Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Briarcliff, Croton, and Ossining

Harvest Festival Traditions

Poet John Greenleaf Whittier once asked Ralph Waldo Emerson what he prayed for. “When I first open my eyes upon the morning meadows and look out upon the beautiful world,” replied Emerson, “I thank God I am alive–and that I live so near Boston.”
Likewise this Thanksgiving season, I give thanks for being alive and having [...]

Art Sunday

A couple of months ago I wrote a little composition for the Newsletter entitled “Who Will Welcome Them at the Door?” This is some of what I wrote:
When a young woman, unhappy with her conservative Christian upbringing, but still believes in God and Jesus, and loves to worship, and believes in prayer, and voted [...]

New Member Sunday

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in his address to Congress on January 6, 1941, memorably and lastingly sketched out a global vision based on the attainment of four essential freedoms.[1]
The first is freedom of speech and expression everywhere in the world.
The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way everywhere in the [...]

UU Orientation

Fellow UU’ers,
While attending the President Roundtable at the Community Church of NY UU in Manhattan I was given a CD of “Drive Time Essays” released by the UUA. This CD contains about 20 different essays on topics pertaining to lay leadership within the UUA. You can read the PDF versions at http:// www.uua.org/programs/ layleader/drivetime.html. You [...]

In the “Minister’s Vision” letter I sent out in the September Newsletter, I said something about creating a shared ministry culture in the Fellowship, versus a committee culture or a board culture. A few have queried me about that, saying, “What do you mean? Decisions have to be made. Work has to be done. The [...]