Our in-person worship is live-streamed on Zoom. Masks are required for those in the building.
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IN-PERSON & LIVE-STREAM WORSHIP
Sun Sept 11, 10:00am “Ingathering & Water Ceremony” ~ Rev. Meredith Garmon
We return to the sanctuary for our annual ingathering and water celebration service. If you are attending in person, we invite you to bring a sample of water from your summer. Those watching on Zoom can have water nearby to use. (Our Zoom room this Sunday will allow online and in-person folks to see and hear one another.)
All-Congregation worship service. Childcare is available.
Covid safety policy update: We are no longer requiring proof of vaccination. We continue to require masks for those in the building.
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IN-PERSON & LIVE-STREAM WORSHIP
Sun Sep 18, 10:00am “The Improvisational Self” ~ Rev. Meredith Garmon
On the stage of the world, we are improvisational actors playing ourselves -- not artificially but a uthentically, by doing what would make sense coming from us as we really are. Insights from NYU Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics, David Velleman.
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or phone in (audio only): 646-876-9923 · Webinar: 313 195 3131 · Passcode: 468468
Everyone live-streaming the service is invited to stay online afterward to socialize on Zoom. Log in to bit.ly/CUUC-CoffeeHour or phone: 929-436-2866. Meeting: 336 956 2210, Passcode: 468468
For additional CUUC program & login information, scroll to the bottom.
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Quiet Activity Area
We offer an area in the sanctuary where families can sit and young people can have quiet activities. We know that even when their hands are busy, our young people are connecting with the rituals, words, and music of our faith. Doing a quiet activity or sitting on the floor can help them manage the time more comfortably. We ask parents/caregivers to sit near your children so you can monitor activity and help our young UUs learn to navigate the worship space.
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CUUC Mosaic of Identities
We celebrate the many multilayered and rich identities in our CUUC community. Everyone in the congregation is invited to take home blank mosaic pieces this Sunday then write, draw, and design them to represent aspects of your identity. Bring them with you to worship September 18th and we will put them together to make a beautiful mosaic of the identities we carry into our community. If you will not be at CUUC this Sunday, blank pieces will be available on the 18th to decorate. If you are attending by Zoom, Tracy (cuucwptracy@gmail.com) would be happy to mail mosaic pieces to you and then place them with the others after you mail them back.
Classes & Youth Group Begin Sept 18
We Look Forward to Seeing You
~Sat Sep 10, 10:30am Families Preparing Meal Bags for Hope's Soup Kitchen
~Sat Sep 10, 12:00pm Enchanted Movie Party and Potluck for All Ages hosted by Arturo
~Sun Sep 11, 10:00am Whole Congregation Ingathering Worship & Water Ceremony
~Sun Sep 11, 11:30am Parent Orientation for 8th-9th grade Our Whole Lives
~Sun Sep 18, 10:00am Bag Blessing then RE Classes & Youth Group Begin
~Wed Sep 28, 7:30pm UU Parents/Caregivers of Tweens/Teens Covenant Group
~Sat Oct 1, 10:00am Fall Fun Day for All Ages and PlaceKeeping Practice
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Music with aqueous associations to highlight our annual Ingathering Ceremony. Composers include Franz Liszt, Claude Debussy, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Ernst Bloch, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ... Click here to read Adam Kent's blog post.
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Congregation & Community News |
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Families Supporting HOPE's Soup Kitchen
Family & Youth RE Activity: To-Go Bag Lunch Prep for HOPE, Sat Sep 10, 10:30am-12:00pm, at CUUC
HOPE Community Services in New Rochelle is busier than ever. A dedicated team at CUUC has been preparing weekly meals for the Soup Kitchen for many years. We are now inviting our families and youth to help provide to-go breakfasts and lunches. Bring in frozen breakfast foods (French toast, pancakes, waffles, frozen sausages or patties--no pork), self-stable milk, and fruit cups and come make bag lunches this Sat Sep 10, from 10:30am to 12:00pm. We hope to make this a monthly social justice activity! We may explore alternating months with K-5th grade families and youth in 6th-12th grade. Join us and feel free to bring friends. Food for the bag lunches will be provided. RSVP with Christine Haran ( christineharan@yahoo.com) so we know how many people to expect and how much food to bring for sandwiches.
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Enchanted Party & Potluck for All Ages
Enchanted Costume Party & Potluck, Sat Sep 10, 12:00-2:00pm, Fellowship Hall
Arturo Cruz Avellán invites you to an Enchanted movie party and potluck for all ages to celebrate the film's 15th anniversary and to anticipate the September release of the sequel, Disenchanted! We invite you to dress up as one of the movie characters (or your favorite Marvel/DC character), wear your dancing shoes, and get ready to sing along. Bring a potluck dish to share. We will provide drinks and a cake. RSVP with Arturo, arturocruzavellan@gmail.com.
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Gather Water
Ingathering Worship & Water Ceremony, Sun Sep 11, Sanctuary
Remember to stop and collect a sample of water to bring in or use at home for our Ingathering Worship and Water Celebration Sunday, September 11th. Let the water you collect represent how your summer has been for you.
