February 5, 2020

Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock

We aspire to be a loving, religious community where we can grow spiritually and build a more just and joyful world. —UUCSR Vision Statement

February Theme: Resilience See the Program and Event List Here

Touchstones Upcoming Worship Services The Rev. Dr. Natalie M. Fenimore

Sunday, February 9, 2020, 11:00 am As we struggle to build personal resilience in a world where anxiety, disaster, and fear seem evermore present, it can be helpful to develop spiritual practices which enable us to bend but not break in the face of the negative reality around us. A gift of Unitarian Universalist theology is the belief that human beings are capable of making changes in the world without supernatural assistance. Each of us can build the strength and resilience to weather the storm and to work for the good. Unitarian In his gospel song, Donnie McClurken sings, "We Fall Down but We Universalists can find many avenues for the spiritual growth which Get Up... for a saint is just a sinner who fell down and got up." We supports resilience. all fall down but what enables us to get back up? What supports our resilience? Unitarian Universalist minister, Rev. Erik Walker Wikstrom lists Eight Spheres of Spiritual Growth: Friday Evening, February 14, 2020 1. Personal Spiritual Practices: These are practices done alone and perhaps, daily—such as meditation, journaling, or prayer. This is what people most often think of as “spiritual practice.”

2. Communal Worship Practices: Unitarian Universalists affirm the unique and individual nature of each person’s spiritual path but our faith includes a belief in the deepening of individual journeys through regular engagement with communal worship.

3. Spiritual Partnerships: Most faith traditions affirm the usefulness of companions on the journey. A spiritual partnership Where music lies at the heart of religious experience with the Rev. can happen in a small group ministry, with a minister, spiritual Jennifer L. Brower and The Cosmic Orchestra director, in a one-on-one relationship with an congregant or Dinner 6:30 PM ($5); Worship 7:30 PM; Free Coffee House afterward friend. This is a relationship of mutual intention and mutual features Duke Levine with Kevin Barry. commitment.

4. Mind Practice: This is the role of adult religious education: UUCSR offers transportation assistance to Worship Services book studies, film discussions, lectures, adult forums, scripture for members who are unable to travel studies, courses in UU history, and other RE offerings in a rich due to physical or financial limitations. and integrated program. Contact Kimberly Rossiter, Assistant to the Ministers, at krossiter@uucsr. org, or at 516.472.2941 for an application. 5. Body Practices: This includes physical practices like yoga, tai chi, running, gardening, and almost anything that keeps us in touch with the miracle of our physical selves.

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6. Soul Practices: These are practices that exercise our creative Sunday, February 16, 2020, 11:00 am selves—like drawing, painting, sculpting, music, poetry.

7. Life Practices: We eventually need to take what we do in private and in our congregations out into the rest of our lives—in our relationships with our extended family, in our workplaces, into our interactions with strangers.

8. Justice Practices: Movement toward a fully mature spirituality does not stop at the goal of transforming ourselves, but extends to care for others' well-being and includes a vision for transformation of the world. The justice work of feeding the poor, struggling for workers' rights, advancing voter registration, There are events in life that hollow us out, like an old tree that has a prison reform, grant-making for social change—these actions hole in its trunk. Yet somehow the tree continues to live, and even can be seen as kinds of embodied prayer. to thrive. Resilience is the ability to adapt in the face of adversity. To recover from trauma, to heal, to thrive, requires relationships— May we remember that we are more powerful—and more resilient— supportive, engaged, life-giving relationships. Creating loving than we know—both as individuals and as a community. religious community is grounded in relationships. The Rev. Dr. Natalie Maxwell Fenimore Sunday, February 23, 2020, 11:00 am Meditation Thursdays Offered through UUCSR Pastoral Care and Lay Chaplaincy

Off ered through UUCSR Pastoral Care and Lay Chaplaincy Meditation Thursdays Monthly Every Third Thursday FEBRUARY ONLY: Second Thursday of the month 6:00 PM • Chapel Next Session: February 13, 2020 No one wants to experience heartbreak and suffering—rather, they are experiences we often hope to avoid. According to empathy Facilitated by PAUL CARBONE expert Dr. Brené Brown, however, our capacity for sincere, full- Lay Chaplain at UUCSR hearted living is the same as our capacity to experience heartbreak. If we harden our hearts to avoid paying attention to pain, we stop connecting to our hearts. Since our own connection to our hearts is Paul Carbone creates a space for centering and meditation essential to building a more compassionate world, our heartbreak that varies to include guided meditations, stories, music, sound, visual prompts, or other techniques which may be from at the state of the world, as well as our willingness to pay attention a number of diff erent religious or spiritual traditions. to it, gives us the grace to bring into being more empathy and more One’s own authentic experiences are all that matters to justice. So: how do we receive the grace of heartbreak? determine what practice(s) work best for you.

Sunday, March 1, 2020, 11:00 am Paul Carbone is a Lay Chaplain at UUCSR, Associate Chaplain at NYU Langone Medical Center, co-Chair of The Guild for Spiritual Guidance, and Primordial Sound Meditation Instructor through the Chopra Center.

He has given workshops on meditation and stress reduction Worthy Now techniques, He is currently in the One Spirit Interfaith Ministry program.

Paul Carbone creates a space for centering and Questions? Contact Kimberly Rossiter, meditation that variesThe to includeRev. Meg guided Riley, meditations, Guest Minister Assistant to the Ministers stories, music, sound, visual prompts, or other techniques 516.472.2941, [email protected] which may be from a number of diff erent religious or spiritual traditions. One’s own authentic2 experiences are all that matters to The Quest determine what practice(s) work best for you. Board of Trustees Mark Hartman, President of the Congregation

Congregational Meeting Of January 12, 2020 Membership Information Congregational Years 2014–2020 On Sunday, January 12, the Congregation held its first meeting of as of 1/10/2020 the new calendar year. At that meeting, the Congregation approved five grants that had been recommended by the Veatch Board of For CY14– # of # of # of Governors totaling $485,000. These grants were brought to the CY20 members members members Congregation in fulfillment of the requirement in the Veatch on 6/30 on 12/31 on 1/1 (of Program Resolution that "grants to a single grantee in one fiscal (prior to (of fiscal fiscal year) year in excess of $75,000 shall require the prior approval of the the fiscal year) (reported Congregation." year start) to UUA)

As I noted in my Report at the meeting, the $75,000 threshold is CY2014 670 680 632 one that has remained unchanged for more than 30 years and the Veatch Board of Governors has started to discuss whether changes CY2015 682 709 665 in that provision are appropriate. CY2016 666 688 645 I would like to lift up two other matters that were presented at the Congregational Meeting. These two items are related to each CY2017 667 673 596 other. CY2018 640 657 553 As our Treasurer, Brian Muellers, noted, pledges and other contributions in general support of the Congregation that were CY2019 627 629 560 received as of 12/31/2019 totaled $240,149. This means that the Spending Limit adopted by the Congregation last November will CY2020 606 615 554 be increased by $20,785.

Because this was the first time that pledges and contributions have been used directly to supplement the Spending Limit, there is no real basis to compare the amount of $240,149 with amounts Caring Committee that have been pledged and given in previous years. Nevertheless, Diane Lombardy, Chair I would like to think that this change in how we conduct our pledge drive was successful and that the Financial Development Committee will build on this model in the future.

