January 22, 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

January Theme: Integrity See the Program and Event List Here Touchstones Upcoming Worship Services The Rev. Jaye Brooks

Integrity is an implicit yet central Sunday, January 26, 2020, 9:00 am value of Unitarian Universalism. One remarkable example is the community of Raków, Poland nearly 500 years Peace and Meditation Service ago—before our religious forbears Please join us in the Chapel for a brief claimed the name “Unitarian.” It’s time of reflection and meditation on peace a community that emerged during in a time of conflict and turmoil. All are the tumultuous times of the early welcome. Protestant Reformation, when reading the scriptures was a new thing for Christians not members of the Sunday, January 26, 11:00 am priesthood.

Featuring an inspiring sermon A group called the Polish Brethren from Rev. Jennifer Butler, covenanted to take seriously the values embedded in the ethical Founder and CEO of Faith in teachings of Jesus. In 1569, honoring the value of equality, Raków’s Public Life. Please see pages leading landowner gave up his property so that members of the 5 and 12 of this Quest for community could hold land in common. Former serfs had a voice additional information about and vote in the community’s decisions. No longer locked into panel discussion following. socially constructed separation, the former lord of the manor and his former serfs discovered in their shared humanity a basis for Sunday, February 2, 2020, 11:00 am human dignity, social justice, and democracy. These believers in the inherent worth of every person decided that education was essential for informed decision-making. They founded a college that attracted more than 1,000 students, a third of them from the nobility—and two-thirds not. The radical tenet of academic freedom, rooted in the community’s commitment to free religious thought, drew scholars from across Europe. In 1602, this thriving town of 30,000 established a printing press and became an important publishing center.

Visitors to Raków wrote about the amazing tranquility and harmony that had emerged from the melding of religious freedom The February monthly theme, Resilience, is introduced in this with social justice. In Raków, they found people who were clear Service. about their values, tolerant of each other’s diverse views, and committed to working in harmony. Into most lives come days of deep discouragement, days when hurt and loss threaten to overwhelm life's joys. And yet the despair of In April 1638, the Polish government closed the college and shut loss is often rooted in love that once was a source of joy. What is down the printing press. Ten years later, Cossacks burned the it about love that invites us not merely to accept but to embrace city to the ground. The survivors fled as refugees, carrying their times of sadness? Love keeps pace through all the stages of life's religious values westward—initially to Prussia, Transylvania, the journey, gently supporting the resilience that empowers us to Netherlands, and eventually to England and America. thrive. Continued on page 2 Continued on page 2 The Quest 1 Upcoming Worship Services Touchstones Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1

Sunday, February 9, 2020, 11:00 am We are their inheritors. Unitarian Universalism today, like the Raków community, is grounded not in doctrine but in shared values. Today’s UUs, like Raków’s citizens, seek to live those values in our daily lives. We, like them, hope for personal transformation and that our community can be an example for the wider world. We expect never to face the repression and hatred they faced. But amidst public discourse that is increasingly partisan, sectarian, and hateful, our challenge is to invite love to guide us in compassionate, life-affirming diversity.

In this heritage of the heart, we share the vision of a loving religious In his gospel song, Donnie McClurken sings, "We Fall Down but community that encourages spiritual growth and helps to build a We Get Up... for a saint is just a sinner who fell down and got up." more just and joyful world. We all fall down but what enables us to get back up? What supports our resilience? May it be so. Friday Evening, February 14, 2020 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 Where music lies at the heart of religious experience with the Rev. 6:00 PM • Chapel Jennifer L. Brower and The Cosmic Orchestra Next Session: February 13, 2020 Dinner 6:30 PM ($5); Worship 7:30 PM; Free Coffee House afterward features Duke Levine with Kevin Barry. Facilitated by PAUL CARBONE Sunday, February 16, 2020, 11:00 am Lay Chaplain at UUCSR

Paul Carbone creates a space for centering and meditation that varies to include guided meditations, stories, music, sound, visual prompts, or other techniques which may be from a number of diff erent religious or spiritual traditions. One’s own authentic experiences are all that matters to determine what practice(s) work best for you.

There are events in life that hollow us out, like an old tree that Paul Carbone is a Lay Chaplain at UUCSR, has a hole in its trunk. Yet somehow the tree continues to live, Associate Chaplain at NYU Langone Medical and even to thrive. Resilience is the ability to adapt in the face Center, Co-Chair of the Guild for Spiritual Guidance, and a Primordial Sound Meditation of adversity. To recover from trauma, to heal, to thrive, requires Instructor through the Chopra Center. He has relationships—supportive, engaged, life-giving relationships. given workshops on meditation and stress Creating loving religious community is grounded in relationships. reduction techniques. He is currently in the One Spirit Interfaith Ministry Program. UUCSR offers transportation assistance to Worship Services for members who are unable to travel Questions? Contact Kimberly Rossiter, due to physical or financial limitations. Assistant to the Ministers Contact Kimberly Rossiter, Assistant to the Ministers, at 516.472.2941, [email protected] krossiter@uucsr. org, or at 516.472.2941 for an application.

2 The Quest Denominational Affairs Robin Finnan-Jones, Chair

A Busy Time for UU-UNO

We at the UU-UNO are looking forward to a busy 2020! Aside from the elections in the US we will be honoring many significant anniversaries. Earth Day turns 50 in April, in August it will be 100 years since women got the right to vote in the United States, and in October, the United Nations turns 75! We will also acknowledge some somber anniversaries. It will be 75 years since the first use of a nuclear weapon in Hiroshima, as well as 400 years since the pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock and began active colonization of the continent we call North America. This last anniversary will be a big focus of the UUA General Assembly this June in Providence, Rhode Island. Registration for that is open now at www.uua.org/GA.

