ACTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES YOU CAN DO NOW From your SOCIAL JUSTICE TEAM! Contact justice@uusaratoga.org for more information -Support the 24 hour “black out” on purchases on Friday, Feb. 28 Join Americans pledging to stop making any purchases for a full 24 hours on February 28. The national economic blackout is scheduled as a way for Americans to boycott … Continue reading News from our Social Justice Team
Yesterday — January 23, 2025 — was a milestone moment in the history of our congregation. We gathered at 400 Louden Road—the site of our future meeting house—for a heartfelt “Tree and Land Blessing.” As Board Secretary, I felt it my responsibility to document this occasion, a poignant blend of gratitude and farewell, as we … Continue reading A Blessing for the Future: Honoring the Land at 400 Louden Road
JOIN US FOR THESE IMPORTANT SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVES! Contact Lucy Manning at lucymnnng@gmail.com 1. LET’S CARPOOL TO THE KICKOFF MARCH AND RALLY ON JAN. 14! This is the 2025 Campaign Kickoff & Lobby Day to support passage of the Medical Aid In Dying act with advocates coming from around the state. We will march from the … Continue reading Our Social Justice Team news January 10, 2025
On the same Sunday that the Butterfly Team hosted a service focused on the opening of time capsules buried in 2002 and 2013, New Home Task Force Chair Art Holmberg marked a major milestone in our campaign to build our new meeting house. “This is a toast to you all,” Art began, raising his compostable … Continue reading Toasting Our Progress Toward a New Meeting House
The time is approaching for us to leave our meeting house at 624 North Broadway, which Jim Mihuta once called “the ugliest building on the city’s prettiest street.” Built by Jehovah’s Witnesses, it’s a modest structure that’s sufficiently flawed to make us greatly look forward to moving out, but it’s filled with great memories. In … Continue reading Celebrating Past and Future: The UU Saratoga Time Capsules
The Saratoga Springs Planning Board has approved the site development plan for our new meeting house. Clearing of the land will start shortly and should be completed by mid-December. The dozen trees we want to be sure to save have been marked with bright green ribbon. “We’re rolling,” said New Home Task Force Chair Art … Continue reading The City Greenlights Our New Meeting House