The second matter that I would like to lift up relates to our membership. On 1/1/2020, our membership consisted of 554 individuals. As you can read from the chart opposite, this figure is virtually indistinguishable from the lowest membership figure of the past six years.

I will leave it to others to analyze the chart and decide whether this measure of our Congregation is half-full or half-empty. I have seen the list of the names of those 60 or so members who dropped off the list on January 1. In some cases, I see they are not in our area and I hope they have continued their religious pilgrimage elsewhere. In other instances, I am confident that their departure Sunday, February 9, 2020 was inadvertent and they will return. But there are others whom I have not seen in quite some time and now their last connection 1:30 PM • Art Gallery with this Congregation has been severed. And I am saddened. Speaker: MELISSA KATZ Director of Caregiver Services and Grant Management Until next time, An in depth discussion about the programs and services o ered at the Long Island Alzheimer’s & Dementia Center for the diagnosed Mark and the caregivers. Comments, questions, or concerns may be sent to Programs available at the Center, in the home, and in the community. [email protected].

February 5, 2020 3 Congregational Affairs Adam Barshak, Congregation Operations Administrator

February Board Agendas approved by the Board of Trustees Meeting Notices for Discussion of 2020-2021 Budgets

Note: Times are approximate and the final agenda is subject to Social Justice Wednesday, 7:30 PM Art Gallery change. Committee February 12

BOARD OF TRUSTEES AGENDA: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 Sunday, Veatch Men's Group February 16 12:30 PM Conference 7:00 PM I. Opening Words: Ministers / Mark Hartman Room 7:10 PM II. Secretary’s Report: John Ryan • November 14, 2019 Meeting Minutes Adult Programs Tuesday, 5:00 PM Art Gallery • December 19, 2019 Meeting Minutes Committee February 18 • January 2020 Meeting Minutes 7:25 PM III. Religious Education Committee: Frank Teltsch, Wednesday, Veatch Laura Torff, Jessica Vega Green Sanctuary February 19 7:00 PM Conference • Establishment of a Subcommittee for the Room Oversight of the Rev. Christine M. Wetzel Memorial (Star Island) Scholarship Music and Sunday, Bride's 7:45 PM IV. Treasurer’s Report: Brian Muellers Performing Arts February 23 12:45 PM Room • CY20 Quarterly Financials (Oct-Dec) Committee • Financial Development Committee Update • CY21 Budget Process Update Member Events Sunday, Veatch 8:15 PM V. Ministers’ Reports: Rev. Jaye Brooks, Rev. Committee February 23 1:oo PM Conference Jennifer Brower, Rev. Dr. Natalie Fenimore Room • Membership Volunteer Coordinator Hiring Update Worship Sunday, Veatch • Soulful Sundown Report Committee February 23 1:00 PM Terrace 8:40 PM VI. President’s Report: Mark Hartman Room • March Congregational Meeting Agenda • Committee on Ministry Report Update Shelter Rock Thursday, Office • April 25 Retreat Forum February 27 6:00 PM Conference • Membership – Executive Session Room 9:00 PM VII. Good of the Order: Mark Hartman, President Friday, Veatch Women’s Group February 28 3:30 PM Conference BOARD OF TRUSTEES AGENDA: Thursday, February 13, 2020 Room

7:00 PM I. Opening Words: Ministers / Mark Hartman Tuesday, Office 7:10 PM II. Member Resource Committee Nominations: Art Committee March 3 4:00 PM Conference Monica Schlichting, Chair Room 7:30 PM III. Denominational Affairs Committee: Robin Finnan-Jones, Chair Bookstore Tuesday, 6:00 PM Bride's • General Assembly 2020 Delegate Nominations Committee March 3 Room 7:45 PM IV. Appointment of a Board of Trustees Committee to Review Hadley House Subsidy Policy: Mark Religious Tuesday, Hartman, President Education March 3 7:00 PM RE Wing 8:00 PM V. Report on UU Entities Representation Selection Committee Process: Jana North, Vice President 8:10 PM VI. Taskforces Updates Denominational Tuesday, Office • Working Groups Taskforce: Jana North, Chair Affairs March 3 7:30 PM Conference • Alcohol Policy Taskforce: Jana North, Chair Committee Room • Membership / Financial Development Committee Taskforce: Rev. Jaye Brooks Membership Tuesday, 7:30 PM RE Room 17 • Goal Setting Feedback Taskforce: Iliza Bartels, Committee March Bob Nuxoll, Rebecca Smith 8:45 PM VII. COA Report: Adam Barshak Program Tuesday, 7:30 PM Art Gallery 9:00 PM VIII. Good of the Order: Mark Hartman, President Council March 10

4 The Quest Developmental Ministry Highlights In the Press Rev. Jaye Brooks Rev. Jaye Brooks

Members at Shelter Rock jumped Newsday published Rev. Jaye Brooks' article about Freedom School into developmental ministry with at Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock. Based upon the November 2019 Vision & Budget the New York Times 1619 Project, Freedom School is a four-session Roundtables. Those conversations investigation into history and consequences. There is no charge. are about to come full circle at the Participation in all sessions is suggested, but not required. Congregational Meeting on March 8. Here’s how:

The Roundtables generated literally hundreds of ideas for how we might Asking the Clergy live more fully into our vision— Honoring Black History Month by Jim Merritt, Special to Newsday . Create loving religious community . Encourage spiritual growth Manhasset’s Unitarian . Build a more just and joyful world Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock will honor Black Only about a dozen of the ideas have cost implications. The rest History month with a four- are invitations to shape what we do and how we do it to create the session Freedom School that invites participants to explore the congregation we seek. The Program Council (with representatives 400-year-old history of Black lives in America. from each committee that plans programs) workshopped the no- cost ideas to identify those most likely to be effective. Council Based on materials from the New York Times 1619 Project, Freedom members also pulled out a list of the values reflected in the ideas. School will teach the 1619 origin of American slavery and its effects A summary of the Council’s work is available to members at uucsr. to this day. Topics include capitalism and slavery; consequences for org/myuucsr under Member Resources. the American health care system; structural racism on Long Island; and ownership of Native Americans during the slavery era. The ideas with cost implications went to the Finance Committee for consideration in the early stages of budget development. Those Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones conceived and directed the 1619 ideas, and some of the cost estimates for them, are also available on Project, unveiled in August 2019. She saw the 400th anniversary of the UUCSR website under Member Resources. the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in America as an opportunity to consider the reality of what slavery has meant for our nation’s But the Vision & Budget process isn’t done. The Finance Committee development. Essays in the project take a modern phenomenon, and the Board of Trustees have agreed that members should have like rush-hour traffic, and trace each to its roots in slavery. the opportunity to discuss the ideas with cost implications before the Finance Committee finishes developing the budget—because At Shelter Rock, respect for every human’s inherent worth and a all of these ideas involve values-based decisions. The Finance commitment to lifelong learning prompted this exploration into Committee works with the numbers to propose a balanced budget; the Project’s remarkable cache of history and analysis. As part of a the membership advises Finance about how our shared values faith tradition that encourages its members to work for justice as should be considered in developing that budget. they continue to learn and grow, Shelter Rock intentionally offers learning opportunities that examine assumptions around race and Finance plans to offer members a chance to consider 6–8 specific power. It can be difficult for white Americans to make room for ideas in a Conversation Café format. The Board will decide next the discomfort that sometimes arises in these conversations, but week whether to use the March 8 congregational meeting as the having them anyway is part of the congregation’s vision to create container for those discussions—with appropriate procedures loving religious community; encourage spiritual growth; and build under Robert’s Rules to allow for use of the participation-friendly a more just and joyful world. Conversation Café format. Special children’s activities will make the meeting feasible for families. The congregation’s Freedom School takes its name from the Civil Rights era Mississippi Freedom Schools that the Student The Conversation Café format is informal, fun, and engenders Nonviolent Coordinating Committee started for disenfranchised thoughtful comments reflecting an array of perspectives. It African Americans. moves along quickly and creates the opportunity for broad-based, meaningful participation. And the Finance Committee will come away with a better understanding of the congregation’s ideas, Freedom School meets 10:00 AM–noon on four successive values, and priorities for next year’s budget. Saturdays, February 22, 29, and March 7, and 14. To register, email [email protected] or call 516.472.2960. There is no charge.