And of course, we also look forward to the UU-UNO’s upcoming This year, the UUA General Assembly (GA) will take place in Intergenerational Spring Seminar, “All in for Climate Justice: Providence, RI, from Wednesday, June 24–Sunday, June 28, 2020. People, Power, Planet,” in New York City on April 16–18 2020. General information and the GA application form are available This seminar will equip participants with the skills necessary to be in the Main Lobby on the Welcome Desk. The application is the meaningful change makers in their communities towards a more last page of the information packet. Please fill it out if you are sustainable and just world. Learn about working together locally attending, even if you are attending independently, and not as a and on an international level to achieve climate justice. This is UUCSR delegate. open to youth and adults age 14 and up. Register for early-bird rates by February 3, 2020. Scholarships are available to offset the cost of Please return completed applications to the submission box on the registration if received by January 27, 2020. Regular registration is Welcome Desk no later than February 1, 2020. Thank you. to be received by March 2, 2020. Details can be found at www.uua.org/unspringseminar. Our UUCSR GA planning team is considering offering a round-trip bus to Providence to attend GA. Details as to the cost (expected Of particular interest to our Congregation here at UUCSR is the to be under $100 per person round trip) are still being explored. “Every Child is Our Child” program, which was a focus of our UN Anyone interested in traveling to GA via bus should contact DAC Sunday service last November. At that time, our offering raised Chair Robin Finnan-Jones at [email protected]. Please $639.76. Since 2005, the UU United Nations Office has partnered watch future Quest DAC announcements for further information. with the Queen Mothers Association in Ghana to ensure that children orphaned by HIV/AIDS are able to obtain an education and go on to live a happier more productive life. The program pays for school uniforms, books, book bags, shoes and other school supplies. In addition, it provides a Ghanaian National Worship Service Donations Healthcare card for free access to the national healthcare system. To promote gender equality, two girls are admitted for every boy. UUCSR has a generous practice of sharing special Worship Service Currently, 120 children are supported by this program. Recently, collections with a variety of not-for-profit organizations. Joseph Ochill, our Ghana-based Program Monitor, reported that 25 children in the town of Odumase are not attending school During December, 2019, the following donations were made: because their caregivers cannot afford the required uniforms and school supplies. $3,000 needs to be raised to make it possible for December 13, 2019, Soulful Sundown Service these children to return to school next year. You can make that $868.50 to Midnight Run difference. $120 supports one child through the program for one year. All support is very much appreciated. December 15, 2019: Holiday Season $1,530 to the INN Soup Kitchen and the families https://giving.uua.org/ECOC or served by the AIDS Center of Queens County UU United Nations Office 777 UN Plaza,Suite 7G December 24, 2019, 5:00 PM Service New York New York 10017 $1,712.06 to The INN Attention : UU United Nations Director Bruce Knotts December 24, 2019, 7:00 PM Service In solidarity for peace, justice, and compassion, $1,020.00 to The INN Janet Bendowitz, envoy to the UU-UNO for UUCSR

January 22, 2020 3 Member Resource Committee (MRC) Unitarian Universalist Monica Schlichting, Chair Veatch Program at Shelter Rock Joan Minieri, Executive Director

Join the Member Resource Committee! Veatch Sunday is January 26, 2020

What is the Member Resource Committee (MRC)? Please join the Veatch Board of Governors and our staff in MRC’s task is to find volunteers to serve on UUCSR committees. welcoming four very special Veatch MRC is the “committee for the committees.” MRC meets monthly grantees to Shelter Rock on January to identify talent and leadership within the congregation, to match 26 for Worship, followed by a panel and fill the openings on committees. We also seek to increase the discussion. Jennifer Butler, founder diversity of each committee’s makeup, thus to impact and enrich and CEO of Veatch grantee, Faith the future of our congregation. in Public Life, will be delivering a sermon titled, The Fierce Urgency of So, if you’re a “people person,” you’re exactly right to join our Now: Women Leading Us Forward. exciting Member Resource Committee. Rev. Butler has broadened the debate over the role of faith in If you’re interested, contact me, or any member of MRC. politics and public policy. She is amplifying progressive faith voices in the media, challenging the narrow agenda of the religious right, Best wishes, and building diverse coalitions on moral issues. View out this clip of Rev. Butler speaking to NPR about the religious left “finding its Jane Weiler, Member at Large voice.”

Member Resource Committee: Following Rev. Butler’s sermon, she will facilitate a panel discussion in the Social Hall with three other Veatch grantees. Shirley Arlt, Member at Large ([email protected]) • Shireen Zaman, director of the RISE Together Fund: Shireen Meg Cohen, Chair, Membership leads efforts to build organizing in America’s Muslim, Arab ([email protected]) and South Asian (MASA) communities—leading to increased Mark Hartman, President of the Congregation grassroots leadership, higher levels of civic engagement, and ([email protected]) diverse coalitions. Read this article that includes Shireen Chris Hilke, Board of Trustees among the “influential network” of new Muslim leaders. ([email protected]) • LaTosha Brown, founder of Black Voters Matter: LaTosha is an Monica Schlichting, Chair, MRC award-winning organizer and political strategist. Black Voters ([email protected]) Matter is a power-building southern-based civic engagement Jane Weiler, Member at Large organization. Read this New York Times opinion piece by ( [email protected]) LaTosha on why talking to voters year-round about issues Latifa Woodhouse, Council Member at Large makes a difference. ([email protected]) • Stephanie Teatro, co-director of Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition: Stephanie is empowering immigrants and refugees throughout Tennessee to develop a unified voice, Nominating Committee (MRC) defend their rights, and create an atmosphere in which they Moira Murphy, Chair are recognized as positive contributors to the state. Read the opinion piece in the The Tennessean on why we need to go “beyond welcoming” and be “truly inclusive” of immigrants. Your nominations for the positions listed below are being accepted through Friday, January 31, 2020. Please submit to Women’s leadership is part of the UU heritage and the use of the boxes in the UUCSR Main Lobby or RE Lobby. democratic process is one of the core principles of the faith. Come meet four powerful women who are putting UU Principles into Open Positions: action every day, ensuring that our democracy emerges in this important year, stronger than ever. See back page of this Quest. Secretary Treasurer Term Trustee Veatch Board of Governors The Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock Nominating Committee provides support for efforts within the religious and spiritual mission of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Remember that members are welcome to nominate themselves! Rock where their purposes are best served by outside agencies acting under the Veatch Program and the Congregation.

