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South Nassau

Unitarian Universalist Congregation

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News You Can Use

May 7, 2025

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Join us this Sunday, May 11 at 10:30 am for our service

led by frequent guest preacher, Benjamin Van Dyne

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SNUUC APRIL 2025 STEWARDSHIP CAMPAIGN

THE POWER OF WE

TOGETHER WE CAN - TOGETHER WE WILL

** If you Haven't, Please Submit Your Pledge Form **

April 2025

Dear Members and Friends,

The Stewardship Team, Board, and co-Ministers extend our heartfelt gratitude for your ongoing generosity and commitment. Your support is truly the lifeblood of our congregation, empowering us to thrive and grow as a vibrant, inclusive community.

This year, our stewardship theme, "The Power of We," highlights the remarkable strength and potential we unlock when we come together. Already, we've experienced this power through recent improvements to our building, the implementation of our innovative shared leadership ministry, and our decision to open our space for rental to community members, groups, and businesses aligned with our UU values.

New adult programming is being coordinated, and we are actively creating even more ways for members to connect, feel supported, and deepen relationships within our community. Your pledges directly enable these efforts, enhancing our spiritual home and supporting our shared mission.

As we approach the close of our fiscal year on June 30th, we kindly invite you to fulfill your current pledge if you haven't yet done so. We also ask you to thoughtfully consider sustaining or increasing your pledge for the coming year, so we can continue building on the wonderful momentum of community and growth we've started together.

Together, through the Power of WE, we can strengthen and expand our beloved congregation, creating a brighter future for all.

With deep gratitude and hope,

The Stewardship Team, Board, and co-Ministers

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COME TO THE SPECIAL COFFEE HOUR SUNDAY, MAY 18!

HOSTED BY THE BOARD AND THE MINISTERS

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CHECK YOUR SNAIL MAIL FOR THE STEWARDSHIP LETTER AND PLEDGE FORM RECENTLY MAILED TO YOU!

Please bring your completed Pledge Form to SNUUC at Sunday Service OR mail it to SNUUC 228 S. Ocean Avenue, Freeport, NY 11520 OR Scan and Email your Pledge Form to Stewardship Committee member Mark Bennett, MarkBenn731@gmail.com

You can also Click here for a Pledge Form to print and fill in or pick one up at SNUUC or email snuuc@optonline.net to have a form mailed to you

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Together, through the Power of WE, we can strengthen and expand our beloved congregation, creating a brighter future for all.

CALLING ALL SOCIAL JUSTICE WORKERS

Our "Postcards To Swing States," are arriving this week for elections in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia. We have requested 500 cards to be written and sent to whichever area is most in need of reminders to vote. Please join us at noon on Wednesday, May 14 in the foyer to do our part to help get out the vote.

Just bring a rested writing hand, we have everything else needed.

Hope to see you all on WEDNESDAY, MAY 14th at NOON.

A MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT

After 22 years of excellent service to SNUUC, Lisa Bryson-Brockmann is retiring. Lisa started her position as office manager in 2003 when Richard Earhart was minister and Lisa has always been a steady and guiding force for the business and well-being of SNUUC. Her professional approach is matched by her caring for all aspects of what is needed and what is best for SNUUC. A grateful community says “Thank You Lisa “and we wish the very best for you in your retirement.

There will be a transition period during which Lisa will assist the new office manager to assure continuity of our programs. We invite any SNUUC member, including friends and family of SNUUC members interested in the position to speak with a Board member and/or to send inquiries to snuuc@optonline.net. The start date for the new person is flexible within the month of June as a target goal. Following is a job description.

Thank you.

In Faith, Mark Bennett

Office Administrator: This 16-hour a week position includes responsibilities for communications, membership, supplies and equipment, and building rental. Specifically, the office administrator will answer phone inquiries, create the weekly “News You Can Use” with a user-friendly template, carry out mailings, update the SNUUC calendar and make entries on the website and our electrical sign. The Administrator will also respond to questions about building rentals, and will maintain records related to rentals, pledges and deposits, and Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) reports. Position calls for using Word, Quickbooks, Constant Contact and Excel. Flexible starting date. If you are interested—or know someone who is— please send inquires to snuuc@optonline.net.

