< 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

a1360c5c-96d0-4e4b-8b45-16ca36a21962 < Back Program Council Program Council coordinates the Society's programs for fellowship, service, recreation, and peronal growth; inclues chairs of standing committees and coordinators. The Program Council is presided over by the Vice President Program Council includes the following committees and groups Adult Education Children and Youth Ministries Committee Committee on Ministry Community Outreach Ministries Emergency Preparedness Taskforce Membership Committee Music Committee Nominating and Leadership Development Committee Pastoral Care Ministry Social Justice / Anti-Oppression Committee Stewardship Committee Sunday Services Committee Sustainable Living Committee / Climate Action Team Want more information about who's who in a committee? Pick up a paper copy of the UUSE Directory in the lobby to get the details! Updated October 9, 2025 at 10:28:29 AM

< To Upcoming Services Aug 6, 2023 Resistance Music August 6: “Resistance Music.” This service celebrates the power of American protest music as a vehicle for social justice, bringing people together through song and common purpose. Friends new and familiar will perform protest songs, and we will explore the staying power of protest music. Warm up your voices and join us! Coordinator(s): David Klotz and Kate Howard-Bender OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Dec 2, 2024 Evening Vespers Service Monday, December 2: Evening Vespers Service. In a season busy with ‘bright and merry’, we may also find ourselves sitting with sadness, grief, and pain in body or spirit. Join us as we pause in the quiet to acknowledge and support each other in bearing these burdens. We invite you to bring your chalice from home, where we will light it for the service. Coordinators: Sandy Karosi, Ellen Williams, and Paula Baker Monday, December 2 : Evening Vespers Service . In a season busy with ‘bright and merry’, we may also find ourselves sitting with sadness, grief, and pain in body or spirit. Join us as we pause in the quiet to acknowledge and support each other in bearing these burdens. We invite you to bring your chalice from home, where we will light it for the service. Coordinators: Sandy Karosi, Ellen Williams, and Paula Baker OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Nov 1, 2026 "Living Our Faith" Do you have an experience of our UU faith in action bringing healing to yourself or someone else? Perhaps it was a small act of kindness: a casserole left on a doorstep, a visit, a phone call. Maybe you reached out to someone, or someone reached out to you, and a burden was lifted, something was mended, or a dark place felt lighter. Would you be willing to share your experience as part of a service on Sunday, November 1st? Contact Liz Garmise (uuseoffice@uuse.org ) or Paula Baker (uuseoffice@uuse.org ) and help us honor the many ways in which we are healed when we put our faith in action. #eBlast-10-21 Do you have an experience of our UU faith in action bringing healing to yourself or someone else? Perhaps it was a small act of kindness: a casserole left on a doorstep, a visit, a phone call. Maybe you reached out to someone, or someone reached out to you, and a burden was lifted, something was mended, or a dark place felt lighter. Would you be willing to share your experience as part of a service on Sunday, November 1st? Contact Liz Garmise ( uuseoffice@uuse.org ) or Paula Baker ( uuseoffice@uuse.org ) and help us honor the many ways in which we are healed when we put our faith in action. #eBlast -10-21 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Dec 8, 2024 On Being Present in the Dark Season This morning, we continue exploring our December ministry theme, presence. Rev. Josh offers reflections on presence during the dark days of late autumn as the winter solstice approaches. Coordinator: Rev. Josh Pawelek. #eBlast-12-04 Sunday, December 8 : On Being Present in the Dark Season . This morning we continue exploring our December ministry theme, presence. Rev. Josh offers reflections on presence during the dark days of late autumn as the winter solstice approaches. Coordinator: Rev. Josh Pawelek #DecemberNewsletter OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Sep 6, 2026 Labor in the Pulpit This Labor Day weekend we're participating in "Labor in the Pulpit," a program of the AFL-CIO. We'll be joined by the president of the Connecticut AFL-CIO, Ed Hawthorne. Mr. Hawthorne is a skilled organizer and speaker. We'll have an opportunity to engage in dialogue with him about the state of the labor movement in Connecticut