4 The Quest Social Justice Committee Claire Deroche, Social Justice Coordinator

Freedom School at UUCSR The Mississippi Freedom School students discarded the myths of the Confederacy and the Old South for stories of slave rebellions During the Civil Rights Movement, aboard the Amistad and in Haiti. They acquired new heroes and members of the Student Nonviolent models for action. In her essay, “The Idea of America,” Nikole Coordinating Committee started Hannah-Jones states: “Without the idealistic, strenuous, and Freedom Schools in Mississippi as a patriotic efforts of black Americans, our democracy today would means of preparing disenfranchised most likely look very different—it might not be a democracy at all.” African Americans for civic responsibilities. These schools We hope that Freedom School at UUCSR will help us let go of the were one more iteration of a long myths of America we’ve grown up with for a more truthful and line of such efforts stretching from inclusive narrative. the days of slavery, as oppressed people sought to achieve liberation through political and language 1. FREEDOM SUMMER AND THE FREEDOM SCHOOLS, literacy. The model used in the Mississippi Freedom Schools1 was by Kathy Emery, Sylvia Braselmann and Linda Reid Gold described as “a curriculum based on the asking of questions whose 2. PBS News Hour, August 18, 2019 answers were sought within the lives of the students.”

At the UUCSR Freedom School, we will be asking questions, too. “How has the institution of slavery impacted almost every Social Justice Announcements aspect of modern American life?” “Why are we the only industrial country without universal health care?” “How did slavery in the US contribute to the development of the global financial industry?” Thursday, January 23, 2020 Together to End Solitary Confinement: “What a world without We will discover the answers to these and other questions in prisons could look like,” 6:30–8:30 PM. We will begin with a vigil the essays presented in The 1619 Project, published by the New in the Worship Room to remember those suffering the torture of York Times in August 2019, and other relevant materials. The 1619 solitary confinement. Then we will move into the Art Gallery to Project was conceived and directed by journalist Nikole Hannah- view the TED Talk, “What a world without prisons could look like,” Jones. In an interview with the PBS Newshour2, Ms. Hannah- by architect, Deanna Van Buren. She designs restorative justice Jones explained: “You don’t have very many opportunities to ever centers that, instead of taking the punitive approach used by a celebrate the 400th anniversary of anything.” She added that she system focused on mass incarceration, treats crime as a breach of saw the anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in relationships, and justice as a process where all stakeholders come colonial America as an opportunity to reframe the institution of together to repair that breach. After the video, we will form circles slavery, and using the platform of the Times, “force us to confront to design our own restorative justice centers. (Click for flyer.) the reality of what slavery has meant for our development as a nation.” Saturday, January 25, Wednesday, January 29, and Saturday, February 15, 2020 Freedom School at UUCSR, which has been months in planning and UU the Vote: An ambitious campaign to galvanize and organize preparation, will meet on four successive Saturdays, from 10:00 Unitarian Universalists nationwide around core issues of electoral AM–12:00 noon, on February 22 and 29, and March 7 and 14. Using justice in 2020, Saturday, January 25 from 10:00 AM–12:00 noon in the materials from the NYT 1619 Project and materials provided RE Room 4. We will watch a video of a UUA presentation and plan by WinterFlower Robinson, we will examine the history of chattel ways to be involved with local partners including the League of slavery in the US and its effects to this day, and the policies of the Women Voters and the LI Civic Engagement Table. Please register US government in history and today towards Native Americans. In with Sharyn Esposito at [email protected] or 516.472.2960. session 1, we will consider “Capitalism and Slavery,” and in session 2, “A Broken Health Care System.” “Structural Racism: Long If you can’t make the January 25 session, please register for another. Island Issues,” will be the topic of session 3. In our final session, The same program will be repeated on Wednesday, January 29, we will consider the topic, “Native Americans Were Kept as Slaves, 7:30 –9:30 PM; and Saturday, February 15, from 10:00 AM–12 noon. Too.” Sessions will be facilitated by Herb Waldren, Jim Smith, Bob Childcare available for Saturday, February 15 if requested by Friday, Nuxol, WinterFlower Robinson, and Claire Deroche. January 31, 2020.

You can register for Freedom School at UUCSR by contacting OPPORTUNITIES FOR GIVING Sharyn Esposito at [email protected] or 516.472.2960. If you require childcare, please let Sharyn know when you register. The Social Justice Committee of UUCSR sponsors several ways for Attending all sessions will be most beneficial but not mandatory members of the congregation to meet the needs of others for food for participation. and clothing. Please click to see the flyer with complete details. Continued on next column

January 22, 2020 5 Small Group Ministry Youth and Young Adults Marcelo da Silva, Chair India Harris, Youth and Young Adult Program Coordinator

Covenant Groups are another As Unitarian Universalists, name for this vital part of our community is a central aspect to congregation. Groups of up to our faith and spiritual lives. We find twelve people meet monthly ourselves developing connections to reflect upon and discuss through our participation in worship significant life topics. services, RE classes, singing in choirs, committee service, social gatherings, In some UU settings, the and coffee hour. In gathering for a groups are called Covenant common purpose and cause, we are Groups because UUs use the offered the opportunity to choose to concept of a covenant to guide be in relationship with one another. A our relationships. A covenant network of relationships will transform into a community when is a set of promises that we make with one another. We promise to we are willing to do the intentional work of community building. be a community of faith, rather than adhere to a set creed. In Small Group Ministry, we covenant on a small scale in much the same way We held Garfield Con, a young adult conference for Unitarian that we covenant with our larger faith community. We promise to Universalists, ages 18–30 to meet in a safe and welcoming space. The act in good faith. conference, held January 10–12, in the Veatch House was planned, led, and attended by young adults from Unitarian Universalist Small groups are great places to get to know other people, and to get congregations throughout New England and the Mid-Atlantic. to know yourself. Over time, participants build deep connections The intentional work of community building for those gathered with one another, with the congregation, and with that which is included preparing meals together, exploring Unitarian theology, sacred. sharing heartfelt worship, playing video games, and discussing social change and justice issues. Whether the topic is “good and evil,” “mindful living,” or “letting go,” the conversation is respectful and supportive and leads to Everyone was directly invited to offer a gift of time and/or talent to greater understanding. Each session, facilitated by two trained make the event possible. Community agreements are decided upon members of the congregation, allows all participants the opportunity at the beginning of the conference valuing the spiritual and moral to share their perspectives and listen deeply. The time together is values of all present. At times, being together means navigating structured: groups begin and end with centering readings and often challenging group dynamics, interpersonal conflict, and individual include a time of silence before the sharing begins. We invite you to struggles. No one is asked to leave any part of themselves behind join a small group. and there’s a willingness to engage in difficult conversation with the goal of bringing community members back into covenant. First Tuesday of the Month, 7:00 PM, Veatch Terrace Room Facilitators: Gerry Laytin and Stephen Ruocco Next meeting: Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Second Sunday of the Month Early AM, 8:30 AM, Office Conf Room Facilitators: WinterFlower Robinson and Catherine Torrillo Next meeting: Sunday, February 9, 2020