NOTE FROM THE MINISTER

REV. CAROL HUSTON

I won’t see you this Sunday, and so I want to take this opportunity to wish you a happy – or at least serene and comfortable – Mother’s Day.

Some UU ministers try to ignore Mother’s Day and I did that for a few years until I gave in to the fact that parishioners sometimes bring their mothers or children, before going out to lunch. I decided to put something of this secular holiday into the service the second weekend in May.

But Mother’s Day is in fact complicated. It is a celebration for those with good memories of Mom, but for those with more complicated backgrounds, it can be challenging. And the day is most painful for those women (and men) who hoped to be parents but who never got the chance. I have talked with people in that category many times. And they may need our quiet support this weekend.

But the best reason for UUs to mark Mother’s Day is the fact that the origin of something called Mother’s Day was the work of a Unitarian woman. Julia Ward Howe (who also write The Battle Hymn of the Republic) issued the first Mother’s Day Proclamation a few years after the Civil War. It was a peace proclamation.

The Proclamation is in the back of our gray hymnal, #573. It begins, “Arise, then, women of this day! Arise all women who have hearts, whether your baptism be that of water or of fears. Say firmly, ‘We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies.’ … From the bosom of the devastated earth, a voice goes up with our own. It says ‘Disarm, Disarm, Disarm’”

Have a good week. Think on mothers if that works for you. Or think on peace. That should work for all of us. Rev. Car0l

DO YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW NEED TO RENT SPACE

FOR AN EVENT OR MEETING? THERE'S A GREAT SPACE AT SNUUC!

Thank you to the SNUUC Board and helpers for cleaning the Brantley Wing to get the space ready for rental and income for SNUUC. Recently, two colorful events were held in this great space. Do you or someone you know need to rent space for an event or meeting? Speak with a Board member for more information about space rental at SNUUC.

CALL FOR SUNDAY SERVICE VOLUNTEERS!

SNUUC is looking for individuals to join our team of Worship Associates. As a Worship Associate, you'll play an important role in supporting our Sunday speakers and ministers during the service, helping everything run smoothly and making a meaningful contribution to our community. Interested? Contact Harriet for more info and to get involved and trained, arnoldharriet00@gmail.com.

Let's make a difference together.

Thank you for your support!

JOIN US AT OUR SERVICE

THIS SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2025

at 10:30 am

THE SERVICE IS LIVE AT SNUUC

and ON ZOOM, USE THE LINK BELOW

+ Sunday, May 11 at 10:30 am +

Benjamin Van Dyne will lead the service this Sunday

We Have a Duty to Win

"It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game.”

But when things aren’t games, when the stakes are high, when losing means people get hurt—what are we willing to do to win?

Benjamin Van Dyne works as a union organizer for the faculty union of Connecticut State University. He studied theology and social ethics at Union Theological Seminary and Fordham University, where his work focused on the interconnections between evolving concepts of race, personhood and death. He also taught undergraduate classes in religion and theology and served on the coordinating committee for the labor union of Fordham’s graduate workers. Prior to studying theology, Benjamin worked as a community organizer in Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia, New York City and Long Island. He grew up in the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, Virginia and serves as a frequent guest preacher at congregations of many denominations. He lives in the Bronx with his two children.

Harriet Arnold is the Worship Associate. Barbara Behrens is the Board Member on Duty. If you have an announcement you would like to be made at the service, please contact Barbara at Behrens.Ba@gmail.com by this Saturday morning, May 10.

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Greeters are needed for our services! If you can be a Greeter, please arrive on Sunday morning at 10:15 and say hello to people at one of the foyer doors. Thanks!

