Transgender Day of Remembrance is this Friday, November 20. Please join us as we mourn and celebrate the lives of transgender and gender non-conforming who have been killed in the past year. Together with local trans and non-binary activists, Open Arms MCC, Asbury First, Third Presbyterian, First Universalist, and others, we will host an interfaith service on Facebook Live at 7:00 PM on Friday, November 20. Note: You do not need a Facebook account to participate. Come, light a candle in your own home, and spend time mourning the dead while making the commitment to fight for the living.

Elder Tree is delighted to welcome Terri Goldstein, one of our church trustees, on Saturday, November 21 at noon. Join us to listen to the story of Terri’s life. All are welcome under the Elder Tree, where we have much to be thankful for on this Saturday before Thanksgiving. To join, please click here.

Rev. Shari invites you to join them this Sunday, November 22 at 4:00 PM at a Congregational Teach-in: Addressing 400 Years of White Supremacist Colonialism. This is part of a week-long event Harvest the Power Justice Convergence and Teach-in offered by the Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth. Supplementing the 2020 UUA Action of Immediate Witness, Sunday’s teach-in is focused on supporting congregations to cultivate relationships of solidarity with Indigenous Peoples locally. This program will also include a brief UU history lesson dismantling the Thanksgiving pageant myth, and a call to shift UU cultural Thanksgiving practices towards honoring the Fall harvest, the land, and its stewards. Visit here to learn more and register.

Each Wednesday at 7:00 PM, we offer a mid-week connection for our congregation via Zoom. Sometimes a Vespers service, sometimes choir for those who love to sing. Other Wednesdays it will be special workshops, cooking, meditation, even the occasional game night. On Wednesday, November 25 at 7:00 PM, we will hold a pre-thanksgiving Vespers service for all. Join in here. Be sure to check out our online events calendar for what’s planned for Wednesdays in December.

Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Day Service - online this year! Held annually in Rochester since 1874, this year's online format aims to be our biggest and most inclusive yet. Plan to join us Thursday, November 26 at 11:00 AM via Zoom. Feel free to invite friends and family of all faiths, or no religious affiliation at all, to this important community event. Rev. Myra Brown, from Spiritus Christi Church, will be preaching.

Let's eat together this Thanksgiving! Following the Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service, Rev. Libby Moore will host an online gathering for anyone interested. Rev. Libby Moore, will share a grace before eating and invite those who wish to share something they are grateful for. Thursday, November 26 at 1:00 PM at this Zoom link.