Category: 2. From Our Newsletter

General Assembly Reports

Check out the worship services that took place at our General Assembly in Portland this Summer. Rev. Kathleen’s favorite part of every General Assembly is the variety of worship services. There are services by the UU Christian Fellowship, Church of the Larger Fellowship, Service of … read more.

New Monthly Events!

Monthly Community Dinners begin September 14th with a Parade of Pasta! 

You don’t have to bring anything but yourself.

On the 2nd Wednesday of the month from 6:00 – 7:30pm in the Fellowship Hall dinner will be served at 6:00pm. Programming starts at 6:40, with a … read more.

Upcoming Events

UUCD Men Conversing over Coffee meets on the second Wednesday of each month. Our next meeting is on Wednesday, September 14th at 9:30 a.m. at UUCD in the Fellowship Hall Lower Level.  For more information contact Gary or Joe.

Chair Yoga Classes are Continuing … read more.

Notes on 200 Years (and More) September 2022

by Douglas H. Parkhurst 

This year marks the two hundredth anniversary of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Danbury (UUCD). In 1922 what was then called First Universalist Church celebrated its centennial. Let’s take a look back to that noteworthy occasion! 

First, a snapshot of Danbury in the … read more.

From our Minister  July/August 2022

And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.

~ F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby 

It’s … read more.

Notes on 200 Years (and More) July 2022

Notes on Two Hundred Years (and More) 

by Douglas H. Parkhurst 

This writer has come across a variety of news items, articles, and announcements while researching for Notes. Here is a sampling of some “oldies” plus one more recent. The first three appeared in early Universalist periodicals. 

Christian … read more.

From the Board of Trustees / June 2022

by Debra Oria, Trustee 

Summer is upon us! It’s time once again for warm weather, sunshine, picnic blankets, beaches, fireflies, and badminton. Here in Connecticut, we are fortunate to have all four seasons to celebrate and enjoy, some of which we may wish were shorter than … read more.

Calling All of Us for Juneteenth Celebration!

Join us for the Juneteenth — National Independence Day — Celebration 2022! The theme is “Honoring our Heritage: Forging the Future.” Come help us build connections in the community and bear out our 8th Principle by showing our support for the past and future of … read more.

Notes on 200 Years (and More) June 2022

Notes on Two Hundred Years (and More)

by Douglas H. Parkhurst 

Organized Unitarianism came to Connecticut later than did Universalism. The first Unitarian church in the state was First Ecclesiastical Society, a Congregational church in the town of Brooklyn, in the northeast part of Connecticut. In … read more.