Dear Friends, While our in-building services are suspended, we are continuing services and Fellowship online. Our larger mission continues as well — we still support the community through our Share-the-Plate program. We continue to see supporting our Fellowship as part of our spiritual practice. And we can all do our part to keep our Fellowship going. We ask our Members and Friends to continue to make pledge payments and plate offerings by mailing a check to UUFSB 380 Nicolls Road, E. Setauket, NY 11733, making your payments through a billpay service with your bank, or using the Paypal button below. Whatever method you use, please be sure to designate where you want your donation directed. For checks / bill pay, add the designation in the "Memo" line / "Add a Memo" field. Please consider using the "Make this a monthly donation" option. Thank you!

Morning Meditation on Zoom - Mondays thru Fridays, 7:30-8:00 a.m.

You are invited to join Rev. Linda Anderson and the Stony Brook Sangha in a Zoom morning meditation. On Mondays through Fridays, a number of us gather to meditate from 7:30-8:00 a.m. We start with a guided meditation and then finish in silence. It’s a great way to start the day. If you are interested in joining, please contact Linda at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Humanist Discussion Group Online Meeting - Tuesday, June 2, 7:00 p.m.

The next Humanist Discussion Group Zoom meeting is at 7:00 p.m. on Tues. June 2. The topic is: Why is there a partisan divide over how to respond to the coronavirus pandemic? Gil Hanson will email the invitation to the Zoom meeting on Sunday, May 31. If you are not on the Humanist Discussion mailing list, but would like to join us, please let Gil know: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. You may wish to consider the following article that addresses this topic: When the Mask You’re Wearing ‘Tastes Like Socialism’ .

Online Essentrics Classes Start Tuesday, June 2

UUFSB is starting a pilot program of offering our meditative and wellness arts on Zoom, at a reduced fee from the cost of in-person classes. The fee for a six-week semester, two classes per week, will be $88. The fee for one class a week will be $48.

The pilot program starts in June with Essentrics classes offered twice weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays by Kay Aparo. Here are the dates: June 2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18, 23, 25, 30, and July 2, 7, 9. If you must miss a class, let Kay know and she will send you the recording of that class. Please contact Linda Mikell at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to register or if you have any questions. Click here to read more about our Essentrics program. 

Reading Reparations Study Group - Monday, June 15, 7:00 p.m.

Social distancing and wearing masks outside beginning in April did not prevent the Reading Reparations Study Group from meeting in person the third Monday in February and via Zoom in April and twice in May. Our group continues to grow in spirit and knowledge as participants share the invaluable gifts of their responses to the reading. We will meet again on June 15 at 7:00 p.m. to discuss the introduction and first chapter of From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century. Co-authors William A. Darrity and A. Kirsten Mullen want to rejuvenate discussions about and promote reparations for African Americans. The Racial Concerns Committee invites you to join our June 15th online meeting. Contact Co-chair Barbara Coley at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you want the PDF of the intro and first chapter sent to you and/or if you want to be on the distribution list for the Zoom meeting invitation.

UUA General Assembly - June 24-28, 2020

General Assembly (GA) will be a 100% virtual event this year. All GA registrants have access to the GA Virtual Participation Portal, which combines multiple modes of participant engagement that include chat, Q&A, and polling. Registrants are able to watch and ask questions in live sessions including workshops and business sessions. Delegates will also be able to propose amendments in the live business sessions, participate in debates, and vote in general sessions. Virtual GA Registration is $150. Please click here for more information and to register. . 

This video was created by the Unitarian Universalist Association to give people an introduction to Unitarian Universalism.

If you are interested in Unitarian Universalism, we hope you’ll visit us to learn more. If attending our services doesn’t fit your life, you might want to investigate the Church of the Larger Fellowship, a virtual congregation of Unitarian Universalists, with more than 3,500 members around the U.S. They hold online services on Sundays at 8 p.m., and on Mondays at 9 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. 

You can find them at clfuu.org.

Further Reading

A Precarious Path: The Bold Experiment of the Fellowship Movement

Unitarian Universalist Origins: Our Historic Faith (Mark W. Harris)

UU History in 8 Minutes

History of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Stony Brook