Welcome!
This is where you'll find information about our congregation, beliefs, programs, and events. If you have any questions about anything you see or read here, please call us at (914) 271-4283. Additional contact information and directions to the fellowship are available by following the links under General Information.
Two services are held each Sunday from September through mid-June. The first service begins at 9 a.m. and the second at 11 a.m. Sunday school runs concurrently with the second service at 11 a.m. Babysitting is only available at the 11 a.m. service. See the Services schedule for detailed service information. See the The Loop for the latest in Religious Education.
Who Are We?
One of the more common comments we hear from visitors who attend our services is: “I wish I had known about you before now! I think I’ve been a Unitarian Universalist all along and didn’t know it.”
Our Mission
We are an open, inclusive religious Fellowship, striving to build a beloved community that fosters the search for personal truth, social justice and spiritual growth.
We are committed to nurturing the connections that draw us together.
We are committed to a liberal religious education based on the
respectful exchange of ideas.
And we are committed to reaching out to help build a more just and compassionate world.
What makes us different from most other religious faiths is that we are non-creedal, which means that we seek religious truth through personal experience, conscience and reason—not from any book or religious authority that we are told to believe. This doesn’t mean that whatever anyone believes is fine, since some beliefs are good for us and others are not. We regard the highest values to be integrity, caring, compassion, social justice, truth, personal peace and harmony. Advancing these values is a major purpose of our congregation. Instead of being absorbed by salvation for an “afterlife,” we are more concerned about living responsibly and deeply, here and now.
Another way of saying this is that we are primarily concerned with how we should live, individually and collectively, so that we might become better people, partners, parents and citizens. And we are concerned with exploring our spiritual nature, the part of us that is connected to something larger than ourselves.
More information about What We Believe…
Currently at UUBCO:
Junior Art Show
On May 19, The UUFBCO will hold the opening reception of the Junior Art Show. This annual event is a long standing tradition at UUFBCO and I believe it affirms our commitment to the important place art and creativity holds in the Unitarian Universalist Religion.
Details as follows:
Original Artwork and Photographs are acceptable. We do have some room (not a lot) for sculpture.
* All art must be framed and equipped with a side-to-side wire for hanging.
The work is limited to works with a maximum outside dimension of 20 x 24.
* All work must be labeled on back with artist’s name, address, telephone number and the title. If for sale, please include price.
* Art must be dropped off at the Church on either Sunday, May 6 between 12 noon and 1 p.m. or on Sunday, May 13 between 12 noon and 3 p.m.
The works must be picked up on Sunday, June 10 between 12 noon and 2 p.m. We cannot store art so arrangements must be made to have it picked up.
Opening Reception for family and friends: Saturday, May 19 from 4 to 6 p.m.
Lynda Karanikolas ladylbk@aol.com
Posted on: April 15th, 2012
Ministerial Search Committee
Dear Members,
Thank you all for participating in the election of the Ministerial Search Committee. And a tremendous thanks to all of the candidates; their willingness to serve in this important role truly is an asset to this congregation.
Our Ministerial Search Committee will be comprised of Susan Peet, Kathy Williams, Sonya Lewis, Jessica Malionek, Eddy Fried, Michael Schwartz and Chuck Morrissey.
The Committee has much important work to do over the next fourteen months, and our strong showing in the election - 92 members submitted ballots, an extraordinary turnout - demonstrates how much trust we have placed in this group. As a congregation, in fact, we all have more important work to do as we prepare to call a new minister.
Congratulations and heartfelt gratitude to the Ministerial Search Committee and all of the candidates. If you would like to get a better sense of the tasks the Committee will be undertaking, please click here for the UUA’s calendar and checklist laying out the earliest preparations for our transition all the way through the congregation’s call of a new minister.
The fantastic participation of the whole congregation in the election of the Ministerial Search Committee says so much about the excitement we have and the momentum we are carrying forward through this process. This is a historic time for us.
Rob Malionek
Posted on: April 13th, 2012
“The Genius of the World’s Religions” Genius of Shamanism
Rev. Brugnola is offering an adult education series, “The Genius of the World’s Religions.”
The Genius of Shamanism program will run from 7:30-9 p.m. on Monday, June 4. Please Note Change in Date.
Posted on: March 7th, 2012
UU Discussion Course “Hungry for Change”
The UU Discussion Course “Hungry for Change” will hold its first session Wednesday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary. The following meetings will be held on Wednesday, April 4, April 18, May 2, May 16 and May 30.
Please contact Peter Callaway (thecallaways@att.net) or Marge Grimm (914-827-8298) with any questions.
Posted on: March 7th, 2012
Fellowship May 2012 Newsletter
Click on May 2012 Newsletter to view the Fellowship most recent Newsletter.
Posted on: February 1st, 2012
UUBCO Native Garden Website
Thanks to Susie Dugaw, the Fellowship now has a Native Garden website. There you will find photographs of each native plant in the UUBCO garden, along with information about each plant. There are also links to where to buy the plants and seeds and links to container gardening, composting and native lawns. To access the Native Garden website, please click on UUBCOnativegarden.wikispaces.com.
Posted on: June 29th, 2009
Cortlandt/Croton Food Bank Support
For nearly 20 years, our Fellowship has supported the Cortlandt/Croton Food Bank with weekly collections of food and other items. It started as a Girl Scout Project and has been carried on by SAC ever since.
Thank you for your continued support of this vital community resource. Thank you, Bearni Croft and Bob Hudson
Posted on: September 1st, 2008