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On Sundays, the virtual room will open at 10:20 am, the service begins at 10:30 am.

Join us in the SNUUC Sanctuary or

find a comfortable spot, light a candle and join us from home!

To join the virtual Sunday Service, you'll need to install an application from a company called Zoom. If you haven't installed it already, please install this application before Sunday morning.

It's Easy & Free for you to join!

Join directly from this email...

Use this link to join all the Sunday Service Zoom Meetings

https://zoom.us/j/503143243?pwd=SGdEZjRFQjRJNDhOenNDbytDWUNtdz09

The meeting ID for Sunday’s service is: 503 143 243

The password: 003006

Zoom provides a dial-in feature for those who want to listen in.

The call in phone number for New York is: +16465588656,,503143243#

SIGN-UP FOR COFFEE HOUR

Coffee Hour is an essential part of the service for UUs. We need to make this a community affair. We ask you to please continue to bring snacks for coffee hour. We are asking people to take a turn doing set up and clean-up, there is a sign-up sheet on the Welcome Table. If all those who are able take a turn do so, this will not be a burden on any one person. As usual you will not be doing it alone. Others will help.

Thank you for helping at our Coffee Hour!

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ALL UPCOMING SERVICES are

AT SNUUC and ON ZOOM, UNLESS NOTED

May 11 - Benjamin Van Dyne

May 18 - Rev. Sharon Pataky, Special Coffee Hour hosted by Board & Ministers

May 25 - Rev. Dr. Sushmita Mukherjee

June 1 - Rev. Carol Huston, Meet the Foyer Artists Reception

June 8 - Rev. Arden Fekett

Thank You to our SNUUC Board Members!

Mark Bennett, President * Amy Norris Wenzel, Vice President *

Jojo Granoff, Treasurer * Ilene Corina, Secretary *

Barbara Behrens, Trustee * Sharon Kennelty-Cohen, Trustee

GA is GENERAL ASSEMBLY:

THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION'S

PREMIER ANNUAL GATHERING

JUNE 18 TO 22 IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND

General Assembly (GA) is the annual meeting of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), where participants gather to worship, witness, learn, connect, and make policy decisions for the Association through a democratic process.

Attend GA this Year! from Rev. Carol

Every engaged UU should try to attend General Assembly (GA) in person at least once. There are dozens and dozens of workshops on congregational leadership, social justice, spiritual practices, new ideas – or you might learn about these things from someone sitting next to you in one of those workshops. There are lots of worship experiences, many different kinds. Imagine being in a space with 4000 UUs, singing “Spirit of Life.” You will know you are part of a powerful movement.

GA this year is Wednesday afternoon, June 18, to Sunday afternoon, June 22 in Baltimore, only a train-ride away! Like most small to mid-sized UU congregations, SNUUC cannot offer financial support for attendance. You will need to pay for the train ticket (or driving), and for food and 4 nights in a hotel. Registration is $475 right now, and this cost will go up after May 15. If you dig down on the registration page, you will find a $100 discount for first-time in-person participants.

I am not a first-time participant. I have attended more than 20 GAs, and it is always joyful and inspiring. Please consider going this year. I also encourage you to visit my favorite aquarium, there in Baltimore.

Go to www.uua.org/ga/registration. You will be able to click to the schedule and other information from that page.

The SNUUC Social Justice/Social Action Team

meets each week on Wednesday

at 12 noon in the foyer.

Please join them to learn and inspire.

Speak to Sharon Kennelty-Cohen

or Harriet Arnold for more information.

SNUUC PEOPLE, SNUUC HAPPENINGS

Just for fun, let’s read a book together!

The Brown Bag Lunch and Book Club meets monthly in the foyer to discuss a good book. For the next read the group selected Jodi Picoult's book By Any Other Name. "A NY Bestseller from the co-author of Mad Honey comes an “inspiring” (Elle) novel about two women, centuries apart—one of whom is the real author of Shakespeare’s plays—who are both forced to hide behind another name."

