Month: April 2025

News from the UUA

See UU’s from all over the U.S. – Come to Baltimore for General Assembly 2025!

What: UUA General Assembly
Where: Baltimore, MD Convention Center
When: Wed. June 18 – Sun. June 22, 2025
Going: Margaret, Bruni and ??

We are looking for 1 or 2 more people who want to … read more.

Spiritual Challenge

SPIRITUAL CHALLENGE TO PERSONAL GROWTH  –  “Play a Cooperative Game”

Our theme this month is Imagination and my spiritual challenge for personal growth this month is to play a game or two (or five) that recast the experience of game play from competition to cooperation. What if … read more.

May Services

May’s theme is Imagination and all services will relate to that idea in some way. Some services may differ slightly from these descriptions, as details of the main presentation aren’t finalized until a day or two before each service.

Sunday, May 4th… read more.

From our DRE, Rev. Sierra-Marie Gerfao

Dear Congregation,

I have exciting news to share! Thanks to your generous support, the children have almost raised enough money to get a simple backyard playset! However, their proposal for a playground included a commitment to create something that would be accessible for children with disabilities, … read more.

From the Board of Trustees

From the Board of Trustees
by Jeff Asher, Trustee

A Natural High!

These days with fake news aplenty, it is nice to get back to something that feels, well, “natural and real.”
As an antidote to the immigrant bashing that has been going on for years, I have … read more.

Upcoming Events

Saturday, May 10th – Suze Shaner-Brodax and Dan Brodax are facilitating Movies with a Message, using Spiritual Cinema’s movie shorts each month from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. These nights consist of 1-3 short movies that explore the big questions about life and living (i.e, Who are we? Why are we here? Where … read more.

Ministry/Team News

From the Social Action Council                                                         

Soup Kitchen Corner                                                                                                           by Judy Lacker                                       

On Saturday, May 3,some members of Soup Kitchen Team B (Team Leaders Bruni Edwards & Yvonne Ruddy-Stein, Joanne Davidson, The Parr Family, The Bonansinga/Twombly Family, The Haffner Family) will be returning to the Dorothy Day Soup … read more.

Notes on 200+ Years

Notes on Two Hundred Years (and More)
by Douglas H. Parkhurst

Continued from April 2025… We are looking at Civil War soldiers associated with First Universalist Society, the present-day Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Danbury (UUCD).

Benjamin F. Skinner was born in Massachusetts about 1836. The 1860 U.S. Census … read more.