Our in-person worship is live-streamed on Zoom.
Masks are required for those attending in person.
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IN-PERSON & LIVE-STREAM WORSHIP
Sun Nov 20, 10:00am “Thanksgiving” ~ Rev. Meredith Garmon
It's a holiday. It's a way of life
Whole Congregation Worship. RE is not meeting this week. Childcare available beginning at 9:45am.
We no longer require proof of vaccination. We continue to require masks for those attending service in person.
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IN-PERSON & LIVE-STREAM WORSHIP
Sun Nov 27, 10:00am “Pooh Lessons” ~ Rev. Meredith Garmon
I'll share some of A.A. Milne's stories and reflect on what they have meant to me through the years.
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Quiet Activity Area in the Sanctuary
We offer a quiet activity area in the sanctuary for families, especially for Sundays when we have whole congregation worship. 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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or phone in (audio only): 646-876-9923 · Webinar: 761 321 991 · 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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Sun Nov 20
10:00am: We gather for whole congregation worship. RE classes and Youth Group do not meet. Go directly to the sanctuary.
11:30-1:00pm: David B is leading Our Whole Lives parent orientation for families with children and youth in 1st-3rd, 4th-5th, and 6th-7th grades. Meet in classroom 11.
For Your Calendars
Last Call! Identity Mosaic
We are making a CUUC mosaic to celebrate our multilayered and rich identities! Community members of all ages are invited to write, draw, and design on the hexagons to represent aspects of your identity. This Sunday, hexagon tiles and markers will be available again for you to share your identities. Then, we will invite the youth to arrange and display them so we can all appreciate the richness of our community.
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Congregation & Community News |
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From the CUUC LGBTQIA+ Social Justice Team
UUA Transgender Day of Remembrance Virtual Worship, Fri Nov 18, Video-recording to come
Sun Nov 20 is the official date of the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), memorializing the trans and non-binary people who have died by violent means in the preceding year. The Unitarian Universalist Association held a virtual TDOR Ceremony two days earlier, on Fri Nov 18, to honor the lives lost in 2022 and to celebrate the resilience of the transgender community. We expect a video-recording to be made, and will post the link when available.
To get involved in local action for transgender justice, join our CUUC LGBTQIA Social Justice Team. Contact Jennifer Stevens, jennifercstevens@gmail.com. |
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Transgender Day of Remembrance Prayer
Transgender Day of Remembrance Prayer by Rev. Sunshine Wolfe
“On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, we remember those who have been murdered for being who they are, those who face violence on a daily basis, those who have lost loved ones, and those who worry for loved ones. May we come to a time when we cease to shame children around gender roles and expression, where we allow for freedom and exploration of identity and expression, and to a world that operates from love especially when things are difficult and confusing. May all of us who live with the threat of violence find support, strength, community, hope, and safety from violence.”
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Let's Meet at the Fair
2022 Annual Auction Fundraiser: "State Fair," Sat Nov 19, 5:30pm, CUUC Sanctuary
The Fair has arrived! Preparations are underway for the Midway to open on Saturday. Check the email you received earlier this week with final instructions plus a preview of Bid & Bump Parties and Fixed Price Events so you can check your calendar in advance. Can't make it? If you would like to bid online during our Live Auction, log in to https://bit.ly/CUUC-Webinar-1991 before 8:30pm on the night of the auction (Zoom Webinar ID: 761 321 991, Passcode: 468468). Be sure you display your full name so we know who is bidding. Submit your bid by typing a dollar amount into the chat. Someone will be standing by to receive your bid. Click here to see the latest list of Live items. Remember... costumes are optional but add to the fun. See you at the Fair!
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Canned Food Collection this Sunday
If you are attending worship in person this Sun Nov 20, please bring canned goods with you for a special collection to take place during the service. When invited, we will all – young and old – go up front and place our cans together as a donation to the Ecumenical Food Pantry for distribution to our neighbors who are experiencing food insecurity. Here is a chance to help those in need in a concrete way, and to give our youth and children an opportunity to practice compassion and to experience the joy of helping others. Especially welcome are canned yams and jelly, but any shelf-stable items will be most appreciated.
