Category: 2. From Our Newsletter

From Our Director of Religious Education for Children and Youth

Sierra-Marie Gerfao

Family Ministry Summer Office Hours In July and August, Rev. Sierra-Marie will be doing a combination of professional development and 2024-2025 preparation time. During this time, she will generally be available to meet by appointment and answer phone calls and emails with the exception … read more.

August Sunday Services – One Service at 10am

August 4                                     
Empathic Distress / Joe Gillotti

Empathic Distress is responsible for stressful human dysfunction in ways that perhaps many people are not aware of. This subject comes from an article by neuroscientists, Dr. Olga Klimecki and Dr. Tania Singer. Revealed in this research … read more.

Notes on 200 Years (and More)

by Douglas H. Parkhurst

Continued from July 2024…

In July 1956 Rev. Frederick Harrison reported that a silver tankard and chalice for communion services had been given to First Universalist Church (now Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Danbury or UUCD) by the “Universalist Convention,” likely the Connecticut Convention. … read more.

Ministry and Team News

Our Caring Circle is Available

Our ‘Care Coordinator’ receives requests and answers questions for the Caring Circle.

Joan Campbell is the contact person for August.
LouAnn Heller is the assistant.
If you have a need, please contact Joan

Please note that your call will be returned as quickly as possible but it … read more.

Music at the Ridge: Fred Small

Concert: Sunday, August 11, 4pm

Fred Small is a singer, songwriter, and songleader whose music inspires, heals, and empowers. Powerful, affecting, and inviting, Fred’s songs illuminate the goodness and courage of all kinds of people.
Fred’s inclusive lullaby of unconditional love, “Everything Possible,” has become a standard … read more.

From the Board of Trustees

More Than Getting Stuff Done

By Nancy Cullen 

At the UU Danbury Board of Trustees retreat, we got to know each other better, especially our two new board members: Annie Senol, who will also serve as Vice President, and Todd Zagorec.

All of us recently read, Serving with Grace: … read more.

From Our Minister – Rev. Tony Lorenzen

“Getting Lost in that Book”

Dear Beloveds,

I spent summer days doing a lot of things while growing up, but the two things I did most of all, especially the summers of my grade school years were playing baseball (and watching baseball on T.V. and listening to … read more.

July Sunday Services

July Services – One Service at 10am

July 7                     
Bringing Humanity to Our Institutions               Steve Kennedy

Far too often in recent years, we have outsourced the work of our communities to institutions without real ties to the community and the people in it. This service will consider how we can … read more.