< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled Armond and Angelina's Native American Flute Playshop Monday, October 5th at 7:00 P.M. at UUSE For centuries people have been mesmerized by the hypnotic sounds from these gentle, easy to play flutes. Whether you have a musical background or have always wanted to play a musical instrument, THIS PLAYSHOP IS FOR YOU. Practice flutes are available, or you may purchase one. Armand and Angelina are a full-time Interfaith Musical Ministry. They have taught Native American Flute Playshops at over 500 Interfaith churches across the country. Recommended $20 freewill donation. #eBlast-09-30 Monday, October 5th at 7:00 P.M. at UUSE For centuries people have been mesmerized by the hypnotic sounds from these gentle, easy to play flutes. Whether you have a musical background or have always wanted to play a musical instrument, THIS PLAYSHOP IS FOR YOU. Practice flutes are available, or you may purchase one. Armand and Angelina are a full-time Interfaith Musical Ministry. They have taught Native American Flute Playshops at over 500 Interfaith churches across the country. Recommended $20 freewill donation. #eBlast -09-30 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Jan 11, 2026 The Arts as Resistance "The Arts as Resistance" The Arts as Resistance - the artistic voice as a means of expression. Throughout history, artists, writers, and musicians have conveyed their vision and values through their work. UUSE artists talk about their creative process and what inspires them to make the world better. Coordinators : Jane Penfield and David Klotz Services at 9:00 and 11:00 A.M. #eBlast-01-07 "The Arts as Resistance" The Arts as Resistance - the artistic voice as a means of expression. Throughout history, artists, writers, and musicians have conveyed their vision and values through their work. UUSE artists talk about their creative process and what inspires them to make the world better. Coordinators : Jane Penfield and David Klotz Services at 9:00 and 11:00 A.M. Sunday, January 11, 2026 In Case You Missed It #eBlast -01-07 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Aug 31, 2025 Weaving Our Lives Sunday Service: "Weaving Our Lives" General Assembly 2024. We will be presenting an edited version of the 2024 GA Sunday Worship service featuring inspiring stories and music focused on the interdependent web of life of which we are all a part. Coordinator : Vivian Carlson. Summer schedule: 10:00 A.M. service #eBlast-08-27 Sunday Service: "Weaving Our Lives" General Assembly 2024. We will be presenting an edited version of the 2024 GA Sunday Worship service featuring inspiring stories and music focused on the interdependent web of life of which we are all a part. Coordinator : Vivian Carlson. Summer schedule: 10:00 A.M. service Sunday, August 31, 2025 In Case You Missed It #eBlast -08-27 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Oct 20, 2026 Green Sanctuary News October 2026 The Sustainable Living Committee invites you to participate in several upcoming events: Sunday, Sept 27th at 1:00 pm, join us in room 3 and again on Oct. 4 in the children’s chapel, in writing postcards to encourage occasional voters concerned about the environment to VOTE in the upcoming elections. Everything will be provided thanks to Carole Tenny and Third Act’s CT Defending Democracy Team. Get the poster here. The Chapter 2 version of the Climate Future Film Festival will be shown at UUSE on Sunday, October 18 at 2:00 PM. This new collection of 12 short films from around the world explores the interior response to climate change - visceral, personal, artistic, and emotional. Whether or not you have seen the original, chapter 1 set of films, shown here in Sept. 2025, you will be moved by these powerful short films to renewed action to fight the causes of and mitigate the harms done by climate change. Come early to share info and conversation before the films begin. The films run for two hours, including a short intermission. An ironic result of the rising prices of oil due to the war with Iran is explained in this interesting article in the free newsletter Yale Climate Connections at https://yaleclimateconnections.org/newsletters/ “We’ve got an Accidental Carbon Tax” You may recall that we had a chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby at UUSE for several years 10 or 12 years ago started by our Sustainable Living Committee, and we held programs and received a unanimous vote at a congregational meeting to support a bill to place a rising price on carbon. The proceeds would be returned to the