Upcoming Events

• Friday, April 19, 7:30pm, Evening Women’s Group ~ on Zoom. Contact Diane Guernsey (dianeguernsey.uu@gmail.com).

• Friday, April 19, 7:30pm, Men’s Group ~ on Zoom and in person at South Church. Contact Paul Gross (pgross@pulsevoices.org).

• Tuesday, April 23, 7:00pm, Earth Day Gathering ~ on Zoom. See below.

• 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 Michael Carman (michaelannecarman@gmail.com).

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

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

Upcoming Worship

• Sunday, April 28, 10:00am, “Woody Guthrie” ~ Pat Lamanna

• Sunday, May 5, 10am, “TBA” ~ Guernsey/Gross Program Group

SAVE THE DATE - We're Having a Celebration!

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.

Welcome New Members!

2024 is shaping up to be a banner year for FUSW. Not only have we found a new home, we have also welcomed three new members! Mary Pedersen signed the book on March 24. Liz Clark and Mashuq Mushtaq Deen (“Deen”) signed the book on April 14. All three have already contributed so much to our congregation. We’re thrilled that they have officially joined the FUSW family.

Earth Day Gathering

Tuesday, April 23, 7:00-8:00pm, via Zoom

Join UU Ministry for Earth to celebrate Earth Day! We’ll meet on the Full Moon and find time to ground, recenter, and imagine what is possible for Earth. There will be time for reflection and small group sharing.

Click here to register so we can remind you.  

Click here to join the Zoom meeting.

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! 

Rivertown's 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

Claudia Gisolfi will lead a tour of Westchester Hills Cemetery. The Cemetery was established by the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue (Reform) in 1919. The 1935 Chapel Lodge building features 6 Tiffany Studios windows. In 2016, Peter Gisolfi Associates was the architectural firm hired to do a major renovation. We will explore the Chapel Lodge and hear a talk about the Cemetery’s history. Many famous people are buried there, including 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. If you are interested in this tour, which is limited to 20 people, please contact Claudia (cgisolfi8@gmail.com).  

Campaign for a NYS Equal Rights Amendment

Last week, your Scoop editors received the following information, which we wanted to share. 

“The grassroots New York Equal Rights Amendment (NY ERA) campaign is ramping up, led by a coalition of 225 reproductive and civil rights organizations committed to passing a ballot measure to guarantee that New Yorkers, not the government, can control their own lives, bodies, and futures — no matter who they are, who they love, where they come from, or what reproductive health care choices they make.”

Click here for more information.

FUSW Contacts & Information

Questions, Concerns, or Compliments for FUSW? Reach out to any member of our Board of Trustees, fusw.org/board-of-trustees (place cursor over the picture, then right-mouse click to copy the email).

Board of Trustees - The Board usually meets on the third Monday of each month via Zoom at 7:45pm. Click here to join our meeting on Zoom. Meetings are open to any member of FUSW. For confidential matters, non-Board members will be asked to leave temporarily. At the end of the meeting, there will be an open forum, during which non-Board members can speak about topics of concern, limiting remarks to two minutes. To access the minutes from previous meetings, visit the Members page of fusw.org and click on Board Minutes Archive.  

Scheduling Zoom Meetings or Submitting Information for The Scoop and FUSW Calendar - Contact our Administrator, Rina Schunk (admin@fusw.org). For Zoom meetings, please include the purpose and preferred date/time. Articles for The Scoop are due by Wednesday at 10:00am.