The group will meet Thursday, May 29, at 12 noon in the Foyer. Bring your lunch and join the discussion! Any questions contact Martha Chamberlain, martha.chamberlain22@gmail.com

A FUN SUNDAY WITH TRADITIONAL IRISH STORIES

A good time was had by all who came to listen to our own Irish Storyteller, Jim Hawkins at his Talent Auction event, Driving Across America with Billy Zuckerman. On Sunday, May 4, we enjoyed Jims stories and songs along with lunch before the event. Thank you to all who attended this fun SNUUC fundraiser! If you attended and haven’t already paid, this Fundraiser for SNUUC is just $25 for adults.

WHAT IS HAPPENING with SNUUC THIS WEEK?

Wednesdays + SOCIAL JUSTICE/SOCIAL ACTION TEAM meets on Wednesdays at 12 noon in the foyer. Join them to learn and to inspire.

Wednesdays + GATHERING Join the next Gathering at SNUUC on Wednesday from 1 to 2 pm.

Saturdays + MEDITATION The Mindfulness Meditation group 9 am, Foyer & Zoom

Wednesday, May 7- Women's Journaling 1:00 pm Zoom

Thursday, May 8 - Board Meeting 7 pm on Zoom

Monday, May 12 - Lectio Divina 7:15 pm on Zoom

Sunday, May 18 - Special Coffee Hour hosted by the Board and Ministers

Scroll for more information about these and other meetings

CHECK OUR ONLINE CALENDAR

You can view SNUUC's monthly calendar online.

Go to www.SNUUC.org.

Click on ABOUT at the top of the page.

Click on EVENTS CALENDAR.

OR click on this link... SNUUC Calendar

UPCOMING BI-MONTHLY, MONTHLY and SPECIAL EVENTS

Thursday, May 29 - Brown Bag Lunch and Book Discussion 12 pm

Friday, May 30 - Connectors 6:30 pm on Zoom

Sunday, June 1 - Foyer Art Gallery Meet the Artists Reception 11:30

Scroll thru this email for more information about these and other happenings

THANK YOU TO OUR FOYER ART COMMMITTEE FOR ONCE AGAIN GRACING OUR FOYER WITH WONDERFUL ART BY LOCAL ARTISTS

CHECK OUT THE NEWEST EXHIBIT IN OUR GALLERY & COME TO THE

MEET THE ARTISTS RECEPTION ON SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 11:30

PLEASE NOTE! Our Biannual Meeting is Sunday, June 29 right after the service. There will be important information about SNUUC and Voting.

All are asked to attend!

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Mark your calendars for the next Songwriters In The Round Event, Sunday, June 22, 1-4 pm. Featured Artists are Eric Eaton, Jen Grace, Frank Gambino and Richard. Contact Phil Kennelty to say you'll be there and you can give him a hand at this fun SNUUC fundraiser! philkennelty@gmail.com

TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THAT IS HAPPENING WITH SNUUC!

ONGOING SNUUC WEEKLY EVENTS and MEETINGS

Contact information for events and meetings is below.

WEEKLY:

Tuesdays + WORSHIP The team works with the preacher, worship associate, board member on duty and the production team to plan and provide meaningful worship experiences to the congregation. For questions about the Worship Team please contact Harriet Arnold, ArnoldHarriet00@gmail.com.

Wednesdays + SOCIAL JUSTICE/SOCIAL ACTION TEAM meets on Wednesdays at 12 noon in the foyer. Join them to learn and inspire. Contact Sharon Kennelty-Cohen skennelty@gmail.com or Harriet Arnold arnoldharriet00@gmail.com

Wednesdays + GATHERING Gathering at SNUUC, 1 to 2 pm. Join SNUUC friends in the foyer, or on the front lawn when the weather is nice and enjoy each other’s company. Questions? Meet with them at SNUUC on a Wednesday afternoon or contact Joel Gershen, jojomatt@aol.com

Thursdays + FOOD DISTRIBUTION The National Day Laborers Association gives out donated food each Thursday, from 9:00 to 10:00 am. The pickup spot is in the parking lot behind the building, at the Brantley Wing door.

