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Our building may be closed, but our congregation is open! Please join us virtually. Visit our website cucwp.org for more information.
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CUUC Zoom Meeting Rooms
For links to our online meeting rooms, scroll down to "This Week at CUUC." Links are also in the Event Calendar (click on event) at our website, cucwp.org.
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Sun Aug 30, 10:00am
“Journeying and Wandering”
~ Rev. Meredith Garmon
Sometimes you're on a journey. Sometimes you're wandering. There are advantages to each -- and sometimes it's impossible to tell the difference. Whatever it is you're doing, it's good to pay attention.
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Sun Sep 6, 10:00am
“Mabon: Strength Amid the Isolation”
~ Joe Gonzalez, guest speaker
Mabon is a modern Pagan ritual of thanksgiving for the fruits of the earth, and a recognition of the need to share them to secure the blessings of the Goddess and the God during the coming winter months. As we slowly emerge from our isolation and begin preparing for the colder weather, we will be taking part in a ritual that will help us explore how to deal with goals unmet this year while still being able to share our core strength with those around us who need it. Joe Gonzalez and wife Tara Fleck are a Wiccan High Priest and Priestess, and former members of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Stamford, where they formed the Sacred Circle Pagan Group and led quarterly pagan rituals during Sunday services. They are now Friends of CUUC, and Joe is a proud member of the Religious Education Council. Tara and Joe have taught Wiccan lessons as part of CUUC’s RE program, where their kids Norah (10) and Austin (7) are students. Ethan (17) completed his Coming of Age three years ago.
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Join our Online Worship
One-click login (passcode embedded): Room 1991
Phone (audio only): 646-876-9923 · Webinar: 761 321 991 · Passcode: 468468
Gathering Music starts at 9:50am. Welcome at 10:10am
After worship, join our virtual CUUC Coffee Hour
One-click login (passcode embedded): Room 2210
Phone (audio only): 929-436-2866 · Meeting: 336 956 2210 · Passcode: 468468
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Revisit past services anytime at our YouTube Channel. Subscribe to be alerted of new content.
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Click HERE for the Fall 2020 RE overview and schedule. Religious Education and Social Justice leaders are collaborating to offer a rich experience of learning and action. The 2020-2021 theme for RE is JUSTICE & EQUITY to support our young people in understanding key justice issues, finding their voice, and engaging in faith in action. September-December, the K-4th grade class is collaborating with the Hunger & Homelessness team, the 5th-7th grade class is collaborating with UU The Vote, and the 8th-12th grade class is collaborating with In The Spirit of Truth/Racial Justice. Fall classes will meet online. We are also planning social and community building activities for Youth Group. Adult RE classes will meet every Sunday at 1:30. Read the weekly RE newsletter HERE. Sign up HERE to receive the RE newsletter. To join in supporting our children and youth, contact Tracy ( cuucwptracy@gmail.com), Christine Haran (christineharan@yahoo.com), or Laura Goodspeed (lkgoodspeed@gmail.com).
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Reopening Survey - Last Days
CUUC Reopening Survey, Respond Now through Mon Aug 31
Please help our Reopening Planning Committee by taking a brief survey about when and how you would be comfortable worshiping in person again. Help guide our plans by adding your input! Survey is open until 12:00 noon on Mon Aug 31. Contact Aimee Katz ( katzaimee@aol.com), Tim Lynch ( timo@tlync.com). Take the survey HERE. |
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National Call-in Days
Be part of the National Call-in Days to voters! Every other week until election day, UUs from across the country are making nonpartisan calls together to register, mobilize, and encourage voters in 2020. You’ll get good UU training, support, and celebration together on this Zoom-centered platform. Try it! RSVP for the next phone bank HERE. Contact: Karen Leahy (karenleahy101@gmail.com).
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A Second Look
At our Sun Aug 16 worship, author and CUUC member Amy Nathan shared the story of Sarah Keys Evans, a young Black woman in the Women’s Army Corps who in 1952 refused to move to the back of a bus, was arrested, and began a legal battle that was seminal in the fight for equal rights. You can learn more about Ms. Evans and the monument recently unveiled in her honor HERE and HERE. Find more about Amy's book about Evans, Take a Seat - Make a Stand HERE.
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From Hunger & Homelessness
Thanks to everyone who has been contributing to the summer plateshare supporting our Hunger & Homelessness team as we prepare weekly food trays for HOPE soup kitchen. This week we donated 80 lbs of roast chicken, 2 trays each of veggie baked beans and mashed potatoes, 5 trays of steamed veggies (cauliflower, carrots, onions), 2 trays of egg salad (168 eggs worth) plus treat bags! Helpers included Scott D, Carole and Dinsa M, Creighton C, Steve M, Liz L, Sandee M, and Brian D. Our plateshare collection will soon end but the need to help those facing food insecurity continues. You can help by sending checks to CUUC with the memo “Meals for HOPE” or by donating online at cucwp.org (select “Other” and type in “Meals for HOPE”).