Second Wednesday of the Month, 7:30 PM, RE Room 19 Facilitator: Marilyn Pedalino Next meeting: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 The impact of being intentional in the formation of community Third Friday of the Month Hadley House, 1:30 PM, HH Community is felt beyond the conference. One young adult shared, “I take Room, Facilitators: Lilyan Strassman and Jim Smith with me renewed belief in my ability to contribute to the UU Next meeting: Friday, February 21, 2020 community in the world, an increased intentionality about how I occupy the spaces I am in, and faith that we don’t have to accept Snowbird Meeting Fall and Spring, 10:00 AM, Bride's Room the status quo. Even though the con is “over,” the impact of being Facilitators: Lauren Furst and Carol Garbarino in community remains. Let’s do what we can to stay connected and Meetings will resume in the Spring. ambitious, and to show the wider community why events like these are important.” To join a group, please register at uucsr.org/sgm for the meeting of your choice, or contact Committee Liaison Lea Titza Co-Deans Katie Ralph and Max Solomon-Frye express their deep ([email protected] or 516.472.2975). gratitude to UUCSR for their generosity and support in making the Garfield Con happen.

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

Three Things I Learned from My Dad About Being an Educator

I take after my dad in a lot of ways— my adventurous culinary palate, my Dramatic love of writing, my obsession with musical theatre, and especially, my fondness for having a great, often humorous, personal story to tell. Readings Although I didn’t realize it at the time, I learned other things from my dad at a very young age that I carry with me today as an educator. Ruined Pulitzer Prize-winning play 1. Never Underestimate Youth by Lynn Nottage When I use big words around children, it’s an opportunity for learning. The word “allegory” came up in Children’s Worship Friday, January 24 in the Art Gallery the other day, and we took the time to unpack its meaning with 6:00 PM Potluck Dinner, 7:00 PM Play Reading an assist from a parent and her smart phone. (Tech in Worship is useful sometimes!) My dad, a professor of English and Theatre Join us in our continuing venture in reading plays: some old, some for 38 years, was always the same way. He would speak to me new, comedy, drama, farce. Copies are distributed and parts are just as he would to his students and colleagues, which not only chosen by participants at the event, so no need for preparation. helped me build a large vocabulary, it made me feel respected After the reading, we discuss the play, the author, relevance and as a whole person. interpretation. If you don’t want to be an actor, come anyway to 2. Don’t Take Yourself Too Seriously share in the discussion. Honorifics like “sir” and “mister” make me bristle. I’ve never been “Mr. Jones” and neither was my dad. A favorite exchange Suggested donation is $10 per person per session and that includes I observed was when my dad was first meeting someone in a a pot luck dinner and beverages. If you bring food to share, new academic setting and the one making the introduction said, suggested donation is $5. Registration is required so that we may “Now, it’s Dr. Jones, isn’t it?” And my dad, replied, “Yeah, but provide the right number of copies of the play for the evening. who gives a hoot? (Narrator’s voice: He did not say “hoot.”) Just Maximum number of participants is 20. call me JBJ.” And he was affectionately known by his initials, JBJ, for most of his life. For questions or RSVPs please contact Jessica Pond at jpond@ 3.Honor the Contributions of Young People uucsr.org or call 516.472.2914. I love it when young people share their ideas. When I was a kid, my dad directed a musical revue of Rodgers & Hart songs, and since he took me everywhere, I hung out at many of the Milestones rehearsals. There was a lovely sequence where the various lyrical iterations of “Blue Moon” were performed, culminating in the ballad standard we know today. At the time, I was a huge We announce that... Max and Sandy Bonfeld have settled into fan of Sha Na Na and their television variety show (yes, I know, the Health Center at Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, FL after a I’m dating myself), and I remarked in rehearsal one day how waiit of over a year. They can be reached at 561.609.4170 (Sandy), much fun it would be if they did the doo-wop arrangement. My 561.609.4169 (Max), Rooms G-317 and G-318, 21044 95th Avenue dad not only loved the idea, they put the rock and roll version South, Boca Raton, Florida, 33428. into the show immediately and it became the Act I finale, to the surprise and delight of their audiences. We celebrate with... John and Diane Haney on their move from We are all educators. While gaining knowledge is important, Roslyn to 300 East Overlook, Apt. 245, Port Washington, NY 11050. gleaning ways from our parents, friends, teachers, children, and We wish them many happy occasions in their new home. mentors to lift up one another, has a far more lasting impact. It would be amazing if our children, youth, and adults could all go out into the world quoting Emerson and Theodore Parker, but our We congratulate... Nancy and Rick Van Dyke on the birth of their true goal is for the faith that blossoms here is to sow the seeds that seventh grandchild on January 4, in Chicago. Avir Koba Van Dyke grow into kind, loving, caretakers of nature and all living beings was born to Ben and Pooja Van Dyke and is also welcomed by everywhere. I hope this helps grant a heightened awareness of the sister, Seva, age 4, and his maternal grandparents, Ravindra and gifts of self we receive from our friends and family. And I wish you Pallavi Kobawala. the opportunity to thank them.

January 22, 2020 7 Music Sunday Music and Stephen Michael Smith, Music Director Performing Arts Committee Rachel Zampino, Chair

Join the Choir for Music Sunday 2020 Open AUDITIONS Symphonic Adiemus!