February 5, 2020 5 Social Justice Committee Social Justice Announcements Claire Deroche, Social Justice Coordinator

Thursday, February 6, 2020 Crisis Continues for Refugees at Cooking for the Guests of the Interfaith Nutrition Network (INN) the Southern Border from 9:30 AM–12:30 PM, Main Kitchen. Meals cooked will be delivered to three shelters run by the INN. For further information, While it no longer makes the contact Verna Livingston, 516. 883.7999. headlines every day, there is still a refugee crisis at the southern border Sunday, February 9, 2020 of the United States. Due to stricter Never Again Is Happening Again: The Persecution Of Muslims In enforcement, illegal crossings Asia, Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County, have plummeted. However, since 100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove, NY 11542, 2:00–4:00 PM. The January 2019, refugees arriving Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center and the Islamic Center at the border seeking asylum are of LI Invite you to the opening of a new joint exhibition, “Never required to return to Mexico to wait for their US court date. Again is Happening Again: The Persecution of Muslims in Asia.” Speakers include: Interfaith Leader, Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid, According to the US Catholic Conference Office, Justice for and eyewitnesses to the atrocities. There is no charge but an RSVP Immigrants, this new policy, called Migrant Protection Protocols is required to Dr. Habeeb Ahmed, [email protected] (MPP), is harmful and dangerous. “This policy leaves many vulnerable asylum seekers to wait in dangerous and unsafe Tuesday, February 11, 2020 circumstances, including those in which their lives may be at risk, HALT Advocacy Day in Albany, Tuesday, February 11, leaving they may not be able to access health services and humanitarian UUCSR at 6:00 AM and returning about 8:00 PM. Faith leaders aid, and they may face deportation. Second, making asylum seekers and members of their communities from across New York State wait in Mexico to access protection is deeply concerning from a due will travel to Albany to demand that lawmakers pass the HALT process and access to justice perspective.” Solitary Confinement Act. Register at http://bit.ly/FaithHALTFeb11. For transportation in the UUCSR van, email Claire Deroche at Recently, the ACLU of Texas and the Children’s Defense Fund [email protected]. of Texas organized an on-going vigil at the border to protest the injustice of the MPP and to demand restoration of the asylum Saturday, February 15, 2020 process. A fundamental flaw in MPP is that when refugees return UU the Vote: An ambitious campaign to galvanize and organize to the US for their asylum court date, the hearings are held in “tent Unitarian Universalists nationwide around core issues of electoral courts,” so called because they meet in tents set up at the border in justice in 2020. Saturday, February 15, from 10:00 AM–12 noon, RE Laredo and Brownsville, Texas. The judges are 150 miles away in San Room 4. We will watch a video of a UUA presentation and plan ways Antonio and interview applicants via teleconference. Sometimes to be involved with local partners including the League of Women Spanish translators are available, but many of the applicants only Voters and the LI Civic Engagement Table. Please register with speak indigenous languages and go without translators. Sharyn Esposito at [email protected] or 516.472.2960. If you cannot make this session, the UU LI Area Council is sponsoring On January 12, over 200 participants from over 30 states began the a session on Wednesday, February 26, from 4:00–6:00 PM at the on-going vigil. One participant was The Rev. Karen Ann Campbell, UU Fellowship at Stony Brook. Transportation available with Social rector at Christ Episcopal Church, Sag Harbor, NY. She witnessed Justice Coordinator Claire Deroche. the dire conditions of the refugee encampment across the border from Brownsville. Over 4,500 women, men, and children are “living” SAVE THESE DATES in pup tents with insufficient food and no medical care. “Almost half of the asylum seekers are from Guatemala. Most of them have Freedom School: Examining Slavery and its Consequences for court dates in February or March,” reported Rev. Campbell. “The the 21st Century, RE Rm 4, from 10:00 AM–12 noon on Saturdays, heartbreaking statistic from November is 10,000 people applied for February 22 and 29, and March 7 and 14. Please see page 5 of this asylum and only 11 were granted asylum.” Quest.

To stay informed about conditions on the border and other OPPORTUNITIES FOR GIVING immigration issues, sign up for “Migratory Notes.” The information in this online publication is up to date and provided by bona fide The Social Justice Committee of UUCSR sponsors several ways for journalists and reporters on the scene. You can subscribe at https:// members of the congregation to provide food and clothing. tinyurl.com/r5rr3xl • Cooking for the guests of shelters run by the Interfaith Nutrition Network (INN) • Non-perishable Food Donations • Used Clothing Donations • Responding to the Needs of Our Own Members and Friends.

6 The Quest Lifespan Religious Education Adult Programs Committee Carson Jones, Lifespan Religious Education (RE) Coordinator WinterFlower Robinson, Chair

Be the Love

On February 9, our Grade 6 religious education class will be holding their Soulful Songs & Stories second fundraiser of the year, a The third Friday of the month, 7:00–8:30 PM, Room 19 Valentine Sale offering homemade Sep 20 • Oct 18 • Nov 15 • Dec 20 • Jan 17 greeting cards and yummy baked Feb 21 • Mar 20 • Apr 17 • May 15 • Jun 19 treats. Please keep an eye out for their Friday, January 21, 2020 We play a song and mine it for its meaning tables in the Main Lobby following 7:00–8:30 PM, Room 19 by telling our stories. And happens: the Worship Service that Sunday. The joy of discovery. Laughter. The agony of“I deconstruction.Wish I Knew HowRevelation it Would in a safe space.Feel to Forging Be Free” connection by Billy withTaylor a communityis February’s of like-minded song. seekers.Listen to Nina Simone’s powerful, improvisationalThe very acttake: of story-tellingwww.j.mp/ is by definition holy. uucsr36We. tell(Taylor’s stories becauseinstrumental they save us. —James Carroll version withMusic Less can nameMcCann the unnameable and www.j.mp/bt_lmcommunicate theis unknowable.a nice —Leonard Bernstein