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CUUC Mosaic of Identities
Pick Up a Blank Mosaic Piece This Sun Sep 11;
Decorate Then Bring Them Back Next Sun Sep 18
We celebrate the many multilayered and rich identities in our CUUC community. Everyone in the congregation is invited to take home blank mosaic pieces this Sunday then write, draw, and design them to represent aspects of your identity. Bring them with you to worship September 18th and we will put them together to make a beautiful mosaic of the identities we carry into our community. If you will not be at CUUC this Sunday, blank pieces will be available on the 18th to decorate. If you are attending by Zoom, Tracy ( cuucwptracy@gmail.com) would be happy to mail mosaic pieces to you and then place them with the others after you mail them back. |
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Making Meals for Our Neighbors
Meals for HOPE meal prep, Mon Sep 12 & Mon Sep 19, 10:00am-2:00pm, CUUC Kitchen
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Sing, Sing, Sing!
CUUC Choir Rehearsals, Tuesdays, Starting Tue Sep 13, 7:30-9:15pm, Sanctuary
Join the CUUC Choir and add more joy to your week! All voice parts are welcome, and you don't have to read music (just match pitch – we'll help you learn the rest!) Rehearsals are Tuesday nights from 7:30–9:15pm, and the Choir performs two Sunday services each month. If you are interested in joining, full- or part-time, contact our choir director, Lisa Meyer (choir@cucwp.org or 347-278-3187 during daytime hours).
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Take the Self-Assessment Survey
The Congregational Self-Assessment Committee's survey is designed to help us discover where YOU see us going in the future. We encourage everyone, from age 13 to 103, to participate. Each congregant in your household should complete their own. The survey is open through Sun Sep 18. Responses are anonymous. Take the survey at bit.ly/CUUC-Self-Assessment-Survey
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Important Congregation Workshop
“Path to the Future” Congregation Workshop, Sat Sep 24, 8:30am – 4:00pm, Fellowship Hall
Join us for a fun, fast-paced, and engaging congregation workshop where we will all address the questions: • Where have we been? • Where are we now? • Where are we going next? It is vital to our coming transition that we hear your voice, and that we all hear each other. Participation open to everyone at CUUC ages 13 and up. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Childcare is available. Click to RSVP for the workshop. |
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New CD from Adam Kent
Perfect for gift giving, or your own musical enjoyment! CUUC Music Director Adam Kent has released a new recording of music by Cuban-American composer Tania León, Teclas de mi piano (Keys of My Piano). The New York Times singled out Teclas de mi piano as one of “Five Classical Albums You Can Listen to Right Now.” CUUC members may remember Ms. León’s visit to our sanctuary in 2016, when Adam interviewed her and performed her music as part of a concert dedicated to the Black Lives Matter movement. You may buy or download Teclas de mi piano at Albany Records or Amazon. Click here to see the Teclas de mi piano CD flyer.
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Sign Up for Journey Groups
Our Journey Groups meet once a month, Sep through Jun, to examine monthly themes and support our spiritual growth together. Many of last year's facilitators are returning. While you are welcome to rejoin a group you were in before, we encourage everyone to try a new meeting this year. Note that some groups will be in person only, some will be online only (on Zoom), and some will be hybrid (in person and on Zoom). Click here to sign up for a Journey Group online. Click here for the September reading packet, "On the Journey: Listening." (printed copies also available in the CUUC lobby).
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Refugee Family Picnic
Refugee Fall Family Picnic, Sun Sep 11, 12:00-4:00pm, Ridge Park, Hartsdale
Our CUUC congregation, with the leadership of our the Refugee Resettlement team, has played a significant role in welcoming 23 of the over 140 refugees who have arrived in Westchester County since 2016. Hearts & Homes for Refugees is hosting a family picnic to celebrate all "Welcomers" and those welcomed in the Lower Hudson Valley. This day also marks the launch of National Welcoming Week! Click here to learn more about the Refugee Family Fall Picnic. |
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Share the Plate Requests
We are Accepting Requests for 2022-2023 Share-the-Plate Recipients, deadline extended to Mon Oct 17
Each month we share half our non-pledge collection with an organization allied with CUUC's mission. If you have an organization to recommend, we suggest you reach out to the Social Justice Team or committee most allied to that organization, to support your request. Then complete and submit a request form (click to download, save, type in and email, or to print out, write in, and mail). Email completed forms to Mary Cavallero (marycava4@gmail.com) or snail mail to the CUUC office. Requests are now due Mon Oct 17. Click here to learn more about Share the Plate.
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Inaugural Walkabout Concert at CUUC
Free Concert "Lifting Our Spirits," Walkabout Clearwater Chorus & Coffeehouse, Fri Sep 23, 7:30pm, Sanctuary
For 35 years the Walkabout Clearwater Coffeehouse has presented monthly concerts, from October to May, featuring folk singers from around the country, continuing Pete Seeger’s legacy of bringing people together through song. To celebrate the concert series' move this year to CUUC, Walkabout is presenting a free concert with David and Jacob Bernz, the Walkabout Clearwater Chorus, plus surprise guests. Audience participation encouraged!