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Brighten a Child's Holiday
Collection for Coachman Family Center Gift Cards, Sun Nov 20 - Dec 18
Make sure to visit the Coachman Gift Cards table in the Fireside Area this holiday season! Sign up and donate what you can so we may meet our goal of presenting a $25 gift card to each school-aged child at the Coachman Family Center, a local shelter for families experiencing homelessness. You can bring cash or check, and the Hunger and Homelessness committee will purchase the gift cards to be delivered to the approximately 200 children currently living at Coachman. Y ou can also mail checks to CUUC with the memo "Coachman Gift Cards." Or you can donate online at cucwp.org by clicking the yellow Donate button and selecting "Coachman Gift Cards" from the dropdown list. Thank you in advance for helping us improve the season for those in our local community! Contact Jacy Good (goodjacy@gmail.com).
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Gently Used Toy Drive
Gently Used Toys & Stuffed Animals Drive, Sun Nov 20 - Sun Dec 11
The Hunger & Homelessness Social Justice Team is collecting gently used toys and like-new stuffed animals, which we will donate to the Ecumenical Food Pantry of White Plains. There, clients of the Food Pantry can select gifts for their children. Items for teenagers are welcome. Your generosity will bring happiness to many families. Look for collection boxes in the two lobby areas. Contact: John Cavallero ( jcwpny@gmail.com). |
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Book Fair
Social Justice Holiday Book Fair, Sun Dec 11, 12:00 – 3:00pm, Fireside Area
Our social justice book fair will offer recently published books from the UUA bookstore. Books will feature a wide range of social justice topics, for adults and children. Great for holiday gift giving! Contact: Alex Sehdeva (alex.sehdeva@gmail.com)
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The Gift of Music
Perfect for holiday gift giving, and your own musical enjoyment! CUUC Music Director Adam Kent 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 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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Making Meals for Our Neighbors
Next Meals for HOPE meal prep: Mon Nov 21, 10:00am-2:00pm, CUUC Kitchen
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Families Supporting HOPE Kitchen
Collection of Food Items for HOPE to-go Bags, Sun Nov 20 - Sat Dec 3
RE families are preparing 70 to-go breakfasts and lunches each month for HOPE Community Services in New Rochelle. We invite the congregation to donate individual-sized food items such as shelf-stable milk, juice, water, fruit cups, and soft granola bars, as well as napkins, loaves of bread, and peanut butter. Leave them in the labeled bins located in the foyer. Frozen items such as French toast, pancakes, waffles, frozen sausages or patties (no pork) can be brought in the morning of Sat Dec 3, or as coordinated with Christine Haran (christineharan@yahoo.com).
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UUA Invites Your Feedback
UUA Article II Study Commission, Proposed Changes to Article II, Google Feedback Link, through Mon Nov 28
Significant changes are being proposed to Article II of the UUA by-laws, which includes our 7 principles and 6 sources. The Article II Study Commission is excited to share their draft of a new Article II. They invite you to read it, reread it, and offer your feedback using their online Google form. For a more detailed understanding of Article II, please read CUUC's letter to the congregation. |
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Invite an International Student to Your Thanksgiving
Is there room at your Thanksgiving table? Make a place for an international student! Discover new topics for the family dinner conversation, expand cultural understanding, and help promote world peace one student and host at a time. A wonderful experience for children and youth! All participating students will be fully vaccinated. To sign up: call, text, or email Jane Dixon (lilrhodie@gmail.com, 914-370-0760).
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Deck Our Halls
Our sanctuary will soon be adorned with bright poinsettias to usher in the holidays. You may contribute to our display as a way to honor, give thanks, or remember a person, event, or group. Please make checks for $20 per plant out to CUUC with the memo "Flowers," and send to the office with the names or message you would like included in the Christmas Eve order of service. Contact: Pam Parker (admin@cucwp.org).
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Annual Appeal
Hunger in Westchester is an ongoing problem. We can help. Your monetary donation to the Ecumenical Food Pantry in any amount is greatly appreciated. Click for our appeal letter, to learn more. Look for our table after worship. Mail checks to CUUC with the memo "Food Pantry" or contribute online at cucwp.org by clicking the yellow Donate button and selecting either "Share the Plate (50%)" to share half with CUUC, or "Ecumenical Food Pantry" to give the full amount to the charity. Contact: John Cavallero (jcwpny@gmail.com).
