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Upcoming Services
Sunday, December 16, 2018, Winter Solstice Service - Religious Education with Rev. Margie Allen
Join us for this year’s creative iteration of our intergenerational celebration of Yule, plus our beloved Mitten Tree and Twelve Days traditions. You’re not a UUFSB UU until you’ve hoisted “6 geese a-laying” or “10 lords a-leaping” a few times.
Friday, December 21, 2018, Special Vespers Service Celebrating the Winter Solstice (Yule) - 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Tea and sweets following
Come join other singers, listeners, players and readers as we gather in the sanctuary on the longest night of the year to honor the darkness of winter and encourage the sun on its long journey back towards us. Terry Keevil on oboe and duduk is our featured instrumentalist, Donna Demian on piano, and Maureen Shaiman, serving as our song leader.
Our Vespers services are contemplative worship experiences designed to be accessible to anyone of any faith, within or outside our congregation. The order of service includes chants and short songs from a variety of religious traditions sung in a variety of languages with multiple repeats; intervals of instrumental music; three short readings; a ten-minute meditation in relative darkness; a candle lighting and light gathering; and a shared benediction. Share a spacious hour in which to slow down and connect with yourself, with others, and with a light- and song-infused liturgy of seasonal warmth and peace on the Yule solstice. All ages welcome.
Upcoming Events / News
Monthly Evening Labyrinth Walk — Tuesday, Dec. 11, 8:00 p.m.
Our next monthly evening labyrinth walk will be on Tuesday, Dec. 11 at 8:00 p.m. in the sanctuary. Harpist Annie Marks will accompany the candlelit walk. All are welcome. Free will donation.
Grieving During the Holidays — Wednesday, Dec. 12, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
When you have lost a loved one to death, the holidays can be a particularly difficult time. Holiday celebrations, family traditions, memories of other times can bring sadness, whether our loss is recent or not so recent. Rev Linda Anderson will lead a discussion and sharing evening which will include tips on getting through holidays, anniversaries, and other special times when our grieving might be more painful. All are welcome. Please RSVP to Linda so she can know how many will attend. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Bill Scorzari at Grounds and Sounds – Friday, Dec. 14, 8:00 p.m.
New York based singer-songwriter Bill Scorzari’s voice has been likened to that of Tom Waits, and his lyricism and delivery to that of John Prine. No Depression, The Journal of Roots Music, says “Bill Scorzari is a force. His songwriting is stellar, his picking above par and his voice fits his songs perfectly."
Bill picked up his first guitar at the age of seven and has played his whole life, but it wasn’t until sometime after 2008 that he became a full-time singer-songwriter. Since then, it has been a steady climb, and he recorded and released his debut album in 2011, to immediate critical acclaim. His second album, Through These Waves, was released in 2017 and jumped straight to #1 on the Americana Music Association’s Most-Added-Radio-Stations Top-50 chart, and later landed on many Top-Albums-of-2017 lists.
To hear some of Bill's deep and rich music, click here. To buy tickets, click here.
Humanist Discussion Group Meeting - Tuesday, Dec. 4, 7:00 p.m.
The Humanist Discussion Group will meet next at 7:00 p.m. on Tues. Dec. 4 in the Yellow Room at the Fellowship. We will consider what topic(s) we should discuss next.
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People Talking About Unitarian Universalism
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)
History of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Stony Brook
Video of our 50th Anniversary
Video of our 50th Anniversary Service and Dedication Ceremony
A video of the full service from our special anniversary service and the building dedication on October 21, 2012 is posted on our website. The video is quite large and may take a few minutes to load. Go to http://uufsb.org/worship-service-videos.