companionNobody piece.) wants Who the truth, knows: but maybe everyone we’ll wants hear a stories story. about being stuck in—or —Ingridescaping Rojas from—the Contreras muck and mire of fear, Weguilt, start shame, promptly dogma, at perfection,7:00 PM, so bureaucracy, please come meetings, a little early stress, to signa relationship, in, get a name a job, tag, whatever. and have We a can’t cup ofwait tea to or hear coffee. your story. Newcomers are welcome; follow the signs for the Chapel, and parkFor anin theemail rear reminder, parking lot.lyrics, and related food for thought, Every year, our sixth graders raise money for a charity of their register with Jessica Pond ([email protected] or 516.472.2914). Register with Jessica Pond ([email protected] / 516.472.2914) choosing. Known as their Secret Social Action Project, these youth toOr getjust our drop format/covenant/guidelines, in. Newcomers are welcome; an emailfollow remindthe signser, individually advocate for a cause that holds particular meaning songfor the lyrics, Chapel and relatedand park food in thefor thought.rear parking Or justlot. dropThings in. start for them at an evening retreat in the fall. Subsequently, the class to happen promptly at 7:00 PM, so please come a few minutes votes on which relief organization shall be their focus for the year, earlyAlice to Giordano sign in andand Steve get aMarston nametag, are enjoyyour guides a cup on of thiscoffee journey. or tea, resulting in one or two charities that will receive all the funds they and to settle in. collect throughout this initiative. The class’ chosen charities are revealed during their presentation at the Bridging Service in May.

These fundraisers are part of the Grade 6 religious education curriculum, The Questing Year, which engages our sixth graders in Milestones four quests: The Mystery Quest, the UU Quest, the Action Quest, and the Inner Quest. These Quests, connected through the central themes of social justice and spiritual search, serve to help them We share the sad news... of the death of UUCSR member Elizabeth seek and discover their own answers to deep life questions about Lilly Rotter, who died on Saturday, December 28, 2019, at 95 years human faith and the web of all existence. of age. Lilly is survived by her daughter, Iris Scheibl, and her son, Edward Rotter. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to: Forming a Unitarian Universalist identity is a reciprocal relationship. Ed Rotter We have as much to gain from our youth as they do from us. Let 1601 Third Avenue-17F us be forever grateful and engaged in our collective contribution New York, NY 10128 towards each other’s empowerment as agents of social change.

We mourn the unexpected death of... trombonist Jeremy Kempton, who was a founding member of The Orchestra at Shelter Rock. Jeremy was a committed member of the Shelter Rock Orchestra who played during most performances.

February 5, 2020 7 Unitarian Universalist Music Sunday Veatch Program at Shelter Rock Stephen Michael Smith, Music Director Joan Minieri, Executive Director

Veatch Grantees Fight Immigration Ruling CALL FOR MUSICIANS

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to remove the KARL JENKINS, SYMPHONIC ADIEMUS injunction against the administration’s “public charge” rule as it For chorus and full symphony orchestra awaits judgment in the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals. As a result, immigrants who are in the process of applying for permanent “As a composer, he [Jenkins} recognizes no boundaries— residency, via predetermined, lawful channels, will now be musical, commercial, geographical, or cultural...perfectly in subjected to a “wealth test”—this means that those who might use tune with the spirit of the times.” —Classic FM public benefits like Medicaid or welfare will no longer be eligible for permanent legal status. ORCHESTRA REHEARSAL: Thursday, April 2, 7:00-9:30 PM “It’s a dark day for our immigrant communities,” wrote Javier H. CHOIR REHEARSALS: Valdés and Deborah Axt, Co-Executive Directors of Veatch grantee, Thursday evenings through April 2, 2020, 7:30-8:30 PM Make the Road New York—which was among the groups suing to DRESS REHEARSAL: stop the policy in court. “This decision…attacks our loved ones Saturday, April 4, 11:00 AM–1:30 PM and neighbors, but we will continue to fight this administration’s ongoing attempts to prevent immigrants from seeking lawful PERFORMANCE: permanent resident status by placing a racist wealth test in our Sunday, April 5, 10:00 AM Call; 11:00 AM performance immigration system.” See and hear Karl Jenkins speak about the The History Of For months, many Veatch grantees have been actively educating Symphonic Adiemus on YouTube. thousands of community members about this proposed rule, in order to keep people from disenrolling from benefits in a panic, and Joining the choir for Music Sunday does not obligate singers for helping screen those who are potentially impacted. Make the Road ongoing involvement each week in Sunday morning Worship and others are also gearing up to prepare for the rule’s potential Services. Questions? Contact [email protected]. impact as the case continues to wind its way through the courts. To register and reserve a seat contact: Sylvia Cordero-Skidmore, Though this is a setback, the fight is not over. The New York-based Choir Librarian at [email protected] or call 516.472.2978. 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will likely hear arguments on the case in February. Organizing efforts by Veatch grantees continue to be aimed at instituting pro-immigrant policies. Music and Performing Arts Committee Rachel Zampino, Chair On Veatch Sunday, January 26, organizers Shireen Zaman of the RISE Together Fund and Stephanie Teatro of Tennessee Immigrant Vocal Production and Sight-Singing Classes with Leah Wool and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRCC) spoke about how long-term funding support from Veatch is essential in the face of pervasive Professional mezzo- and consistent attacks on immigrant communities. Stephanie soprano and section leader shared a powerful example of how TIRCC leaders changed the in the UUCSR Choir, Leah mind of Tennesee’s Republican Attorney General, Herbert Slatery, Wool, will be leading classes who was preparing to sue the Federal government to stop the Thursday evenings during renewal of DACA for undocumented young people. Instead, he the months of February and became a DACA supporter. In an article in the New Yorker magazine, March from 6:15-7:15 PM. Stephanie described how TIRCC’s hard-won meeting, scheduled Classes will focus on vocal for 20 minutes with Slatery, ran an hour long. “What we didn’t production and sight- want was a legal conversation. We talked about the devastation that singing. They will be held ending DACA would cause young people,” she said. weekly starting February 6 in the Choir Room (except The work of changing hearts, minds, and policies on immigration is for Thursday, February 27, the evening of Nathaniel LaNasa's the daily work of Veatch grantees—powerful women like Stephanie Carnegie Hall performance). and Shireen—who are leading us forward. A fee of $5 per class or $25 for the full series of 7 classes is requested. The Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock These classes are open to everyone and for people of all levels of provides support for efforts within the religious and spiritual experience; professional singers and beginners alike will benefit mission of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter from this exploration of the basics of singing. Please contact Lea Rock where their purposes are best served by outside agencies Titza ([email protected]) in the office to register in advance. acting under the Veatch Program and the Congregation.

8 The Quest Membership Committee Meg Cohen, Chair

We need you to be part of our NEW Welcome Team.

Wednesday It is easy and fun to spend time behind and around the Welcome Friendsday Desk before or after Sunday Services. Being the first to welcome your friends at the door before services February 12,2020 is also a great way to serve our congregation.

All Members & Friends Welcome Please let me know when you can join the new UUCSR Welcome Team!

