Archive for October, 2006

Program Sunday

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

Why Pursue The Green Sanctuary Program? Sunday, October 29. The Sunday morning services at 9 o’clock and at 11 o’clock on October 29 will answer this question. Peter Callaway, who has been leading not only our own Fellowship’s sustainability study group but also has begun groups in his local community and participated in a […]

New Site Feature — Announcement Submission Form

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

Here’s an easy way to submit your announcement information right from the UUBCO Website.
Follow this link to the Announcement Submission Form, fill out the form, and an email will be sent to our administrator containing your announcement request. There are also links to the form in the link list on the right of the homepage […]

Faith, Politics, and Society

Sunday, October 22nd, 2006

What would the world look like if it were run by religious parties rather than national ones? This is not the world we live in, but there are signs that it is the one we are moving toward. Among those signs was a public letter sent last May by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president […]

Unitarian Univeralism (UU) Explained

Sunday, October 15th, 2006

Prospective Unitarian Universalist (UU) Member Lunch with Minister and UU Members. Are you new to UU? Want to learn more? Want to find out how you can become a member of this vibrant community? Please join us at a round table discussion session with Rev. Jim Covington, our minister, and members of the congregation. We’ll […]

What Do We Believe?
(Anything We Want?)

Sunday, October 15th, 2006

Today I have decided to talk about our faith. Seems timely enough, since in the immediate context, we are offering a UU orientation class today for those interested to learn more about our faith. The subject is also timely in the broader context—at a time when Sam Harris continues to challenge the […]

Program Sunday

Sunday, October 8th, 2006

We Begin Again in Love

Sunday, October 1st, 2006

Against the fundamentalisms of hate, we must create a counter-fundamentalism of love—knowing, without hesitation or equivocation, that this is what we must do to heal the fractured world. –Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
We are in the midst of the Jewish High Holy Days - Rosh Hashanah - the legendary birth of the universe proclaimed by the […]

President’s Letter — October 2006

Sunday, October 1st, 2006

Dear Members and Friends,
While making all efforts to roll gracefully from summer to fall we have faced a number of setbacks. Many of our members are facing serious medical problems. One of our wonderful members died this week. Others are having serious financial and relationship issues. Such is life, one could say. But the burden […]

Minister’s Letter — October 2006

Sunday, October 1st, 2006

In 1957, 12 local members of the White Plains Community Church decided to look into the possibility of forming a fellowship in the Croton vicinity. They started meeting in the Croton Community Nursery School and established a Sunday School for about 35 children. A few years later, because of the need for more space, the […]