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Newsletter cut off? Check the bottom of your email for a link to "read more" and click. |
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The 1619 Project at CUUC
Save the Date: The 1619 Project - Session 3: "Medical Inequality," Sun Sep 13, 4:00pm Rm 7899
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Music Appreciation Class
Music Appreciation with Adam Kent, Tuesdays 10:00am, Starting Tue Sep 1, Room 5149
SUNY Oneonta lists it as "Music for Listeners," but your grandmother would have called it "Music Appreciation." With lecture classes online for the fall semester, professor Kent invites CUUC members and friends to audit his weekly online sessions - no commitment necessary, just join whenever the spirit moves you.
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Outdoor Fun Day
Sat Sep 12, 12:00 - 3:00pm, conditions permitting
Come join us for CUUC Fun Day! We will be outside, wearing masks and spreading out for tie-dyeing, rock painting, frisbee and catch, scavenger hunt, trail walks, bird watching and more! Bring your picnic lunch and lawn chairs or a blanket. Stay tuned for updates as we get closer to the date. (Rain date Sun Sep 13, time TBA.) Do you have an outdoor canopy we can borrow? Contact: Tracy ( cuucwptracy@gmail.com)
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Yes? No? Maybe?
Thinking about joining us for the September 12th CUUC Fun Day? Please click HERE to let us know. Your reply will help GREATLY as we plan outside space use. We understand plans change; replies are not binding.
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Save the Date
Inquirers Series starts Sun Sep 13, 11:30am, Room 6161
Session 1: “Unitarian Universalism and CUUC” is an introduction to ministers and ministry. Come ask questions and learn about the elements of our worship services, Journey Groups, and the rights and responsibilities of membership. To learn more, click on the video above. Contact: Ginny Strand (vcs165@gmail.com).
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Share the Plate: Meals for HOPE
With $100 we can feed 200+ people! The CUUC Hunger & Homelessness team has been supporting HOPE Community Services' soup kitchen with trays of hot meals and lunch items each week. Help our volunteers buy the ingredients and supplies they need to continue this important work. Donate directly by visiting cucwp.org, clicking Donate, and selecting Share the Plate. Or mail checks made out to CUUC with the memo "Share the Plate - HOPE."
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Online Offering
You can pay your pledge, donate to the Share the Plate, or contribute to our Benevolent Fund or Minister's Discretionary Fund via PayPal by clicking "Donate" at our website cucwp.org. Or click the button below.
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PASSCODES REQUIRED
All our Zoom gatherings now require passcodes. The CUUC passcode is 468468. For one-click links to our online meeting rooms, see below. Links are also in our online Events Calendar (click on event) at cucwp.org.
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This Week at CUUC
ONLINE MEETING ROOMS
or phone (audio only): 646-876-9923 · Webinar: 761 321 991 · Passcode: 468468
or phone (audio only): 929-436-2866 · Meeting: 336 956 2210 · Passcode: 468468
or phone (audio only): 646-876-9923 · Meeting: 289 850 7899 · Passcode: 468468
or phone (audio only): 646-876-9923 · Meeting ID: 313 195 3131 · Passcode: 468468
or phone (audio only): 929-436-2866 · Meeting: 616 163 6161 · Passcode: 468468
or phone (audio only): 646-558-8656 · Meeting: 817 388 428 · Passcode: 468468
or phone (audio only): 646-558-8656 · Meeting: 602 164 635 · Passcode: 468468
or phone (audio only): 929-436-2866 · Meeting: 939 6077 5149 · Passcode: 468468
Please mute your microphones.
Friday, August 28 - 9:00am Past Prime Time Dance Party (Rm 8428); 3:00pm "A Tempo with Adam" (Rm 5149); 4:00pm Refugee Resettlement (Rm 7899); Journey Group Check-In Sehdeva/Cox (Rm 7899)
Saturday, August 29 - 10:00am Zen Online (Rm 7899)
Sunday, August 30 - 10:00am Sunday Worship (Rm 1991); 11:00am Coffee Hour (Rm 2210); 12:00pm Journey Group Check-In: Miller / Walkup (Rm 8944)
Monday, August 31 - 3:00pm "A Tempo with Adam" (Rm 5149)
Tuesday, September 1 - 10:00am Music Appreciation Class (Rm 5149)
Wednesday, September 2 - 9:00am Past Prime Time Dance Party (Rm 8428); 7:30pm Program Council (Rm 7899)
Thursday, September 3 - 10:00am Music Appreciation Class (Rm 5149); 7:30pm Reopening Planning Group (Rm 2210)
Friday, September 4 - 9:00am Past Prime Time Dance Party (Rm 8428); 3:00pm "A Tempo with Adam" (Rm 5149)
Saturday, September 5 - 10:00am Zen Online (Rm 7899)
Sunday, September 6 - 10:00am Sunday Worship (Rm 1991); 11:00am Coffee Hour (Rm 2210); 12:00pm Journey Group Check-In: Miller / Walkup (Rm 8944)
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Contacts
Dir of Lifespan Religious Education and Faith Development: Tracy Breneman, cuucwptracy@gmail.com, 914-434-7539
Congregation & Communications Administrator: Pamela Parker, admin@cucwp.org, 914-946-1660 x2
Board of Trustees
Social Justice Coordinators
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