Ayhan’s Shish-Kabab Meg Cohen, [email protected], 631.456.8761 Mediterranean Grill Meet at 11:30 AM 283 Main St, Port Washington, NY $12.95 Soup or Salad Plus Entree Choice Pay at Restaurant Newcomer 2020 Orientation Lunch followed by

Afternoon T.E.A. Considering membership at in the congregation? Landmark on Main Street These sessions are required for membership. Vintage Bliss: Heart to Heart Saturday, February 29 12:00–2:00  • Art Gallery

Saturday, March 7 12:00–2:00  • Art Gallery

Saturday, March 14 12:00–2:00   Veatch Conference Room 2:00 PM • FREE Jeanne Rimsky Theater 232 Main St, Port Washington, NY 11050 Childcare available if requested in advance Questions? Contact Elaine Corrao UUCSR provides Community Programming Support [email protected] or 516.472.2933 to Landmark on Main Street Refreshments courtesy of SerendipiTEA RSVP: Meg Cohen ([email protected])

February 5, 2020 9 Art Committee Bookstore Committee Tinna Kopelow, Chair Irene Winkler, Chair

On behalf of the Art Committee, I want to remind the 20 Committee Chairs of Program Council about the upcoming Congregational and Book Store News Committee Art Show. How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Following are some ways to think Them by Jason Stanley is approximately about how to create an artistic 5" x 8" and less than 200 pages; it is small representation of the work of in physical size, word length, and price, your Committee to share with the although mighty in meaning. Stanley's ten Congregation: pillars of fascism are the titles of the book’s ten chapters and he sees and hears those supporting principles of fascism in many * Examine your Mission Statement—what comes to mind when countries today, including our land. They you read it? How could you explore this visually? are:

* Is there an event or series of events that the Committee has Chapter Headings Echoes We Hear been involved with that you would like to share? The Mythic Past “Make America Great Again” * Is there something you would like to share about how people Propaganda “Drain the Swamp” “America First” are involved with your Committee or how it impacts the Anti-intellectual “Intellectual Elitism” greater community? Unreality False conspiracy theories, such as “Obama is Kenyan Muslim” * Is there a physical example of the work of your Committee Hierarchy White Supremacy you could use? Victimhood “Christians are the most persecuted religion in America” * What message would you like to convey about the work of Law and Order Taking away the children of asylum your Committee? seekers and putting them in cages Sexual Anxiety “Mexicans are rapists” Your Committee's presentation can be in the form of a Sodom and Gomorrah “Gay marriage is wrong” photograph, collage, drawing, painting, poem, prose, needlework, Arbeit Macht Frei Work Shall Make You Free or jewelry. All contributions will be required to be ready to hang, “Poor people are lazy, I don’t want my or to fit into the display case in the Art Gallery. Art Committee tax dollars being used to support them” members and friends will be available to offer creative advice. An even smaller volume we stock is The Unitarian Universalist Pocket Once your presentation is complete, create a short descriptive Guide, 4th Edition. Have you ever found yourself tongue-tied when paragraph that can be mounted next to your work. This can someone asks you to explain Unitarian Universalism? This slim include what this presentation represents in connection to the text contains chapters by different UU authors explaining aspects Committee's work. of Unitarian Universalism: Our Faith, Our Ministry, Our Worship, Our Religious Education, Our Work for Social Justice, Our Roots, In addition, you may also contact Elaine Corrao at plus a section on UU history and another on the national and [email protected] international Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). Excellent descriptions for someone new to UU or even a longtime member who may want to know how to describe her/his beliefs when Current Art Gallery Exhibit questioned by a curious friend.

The Artwork of UUCSR Religious Come in and see our wonderful half-price tee shirts imprinted with Education participants is on display "On the Side of Love" in bright orange or golden-yellow! through February 20, 2020. Please call for best viewing hours: 516.627.6560. Note: The Committee will vote on the budget at the Tuesday, March 3 meeting.

Lois Wolfson for the Bookstore Committee

10 The Quest Music and Green Sanctuary Committee Performing Arts Committee Ellen Councill, Chair Rachel Zampino, Chair

This article reflects our stewardship of the earth and our commitment to Open AUDITIONS the Seventh Principle. Climate Change and Wine

Sunday, February 9, 2020 People in the wine industry are worried about climate change. 1:00 PM, Chapel Alarmed by unpredictable Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock climatic events, vintners see the 48 Shelter Rock Road, Manhasset, NY 11030 future of their industry changing radically. Growers worldwide view adaptation of their grapes to climate change as their major focus. MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN ACTORS, SINGERS, UNDERSTUDIES, Since weather is no longer predictable, some countries benefit while AND BACKSTAGE PEOPLE NEEDED others do not. Countries like England are able to grow wines as the climate warms up. This industry is occurring in places like Kent, Dorset, and Cornwall. But the extension of the growing season Do Not Be Kind to Robots means alterations: growing is going more north in the Northern Hemisphere and more south in the Southern Hemisphere. that Love Humans Vineyards are being planted at altitudes once inhospitable. For An original play with music about example, Catalonia, a region of Spain, has vineyards at altitudes of a family that needs help 3,000 to 4,000 feet high and higher as the soil permits.

▶ Get experience with a professional Director On Long Island, grape vines are seen ripening earlier. The higher ▶ Have fun with friends moisture content in vineyards means implementing preventative measures, using fungicides and pesticides. Also, when grapes REHEARSALS: are subject to too much heat and sun, they need to be planted Beginning February 24, 2020 differently: in shadier areas or at angles facing northern exposure rather than southern, and the reverse is true below the equator. PERFORMANCES: New grape types are being created, tested, and grown for wines. April 24 (7:30 PM), 26 (1:00 PM) In New York Sate, the wine industry is beginning to suffer. AND May 1 (7:30 PM), 2020 Flash floods followed by drought and damage to the vines plus Questions? Call: 516.466.0934 or email: [email protected] unpredictable temperatures have caused irreparable damage.

Our Hudson Valley vintners understand sustainability as a vital issue. The problems are high humidity, precipitation, and cooler We Need Your Talent! temperatures. Variations impact different types of grape vines. Do you sing, dance, mime or tell (good) jokes? The slightest alterations in weather conditions affect the timing of We need you on stage for MUSIC AMONG US 2020! the harvest and the quantity and quality of output. Unpredictable factors are difficult and costly to resolve.

Music Among Us California and Australia have experienced drought. Grapes are NEW DATE: SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020 being introduced that are produced through drought-resistant 1:00 PM Social Hall rootstocks. Also, other new grape types are being created in labs, such as hybrids. The selection of different grapes is on the rise.

We can help wine growers if we cut carbon pollution and ask for Young people 18 and younger will be given top priority, legislation in other states emulating New York State’s Climate but performers of all ages are encouraged to participate. Leadership and Protection Act. We can subsidize their industry for All participants must register in advance to perform. experiments on grapes that can withstand climate change and ask Please register by March 1, 2020 our legislators to support these measures. by contacting Lea Titza at [email protected] or by forms available in the Main Lobby Elaine Peters for the Green Sanctuary Committee

February 5, 2020 11 Shelter Rock Forum, Latifa Woodhouse, Chair Shelter Rock Forum and Latifa Woodhouse, Chair Women's Group, Sandra Hazel Frank, President

BAIL REFORM! Film Screening 2020THE MTA AND THE GettingLONG past the ISLAND rhetoric RAILROAD to Wherethe facts are we. Where are we going.

