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Members of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Northern Chautauqua (UUCNC) celebrated a milestone in giving in mid-February, when they gave their Sunday offering to the Chautauqua County Rural Ministry. Since 2009, when UUCNC started sharing one Sunday’s offering each month with a…
February 26, 2016 | From CER NewsTagged as: Congregational Stories & Best Practices in Social Justice -
Response to Twittered, Tweeted and Still Lonely? by Rev. Linda Hoddy 2010 Gould Discourse There are three responses to the 2010 Gould Discourse Download the responses to this discourse: Asprooth-Jacksonn (PDF), Gilbert (PDF), Purcell (PDF) Respondent Rev. Kelly Wiesman Asprooth-Jackson Thank you,…
December 14, 2015 | From Gould Discourse -
Over the last few months, many Unitarian Universalist congregations have taken the bold, public step of showing solidarity with the Black Lives Matters movement. Sometimes this has been through placing a Black Lives Matter banner in a public space on their congregational grounds. Other times it has…
By David Pyle | September 27, 2015 | From CER NewsTagged as: Social Justice -
This year’s General Assembly on June 22-26, 2016 will be held at the Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, OH. Workshop Proposals are now being accepted htrough November 2 at 3 pm. …
September 25, 2015 | From CER News -
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption is the UUA’s 2015-16 Common Read.
August 30, 2015 | From CER News -
During the storms that swept through New Jersey and New York last Tuesday, the Unitarian Universalist (UU) Church of Flushing, in Queens, NY was struck by lightening which resulted in a roof fire. The fire was contained to the roof of the church and was out within 30 minutes. No injuries were…
June 25, 2015 | From CER News -
Rev. Scott Tayler and Rev. Joan VanBecelaere are very please to announce the addition of three new staff to the Central East Region Congregational Life Team as well as several other additions to other regions. Raziq Brown, Rev. Megan Foley and Rev. Hope Johnson will join the team this fall.
June 20, 2015 | From CER News -
My son is 19 months old and his favorite topic of conversation is what noises animals make. No surprise then, that one of his favorite songs is “Old MacDonald”. At our house “Old MacDonald” has a lot of verses. There are every variety of farm animal and usually the babies too. And there are elk,…
By Evin Carvill Ziemer | May 27, 2015 | From Better TogetherTagged as: UU Beliefs -
We are in an unprecedented situation with regards to the interim ministerial search this year, one that has not occurred in the recent history of Unitarian Universalism. In the broadest description, the issue is that there are significantly more congregations this year looking for interim ministries than there are ministers available to fulfill those interim ministries.
May 23, 2015 | From CER News -
It is with great sadness we share that the Southold congregation lost their building to fire last night. The investigation continues, but it early reports show that it appears it was electrical in nature.
March 15, 2015 | From CER News