Each year, the UUCSR Choir Sunday, February 2 and 9, 2020 and friends undertake the exploration of a major musical 1:00 PM, Chapel work. Several years ago, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock Choir presented contemporary 48 Shelter Rock Road, Manhasset, NY 11030 Welsh composer Karl Jenkins,' The Armed Man, and this year, we will undertake his Symphonic Adiemus. MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN ACTORS, SINGERS, UNDERSTUDIES, Scored for large choir and full symphony orchestra and started in AND BACKSTAGE PEOPLE NEEDED 1995, Jenkins has written a unique composition which attempts to create a new genre of sound, based partly in Canu Pwnc, the ancient style of choral verse chanting from West Wales, and scat singing known in jazz. His concept is to treat the human voice as an Do Not Be Kind to Robots instrument of sound creation, rather than a conveyor of text. That said, the finished work is a powerful and compelling experience that Love Humans for both the performer and the listener. Join us, once again, as the An original play with music about UUCSR Choir heads to new horizons! a family that needs help

Rehearsals for Symphonic Adiemus will start on Thursday, January ▶ Get experience with a professional Director 23, and will continue each Thursday evening, 7:30–8:30 PM until ▶ Have fun with friends the Music Sunday performance on April 5, 2020. PERFORMANCES: MUSIC SUNDAY April 24, 26 AND May 1, 2020 APRIL 5, 2020 REHEARSALS: Beginning February 24, 2020 Joining the choir for Music Sunday does not obligate singers for ongoing involvement each week in Sunday morning Worship Questions? Call: 516.466.0934 or email: [email protected] Services. Questions? Contact me at [email protected].

We Need Your Talent! Do you sing, dance, mime or tell (good) jokes? We need you on stage for MUSIC AMONG US 2020! Music Among Us NEW DATE: SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020 1:00 PM Social Hall

See and hear Karl Jenkins speak about the The History Of Symphonic Adiemus on YouTube. Young people 18 and younger will be given top priority, Don't miss this opportunity to explore your musical self, and to but performers of all ages are encouraged to participate. help to create music which moves and inspires. All participants must register in advance to perform. Please register by March 1, 2020 by contacting Lea Titza at [email protected] or by forms available in the Main Lobby

8 The Quest Membership Committee Mental Health Subcommittee of the Meg Cohen, Chair Social Justice Committee

Natural, Drug-Free Ways to Treat Anxiety and Insomnia A Presentation by Richard Carlton, MD Wednesdays Sunday, February 2, 2020 Friendsdays 1:15 PM, Art Gallery Dr. Richard Carlton will teach us how to get a handle on anxiety and insomnia by using natural approaches such as dietary changes, nutrient supplements, herbs January 29,2020 (including CBD), cognitive approaches February 12,2020 (including meditation), and FDA-approved medical devices. Dr. Carlton is an “outside-the-box” thinker. He contributed a chapter to a textbook on integrative approaches to depression. All Members & Friends Welcome He co-authored a book on natural approaches to treating Type 2 Diabetes. And he is the co-author and editor of a book on wound healing. With 45 years experience in holistic/integrative medicine Ayhan’s Shish-Kabab and psychiatry, he has a lifetime’s worth of “pearls” to share with Mediterranean Grill us. Meet at 11:30 AM 283 Main St, Port Washington, NY $12.95 Soup or Salad Plus Entree Choice UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION Pay at Restaurant AT SHELTER ROCK Supports Lunch followed by MENTAL HEALTH Afternoon T.E.A. Caring Committee at Diane Lombardy, Chair Landmark on Main Street

January 29,2020 Cole Porter & George Gershwin Classics

February 12,2020 Vintage Bliss: Heart to Heart

2:00 PM • FREE Jeanne Rimsky Theater Sunday, February 9, 2020 232 Main St, Port Washington, NY 11050 1:30 PM • Art Gallery Speaker: MELISSA KATZ Director of Caregiver Services and Grant Management UUCSR provides Community Programming Support to Landmark on Main Street An in depth discussion about the programs and services o ered at Refreshments courtesy of SerendipiTEA the Long Island Alzheimer’s & Dementia Center for the diagnosed and the caregivers.

Programs available at the Center, in the home, and in the community. RSVP: Meg Cohen ([email protected])

January 22, 2020 9 Shelter Rock Forum, Latifa Woodhouse, Chair Art Committee and Tinna Kopelow, Chair Women's Group, Sandra Hazel Frank, President

FILM SCREENING

The current exhibit in the Shelter Rock Art Gallery features charming creations by RE children and youth. The artists range in age from 3 years old to 18. Pieces are both whimsical and/or quite serious. Do visit the Art Gallery to view these outstanding hangings and sculptures. Friday, March 6, 2020 7:00 PM • Social Hall Publicity and Promotions Jennifer Sappell, Communications Manager

Unitarian Universalism is a faith tradition characterized by a free Oscar nominee Feras Fayyad (“Last Men in and responsible search for truth and meaning. Most of us would Aleppo”) delivers an unfl inching story of the agree that our message deserves to be shared now more than ever! Syrian war with his powerful new documentary, In our current digital era, you can share more easily and more The Cave. widely than ever before. You can do your part to support the growing awareness of Unitarian Universalism. For besieged civilians, hope and safety lie underground inside the subterranean hospital Visit UUCSR on Google and provide a Google rating. known as the Cave, where pediatrician and It's quick and simple. A comment would be nice, but not necessary. Click here. managing physician Dr. Amani Ballour and her colleagues Samaher and Dr. Alaa have claimed their right to work as equals alongside their Do you use any Social Media? male counterparts, doing their jobs in a way Like us on Facebook. Comment and share, if you wish. that would be unthinkable in the oppressively Facebook.com/UUCSR patriarchal culture that exists above. Facebook.com/SoulfulSundown Facebook.com/RevBrower Following the women as they contend with daily bombardments, chronic supply shortages and If you are not seeing UUCSR posts in your feed, please make sure that you still Like UUCSR. Your Like button should appear the ever-present threat of chemical attacks, highlighted. Unliking by accident is common. The Cave paints a stirring portrait of courage, resilience and female solidarity. Follow us on Instagram. Instagram.com/uushelterrock

Subscribe to videos of services and special events on FREE - All Welcome YouTube. Youtube.com/user/uucsr 10 The Quest Women’s Group Women’s Group Maria Ceraulo, Chair, Women’s Issues Sandra Hazel Frank, Women’s Group President