Saturdays + MEDITATION The Mindfulness Meditation group (aka South Ocean Sangha) - Join a regular, weekly meditation practice at SNUUC and on Zoom on Saturdays at 9 am. The practice is open to meditators at all levels. All you need to do is show up and take your seat. If you would like more information or to receive the Zoom link to join the class. Please contact Brian Larkin, bolarkin@optonline.net.

Sundays + IMPROV Long Island Improv offers fun improvisation classes many Sunday afternoons in the SNUUC foyer. Many SNUUC members have enjoyed them and found them useful for developing creativity and communication skills. Go to longislandimprov.com for all the details.

BI-MONTHLY and MONTHLY:

2nd and 4th Mondays + LECTIO DIVINA Lectio Divina meets at 7:15 pm on Zoom. Join SNUUC friends for a Lectio Divina practice. This is a contemplative practice in which we listen to a short reading and get in touch with where it resonates in our bodies, our feelings, the images that speak to us and any message or meaning it has for our lives. Contact Barbara Singer for more information, barbara.singer@gmail.com

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87865036675?pwd=anNqdzRxZ2FHWDY2dUVwWlVSWDFQZz09

Meeting ID: 878 6503 6675

Passcode: 189400

One tap mobile

+16469313860,,87865036675# US

+16465588656,,87865036675# US (New York)

1st Wednesdays + WOMEN’S JOURNALING - Women's Journaling meets from 1 to 2:30 pm on the 1st Wednesday of the month on Zoom. The women choose a book of a spiritual nature to read and during the group they speak and write on parts of the readings that hold meaning for them. For more info and Zoom link contact Anne Olsen, afleming528@gmail.com.

2nd Wednesday + LA LECHE The La Leche League of Baldwin Freeport meets in the SNUUC RE wing on the 2nd Wednesday at 10 am. For more information go to their Facebook page, La Leche League of Baldwin Freeport.

Monthly + CARING TEAM - The purpose of the Caring Team is to keep us connected and offer support and help as appropriate. For more info contact Sharon Pataky, Rev.Sharon.P@gmail.com

2nd Thursdays + BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING – The Board meets at 7 pm on the 2nd Thursday on Zoom. All are welcome. Please contact Mark Bennett for the Zoom link, MarkBenn731@gmail.com

CHECK-IN WITH FELLOW SNUUCers AT THE NEXT CONNECTORS CALL,

FRIDAY, MAY 30, 6:30 pm on ZOOM!

Hosted by the Caring Team, the monthly Connectors Zoom meeting is an opportunity for us to check-in with each other, talk about what’s new in our lives, how are things going, etc., within a what’s-said-here-stays-here hour. After check-in, time permitting, the Caring Team will offer a topic of discussion. You can either stay with the topic or choose one of your own.

We look forward to seeing you this Friday, May 30 at 6:30 pm!

Click the new link below to join:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/4080001516?pwd=T2l5VXhub2t6TytUbzZ2eWVUYkhDQT09&omn=89185896492

Meeting ID: 408 000 1516

Passcode: 228SOcean

The Connectors gathering is hosted by SNUUC's Caring Team - Doris Brass, Ilene Corina, Sharon Kennelty-Cohen and Rev. Sharon Pataky. It is a confidential call, which means that what is said and heard in the call stays in the call unless you say otherwise. The Connectors gathering is the last Friday of the month from 6:30-7:30 pm. Please email Sharon Pataky, Rev.Sharon.P@gmail.com, if you have questions or would like additional information.