and nationally. Learn more about Ed Hawrthorne here . Learn more about the CT AFL-CIO here . Coordinators: Rev. Josh Pawelek and Rob Napier. Summer Schedule #eBlast-09-02 Sunday Service: "Labor in the Pulpit" This Labor Day weekend we're participating in "Labor in the Pulpit," a program of the AFL-CIO. We'll be joined by the president of the Connecticut AFL-CIO, Ed Hawthorne. Mr. Hawthorne is a skilled organizer and speaker. We'll have an opportunity to engage in dialogue with him about the state of the labor movement in Connecticut and nationally. Learn more about Ed Hawrthorne here . Learn more about the CT AFL-CIO here . Coordinators: Rev. Josh Pawelek and Rob Napier. Summer Schedule Sunday, September 6th at 10:00 A.M. In Case You Missed It #eBlast -09-02 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Jun 30, 2024 What Renews Your Spirit? June is a time for celebrations, transitions, and looking forward to abundant summer. The worship theme of renewal fits perfectly for this time of year. We will explore renewal with members' reflections, music, and readings. Coordinators: Sandy Karosi & Sande Hartdagen #eBlast-06-26 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Jun 29, 2025 Sunday, June 29th: What Does Your Quilt Say? Sunday, June 29th: What Does Your Quilt Say? As Unitarian Universalists, we are called to "live our values aloud" and work for a more just world in which all may thrive. In this service, we'll explore together the concept of "freedom" as an inherent human right as well as a responsibility to uphold for others. Summer holidays and events marking Memorial Day, Pride Month, Juneteenth, the anniversary of the Stonewall riots, and Independence Day offer moments for us to reflect on what freedom means to each of us and how we communicate and act on what we value. Coordinators: Stacey Musulin and Martha Larson. Sunday, June 29th: What Does Your Quilt Say? As Unitarian Universalists, we are called to "live our values aloud" and work for a more just world in which all may thrive. In this service, we'll explore together the concept of "freedom" as an inherent human right as well as a responsibility to uphold for others. Summer holidays and events marking Memorial Day, Pride Month, Juneteenth, the anniversary of the Stonewall riots, and Independence Day offer moments for us to reflect on what freedom means to each of us and how we communicate and act on what we value. Coordinators: Stacey Musulin and Martha Larson. #JulyNewsletter OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Jul 23, 2023 Emphasis on Covenant Rev. Josh will share his experiences of the Unitarian Universalist Association's General Assembly in Pittsburgh. In short, where do things stand with Article 2 of the UUA bylaws? Coordinator(s): Rev. Josh Pawelek OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Feb 1, 2026 The Nature of Resilience "The Nature of Resilience" As the light returns and the natural world begins to stir, we reflect on nature's many lessons in resilience. Coordinators : Paula Baker & Stacey Musulin. Services at 9:00 and 11:00 A.M. #eBlast-01-28 "The Nature of Resilience" As the light returns and the natural world begins to stir, we reflect on nature's many lessons in resilience. Coordinators : Paula Baker & Stacey Musulin. Services at 9:00 and 11:00 A.M. Sunday, February 1, 2026 #eBlast -01-28 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled 2026 GHIAA Power Summit Thursday, October 15 - 6:30 - 8:30 P.M. (doors open at 5:30 P.M.) Immanuel Congregational Church, 10 Woodland Street, Hartford Join hundreds of leaders from 50+ GHIAA member institutions to uplift our priority issues, launch new action campaigns, and seek commitments from elected officials in our districts. Together, we continue to build relational power and move the needle on Housing Affordability, Fiscal Policy Reform and Immigrant Solidarity. Together, we continue to make our communities and our state more just and loving for all. (There will be carpooling from UUSE.) #eBlast-10-14 Thursday, October 15 - 6:30 - 8:30 P.M. (doors open at 5:30 P.M.) Immanuel Congregational Church, 10 Woodland Street, Hartford Join hundreds of leaders from 50+ GHIAA member institutions to uplift our priority issues, launch new action campaigns, and seek commitments from elected officials in our districts. Together, we continue to build relational power and move the needle on Housing Affordability, Fiscal Policy Reform and Immigrant Solidarity. Together, we continue to make our communities and our state more just and loving for all. (There will be carpooling from UUSE.) #eBlast -10-14 OOS Sermon YouTube