JOIN US FOR THESE IMPORTANT SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVES! Contact Lucy Manning at lucymnnng@gmail.com 1. Saturday, November 2, 2024 at 1pm-3pm Women’s March- Saratoga County ERA Coalition LET’S WEAR OUR YELLOW SIDE WITH LOVE SHIRTS AND JOIN THIS MARCH SUPPORTING PROPOSITION #1 2. Do you have your plan to vote?? Here are deadlines … Continue reading NEWS FROM OUR SOCIAL JUSTICE TEAM- October 25, 2024
The Social Justice Team invites you to help fill the boxes in the back of the sanctuary with personal care items for middle school students who are participating in the Franklin Community Center’s Project Lift program. Please donate shampoo, deodorant, styling gel, toothpaste, toothbrushes, body wash, and feminine hygiene products from now until Sunday, December … Continue reading Project Lift through December 1st!
Join Your Fellow UUs for our Justice Convocation in Albany! Want to connect with your fellow NYS Unitarian Universalists? Want to learn more about NYUUJ’s work and issues from those doing the work? Want to find out how you can make a difference doing justice work in New York? Join us on November 16th for … Continue reading Join Your Fellow UUs for our Justice Convocation in Albany!
As we continue to look toward the future and take time to celebrate our past, we’d like to invite everyone to two exciting events. Following the service on Sunday, November 10th, we’ll be digging up the time capsule that was buried on RE Sunday, May 19th, 2013! Then on Sunday November 24th, we’ll share memories … Continue reading Digging Up The Past With The Butterfly Team: Sunday November 10, 2024
Turn my sullen sense toward marvel. Cup of Joe. October 18, 2024. One of my favorite readings about autumn in our hymnal is one (no. 485) that begins by brazenly calling out: “Turn scarlet, leaves! Spin earth!” Autumn-time can get a bit riotous. All sorts of things are happening and either changing right now … Continue reading Turn my sullen sense toward marvel.
The Music Night is this Saturday!! Registration for the program, which supplements the church operating budget, is quite low—only 35 people. I am hoping some more of you will sign up to attend the event either in person or via zoom. There is room for about 5 or 6 more individuals interested in ordering a … Continue reading MUSIC NIGHT
Special Congregational Meeting Oct 27 A special congregational vote is required by New York State law. As you probably know, the congregation has a contract with a purchaser to buy our 624 North Broadway property. The Board accepted this offer because it was within the parameters the congregation had set by a special congregational vote … Continue reading Special Congregational Meeting Oct 27
Cup Of Joe October 4, 2024 Many thanks to the Social Justice Team, and especially Lucy Manning and Ron & Linda Giancola, for engaging us in the Climate Justice Revival event put together by the UU Climate Justice Coalition. It was a moving service and ritual, even for those of us attending via Zoom … Continue reading Dialogue, Discussion, & Dinner
UU Climate Justice Revival, “Reimagine Together: From an Extractive Age to a New Era!” Join us from 2-5pm for an afternoon of brainstorming activities on Saturday, Oct. 5! Come share in a dialog to help us identify climate justice concerns in our community and stay for a potluck dinner! You may also join by zoom … Continue reading UU Climate Justice Revival October 5th, 2024
Bad Faith A feature length Documentary sponsored by The Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Team – 624 N Broadway Saratoga Springs October 16- 7 PM. Discussion to follow We hear about Christian Nationalism in the news but what does that label actually mean? It is different than Christianity but in what ways? Let’s find out. This … Continue reading Community Film