After All These Years Women Talk Daytime Ann Jawin’s Center for the Women of First and Third Wednesdays New York opened its building at Fort 12 Noon–2:00 PM • Art Gallery Totten. After all these years! We lost Bring your lunch. Cookies and beverages are provided. Ann, a long-time UUCSR member, right after the building opened. She was a role model for all of us “younger” Women's Group Board Meetings Women’s Group members. Ann never Friday, January 31, 2020, 3:30 PM, Veatch Conference Room stopped advocating for women’s rights Friday, February 28, 2020, 3:30 PM, Veatch Conference Room and the building at Fort Totten. The All are welcome. building was dedicated to women and their issues. I can remember her at the end of a meeting at Borough Hall, walking down the corridor, haltingly, alone, and tired. She never gave up this quest, T.G.I.F. epitomizing the slogan, “and yet she persisted.” We are and were Friday, February 7, 2020 so proud of her and of our part in it. 7:30 PM-9:00 PM • Art Gallery Personal Safety, presented by Officers from the Sixth Precinct The Feminist Majority reported yesterday that the Virginia Senate Nassau County Police Department and House ratified the Equal Rights Amendment! After all these Scams, Mail Phishing, Larceny and Burglary Prevention years—fifty of them, it finally happened. These votes make Virginia FREE • Light refreshments • All are invited. the 38th and final state necessary to ratify the ERA and make it part of the Constitution. The ERA declares: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or by Women’s Group Book Series any state, on account of sex.” I can hardly believe it. The process Friday, February 21, 2020 was stalled in the 1980s after only 35 of the 38 needed states ratified 3:30 PM • Veatch Ballroom it. Nevada ratified in 2017. Illinois ratified in 2018. Only one more Milkman by Anna Burns,led by Mary Lou Kluger state was needed. We persisted. Men’s Group At this time, I’m remembering some of the UUCSR women who Henry Smith, Chair came before us. I feel the need to call Pat Luciano and Vicki Spielman to share the news and to celebrate. Ann saw the fruit of her work. She would have celebrated if she lived a little longer. 20 Because of all the difficulty in passing this simple legislation, as well 20 PER BOW as the set backs in reproductive rights and others, more and more SU L women have decided to run for office. More have been elected. This Super Bowl new vote is a major victory for all. Sunday Feast Roadblocks remain. The New York Times reported that this may be a largely symbolic victory as there are sure to be many challenges in the courts. Nevertheless, one more road block is gone. There still reamins an arbitrary timeline that needs to be addressed. In spite Watch the Super Bowl on a HUGE Screen of this, belief and hope remain strong that the ERA will finally be a part of our Constitution. Hopefully we’ll see it in our lifetimes, Sunday, February 2, 2020 after so many years. 5:30 - 10:00 PM Social Hall

HOT FOOD, SALAD, SANDWICHES, SNACKS DESSERTS AND BEVERAGES *$20/members *$25/non-member guests Open to all adult UUCSR members and their guests. 21 years of age and older, please *Buy your ticket online at www.uucsr.org/superbowl or RSVP Sharyn at [email protected]; 516.472.2960 Bridge, Mah Jongg & other table games available for those who are attending but are not watching the game.

January 22, 2020 11 Hadley House LGBTQ+ Subcommittee of SJ and Hadley House Residents’ Association UUCSR Men's Group Susan Roberts and Henry Smith, Chairs Hadley House Happenings Film Screening 2020 Vision

Best wishes to you all as we start this new decade together. This month, we bid fond farewell to our longtime Resident IN & OUT Manager, Joe Corradetti and his wonderful wife, Janis. Joe has skillfully managed our building with devotion for 20 years. We wish him a healthy and relaxing retirement. Easing the change was meeting our new Resident Manager Adrian Mesareja. Joe has Friday, January 31, 2020 been orienting Adrian for the past few weeks. Watching the two men strolling the halls together like good friends, assures us we continue to be in good hands. 7:00 PM • Art Gallery

Life at Hadley House continues with our roster of activities. We are so happy to be participating in Great Decisions here at Hadley House, led by Carol McHugh. These sessions and related readings keep us well informed about global and national issues and provide a lens through which to consider the events of the day. Small Group Ministry, led by Lilyan Strassman and Jim Smith, provides opportunity to reflect inwardly on our lives, deepen our spirituality, and build community. All would agree that we are fortunate to live among those who offer their time, energy, and varied talents for our needs and interests.

We are mindful this month of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.—his prophetic words and his deeds. He was willing to give his whole life for justice and equality. We offer a poem in honor of Dr. King that may have inspired him. It was written by Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, President of Morehouse College when King was his student. Imagine, if you will, Dr. King reading it.

I only have a minute. Sixty-seconds in it. Forced upon me, I did not choose it. But I know that I must use it. Suffer if I lose it. Only a tiny little minute, 1997 comedy starring: But eternity is in it. Kevin Klein, Joan Cusak, and Tom Selleck

Hadley House Residents’ Association Quest Committee: Upon winning an Academy Award, actor Cameron Drake (Matt Dillon) honors his high Nancy Jacobson school teacher, Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline), Jerry Jalazo who he announces, before millions of viewers, Nancy Keegan Roz Levinson is gay. Barbara Singer Lilyan Strassman As a media blitz descends upon on his small Indiana town, Brackett attempts to convince everyone that he’s your average straight American male.

All Welcome • No Admission Fee Popcorn, Snacks, and Beverages Provided

12 The Quest Green Sanctuary Committee Ellen Councill, Chair

This article reflects our stewardship of the earth and our commitment to the Seventh Principle.

Food Actions for the New Year THE NEED TO GROW

Our planet is a mess. We have not Tuesday, March 3, 2020 done enough to stop wasting food. 7:30 PM Art Gallery Unless, we are into composting, • we are generally creating food This is a must see film! waste. We understand the harm greenhouse gases cause from burning fossil fuels and how factory farms and bad agricultural practices contribute. However, our own culpability should be part of the equation when it comes to the food we waste.