people based on income, supporting lower-income people and incentivizing everyone to move towards clean energy. Well, we never got that bill passed, though we did help get the major Inflation Reduction and Infrastructure Acts passed during the Biden administration. Now we have a war-forced carbon tax, but it provides no help for lower-income people. It will certainly incentivize some movement towards clean energy, but it is also causing increased drilling for oil and gas and burning coal around the world. Perhaps you can get help for rising fuel costs by getting a heat pump or mini-splits to help heat and cool your home. I am grateful for my mini-splits and my plug-in hybrid car, which rarely needs gas for around-town traveling. You may find some energy-conservation ideas at https://www.energizect.com/. Some good news from Manchester is that along with three recently fully renovated schools, our brand-new library is also a net-zero energy building. ~ Janet Heller Don’t forget, the Sustainable Living Committee sells Equal Exchange products on the 2nd Sunday of the month. Help support small farmers who grow sustainable products! #OctoberNewsletter October 2026 The Sustainable Living Committee invites you to participate in several upcoming events: Sunday, Sept 27th at 1:00 pm, join us in room 3 and again on Oct. 4 in the children’s chapel, in writing postcards to encourage occasional voters concerned about the environment to VOTE in the upcoming elections. Everything will be provided thanks to Carole Tenny and Third Act’s CT Defending Democracy Team. Get the poster here . The Chapter 2 version of the Climate Future Film Festival will be shown at UUSE on Sunday, October 18 at 2:00 PM. This new collection of 12 short films from around the world explores the interior response to climate change - visceral, personal, artistic, and emotional. Whether or not you have seen the original, chapter 1 set of films, shown here in Sept. 2025, you will be moved by these powerful short films to renewed action to fight the causes of and mitigate the harms done by climate change. Come early to share info and conversation before the films begin. The films run for two hours, including a short intermission. An ironic result of the rising prices of oil due to the war with Iran is explained in this interesting article in the free newsletter Yale Climate Connections at https://yaleclimateconnections.org/newsletters/ “We’ve got an Accidental Carbon Tax” You may recall that we had a chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby at UUSE for several years 10 or 12 years ago started by our Sustainable Living Committee, and we held programs and received a unanimous vote at a congregational meeting to support a bill to place a rising price on carbon. The proceeds would be returned to the people based on income, supporting lower-income people and incentivizing everyone to move towards clean energy. Well, we never got that bill passed, though we did help get the major Inflation Reduction and Infrastructure Acts passed during the Biden administration. Now we have a war-forced carbon tax, but it provides no help for lower-income people. It will certainly incentivize some movement towards clean energy, but it is also causing increased drilling for oil and gas and burning coal around the world. Perhaps you can get help for rising fuel costs by getting a heat pump or mini-splits to help heat and cool your home. I am grateful for my mini-splits and my plug-in hybrid car, which rarely needs gas for around-town traveling. You may find some energy-conservation ideas at https://www.energizect.com/. Some good news from Manchester is that along with three recently fully renovated schools, our brand-new library is also a net-zero energy building. ~ Janet Heller Don’t forget, the Sustainable Living Committee sells Equal Exchange products on the 2nd Sunday of the month. Help support small farmers who grow sustainable products! #OctoberNewsletter OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Jun 4, 2023 Affirmation: A Coming-of-Age Celebration. The UUSE Affirmation program provides a modern Rite of Passage experience that welcomes and affirms youth as they embark on their journey towards young adulthood. This morning we affirm our coming-of-age youth as they share their credo statements with the congregation. This is always one of our most rewarding, thought-provoking services. Coordinator(s): Gina Campellone & Gianna DiMaiolo OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Oct 8, 2023 Coming Together for Our Lives. Our closing words stress the supreme value