HAPPENINGS AT SNUUC

The Freeport Workers Justice Center of the National Day Laborers Organizational Network held a series of 4 workshops for day laborers. They met at SNUUC to take OSHA courses to earn a certificate about the policies for safety and health in the workplace. The organization also held a series of Nutrition Classes on Monday evenings. The FWJC/NDLON distributes food packages every Thursday morning from 9 to 10 am at the door at the back of the building in the parking lot by the Brantley Wing.

NEWS FROM LIAC

the LONG ISLAND AREA COUNCIL

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LIAC serves as a beacon for liberal religion with a focus on education, advocacy, service, and spirituality for Long Island Unitarian Universalists.

Click here to learn more about LIAC

The Long Island Area Council of Unitarian Universalist Congregations, LIAC,

offers opportunities for fellowship

and connection.

LIAC aims to “serve as a catalyst to promote denominational awareness and effectiveness through communication, leadership and educational programs.”

Go to LIACUU.org for more information.

Phil Kennelty is the SNUUC LIAC Representative.

Contact Phil for more LIAC information, philkennelty@gmail.com

Sophia Fahs Camp - A Multi-Generational UU Camp Experience

August 10 - 16, 2025

The week-long Fahs Camp offers programs, worship, and activities created with the intention of building Beloved community based on caring, respect,

and Unitarian Universalist values.

Click here to learn even more.

REGISTRATION IS OPEN! Early bird rates available through February. Register early and save!

If you are a member of a LIAC member congregation click here LIAC member registration. All other friends click here Regional Registration

Our Mission is to create an intergenerational Unitarian Universalist community that provides enjoyable, practical, and spiritual experiences in a safe, beautiful, and natural environment that will inspire children, youth, and adults to explore their identities: personal, communal, and Unitarian Universalist.

Who should attend? We offer programs for a multigenerational camp experience. We welcome families of all ages and sizes, young adults, and seniors who hold fond memories of attending with their children. Each community member signs a Covenant by which to live during our week together.

How We Grow Together We create programs and experiences that focus on four major areas: Spiritual Growth, Building Community and Interpersonal Relationships,

Nature and Creativity, Recreational and Social Activities.

OUR UU COMMUNITY

Rev. Ashley DeTar Birt is the Program Manager for New York Unitarian Universalist Justice. NYUUJ serves as the New York State Action Network (SAN) and connects UUs in NYS to justice issues on a legislative level. More information can be found at our website.

NYUUJ wants to connect with constituents. Click on this graphic which leads people to their mailing list sign up. Their primary method of connection and information is email.

UU Housing

Have you thought about moving? Why not think about living in the vibrant community of Port Washington on Long Island! How about considering living at Hadley House, a 40-unit apartment building for UU member Independent Seniors, 62+ and their families? Hadley House is a Senior Residence operated by UUCSR, Hadley House, LLC. If you have any questions about the availability of units or how to apply, they can be answered by the Social Worker in the building, Susan Bagnini, 516-944-8457, 464 Main St., Port Washington. Or go to this UUCSR/Hadley House link for more information.

The Central East Region (CER) of the UUA helps congregations of all shapes and sizes connect with each other and with resources that help them best express their Unitarian Universalist faith in a changing and hurting world. "We believe that we’re at our best when we work together–and we Central East Region staff work together to help your congregation be its best". SNUUC’s primary contact person for CER is Rev. Alia Shinbrough (they/them), ashinbrough@uua.org

"Our job as UUA Congregational Life staff is to support your congregation through what we call ‘the Four Cs’: Coaching, Companioning, Connecting and Challenging. We have resources at hand and a wealth of experience to coach you through whatever your current situation. We walk with you in times of joy and sorrow, so you know that you aren’t alone, and so we can help you celebrate and learn from you. We connect you to other congregations, to the wider UUA and to the work of our faith so we can be better together. And we challenge you, just like you challenge us, to be the most faithful partners we can be in this joint adventure of Unitarian Universalism." Click here to read the monthly blog from the UUA Central East Region

Trip Camp 2025:

An exciting New Year in Adventure!