Food waste accounts for 8 percent of greenhouse gas emissions globally. That means 25 percent of agricultural water use for growing food is being wasted. That food, mainly fresh, good food, ends up in landfills, releasing methane. Nonperishable ones (processed products), don’t. Therefore, the average American family wastes $1500 each year on uneaten food.

According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the United States is a major food waster. Forty percent of its food supply ends up in landfills. Households are as much to blame as governments, corporations, farms, restaurants, stores, etc. Up until recently, they weren't doing anything to address this waste until consumers urged businesses and organizations to reduce it; meanwhile, we should look at our complicity.

Our shopping habits should be altered. We should buy only what we need and stop impulsively stocking up. We should organize our food. This means how we set up our refrigerator and food pantry. With an estimated 60 years of farmable soil left on Earth, Perishable foods should be kept up front in the refrigerator and The Need To GROW off ers an intimate look into the hearts of used first. Greens should be wrapped in paper towels for longer activists and innovators in the food movement: life while other vegetables and fruits are placed in the humidity controlled crisper. We can arrange food by dates from earliest to • an 8-year-old girl challenges the ethics of a beloved organization latest. We can ignore spoilage dates on packaged foods because they are unregulated; so "sell" and "use by" don't reflect much. • a renegade farmer struggles to keep his land as he revolutionizes resource effi cient agriculture Or we can participate in a waste-to-compost pilot program like Southold Town in Suffolk County. In February, 30 households • an accomplished visionary inventor faces catastrophe in the midst of developing a game-changing soil regeneration will have their household waste go to a transfer station, then to a technology. local farm to be composted and used for soil regeneration. Other communities on Long Island can create similar programs. The Need To GROW delivers alarming evidence on the importance of healthy soil—revealing not only the potential Finally, buying meal kits with portioned ingredients reduces food of localized food production working with nature, but our waste. Changing food habits by eating moderate amounts and opportunity as individuals to help regenerate our planet’s using leftovers from all meals, in or outside, succeeds. This New dying soils and participate in the restoration of the Earth. Year, we can make a resolution to help the planet become more sustainable by implementing actions that reduce personal food waste and our contribution to global warming. FREE TO ALL • REFRESHMENTS Elaine Peters for the Green Sanctuary Committee

January 22, 2020 13 Program Announcements Please see UUCSR.org for additional details on all programs. See LIACUU.org for other area congregations.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2020 Nar-Anon, 6:30 PM, RE Room 19 UU Café, 12:00 PM, Social Hall LLS Myeloma Support Group, 6:00 PM, RE Small Group Ministry Fourth Tuesday Love and Stitches, 12:30 PM, RE Room 15 Room 16 Meeting, 7:00 PM, Veatch Terrace Room Our Whole Lives for Adults, 1:00 PM, RE NAMI Family Support Group, 7:00 PM, RE BOT Agenda Planning Meeting, 7:00 PM, Room 4 Room 15 Veatch Library Auditions for Do Not Be Kind to Robots, 1:00 Inisfada-Zen Sitting Meditation, 7:30 PM, Kundalini Yoga, 7:00 PM, Art Gallery PM, Chapel Veatch Ballroom, Terrace Room Committee on Ministry, 7:30 PM, Office Small Group Ministry - First Sunday Meeting, Finance Committee Mtg, 7:30 PM, Bride's Rm Conference Room 1:15 PM, Bride's Room Natural, Drug-Free Ways to Treat Anxiety and THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2020 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2020 Insomnia, 1:15 PM, Art Gallery Yoga, 9:30 AM, Art Gallery Wednesday Friendsday - Ayhans and Super Bowl Feast, 5:30 PM, Social Hall AA Meeting, 10:30 AM, Rooms 206, 207 Landmark on Main Street, 11:30 AM, Port Washington MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2020 Members' Bridge Group, 1:00 PM, Veatch Ballroom Investment Committee Meeting, 7:00 PM, Art Mental Health Sub-Committee Meeting, 4:00 Gallery PM, Veatch Conference Room Together to End Solitary Confinement, 6:30 PM, Worship Room, Art Gallery NAMI Family Support Group, 7:00 PM, RE Member Resource Committee Meeting, 4:30 Room 15 PM, Veatch Library Stretch and Balance, 6:45 PM, Social Hall Inisfada-Zen Sitting Meditation, 7:30 PM, Worship Fire Safety Team Meeting, 5:00 PM, Choir Rehearsal, 7:30 PM, Choir Rehearsal Rm Veatch Ballroom, Terrace Room RE Room 15 UU the VOTE, 7:30 PM, RE Room 4 FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2020 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2020 Members' Bridge Lessons & Game Play, 1:00 THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2020 Overeaters Anonymous, 10:30 AM, Veatch PM, Veatch Ballroom Engage New York Executive Meeting Session, Ballroom Dramatic Readings, 6:00 PM, Art Gallery 9:00 AM, Art Gallery Bookstore Meeting, 6:00 PM, Bride's Room Yoga, 9:30 AM, Veatch Ballroom Nar-Anon, 6:30 PM, RE Room 19 SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2020 AA Meeting, 10:30 AM, Rooms 206, 207 Kundalini Yoga, 7:00 PM, Veatch Ballroom Caring Hearts - Quilters, 10:00 AM, Rooms Members' Bridge Group, 1:00 PM, Veatch 204, 205 RE Committee Meeting, 7:00 PM, RE Rooms Ballroom 4, 10 Love and Stitches - WOYOP, 10:00 AM, RE Land Management Project Meeting, 6:00 PM, Room 15 Small Group Ministry First Tuesday Meeting, Bride's Room 7:00 PM, Veatch Terrace Room UU the VOTE, 10:00 AM, RE Room 4 NAMI Family to Family Classes II, 6:30 PM, DAC Meeting, 7:30 PM, Office Conference Yoga, 11:00 AM, RE Room 6 RE Room 15 Room Stretch and Balance, 6:45 PM, Social Hall Membership Comm Mtg, 7:30 PM, RE Rm 17 SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 2020 President's Operations Taskforce Meeting, Jazz Ensemble Rehearsal, 9:00 AM, Ensemble 7:00 PM, Veatch Terrace Room WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020 Rehearsal Room Choir Rehearsal, 7:30 PM, Choir Rehearsal Rm Women Talk Daytime, 12:00 PM, Art Gallery Great Books-Modern American Poetry & Consuming Interests, 9:00 AM, RE Room 4 Racial Justice Task Force Meeting, 5:45 PM, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2020 Office Conference Room Peace and Meditation Service, 9:00 AM, Members' Bridge Lessons & Game Play, 1:00 Chapel SRI Committee Meeting, 7:00 PM, Veatch PM, Veatch Ballroom Conference Room Bagel Breakfast, 10:00 AM, Social Hall Women's Group Board Meeting, 3:30 PM, Inisfada-Zen Sitting Meditation, 7:30 PM, Young People's Choir Rehearsal, 10:00 AM, Veatch Conference Room Veatch Ballroom, Terrace Room Choir Rehearsal Room LGBTQ+ Movie Night: In & Out, 7:00 PM, Art Choir Rehearsal, 10:00 AM, Worship Room Gallery THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2020 RE Classes, 11:00 AM, RE Wing Yoga, 9:30 AM, Art Gallery Worship Service, 11:00 AM, Worship Room SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2020 Thursday INN Cooking, 9:30 AM, Main é Caring Committee Meeting, 10:00 AM, Office Kitchen UU Caf , 12:00 PM, Social Hall Conference Room AA Meeting, 10:30 AM, Rooms 206, 207 Veatch Sunday (incl. Veatch Annual Meeting), Caring Hearts-Quilters, 10:00 AM, Rms 204, 12:30 PM, Social Hall 205 Members' Bridge Group, 1:00 PM, Veatch Ballroom Music and Performing Arts Committee Yoga, 11:00 AM, Art Gallery Meeting, 12:45 PM, Bride's Room NAMI Family to Family Classes II, 6:30 PM, Small Group Ministry Facilitators Meeting, Caring Chefs, 11:30 AM, Main Kitchen RE Room 15 1:00 PM, Office Conference Room Senior Seminar Overnight, 6:00 PM, RE Stretch and Balance, 6:45 PM, Social Hall Rooms 6, 10 Our Whole Lives for Adults, 1:00 PM, RE Rm 4 Personnel Committee Meeting, 7:00 PM, Veatch Library MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2020 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2020 Choir Rehearsal, 7:30 PM, Choir Rehearsal Rm Jazz Ensemble Rehearsal, 9:00 AM, Ensemble Personnel Committee Meeting, 1:00 PM, Rehearsal Room Veatch Library FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2020 Great Books-Modern American Poetry & Consuming Interests, 9:00 AM, RE Room 4 Members' Bridge Lessons & Game Play, 1:00 TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2020 PM, Veatch Ballroom Bagel Breakfast, 10:00 AM, Social Hall Overeaters Anonymous, 10:30 AM, Veatch T.G.I.F. - Personal Safety, 7:30 PM, Art Gallery Ballroom Young People's Choir Rehearsal, 10:00 AM, Choir Rehearsal Room NAMI Criminal Justice Committee Meeting, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2020 3:00 PM, Member Resource Room Choir Rehearsal, 10:00 AM, Worship Room Caring Hearts-Quilters, 10:00 AM, Rooms 204, Hadley House LLC BOM Meeting, 6:00 PM, RE Classes, 11:00 AM, RE Wing 205 HH Community Room Worship Service, 11:00 AM, Worship Room 14 The Quest Program Announcements Please see UUCSR.org for additional details on all programs. See LIACUU.org for other area congregations.

