAA Organizer Nina Vazquez Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 7:00 P.M. Join the SJ/AO committee meeting on Tuesday, October 7 at 7:00 P.M. for a conversation with new GHIAA organizer, Nina Vazquez. This is an opportunity for Nina to meet UUSE and for you to meet Nina and learn more about the issues GHIAA is focusing on. All are welcome! Come to the Meetinghouse or join us online. Participate in GHIAA House Meetings in October & November Concerned about immigrant rights and protections? Affordable housing? The impact of our state's inequitable fiscal policies? Join a GHIAA House Meeting and share your stories. Each of the house meetings is issue specific. You are welcome to attend more than one. For details, including dates & locations, and to sign up, click here. #eBlast-10-01 GHIAA News! Meet GHIAA Organizer Nina Vazquez Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 7:00 P.M. Join the SJ/AO committee meeting on Tuesday, October 7 at 7:00 P.M. for a conversation with new GHIAA organizer, Nina Vazquez. This is an opportunity for Nina to meet UUSE and for you to meet Nina and learn more about the issues GHIAA is focusing on. All are welcome! Come to the Meetinghouse or join us online . Participate in GHIAA House Meetings in October & November Concerned about immigrant rights and protections? Affordable housing? The impact of our state's inequitable fiscal policies? Join a GHIAA House Meeting and share your stories. Each of the house meetings is issue specific. You are welcome to attend more than one. For details, including dates & locations, and to sign up, click here . #eBlast -10-01 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled Peter Mayer Minnesota's Peter Mayer has been singing and songwriting full-time for over 20 years, performing in venues across the United States and beyond. He writes songs for a small planet--songs that celebrate life on earth and the mysterious and wondrous fact of our existence--songs about the vast cosmos that surrounds us and how we are a part of it all. He also writes songs about dress hats, pumpkins and pajamas, and even love and freight trains just like a good folk musician should. His music has been performed by artists like Kathy Mattea, David Wilcox, Claudia Schmidt, Anne Hills, Priscilla Herdman, Darryl Purpose, Billy Jonas, and Ronny Cox, to name a few. His work has been included in song books, church hymnals, and folk radio playlists across the country. Peter has eleven albums to his credit, and has sold over 100,000 of them. He lives in Stillwater, Minnesota with his wife and two daughters. Tickets can be purchased in advance on line at https://tinyurl.com/4mrf2632 Or $25 at the door. OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled Sunday Service: "The Generous Spirit" Sunday Service: "The Generous Spirit" Rev. Josh explores the many ways we manifest generosity and why it matters that we continually cultivate generous spirits. Kate Kimmerle purchased this service at the 2025 UUSE Goods and Services Auction. Coordinator: Rev. Josh Pawelek Services at 9:00 and 11:00 A.M. Sunday, February 22, 2026 Gathering music starts at 8:50 and 10:50 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 a YouTube video of the 2/15/26 service, "Strategic Planning: A Discipline of Resilience" #eBlast-02-18 Sunday Service: "The Generous Spirit" Rev. Josh explores the many ways we manifest generosity and why it matters that we continually cultivate generous spirits. Kate Kimmerle purchased this service at the 2025 UUSE Goods and Services Auction. Coordinator : Rev. Josh Pawelek Services at 9:00 and 11:00 A.M. Sunday, February 22, 2026 Gathering music starts at 8:50 and 10:50 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 a YouTube video of the 2/15/26 service, "Strategic Planning: A Discipline of Resilience" #eBlast -02-18 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled Community Screening of Community Screening of My Friend Kim Tuesday, February 24 from 7:00 - 8:30 P.M. at UUSE A special community screening of the short documentary My Friend Kim will take place on Tuesday, February 24 from 7:00 to 8:30 PM at UUSE. My Friend Kim is a powerful 30-minute documentary that follows Kim Hoffman, a Connecticut woman living with terminal illness, as she advocates for compassion, autonomy, and the right to the option of Medical Aid in Dying. The film highlights Kim's strength, clarity, and determination, as well as the unwavering support of her wife, Joy Cipollo. The documentary is an official selection of the Silicon Valley Queer Film Festival. The film maker has created an Eventbrite page so people can sign up to attend. There's no fee, but it's helpful if people pre-register. Click here for the Eventbrite link. For more information, please contact Rev. Josh Pawelek at minister@uuse.org . #eBlast-02-18 Community Screening of My Friend Kim Tuesday, February 24 from 7:00 - 8:30 P.M. at UUSE A special community screening of the short documentary My Friend Kim will take place on Tuesday, February 24 from 7:00 to 8:30 PM at UUSE. My Friend Kim is a powerful 30-minute documentary that follows Kim Hoffman, a Connecticut woman living with terminal illness, as she advocates for compassion, autonomy, and the right to the option of Medical Aid in Dying. The film highlights Kim's strength, clarity, and determination, as well as the unwavering support of her wife, Joy Cipollo. The documentary is an official selection of the Silicon Valley Queer Film Festival. The film maker has created an Eventbrite page so people can sign up to attend. There's no fee, but it's helpful if people pre-register. Click here for the Eventbrite link. For more information, please contact Rev. Josh Pawelek at minister@uuse.org . #eBlast -02-18 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 The Afro-Semitic Experience The Afro-Semitic Experience On Sunday, February 11th at 2:00 p.m. The Afro-Semitic Experience is coming to UUSE to help shake off those midwinter doldrums with a World Music Jazz concert guaranteed to get you up and moving. What could be better? $15 suggested donation. #eBlast-02-07 On Sunday, February 11th at 2:00 p.m. The Afro-Semitic Experience is coming to UUSE to help shake off those midwinter doldrums with a World Music Jazz concert guaranteed to get you up and moving. What could be