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Covenant Group for Parents/Caregivers of Teens/Tweens
Covenant Group for Parents & Caregivers of Teens & Tweens, Begins Wed Sep 28, 7:30-9:00pm, Zoom 8428
This UU covenant group is for parents and caregivers of middle school and high school youth to meet and be present to each other. From Chaos, Wonder and the Spiritual Adventure of Parenting: “In the context of parenting, the spiritual becomes tangible. We hear, taste, breathe, and touch the spiritual through the ways we attend, together, to countless sunrises, meals at the family table, celebrations, frustrations, griefs, joys, laughter, and responsibilities. We feel its press in the disparity between the path we hope to walk – full of kindness, love, forgiveness – and the path we actually walk.” As a covenant group, we will share and support the fullness of each other’s experiences of parenting.
The first gathering is Wed Sep 28, 7:30-9:00pm, and we will set an ongoing meeting schedule together. Gatherings will be on Zoom: bit.ly/CUUC-RE or meeting ID 817 388 428 and passcode 468468. For phone (audio only) dial 646-558-8656. Contact Tracy B ( cuucwptracy@gmail.com) and Nicole T ( nturygin@gmail.com). |
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September Share the Plate: Interfaith Council for New Americans of Westchester
We donate half our non-pledge collection to the Interfaith Council for New Americans of Westchester (ICNAW), a coalition of local congregations (including CUUC) that welcomes refugees resettled in our area. To date, ICNAW has provided support to 21 adult refugees and 14 children, two of whom were born in the US. Click here for an update on our refugee families or contact Robin Rocchi (robinandal@verizon.net) or Jane Dixon (lilrhodie@gmail.com) to learn more. Mail checks to CUUC with the memo “Share the Plate - ICNAW” or click here to pay online, and select “Share the Plate.” You may also select “Other” and type in “ICNAW” in the note if you'd like your full donation to go to the group.
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For links to our Zoom online meetings, see below.
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Weekly Calendar and Logins
Sat Sep 10 - 10:00am Zen Practice (Room 43 & Zoom 7899); 10:30am-12pm RE Activity for HOPE (Kitchen); 12pm - 2:30pm "Enchanted" Party for All Ages (Fellowship Hall)
Sun Sep 11 - 9:45am Childcare (Room 32 & Playground); 10:00am All-Congregation Worship (Sanctuary & live-stream https://bit.ly/CUUC-Worship); 11:15am Social Hour (Fellowship Hall and Virtual Coffee Hour Zoom); 11:30am - 1:30pm 7th-9th OWL Parent Orientation (Room 43); 2pm - 4pm Rental: Westchester Community for Humanistic Judaism (Fellowship Hall)
Mon Sep 12 - 7:30pm Congregation Self-Assessment Committee meeting ( Zoom 2210)
Tue Sep 13 - 2:00-3:00pm Staff Meeting ( Zoom 7899); 7:00-9:15pm Choir Rehearsal (Sanctuary)
Wed Sep 14 - 7:30-9:00pm Board of Trustees meeting ( Zoom 7899)
Thu Sep 15 - 10:00-11:30am Journey Group: Traber (CUUC); 4:00-7:00pm Rental: Private Event (Sanctuary); 7:30pm Committee on Ministry meeting ( Zoom 2210)
Fri Sep 16 - 10am - 11:30am Rental: OA (Fireside); 11:00am - 12:30pm Journey Group: Garmon Parsonage & Zoom 7899 - HYBRID); 3pm - 3:30pm “ A Tempo with Adam” weekly online piano interlude - live! ( www.facebook.com/adamkentmusic, bit.ly/A-Tempo-With-Adam); 5:00-8:00pm Rental: Private Event (Fellowship Hall); 5:00-6:00pm Caring and Sharing meeting (Zoom 7899); 7:00pm - 8:30pm Journey Group: Sehdeva/Cox (Room 41 & Zoom 7899 - HYBRID)
Sat Sep 17 - 10:00am Zen Practice (Room 43 & Zoom 7899); 1:00-7:00pm Rental: Private Event (Sanctuary & Fellowship Hall)
Sun Sep 18 - 9:45am Childcare (Room 32 & Playground); 10:00am Worship (Sanctuary & live-stream https://bit.ly/CUUC-Worship); 10:00am Religious Exploration Classes & Youth Group (Classrooms); 11:15am Social Hour (Fellowship Hall and Virtual Coffee Hour Zoom); 11:15am Parents Meet Teachers; 11:30am Meals for HOPE (Kitchen); 11:45am-1:15pm Journey Group: Walkup/Walkup (Room 41 & Zoom tbd)
ONLINE ZOOM MEETING LOGINS
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: 602 164 635 · Passcode: 468468
or phone (audio only): 646-558-8656
Meeting: 817 388 428 · Passcode: 468468
or phone (audio only): 929-436-2866
Meeting: 939 6077 5149 · Passcode: 468468
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Contacts
Dir of Lifespan Religious Education and Faith Development: Tracy Breneman, cuucwptracy@gmail.com, 914-434-7539
Board of Trustees
Social Justice Coordinators
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