Upcoming Services
April 25, 2021 – "Curating a Life" - Rev. Margie Allen
It’s fascinating to read about how curators decide what to include, for instance, in an exhibit in a museum. The process is way more complicated than you might think. You are a curator too. How’s it going? Deede Cook is the Worship Associate. Deede Cook, Peter Winkler, and Mike Hoffman share the gift of music.
To join the service at 10:30 on Zoom, click:
https://zoom.us/j/92093856109?pwd=OC9MaWtRSmwrSFhDTk9aR3lZMkVwQT09
Webinar ID: 920 9385 6109 Passcode: 691062
Click here (link coming soon) to view the recording of the April 18 service. Visit our Service Archives for links to recordings of all UUFSB past online services.
Weekly Events and Special Announcements – Apr. 18-25
Click here to see this week's events and special announcements, including the weekly calendar, service attendance, pledge status, and share-the-plate news.
Small Group Chats After Service
If you would like to talk in a small group after the service ends, please leave the service meeting a few minutes after service ends. Then click on the link below to join a new meeting in which you will be broken out into small groups:
https://zoom.us/j/92961051115?pwd=czNiekpoYWg4LzR0cXA0V2JwNnIwUT09.
RE Online Classes - 9:45-10:15 a.m.
Teachers will admit students individually into the class, so you may wish to log in a few minutes early. Please use this link to join: https://zoom.us/j/95876524843.
Pledge Payments/Share the Plate
Dear Friends, While our in-building services are suspended, we are continuing services and Fellowship online. Our larger mission continues as well — we still support the community through our Share-the-Plate program. We continue to see supporting our Fellowship as part of our spiritual practice. And we can all do our part to keep our Fellowship going. We ask our Members and Friends to continue to make pledge payments and plate offerings by mailing a check to UUFSB, 380 Nicolls Road, E. Setauket, NY 11733; making your payments through a billpay service with your bank; or using the Paypal button below. Whatever method you use, please be sure to designate where you want your donation directed. For checks / bill pay, add the designation in the "Memo" line / "Add a Memo" field. Please consider using the "Make this a monthly donation" option. Thank you!
Upcoming Events / News
Humanist Discussion Group Online Meeting - Tuesday, Apr. 20, 7:00 p.m.
The Humanist Discussion Group meets online at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 20. The topic is "The Tech and Media Monopolies (Oligopolies).." All are welcome.
Join Zoom Meeting https://stonybrook.zoom.us/j/2189272259 Meeting ID: 218 927 2259 One tap mobile +16468769923,,2189272259# US (New York)
For more info, contact Gil Hanson at or 631-513-1583.
Sanctuary Labyrinth Walks Have Resumed - Thursdays, 1:30 p.m
We have resumed our weekly walks at 1:30 p.m. in the sanctuary. Each walk will be limited to 10 attendees. Send an email () to Linda Mikell to sign up. You can reserve for one or more sessions for the month of April.
Morning Meditation on Zoom - Weekdays at 7:30 a.m.
You are invited to join Rev. Linda Anderson and the Stony Brook Sangha in a Zoom morning meditation. On Mondays through Fridays, a number of us gather to meditate from 7:30-8:00 a.m. We start with a guided meditation and then finish in silence. It’s a great way to start the day. If you are interested in joining, please contact Linda at .
Zoom into Story Theology with Rev. Margie - Thursdays at 11:00 a.m.
Story Theology is a form of lectio divina in which we read a short text together and then plumb our reaction to the piece in a specific order that builds personal and shared revelation of meaning. This process can become a lifelong spiritual practice of engaging your whole body’s wisdom in your approach to texts you read and stories you hear. As a discipline it protects you from snap judgments and other kinds of reactivity, and provides a reliable route through the surface meaning into the deeper place where your experience and the text inform each other.
We are meeting on Thursdays, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., in the Zoom room at the link below. Drop in—drop out. No preparation required.
Click here to join the Zoom meeting. Meeting ID: 966 9265 7792 Passcode: 074688
Caregiver Support Group — First and Third Thursdays of the Month on Zoom, 1:00-2:30 p.m.
If you are, have been, or anticipate being a caregiver for a loved one, you might know what a hard job it can be. Maybe you don’t know what to expect. Maybe you think you finally have a handle on something and everything changes. It’s an ever- present learning curve and a host of different emotions. From whom and what do you draw support? What resources are available to you? How do you take care of yourself?
The group is facilitated by the Rev Dr. Linda Anderson. If you are interested in being part of such a group, please contact Rev Linda at . Upcoming meetings will be held on Thursdays, May 6 and 20.
People Talking About Unitarian Universalism
This video was created by the Unitarian Universalist Association to give people an introduction to Unitarian Universalism.
If you are interested in Unitarian Universalism, we hope you’ll visit us to learn more. If attending our services doesn’t fit your life, you might want to investigate the Church of the Larger Fellowship, a virtual congregation of Unitarian Universalists, with more than 3,500 members around the U.S. They hold online services on Sundays at 8 p.m., and on Mondays at 9 a.m. or 1:30 p.m.
You can find them at clfuu.org.
Further Reading
A Precarious Path: The Bold Experiment of the Fellowship Movement
Unitarian Universalist Origins: Our Historic Faith (Mark W. Harris)
History of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Stony Brook
Video of our 50th Anniversary
Video of our 50th Anniversary Service and Dedication Ceremony
A video of the full service from our special anniversary service and the building dedication on October 21, 2012 is posted on our website. The video is quite large and may take a few minutes to load. Go to http://uufsb.org/worship-service-videos.