Category: 2. From Our Newsletter

From the Board of Trustees

by Peter Horton

Can You Hear Us?

One of the items that the UUCD Board spends a lot of time on is how the congregation communicates to each other and with the greater community. Can you hear us? Are we efficient and effective with our communications? Here … read more.

What’s New in Buildings and Grounds?

First, we have rearranged some more furniture. The middle classroom in the lower level of Fellowship Hall has now become the new “Youth Room.” That, in turn has displaced the “Spirit Play Room” which is now located at the end of the hall where the small meeting … read more.

November 2024: Spiritual Challenge

SPIRITUAL CHALLENGE   – The Mending Meditation

Our theme this month is REPAIR and my challenge to you for the month is something I call the “Mending Meditation.”  It has three parts and each part involves a different type of mending or repair work: 1. Mend … read more.

Notes on 200 Years (and More)

by Douglas H. Parkhurst

Continued from October 2024…

We begin this month’s article with a look back to early 1957. The board of trustees of First Universalist Church (now Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Danbury), at its February meeting, discussed the current arrangement and capacity of the church … read more.

Soup Kitchen Corner

From the Social Action Council                                                          

Soup Kitchen Corner / by Judy Lacker                                        

On Saturday, November 2, members of Soup Kitchen Team B will be returning to the Dorothy Day Soup Kitchen on Spring Street to help serve take-out meals and sandwiches that were cooked or prepared … read more.

From Our Minister

“You Don’t Have to Say Anything”

Dear Beloveds,

One of the requirements for becoming an ordained and fellowshipped Unitarian Universalist minister is the completion of at least one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education or CPE. CPE involves learning about both the theory and practice of talking with … read more.

Upcoming in Family Ministries

From Our Director of Religious Education for Children and Youth,
Rev. Sierra-Marie Gerfao

The nursery is open for children ages 0-5 every Sunday during service. We also offer regular programming open to children in preschool through high school. 

Saturday, Oct. 5. – Sunday, Oct. 6 Senior High … read more.

From the Board of Trustees

“From My Attic to the UUCD Bylaws”

by Jeff Asher

I have been in the same home in Pawling for the last 38 years. I expect that some of our UUCD Bylaws go back 200 years

What do they have in common? Just like articles … read more.