ON THE RECORD COMMUNITY Friday, March 6, 2020 FORUM 7:00 PM • Social Hall FebruaryWith MTA Chairperson 27, 2020 Patrick Foye and LIRR President7:30 PhillipPM Eng Patrick Foye Oscar Phillipnominee Eng Feras Fayyad (Last Men in MTA Chairperson LIRR President Panelists with a Variety of Aleppo) delivers an unfl inching story of the Syrian war with his powerful new documentary, PerspectivesThe MTA’s andchairperson Opinions and the LIRR’s president will answer questions, on the The Cave. MTA transformation plan, the LIRR expansion project, the East Side Access project and more. Panel Moderator: For besieged civilians, hope and safety lie Steven Blank, Editor and Publisher of Blank Slate Media underground inside the subterranean hospital DEC.A 19, COMMUNITY 2019 • known7:30PM FORUM as the - 9PM Cave, where pediatrician and Blank Slate Media & The Unitarianmanaging Universalist physician, Dr. Amani Ballour, and Under the new December 2019 law, judges are no CongregationWith Nassau County at Shelter Executive RockherHosted by colleagues, Blank Slate Media and the Samaher and Dr. Alaa, have longer able to set bail for a long list of misdemeanorsLaura Curran Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock claimedThe county executive their will answer topicalright questions to work as equals alongside posed first by award-winning journalist and Blank Slate and nonviolent felonies, including stalking,Hosted assaultby Blank Slate Media andtheirMedia the publisher male Steven Blank , followed counterparts, by a question- doing their jobs without serious injury, burglary, many drugUnitarian o enses, Universalist Congregationand-answer at periodShelter with members Rock of the audience. inTHURSDA a wayY, February that 21 | 7:30-9 would PM be unthinkable in the and even some kinds of arson and robbery. Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock Steven Blank Please register today to reserveoppressively48 Shelter yourRock Road , place.Manhasset patriarchal culture that exists Editor and Publisher of above. Blank Slate Media www.theislandnow.com/communityforum.ADMISSION IS FREE Please register today to reserve your place. Hosted by Blank Slate Media and the FollowingRefreshments will be served. the women as they contend with daily Event sponsored by: Presented by: Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock bombardments, chronic supply shortages and Sponsored by Northwell Health the ever-present threat of chemical attacks, The Cave paints a stirring portrait of courage, Public registration open at: resilience and female solidarity. www.theislandnow.com/communityforum Admission is free. Registration not required for UUCSR members. FREE - All Welcome

12 The Quest Women’s Group Women’s Group Maria Ceraulo, Chair, Women’s Issues Sandra Hazel Frank, Women’s Group President Lost and NOT Found Women Talk Daytime “It’s been my worst nightmare.” First and Third Wednesdays “Absolute panic washed over me.” 12 Noon–2:00 PM • Art Gallery These words came from the owner of Bring your lunch. Cookies and beverages are provided. missing dogs, entrusted to the care of a licensed dog sitter. When the owner returned to pick up her dogs, she was Women's Group Board Meetings told they had disappeared. Anger and Friday, February 28, 2020, 3:30 PM, Veatch Conference Room sadness in Britain over the missing dogs All are welcome. led to lots of attention in the media and removal of the sitter’s license. A Magistrates’ Court disqualified the sitter, fining her more than the equivalent of $4,500. Lots of people T.G.I.F. care about animal welfare, about missing dogs in England. The Women’s Group presents In a different section of the newspaper, there is the story of a mother WOMEN’S GROUP sleeping in her car, waking every few hours at a frozen highway rest WG TGIF stop, where her 16-year-old daughter had been reported missing. She did not know what else to do. “I just have to be there,” she said. Her vigil continues. PERSONAL SAFETY

The lost and missing Native American girls from Big Horn County, Montana haven’t been found. Their heartbroken parents tried to Friday, February 7, 2020 retrace their steps. They went to the last places their daughters 7:30 PM • Art Gallery and nieces were. They held candlelight vigils, rallies at courthouses and sheriff’s offices, marched for days to state capitols. There were Comprehensive program presented by: red ribbons and posters, calls for help on social media. “Why does O icers from the Sixth Precinct nobody care about this?” asked an aunt of one of the missing girls. PERSONAL SAFETY Nassau County Police Department Why does no one care? 5,590 indigenous women were reported missing to the FBI last year. Staggeringly high rates of violence are Comprehensive program presented by: LEARN ABOUT THESE AND MORE: suffered by indigenous people. Some families and activists say the O magnitudeicers from of the the problem Sixth comes Precinct from generations of discriminatory ▶ SENIOR SCAMS Nassaugovernment County policies Police and Departmentracism in reservation border towns that ▶ MAIL PHISHING devalue Native women’s lives and deaths. Many believe the law ▶ AUTO LARCENY PREVENTION has failed them time and again. The county prosecutor, a member ▶ of the Crow tribe, declared a state of emergency over ineffective BURGLARY PREVENTION investigations and unanswered police calls. FREE • Light refreshments • All invited Seeing her own daughters in them, Michelle Obama spoke about Please try to help abused women and children who flee to the 276 girls kidnapped from a school in Nigeria in 2014, initiating The Safe Center LI. They need toiletries. her “Let Girls Learn” campaign. She called for their return. All this attention from our first lady and many celebrities raised awareness. Many of the girls are still lost. When we state our Principles as Unitarian Universalists, we affirm Women’s Group the inherent worth and dignity of all people. Clearly, little of this is at work for the indigenous girls, or the Nigerian girls and their families. Book Series

Not enough of our Principles are in the hearts of enough people to bring back the African girls. Our hearts go out to these families. We Friday, February 21, 2020 3:30 PM • Veatch Ballroom wish there was enough anger and sadness right here in America so The Lost Girls of Paris, that the numbers of disappearing young women, and all women, by Pam Jenoff will go down to zero. Laws need to apply to all, all over the world. Led by Patti Paris Then, maybe, the lost will be found.