we place on fostering connection and community. Surgeon General Murthy says this is just what the doctor ordered for an "epidemic of loneliness." How are we called to serve? Coordinator: Vivian Carlson #eBlast OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled Ladies at Lunch Friday, October 9th at noon at Pasha Turkish Restaurant, Manchester Join us Friday, October 9th at noon for lunch at Pasha Turkish Restaurant. It is located in the Broad Street Plaza, 397 Broad Street in Manchester. All are welcome. If you plan to attend, please let Sharon Huber know by Thursday afternoon, October 8th. Contact her at uuseoffice@uuse.org or 860-646-5151. #eBlast-10-07 Friday, October 9th at noon at Pasha Turkish Restaurant, Manchester Join us Friday, October 9th at noon for lunch at Pasha Turkish Restaurant. It is located in the Broad Street Plaza, 397 Broad Street in Manchester. All are welcome. If you plan to attend, please let Sharon Huber know by Thursday afternoon, October 8th. Contact her at uuseoffice@uuse.org or 860-646-5151. #eBlast -10-07 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Aug 27, 2023 Peace is Every Step August 27: “Peace Is Every Step.” Fred Louis, from the Unitarian Society of Hartford joins us in a lay pulpit exchange. A Viet Nam veteran, he was blessed to attend about 12 Buddhist retreats with Thich Nhat Hanh and others and he will share some of his experiences and Buddhist teachings. Fred gave this reflection in Hartford on January 29, 2023. Members of the Manchester Women's Sacred Singing Circle will provide some of the music. Coordinator(s): Martha Larson OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services May 25, 2025 Imagination As a Sacred Tool. Sunday, May 25th: Imagination As a Sacred Tool. Our UU faith asks us to work for a more just and equitable world. In the words of Rev. Heather Concannon, “one of the sacred tools we must draw on is imagination. The tool of not just denouncing the world as it is, but of announcing: here’s what I imagine a better world to look like.” This service explores the ways that members of our UUSE community use imagination to conjure “the world our hearts know is possible”. Coordinators: Sandy Karosi & Paula Baker. Sunday, May 25th: Imagination As a Sacred Tool. Our UU faith asks us to work for a more just and equitable world. In the words of Rev. Heather Concannon, “one of the sacred tools we must draw on is imagination. The tool of not just denouncing the world as it is, but of announcing: here’s what I imagine a better world to look like.” This service explores the ways that members of our UUSE community use imagination to conjure “the world our hearts know is possible”. Coordinators: Sandy Karosi & Paula Baker. #JuneNewsletter OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Apr 5, 2026 Let There Be Music! Our annual, all-congregation Easter celebration. Join us for music, story, and song as we consider the enduring themes of Easter. What stones are you rolling away? What new life is emerging in you? Coordinators : Mary Bopp, Emmy Galbraith, Rev. Josh Pawelek Services at 9:00 and 11:00 A.M. #eBlast-04-01 Our annual, all-congregation Easter celebration. Join us for music, story, and song as we consider the enduring themes of Easter. What stones are you rolling away? What new life is emerging in you? Coordinators : Mary Bopp, Emmy Galbraith, Rev. Josh Pawelek Services at 9:00 and 11:00 A.M. Sunday, April 5, 2026 #eBlast -04-01 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Apr 14, 2024 Notes on Interdependence. Our ministry theme for April is interdependence. This morning Rev. Josh offers his latest reflections on this concept that is central to Unitarian Universalist theology and spirituality. Coordinator: Rev. Josh Pawelek #eBlast-04-10 OOS Sermon YouTube

< To Upcoming Services Watch the eBlast for the next scheduled Healing Singing Bowls & Gongs Sound Bath Sunday, October 11th, 3:00 P.M. at UUSE Join us for a meditative sound journey with Himalayan singing bowls and gongs, played by Reiki Master Priscilla Gale. Gentle vibrations relax the body, release tension, ease pain, and restore balance, leaving you peaceful, clear and renewed. Suggested donation $20; no one turned away. #eBlast-10-07 Sunday, October 11th, 3:00 P.M. at UUSE Join us for a meditative sound journey with Himalayan singing bowls and gongs, played by Reiki Master Priscilla Gale. Gentle vibrations relax the body, release tension, ease pain, and restore balance, leaving you peaceful, clear and renewed. Suggested donation $20; no one turned away. #eBlast -10-07 OOS Sermon YouTube