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Online Anti-Racism Workshop
"Jubilee Three" Anti-Racism Workshop, Fri Jan 13, 6:00–9:00pm; Sat Jan 14, 9:00am–8:00pm; Sun Jan 15, 12:00–6:30pm, on Zoom. Rebate available for first 35 CUUC members who register - no time limit
CUUC is partnering with Paula Cole Jones to offer the acclaimed Jubilee Three Anti-Racism online workshop. This 2½-day workshop is designed to deliver shared learning about individual and systemic racism, and to help expand our comfort zone for taking action to dismantle it. The first 35 CUUC members (and their households) who register are eligible for a 50% rebate on the standard registration fee. Please register and pay at https://tinyurl.com/CUUC2023JubileeThree, then email or mail your confirmation to Joe Majsak ( jmajsak@verizon.net) for a prompt rebate. Offer available until we register the 35th CUUC member - there is no date or time limit. The workshop is capped at 70 attendees, however, and these Jubilee Three events DO fill up! Click here to learn more about the rebate and the Jubilee Three workshop. |
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Rethinking Thanksgiving
"From Land Acknowledgement to LANDBACK," Sun Nov 20, 4:00pm, Online
Join the Indigenous Solidarity Network (SURJ, Catalyst Project, Resource Generation) this season to interrogate the legacy of the "Thanksgiving" holiday and to hear from frontline Indigenous leaders on how to join efforts to protect land and water at this year's “Rethinking Thanksgiving: From Land Acknowledgement to LANDBACK.” Speakers include Betty Lyons, Tupac Enrique Acosta, Demetrius Johnson, Corrina Gould, and Jake Edwards. Moderated by Eve Reyes-Aguirre. Live captioning, Spanish Interpretation, and ASL interpretation will be available. Register for this webinar here.
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Share the Plate: Ecumenical Food Pantry
This month we share half our non-pledge collection with the Ecumenical Emergency Food Pantry of White Plains. The Pantry was founded in 1979 by CUUC and four other congregations, and provides healthful food to over 900 households each week (up from 500 last year!). Mail checks to CUUC with the memo “Share the Plate - Food Pantry” or click here to pay online, and select “Share the Plate.” You may also select “Ecumenical Food Pantry” if you'd like your full donation to go to the charity.
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Caring & Sharing
If we can help you or someone you know in our congregation, reach out to this month's primary caregiver, Julie Gans (914-830-0944, julieagans@gmail.com) . You may also contact the CUUC office (admin@cucwp.org).
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For links to our Zoom online meetings, see below.
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Weekly Calendar and Logins
Fri Nov 18 - CUUC Auction Setup (Sanctuary); 9:00am Past Prime Time Dance Party (Zoom 6161); 10:30am Rental: OA (Room 11); 11:00am Journey Group: Rev. Garmon (Parsonage & Zoom 7899); 3:00pm "A Tempo with Adam" ( facebook.com/adamkentmusic, A-Tempo-With-Adam Zoom); 6:15pm 8th-12th Grade Youth Group (Room 14); 7:00pm Journey Group: Sehdeva/Cox (Room 41)
Sat Nov 19 - 1 0:00am Zen Practice (Room 43 & Zoom 7899); 10:00am Auction set up (Sanctuary, Kitchen); 11:00am Congregation Self Assessment Committee (Room 21 & Zoom 2210); 5:30pm Auction (Sanctuary, Kitchen)
Sun Nov 20 - 9:45am Childcare (Room 32); 10:00am RE: Whole Congregation Worship (Sanctuary); 10:00am Sunday Worship (Sanctuary & CUUC Worship Zoom); 11:15 Social Hour (Fellowship Hall); 11:15am Virtual Coffee Hour (Zoom 2210); 11:30am 5th-7th, 1st-3rd OWL Parent Orientation (Room 11); Journey Group: Walkup (Room 41, Zoom 6161); 7:00pm Journey Group: Weisel ( Zoom 6161)
Mon Nov 21 - 10:00am Meals for HOPE (Kitchen)
Tue Nov 22 - 7:00pm Choir Rehearsal (Sanctuary)
Wed Nov 23 - 9:00am Past Prime Time Dance Party ( Zoom 6161); 7:30pm Journey Group: Breneman ( Zoom 8428)
Thu Nov 24 - Office Closed - Enjoy Your Holiday
Sat Nov 26 - 1 0:00am Zen Practice (Room 43 & Zoom 7899)
Sun Nov 27 - 9:45am Childcare (Room 32); 10:00am RE: Whole Congregation Worship (Sanctuary); 10:00am Sunday Worship (Sanctuary & CUUC Worship Zoom); 11:15 Social Hour (Fellowship Hall); 11:15am Virtual Coffee Hour (Zoom 2210)
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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