February 5, 2020 13 Program Announcements Please see UUCSR.org for additional details on all programs. See LIACUU.org for other area congregations.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020 LIAC Meeting, 3:00 PM, Stony Brook SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2020 Racial Justice Task Force Meeting, 5:45 PM, Jazz Ensemble Rehearsal, 9:00 AM, Ensemble Rehearsal Room Office Conference Room TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020 SRI Committee Meeting, 7:00 PM, Veatch Overeaters Anonymous, 10:30 AM, Veatch Great Books-Modern American Poetry & Conference Room Ballroom Consuming Interests, 9:00 AM, RE Room 4 Finance Committee Meeting, 7:00 PM, Bride's Disability Task Force Meeting, 2:00 PM, Small Group Ministry Coordinators Meeting, Room Bride's Room 9:30 AM, Bride's Room Inisfada-Zen Sitting Meditation, 7:30 PM, Environmental Justice Ministry Team Bagel Breakfast, 10:00 AM, Social Hall Veatch Ballroom, Terrace Room meeting, 2:00 PM, Office Conference Room Choir Rehearsal, 10:00 AM, Worship Room Art Committee Meeting, 4:00 PM, Office Worship Service, 11:00 AM, Worship Room THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2020 Conference Room Free Spirits: All Ages RE Program, 11:00 AM, Yoga, 9:30 AM, Art Gallery Nominating Committee Meeting, 6:30 PM, RE Wing Thursday INN Cooking, 9:30 AM, Main Bride's Room UU Café, 12:00 PM, Social Hall Kitchen Nar-Anon, 6:30 PM, RE Room 19 Love and Stitches, 12:30 PM, RE Room 15 AA Meeting, 10:30 AM, Rooms 206 and 207 Board of Trustees Meeting, 7:00 PM, Veatch Men's Group Meeting, 12:30 PM, Veatch Members' Bridge Group, 1:00 PM, Veatch Ballroom Conference Room Ballroom Kundalini Yoga, 7:00 PM, Art Gallery Do You Believe?, 1:00 PM, Veatch Ballroom Vocal Production and Sight-Singing Classes with Leah Wool, 6:15 PM, Choir Rehearsal WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2020 Room MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2020 Wednesday Friendsday - Ayhans and Theater, NAMI Family to Family Classes II, 6:30 PM, 11:30 AM, Port Washington President's Day Holiday, Building Closed RE Room 15 Reach Out America, 12:30 PM, Social Hall Stretch and Balance, 6:45 PM, Social Hall TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2020 Ukuleles At Shelter Rock, 6:15 PM, Ensemble Choir Rehearsal, 7:30 PM, Choir Rehearsal Rehearsal Room Overeaters Anonymous, 10:30 AM, Veatch Room Ballroom NAMI Family Support Group, 7:00 PM, RE Room 15 NAMI Criminal Justice Committee Meeting, 3:00 PM, Member Resource Room FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2020 Inisfada-Zen Sitting Meditation, 7:30 PM, Members' Bridge Lessons & Game Play, 1:00 Veatch Ballroom, Terrace Room Adult Programs Meeting, 5:00 PM, Art Gallery PM, Veatch Ballroom Social Justice Meeting, 7:30 PM, Art Gallery Nominating Committee Meeting, 6:30 PM, Bride's Room T.G.I.F. - Personal Safety, 7:30 PM, Art Gallery Food & Water Watch Meeting, 7:30 PM, Veatch Conference Room Nar-Anon, 6:30 PM, RE Room 19 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2020 Small Group Ministry Second Wednesday PM Kundalini Yoga, 7:00 PM, Veatch Ballroom Caring Hearts - Quilters, 10:00 AM, Rooms Meeting, 7:30 PM, RE Room 19 Program Council Meeting, 7:30 PM, Art 204 and 205 Gallery Poor People's Campaign Video, 10:00 AM, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020 Veatch Ballroom Yoga, 9:30 AM, Art Gallery WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2020 Yoga, 11:00 AM, Art Gallery AA Meeting, 10:30 AM, Rooms 206 and 207 Women Talk Daytime, 12:00 PM, Social Hall Members' Bridge Group, 1:00 PM, Veatch LLS Myeloma Support Group, 6:00 PM, RE SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2020 Ballroom Room 16 Small Group Ministry Second Sunday AM Meditation Thursdays, 6:00 PM, Chapel Green Sanctuary Meeting, 7:00 PM, Veatch Meeting, 8:30 AM, Office Conference Room Conference Room Vocal and Sight-Singing Classes with Leah Jazz Ensemble Rehearsal, 9:00 AM, Ensemble Wool, 6:15 PM, Choir Rehearsal Room Inisfada-Zen Sitting Meditation, 7:30 PM, Rehearsal Room Veatch Ballroom, Terrace Room Stretch and Balance, 6:45 PM, Social Hall Great Books-Modern American Poetry & Consuming Interests, 9:00 AM, RE Room 4 Board of Trustees Meeting, 7:00 PM, Veatch Ballroom THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020 Bagel Breakfast, 10:00 AM, Social Hall Yoga, 9:30 AM, Art Gallery Choir Rehearsal, 7:30 PM, Choir Rehearsal Young People's Choir Rehearsal, 10:00 AM, Room AA Meeting, 10:30 AM, Rooms 206 and 207 Choir Rehearsal Room Members' Bridge Group, 1:00 PM, Veatch Choir Rehearsal, 10:00 AM, Worship Room FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2020 Ballroom Grade 6 Our Whole Lives Parent Orientation, Members' Bridge Lessons and Game Play, 1:00 LI Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives - Stop 10:00 AM, RE Room 15 PM, Veatch Ballroom War Meeting, 2:00 PM, Art Gallery RE Classes, 11:00 AM, RE Wing Soulful Sundown Dinner, 6:30 PM, Social Hall Vocal and Sight-Singing Classes with Leah Wool, 6:15 PM, Choir Rehearsal Room Worship Service, 11:00 AM, Worship Room Soulful Sundown Worship, 7:30 PM, Social Grade 6 Valentine Fundraiser, 12:00 PM, Main Hall. Coffee House follows. NAMI COD (Co-occurring Disorders) Support Lobby Group, 6:30 PM, RE Room 15, 17 Stretch and Balance, 6:45 PM, Social Hall UU Café, 12:00 PM, Social Hall SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2020 LGBTQ Meeting, 12:30 PM, RE Room 4 Choir Rehearsal, 7:30 PM, Choir Rehearsal Saturday INN Cooking, 9:00 AM, Main Room Worship Committee Meeting, 1:00 PM, Bride's Kitchen Room Caring Committee Meeting, 10:00 AM, Office Auditions for Do Not Be Kind to Robots, 1:00 Conference Room FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2020 PM, Chapel Caring Hearts - Quilters, 10:00 AM, Rooms Cornell Master Gardner Luncheon, 11:00 AM, Social Hall Long Island Alzheimer’s and Dementia 204 and 205 Presentation, 1:30 PM, Art Gallery UU the VOTE, 10:00 AM, RE Room 4 Members' Bridge Lessons & Game Play, 1:00 PM, Veatch Ballroom Never Again Is Happening Again: The Yoga, 11:00 AM, Art Gallery Persecution of Muslims in Asia, 2:00 PM, Glen SGM Third Friday Hadley House Meeting, 1:30 Cove Caring Chefs, 12:00 PM, Main Kitchen PM, Hadley House Community Room

14 The Quest Program Announcements Please see UUCSR.org for additional details on all programs. See LIACUU.org for other area congregations.