Unirondack’s 2024’s trip season was groundbreaking! We had 3 times as many trips and 4 times as many campers as any previous spring + summer. Here’s what you can look forward to in our 2025 season:

Mini-trips (3 days) for youth camp were a huge success, and we’re excited to continue offering this format for summer 2025.
Summer Youth Camp trip dates are changing! In 2025 campers can now choose to go on a week-long trip without missing their regular Parker or Ballou Session.
Spring and fall seasons of 2025 will feature 4 exciting trip camps for adults, including: Artists and Creatives trip camp (canoe), Oswegatchie Expedition (canoe), 90-Miler Blueway (canoe), Peak Queerness (backpack)
New in 2025: Family Trips- - a customized Adirondacks trip for whatever ‘family’ means to you, fully outfitted, guided, and fed by Unirondack.

Go to Unirondack.org for information

"The Rowe UU Camp and Conference Center is more than a camp or conference center, it is a place where souls come to connect, where families come to celebrate and thought leaders come to increase awareness and heighten senses." Their retreat center is located in the East Berkshires in the town of Rowe, Massachusetts, a community founded in 1785. Rowecenter.org

As we plan our fall activities, the Rowe Center encourage us to support their organization by attending their enriching programs. Your participation is essential to continuing their mission of fostering community and growth at Rowe. They have returned to a sliding scale pricing structure for most programs to align more closely with their values of equity and inclusion. They hope to see you there in person or online soon!

REMINDER TO HELP KEEP OUR LIVES GREEN

SNUUC Environmentalist Sharon Kennelty-Cohen reminds us to use washable plates instead of single-use paper ones for Coffee Hour and other fun food events at SNUUC and at home. We have a dishwasher, soap, a double sink in the kitchen and a single one in the pantry. Five minutes washing a few dishes makes it more likely that our great-grandchildren will have trees to climb.

Please consider this before you grab a plastic or paper plate or cup. Thank You!

SNUUC STUFF

There have been reports that SNUUC members received scam emails and texts that use our names to make requests. Some have requested PDF files of our directory, some allude to an errand needed and some are asking for cash. Please disregard anything that looks like this. Do not click to open or reply to anything like this. This happened to us in the past and it is happening to other churches as well. Mark Bennett and the Board

REMEMBER OUR

SNUUC FREE FOOD PANTRY...

PLEASE HELP! DONATIONS OF

CANNED FOOD ARE NEEDED!

Thank you Regina and Eagle Scouts who refurbished our Food Pantry doors!

With food donations to our neighbors right on our property, we have a busy food pantry located at the northwest corner of the building in the parking lot at the end of the driveway. The next time you are grocery shopping please pick up a few cans of beans or tuna or hearty soup and bring them to SNUUC for the Freeport community. You can put the items in the kitchen, thanks!

Please bring canned food donations, no fresh food please,

or you can donate money to purchase food!

Our Little Free Library on the front lawn needs books to share with the neighborhood. Novels, gardening and cook books, children's books are all good choices.

Do you have any good books you can share? Please put them in our Little Free Library. You will probably find a book there for you to enjoy!

DO YOU HAVE A BUSINESS OR SERVICE YOU WANT TO ADVERTISE?

or DO YOU KNOW OF A BUSINESS THAT WANTS TO ADVERTISE?

YOUR AD CAN BE HERE EACH WEEK!

Details: Send your business card size artwork to SNUUC@optonline.net Please include your name and contact information with your artwork. Once approved, it will go in to the News You Can Use. Please send or bring your payment to SNUUC. Questions? Contact Ilene Corina, icorina@aol.com

PASTORAL CARE and KEEPING CONNECTED with ONE ANOTHER

NOTES FROM THE CARING TEAM

You may have heard of the Caring Committee at SNUUC but wonder what we do. The Caring Team has two functions: to keep members and friends connected to SNUUC and to offer you help and support when your life is disrupted out of its usual routines. Having a place to “land” concerns that can get acknowledged and acted upon is helpful.