better? $15 suggested donation. #eBlast -02-07 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled Hosts Needed for UUSE Community Harvest Suppers 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 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 and 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 appetizers, sides, desserts, etc. We'll have sign-up sheets in the lobby after each service in late September. Questions? Ask Sue Myers or Carole Boster. #eBlast-09-10 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 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 and 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 appetizers, sides, desserts, etc. We'll have sign-up sheets in the lobby after each service in late September. Questions? Ask Sue Myers or Carole Boster . #eBlast -09-10 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled “I never was to Africa, but it comes up in my dreams” ~Ferron But now I feel like I had an idea of an African safari, after I saw Laurel Hennebury’s excellent slides and talk discussing her safari experience earlier. On Friday, September 12, at 7pm at UUSE, Laurel will be showing her slides and discussing her safari experience at UUSE. please feel free to join us! There is no fee. #SeptemberNewsletter But now I feel like I had an idea of an African safari, after I saw Laurel Hennebury’s excellent slides and talk discussing her safari experience earlier. On Friday, September 12, at 7pm at UUSE , Laurel will be showing her slides and discussing her safari experience at UUSE. please feel free to join us! There is no fee. #SeptemberNewsletter OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled Newsletter Correction: Stewardship Training Please note there was an error in the January newsletter. Stewardship training will be offered on Tuesday evening, February 25, 2025 (not Thursday the 27th). Training will also be offered on Saturday morning, March 1. Specific times will follow. #eBlast-01-29 Please note there was an error in the January newsletter. Stewardship training will be offered on Tuesday evening, February 25, 2025 (not Thursday the 27th). Training will also be offered on Saturday morning, March 1. Specific times will follow. #eBlast -01-29 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled SUNDIALS: Out from the Shadows (A Cliff Pelletier Memorial Lecture) Monday, October 6, 7 PM, Unitarian Universalist Society East -- 153 Vernon St. West, Vernon, CT. Expert Fred Sawyer will provide an overview of the 3,500-year history of the sundial as a scientific device -- perhaps humanity's first. Over that period, the sundial has changed in diverse ways to accommodate ur evolving concept of what it means to measure time. Many varieties of sundials will be discussed and illustrated with slides and actual instruments on display. Time will be allocated for the audience to ask questions about how the various unusual and unfamiliar dials work to let us order our days. This event is in memorial honor of UUSE member, Cliff Pelletier, who loved science and was very generous to UUSE (attach photo) . Fred Sawyer is a retired actuary and longtime member of UUSE. He graduated from Yale and the U. of Pittsburgh with degrees in Mathematics and Philosophy and the History of Philosophy and Science. He is the President and editor of the North American Sundial Society and the Patron of the British Sundial Society. He is a featured speaker each year at the NASS conference in the U.S. and Canada and the BSS conference in England He has provided the layouts for a number sundials in Connecticut and has published nine books on Sciatherics -- the study of sundials. THIS EVENT IS APPROPRIATE FOR ADULTS AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. Monday, October 6, 7 PM, Unitarian Universalist Society East -- 153 Vernon St. West, Vernon, CT. Expert Fred Sawyer will provide an overview of the 3,500-year history of the sundial as a scientific device -- perhaps humanity's first. Over that period, the sundial has changed in diverse ways to accommodate ur evolving concept of what it means to measure time. Many varieties of sundials will be discussed and illustrated with slides and actual instruments on display. Time will be allocated for the audience to ask questions about how the various unusual and unfamiliar dials work to let us order our days. This event is in memorial honor of UUSE member, Cliff Pelletier, who loved science and was very generous to UUSE (attach photo) . Fred Sawyer is a retired actuary and longtime member of UUSE. He graduated from Yale and the U. of Pittsburgh with degrees in Mathematics and Philosophy and the History of Philosophy and Science. He is the President and editor of the North American Sundial Society and the Patron of the British Sundial Society. He is a featured speaker each year at the NASS conference in the U.S. and Canada and the BSS conference in England He has provided the layouts for a number sundials in Connecticut and has published nine books on Sciatherics -- the study of sundials. THIS EVENT IS APPROPRIATE FOR ADULTS AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled Yule The UUSE Pagan Group will be holding a ritual for the Yule holiday on December 17 at 1 PM at UUSE. Weather permitting, we may be able to have a fire outside. If not, we'll light up the sanctuary to celebrate the return of light. For more info or to get involved, contact Sandy Johnson. The UUSE Pagan Group will be holding a ritual for the Yule holiday on December 17 at 1 PM at UUSE. Weather permitting, we may be able to have a fire outside. If not, we'll light up the sanctuary to celebrate the return of light. For more info or to get involved, contact Sandy Johnson. OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Dec 29, 2024 Sunday Service Lessons from 2024 One Service Only at 10:00AM - As we approach the new year, perhaps with apprehension, we take time today to look back with positivity at the year now ending. As has become tradition at UUSE, three people will reflect on what they learned in 2024. Speakers: Micah Baxter, Maureen Flanagan and Pat Eaton-Robb. #eBlast-12-03 Sunday, December 29, one service at 10:00 AM : Lessons from 2024 . Speakers: Micah Baxter, Maureen Flanagan, and Pat Eaton-Robb. Coordinators: Martha Larson & Ellen Williams. #JanuaryNewsletter OOS Sermon YouTube