From Our Minister

“Giving Everyone What They Deserve”

Dear Beloveds,

Justice is defined in classical philosophy as giving each their due – or giving everyone what they deserve.  Justice is often discussed as if it is fairness. It’s hard to find anyone who doesn’t want justice done – people … read more.

Notes on 200 Years and More

Notes on Two Hundred Years (and More)

by Douglas H. Parkhurst

The past few ‘Notes on 200 Years…’ articles focused on people and events from the first part of the twentieth back to the late eighteenth centuries. This month we will look at more recent happenings at … read more.

December – SPIRITUAL CHALLENGE – Embrace Ambiguity and Paradox

SPIRITUAL CHALLENGEEmbrace Ambiguity and Paradox.

The winter holiday season presents many opportunities for meandering in mystery, intentionally inhabiting liminal space, wandering in wonder, and exploring ambiguities.  This is my challenge to you this December – Embrace ambiguity and paradox.

Virgins can’t give birth, the Roman … read more.

From our Minister

How My Family and I became White

Dear Beloveds,

Our theme for October is Heritage. My Sundays with you during the coming month will touch upon various aspects of Heritage including how our Unitarian Universalist heritage is changing, how the re-emerging field of epigenetics is influencing how … read more.

Notes on 200 Years (and more)

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

…Continued from April 2023

Task Force 2001 did substantial work during the first months of 1997. The committee was organized to articulate a vision and chart a five year course of action for the Unitarian Universalist Society … read more.

Take Part!

It’s Community Dinner Time: Wednesday, March 8 at 6:00pm 

This month’s dinner is sponsored by the UUCD Book Club who will provide homemade soups (vegetarian, vegan, and more), salad, and dessert. After dinner, you will have the option of joining in the choir rehearsal or a … read more.

Music at the Ridge Jan. 8, 2023

Tickets are now on sale at Eventbrite.com, or through www.musicattheridge.org. Join us!!

Sally Rogers and Howie Bursen

Since their 1981 Greenwich Village coffeehouse encounter this duo has built a folk reputation throughout the U.S.A. and Canada, even appearing on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home … read more.

Upcoming Events

Organizing a Thanksgiving Dinner 

Some of us have been talking about creating a Thanksgiving dinner together in Fellowship Hall where each of us brings a dish to share, and we break bread and celebrate together– kind of on the model of the Passover Seders we had … read more.

Notes on 200 Years (and More) October 2022

by Douglas H. Parkhurst 

So far this year Notes has looked at some old history of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Danbury (UUCD) and some not so old. This month let’s look again at more recent happenings. We’ll see what was going on during October 2000, … read more.