Upcoming Events

• Friday, April 26, 7:30pm, Film Screening ~ at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockland. See below.

• Saturday, April 27, 1:30pm, Writing Group ~ in the upstairs room at South Church. Contact Lisa deMauro (LdeMauro@optonline.net).

• Sunday, April 28, 2:00pm, Rivertowns Crop Hunger Walk ~ starting at Irvington Presbyterian Church. See below.

• Friday, May 3, 12:30pm, Daytime Women’s Group ~ at the Greenburgh Public Library. Bring your own lunch. Please RSVP to Marietta Api (heartnp2002@yahoo.com).

• Friday, May 3, 7:30pm, Evening Women’s Group ~ on Zoom. Contact Diane Guernsey (dianeguernsey.uu@gmail.com).

• Friday, May 3, 7:30pm, Men’s Group ~ on Zoom and in person at South Church. Contact Paul Gross (pgross@pulsevoices.org).

• Wednesday, May 15, 1:00pm, Tour of Westchester Hills Cemetery/ Stephen Wise Free Synagogue Cemetery ~ in Hastings. Contact Claudia Gisolfi (cgisolfi8@gmail.com). See below.

• Saturday, May 18, 5:00pm, Congregational Celebration ~ in Fellowship Hall at South Church. See below.

• Saturday, June 1, 12:15–1:45 pm, Reading Black Lives ~ in the Barnes Room at Hastings Public Library – Reading The Known World by Edward P. Jones. See below for book description. Contact Claudia Gisolfi (cgisolfi8@gmail.com).

Upcoming Worship

• Sunday, May 5, 10:00am, “Commitment and Letting Go” ~ Guernsey/Gross Program Group

• Sunday, May 12, 10:00am, “Your Mother Was Oppressed” ~ Rev. Arlin Roy

About Our Guest Speaker

Pat Lamanna is currently President of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Poughkeepsie. She is also an award-winning singer-songwriter. Richard Mattocks is her partner and Groupie-in-Chief.

SAVE THE DATE - We're Celebrating the Beginning of a New Chapter!

Saturday, May 18, 5:00pm, in Fellowship Hall, South Church, 343 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry, NY

Join us for an evening of food, music, shared memories, and fellowship. More details will come soon--along with a sign-up for contributions to the pot luck.

Follow Up From the Sunday 4/21 Service 

Rev. Arlin Roy’s sermon of 4/21 —“Values is a Verb”— sparked two ideas for healthy living. Liz Clark offered to collect recipes for vegan and vegetarian dishes. These will be shared with the congregation. Contact Liz at emarshallclark@gmail.com if you have recipes to share. Denise suggested a group walk on the nearby Aqueduct Trail after services in May and June. Contact Denise (deniseuu23@gmail.com) if you are interested in doing this.

Film Screening at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockland 

Friday, April 26, 7:30pm, at UUCR, 130 Concklin Rd, Pomona, NY

Come join us for a screening of the documentary Join or Die, a 2023 film that explores why one should join a club—and why the fate of American democracy may depend on it. The film follows the story of America's civic unraveling through the journey of legendary social scientist Robert Putnam, whose book Bowling Alone researched the decline in American community and lights a path out of our democracy's present crisis. See you there! 

Rivertowns Crop Hunger Walk

Sunday, April 28, 2:00pm, at Irvington Presbyterian Church, 25 North Broadway, Irvington

Help raise money for hunger relief programs around the world through Church World Service, and locally through Feeding Westchester. We will be walking along Broadway from the Church to Dobbs Ferry and back on the Aqueduct. Shorter routes are available. For more information, click here.

Join a Tour of Westchester Hills Cemetery, with Claudia Gisolfi

Wednesday, May 15, 1:00-3:30pm, Westchester Hills Cemetery, 400 Saw Mill River Rd, Hastings on Hudson, NY

Join Claudia Gisolfi for a tour of Westchester Hills Cemetery/ Stephen Wise Free Synagogue Cemetery, established in 1919. This is a unique opportunity to see the inside of the 1935 Chapel Lodge, which is usually not open to the public. In 2018, Peter Gisolfi Associates, the award-winning architectural firm of Claudia’s late father, completed its renovation of this historic structure. It features 6 genuine Tiffany Studios windows and a beautiful light-filled chapel, which formerly was the caretaker’s three-bedroom apartment. Famous people interred at the cemetery include actress Judy Holliday, New York Times Editor A. M. Rosenthal, composer George Gershwin, Solomon Guggenheim (founder of the famous Fifth Avenue museum), and the founders of Barricini Candy Co. The Gershwin, Guggenheim, and Barricini mausoleums are close to the Chapel Lodge. To sign up, please contact Claudia (cgisolfi8@gmail.com). 

Reading Black Lives Book Group

Saturday, June 1, 12:15–1:45 pm, Barnes Room at Hastings Public Library

We will be discussing The Known World by Edward P. Jones. Winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. "Slave-owning by free Blacks in antebellum America is the astonishingly rich subject of this impressively researched novel debut ." - Kirkus Reviews. "It’s not only a moving, rich novel that exposes a little known pocket of American history, but also a brilliant postmodern masterpiece whose most fascinating aspect is its deft, unusual manipulation of time. - Literary Hub.

Voices Cafe welcomes Jesse Terry & Sam Robbins

Saturday, May 4, 8:00pm, at Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Westport, 10 Lyons Plain Rd, Westport, CT

Saturday eve, May 4th brings the outstanding co-bill of Jesse Terry and Sam Robbins, talented singer-songwriters who will touch your heart!

Jesse Terry spent his formative years right here in Wilton CT, and we’re thrilled to have him back at Voices Cafe. Jesse’s songs reflect so much of his own life as his family evolves, and he shares his very personal journey with us through his music! Sam Robbins, Nashville-based, brings a modern, upbeat edge to his storytelling, yet brings a troubadour tradition that evokes classic 70's singer-songwriters like James Taylor, Neil Young and Jackson Brown, Sam even holds NBC's “The Voice” fame, as the first artist to perform a Jim Croce song on the show!

Voices Cafe is proud to bring the power of song to contributing to, and supporting, the work that is done by The Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Westport's Social Justice Council, whose committees' programs include actively supporting racial justice, gender equity, immigration, refugee resettlement, literacy, reproductive rights, and food security, among other issues.

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