We will be starting our Circle Dinners in the Fall. Please let us know if you are interested in hosting a dinner. Usually, no more than 8 people. You supply the home, and everyone brings a dish. Also, each person brings their own beverage. This is a good way to get to know our minister, Kimberley … Continue reading Circle Suppers
Whenever a question came up at the dinner table – about history, or science, or art, or just about anything that wasn’t “how was school today?” – my father would send me to the book-lined living room with the words “go look it up.” As a result, I fell in love with books, ideas, facts, … Continue reading Grace Notes – October 2016
One of the joys of my beginning a second year at this beloved congregation – for you and for me – is that we already know each other a bit. We have a sense of our relationships, how we approach projects and ideas, how we celebrate and mourn together. It also makes it possible to … Continue reading Grace Notes – September 2016
At our Ingathering service, we will partake of a popular Unitarian Universalist ritual known as the Water Communion. Please bring a small bottle/vial of water from some of your summer experiences, whether you traveled near, far, or not at all. And please note – if you forgot to collect water from your travels, you can … Continue reading Bring Water on September 11
I am afraid I have no witty or poignant start to my column today – most of the summer stories I could find involved baseball, a sport I don’t care for; and I can’t seem to come up with any personal anecdotes about summer. There are songs – “Summer in the City”, “In the Good … Continue reading Grace Notes – June 1016
SUCCESS! After several years of hard work, lobbying, and raising awareness, the youth of Project Bus Stop are seeing success – the first two shelters have been built on the North Fork, in Mattituck. There are more on the way – two at Calverton National Cemetery, two at King Kullen in Cutchogue and another on … Continue reading Project Bus Stop Succeeds!
We are heartbroken to announce that longtime member Barbara Adams has passed away in Nepal at age 84. A memorial service will be held in the next few weeks – this post will be updated as we get more information. Meanwhile, it is an honor to share this excerpt from the obituary by Matt Schudel that ran in … Continue reading The Passing of Barbara Adams
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Parker Richards at the New York Observer wrote a beautiful tribute to Member Sidney Abbott, who passed away last year. Please click here to read this wonderful article, which quotes, among others, former First Universalist minister Reverend Addae Krabba.
The Building Team has been working hard! A lot of the work has been learning about what’s required and what is allowed by the town and state – not surprisingly, there is quite a lot to learn about such a major undertaking. We have asked for your input, including a Dream Church, about how you would like … Continue reading Update from the Team
