Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Briarcliff, Croton, and Ossining

Rappin’ with the Rev after the 11 am service.

Audio file of 9-28-08 sermon
Well, how shall I begin? That was the question I kept asking myself this week as I pondered over the theme of the sermon today. With the way things are going politically and economically in our nation, it has been impossible to know what one day will bring [...]

Audio file of 9-21-08 sermon
There is an old story in the Jewish tradition of the man who asked Rabbi Shamai to teach him Judaism while standing on one foot. Shamai, notoriously impatient, chased the man away. Then he went to Rabbi Hillel and made the same request. While standing on one foot, [...]

OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY, BRING A FRIEND SUNDAY.
CC Facilitator Recognition at each service.
NEWCOMERS CHAT WITH THE MINISTER — after coffee hour.

Audio file of 9-14-08 sermon
If I have my numbers right, in 51 days we will have elected a new President. In one sense, what a relief that will be! The Presidential election process has been a longer road than usual this time around, with the primary elections taking almost two years. And [...]

Children attend first part of 11 am service; minister tells a story.
Second Collection to benefit Heifer International.

Audio file of 9-7-08 sermon
Welcome to Homecoming Sunday, as I like to call it-that Sunday when we return from summer’s journeys or not-and greet one another and welcome newcomers and share our stories and celebrate our religious community together.
For 6 or 7 years we have celebrated Homecoming with a water communion ritual. Many of [...]

- coming home like rivers to the sea.  We will celebrate this day with our traditional water communion.  Water communion is a welcome service that invites members and friends of the congregation to bring to the service a small amount of water from a place that is special to them.  As the water is poured [...]

I AM TRULY LOOKING FORWARD to our being together again on September 7th.   The summer seems to have passed remarkably fast this year.  But we always say that, don’t we?  Yet, I also feel that my absence from you has been overlong.  I am looking forward to our special Water Communion service on the 7th [...]

Welcome Back!
Did you miss lighting the chalice, hearing Jim’s message and meeting friends once a week at 9 or 11 am during the last few months? I did too, but I didn’t have to. Fortunately, a number of our members continued services with lay-lead programs through the summer. Many thanks to the Program Committee for [...]

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