What kind of help? We can offer a listening ear and maybe help you find resources in the community. We can offer practical help. Someone needed snow shoveling and we found someone at SNUUC to shovel. Someone needed meals, we put together a team of support to make and deliver meals. Someone needed a ride to the doctor; we found the ride. What else? Visits, errand running, help with tasks like shopping, and more.

But, just as important, if we don’t see you or hear from you, we may check in with you to be sure you are OK. This may be a card, an email, a text or a phone call. Don’t feel obligated to reply, though if we don’t hear back, we will try again in a month or so. We want you to know we are thinking of you.

The Caring Team is Doris Brass, Ilene Corina, Sharon Kennelty-Cohen and Rev. Sharon Pataky. For more information contact Sharon Pataky, Rev.Sharon.P@gmail.com.

DO YOU HAVE A KEY TO OUR BUILDING THAT YOU DO NOT USE?

PLEASE RETURN IT TO THE OFFICE, THEY ARE EXPENSIVE.

YOU CAN LEAVE IT ON THE DESK or SLIP IT IN THE MAIL SLOT

UNDER THE FRONT WINDOWS IF THAT'S EASIEST. THANK YOU!

BOARD PRESIDENT DISCRETIONARY FUND

What is the SNUUC Board President Discretionary Fund?

This is a separate fund to be disbursed by the Board President to SNUUC members and friends to help with unanticipated expenses for which they have no other funding source.

How is it funded? It is funded through contributions made by SNUUC members and friends. It is a separate fund and not part of the operating fund.

How do I gain access to the funds. To receive help from the discretionary fund simply speak with Board President Mark Bennett. While a record is kept of all monies disbursed, the names of the recipients will remain confidential. This is a small fund, but Mark will try to help you as much as possible.

How can I contribute to the fund?

Yes, please contribute if you can! You will be helping other SNUUC members and friends. Write a check, made payable to SNUUC, write in the memo line Board President Discretionary Fund, and mail to 228 So. Ocean Av, Freeport 11520. You can also donate by clicking the Donate Button on our website, SNUUC.org. You will see the Discretionary Fund option in addition to the Donate and Pledge options. When you send a donation you will be sent a donation letter for your taxes.

Thank you!

Questions? Contact Mark Bennett, MarkBenn731@gmail.com

SNUUC FUNDRAISING NEWS

SNUUC is offering an opportunity to advertise in the weekly

News You Can Use and on the SNUUC website.

Look for more information in this email,

with the advertisement for PULSE services.

It's a win-win situation. You gain business and SNUUC gains a contribution.

Do You have a

Fundraising Idea

for SNUUC?

Talk with a Board Member

IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT! READ THIS!

Good News! Our building is protected by a security system!

An alarm will go off when you enter the building!

You need a code to disarm the alarm.

If you have a key to SNUUC & do not have your code,

contact Sharon Kennelty-Cohen by text to set up your own personal code.

Text Sharon at 516-312-0403

You will not need to disarm the system if someone else is already in the building

when you arrive, or if the system is not armed.

UU YOUNG ADULT REVIVAL NETWORK - YARN

An Opportunity for Young Adults

YARN is a project to rebuild the continental UU young adult network! This includes growing identity groups, worship services, leadership calls, online conferences and more. There are several ways your congregations and organizations can help UU young adults, friends and future folx find our community.

We made a short video that explains what YARN is. Watch and see what we are all about!

An Introduction to the Young Adult Revival Network – YouTube

Sign Up For Our Newsletter: We send out a bi-monthly newsletter, The Sweet Potato, containing all the young adult ministry opportunities that YARN and other UU organizations offer.

In Faith and Service,

Roddy Biggs & Kamila Jacob, YARN Worship Chairs

rbiggs@uuma.org

kamilajacob15@gmail.com