Women's Group Book Series, 3:30 PM, Gallery PM, Chapel Bookstore Meeting, 6:00 PM, Bride's Room Soulful Songs & Stories, 7:00 PM, RE Room 19 Nar-Anon, 6:30 PM, RE Room 19 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2020 BOT Agenda Planning Meeting, 7:00 PM, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2020 Yoga, 9:30 AM, Art Gallery Veatch Library Caring Hearts - Quilters, 10:00 AM, Rooms AA Meeting, 10:30 AM, Rooms 206 and 207 Kundalini Yoga, 7:00 PM, Veatch Ballroom 204 and 205 Members' Bridge Group, 1:00 PM, Ballroom RE Committee Meeting, 7:00 PM, RE Room2, 4, 10, Teacher's Resource Center Freedom School, 10:00 AM, RE Room 4 Shelter Rock Forum Budget Meeting, 6:00 PM, Yoga, 11:00 AM, RE Room 6 Office Conference Room Small Group Ministry-First Tuesday Meeting, 7:00 PM, Veatch Terrace Room CPR / AED Training, 11:00 AM, Art Gallery Stretch and Balance, 6:45 PM, Social Hall Denominational Affairs Meeting, 7:30 PM, President's Operations Taskforce Meeting, Office Conference Room SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2020 7:00 PM, Veatch Terrace Room Membership Committee Meeting, 7:30 PM, RE Jazz Ensemble Rehearsal, 9:00 AM, Ensemble On the Record Community Forum: Bail Room 17 Rehearsal Room Reform, 7:30 PM, Worship Room Film: The Need to Grow, 7:30 PM, Art Gallery Great Books-Modern American Poetry & Choir Rehearsal, 7:30 PM, Choir Rehearsal Rm Consuming Interests, 9:00 AM, RE Room 4 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2020 Peace and Meditation Service , 9:00 AM, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2020 Women Talk Daytime, 12:00 PM, Art Gallery Chapel Members' Bridge Lessons and Game Play, 1:00 Building and Grounds Meeting, 9:00 AM, PM, Veatch Ballroom Racial Justice Task Force Meeting, 5:45 PM, Office Conference Room Office Conference Room Women's Group Board Meeting, 3:30 PM, Bagel Breakfast, 10:00 AM, Social Hall Veatch Conference Room SRI Committee Meeting, 7:00 PM, Veatch Conference Room Choir Rehearsal, 10:00 AM, Worship Room Dramatic Readings, 6:00 PM, Art Gallery Inisfada-Zen Sitting Meditation, 7:30 PM, Worship Service, 11:00 AM, Worship Room Veatch Ballroom, Terrace Room Free Spirits: All Ages RE Program, 11:00 AM, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2020 Play Rehearsal - Do Not Be Kind to Robots, 7:30 RE Wing Caring Hearts - Quilters, 10:00 AM, Rooms PM, Chapel UU Café, 12:00 PM, Social Hall 204 and 205 Music and Performing Arts Committee - Ethical Eating PREP, 10:00 AM, Veatch Conference Room THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2020 Annual Budget Meeting, 12:45 PM, Bride's Yoga, 9:30 AM, Art Gallery Room Freedom School, 10:00 AM, RE Room 4 Thursday I.N.N. Cooking, 9:30 AM, Main Member Events Committee Meeting, 1:00 PM, Yoga, 11:00 AM, Veatch Ballroom Veatch Conference Room Kitchen Membership Orientation, 12:00 PM, Gallery Worship Committee Meeting, 1:00 PM, Veatch AA Meeting, 10:30 AM, Rooms 206 and 207 Terrace Room Members' Bridge Group, 1:00 PM, Veatch Small Group Ministry Facilitators Meeting, SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2020 Ballroom 1:00 PM, Office Conference Room Great Books-Modern American Poetry and Vocal Production and Sight-Singing Classes Consuming Interests, 9:00 AM, RE Room 4 Artist's Reception - Brent Wilkes, 1:00 PM, Art with Leah Wool, 6:15 PM, Choir Rehearsal Gallery Jazz Ensemble Rehearsal, 9:00 AM, Worship Room Room Stretch and Balance, 6:45 PM, Social Hall MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020 Bagel Breakfast, 10:00 AM, Social Hall Personnel Committee Meeting, 7:00 PM, Veatch Library NY Association for Infant Mental Health, 9:00 Young People's Choir Rehearsal, 10:00 AM, AM, Social Hall Choir Rehearsal Room Choir Rehearsal, 7:30 PM, Choir Rehearsal Choir Rehearsal, 10:00 AM, Worship Room Room TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2020 RE Classes, 11:00 AM, RE Wing NY Association for Infant Mental Health, 9:00 Worship Service, 11:00 AM, Worship Room AM, Social Hall UU Café, 12:00 PM, Social Hall Visit UUCSR.org for additional calendar Overeaters Anonymous, 10:30 AM, Veatch Grade 1 "Open House" Presentation and programs and events Ballroom Fundraiser, 12:00 PM, Main Lobby Veatch VBOG Special Meeting, 6:00 PM, Veatch Conference Room Play Rehearsal: Do Not Be Kind to Robots, 1:00 PM, Chapel The Quest is published twice a month, Nominating Committee Meeting, 6:30 PM, Ethical Eating Cooking, 1:00 PM, Veatch except once each in July and August. Copies Bride's Room Conference Room are available at the Welcome Desk in the Nar-Anon, 6:30 PM, RE Room 19 Our Whole Lives for Adults, 1:00 PM, RE Small Group Ministry Fourth Tuesday Room 4 UUCSR Main Lobby, at https://uucsr.org/ Meeting, 7:00 PM, Veatch Terrace Room Death Café, 1:00 PM, Art Gallery media/quest-newsletter, and via email. Kundalini Yoga, 7:00 PM, Art Gallery Small Group Ministry - First Sunday Meeting, Sign up f0r email at https://uucsr.org/media. Mobile Crisis Teams from Nassau & Queens, 1:15 PM, Bride's Room The Quest Mission is to connect readers to 7:00 PM, Veatch Ballroom the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Committee on Ministry, 7:30 PM, Office MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2020 Conference Room Shelter Rock, to Unitarian Universalism, and Mental Health Sub-Committee Meeting, 4:00 PM, Veatch Conference Room to each other. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2020 The Quest is produced by staff members Investment Committee Meeting, 7:00 PM, Art TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2020 Jennifer Sappell and Linda McCarthy, Gallery Overeaters Anonymous, 10:30 AM, Veatch with the invaluable assistance of volunteers: NAMI Family Support Grp, 7:00 PM, RE Rm 15 Ballroom Claire Z. Bock, Maxine Dangler, Inisfada-Zen Sitting Meditation, 7:30 PM, Art Committee Meeting, 4:00 PM, Office Veatch Ballroom, Terrace Room Conference Room Steve Marston, and Jessica K. Vega. Play Rehearsal - Do Not Be Kind to Robots, 7:30

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Developmental Minister Rev. Jaye Brooks ([email protected]) February 5, 2020 Minister for Pastoral Care Rev. Jennifer L. Brower ([email protected]) Minister of Lifespan Religious Education Rev. Dr. Natalie M. Fenimore ([email protected]) Congregation Operations Administrator ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED Adam Barshak ([email protected]) Veatch Executive Director FIRST CLASS MAIL DATED MATERIAL Joan Minieri ([email protected]) Music Director Stephen Michael Smith ([email protected]) Lifespan Religious Education Coordinator Carson Jones ([email protected]) Youth & Young Adult Program Coordinator India Harris ([email protected]) Social Justice Coordinator Claire Deroche ([email protected]) Officers of the Congregation President: Mark Hartman Vice President: Jana North Secretary: John Ryan Treasurer: Brian Muellers Members of the Board of Trustees Terry Bain Brian Muellers Iliza Bartels Barry Nobel Shanti Carole Flot Robert Nuxoll Chris Hilke Rebecca Smith

Next Quest: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 | Deadline for Content: Thursday, February 13, 2020

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SOULFUL SUNDOWN Friday, February 14, 2020, 7:30 PM Lite dinner available $5, 6:30 PM Coffee House Featured Artist Duke Levine with Kevin Barry

Contemporary worship with The Rev. Jennifer L. Brower

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