In August 2024, the First Universalist Church of Southold adopted a new name, Unitarian Universalists of Southold. This is to reflect our carrying forth the Unitarian tradition as well as our original Universalist tradition, and the merger of associations (Unitarian Universalist Association) establishing a non-creedal faith tradition in 1961, and to be welcoming of people … Continue reading Our Name
– SAC was invited to share an end-of-day meal with middle school and high school participants of the Youth Empowerment Program (YEP) at Rural & Migrant Ministry’s 2023 Summer Day Program (SDP) in Riverhead on August 2nd. The ten young people present, members of Voices of Long Island Youth (VOLIY), were from four different communities in Suffolk … Continue reading News from the Social Action Committee (SAC) & 8th Principle Task Force: September 2023
Well, we’ve done it; we had our Groundbreaking! Many, many thanks to everyone who made it a success. Scott Edgett and his crew from North Fork Woodworks have begun work on our long-awaited project. With a tentative timeline of 15-18 months, Scott, the Building Team, Brian Davis and Ray Calamari will be dealing with any … Continue reading August 2023
At long last, we have received our building permit and set the date for the groundbreaking for the new building. MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!! And join us on Saturday, July 22nd, on the church grounds at 2:00 p.m. for this long-awaited, much-anticipated, historic event. Several special guests have been invited to join us, including Rev. Jef … Continue reading July 2023
The paperwork for our building permit is moving through its processes with the Town. The Town engineers must examine plans for compliance of federal, state and local ordinances. Ray Calamari has reported there can be questions from the Town and he is prepared to shepherd the application in whatever way necessary.
We have submitted our application for a building permit! Hopefully, we will hear good news by the middle of June.
Get ready to celebrate! All of our ducks are in a row – just a few more “T”s to dot and “I”s to cross. The Board and the Building Team are preparing for our groundbreaking ceremony. Keep checking here for the date and time!
Ray Calamari, Brian Davis and I attended the Southold Town Planning Department public session on February 6, where the PD found no reason to delay approvals. Mr. Calamari spoke with the PD during their executive session and was able to get conditional approval for submission of our plans to the Building Department. Once the BD … Continue reading March 2023
Very encouraging meeting Monday afternoon, December 19, with the Southold Planning Board. Scott Edgett of North Fork Woodworking was able to attend, and afterwards, Brian Davis, Ray Calamari and I had a chance to get to know him better; I think he will be a great fit for our project! Moments before the meeting started, … Continue reading January 2023
A dumpster was rented and the shed and garage on the church property have been emptied in preparation for the site work, a.k.a. landscaping, of our project. These buildings are in terrible condition, but it will be determined whether we can use the concrete pad of the shed for its replacement. After meeting with four … Continue reading December 2022