Yoga, 11:00 AM, Art Gallery Stretch and Balance, 6:45 PM, Social Hall AA Meeting, 10:30 AM, Rooms 206, 207 Board of Trustees Meeting, 7:00 PM, Veatch Members' Bridge Group, 1:00 PM, Veatch SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2020 Ballroom Ballroom Small Group Ministry Second Sunday AM Choir Rehearsal, 7:30 PM, Choir Rehearsal Rm Shelter Rock Forum Committee Meeting, 6:15 Meeting, 8:30 AM, Office Conference Room PM, Veatch Conference Room Jazz Ensemble Rehearsal, 9:00 AM, Ensemble FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2020 NAMI COD (Co-occurring Disorders) Support Group, 6:30 PM, RE Rooms 15, 17 Rehearsal Room Members' Bridge Lessons & Game Play, 1:00 Great Books-Modern American Poetry & PM, Veatch Ballroom Stretch and Balance, 6:45 PM, Social Hall Consuming Interests, 9:00 AM, RE Room 4 Soulful Sundown Dinner, 6:30 PM, Service, Choir Rehearsal, 7:30 PM, Choir Rehearsal Rm Bagel Breakfast, 10:00 AM, Social Hall 7:30 PM, Coffee House, 8:45 PM, Social Hall Young People's Choir Rehearsal, 10:00 AM, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2020 Choir Rehearsal Room SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2020 Members' Bridge Lessons & Game Play, 1:00 Choir Rehearsal, 10:00 AM, Worship Room Saturday INN Cooking, 9:00 AM, Main PM, Veatch Ballroom Grade 6 Our Whole Lives Parent Orientation, Kitchen SGM Third Friday Hadley House Meeting, 1:30 10:00 AM, RE Room 15 Caring Hearts - Quilters, 10:00 AM, Rooms PM, Hadley House Community Room RE Classes, 11:00 AM, RE Wing 204, 205 Women's Group Book Series, 3:30 PM, Art Worship Service, 11:00 AM, Worship Room UU the VOTE, 10:00 AM, RE Room 4 Gallery Grade 6 Valentine Fundraiser, 12:00 PM, Main Yoga, 11:00 AM, Art Gallery Soulful Songs & Stories, 7:00 PM, RE Room 19 Lobby UU Café, 12:00 PM, Social Hall SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2020 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2020 LGBTQ Meeting, 12:30 PM, RE Room 4 Jazz Ensemble Rehearsal, 9:00 AM, Ensemble Caring Hearts - Quilters, 10:00 AM, Rooms Rehearsal Room 204, 205 Worship Committee Meeting, 1:00 PM, Bride's Room Great Books-Modern American Poetry & Freedom School, 10:00 AM, RE Room 4 Consuming Interests, 9:00 AM, RE Room 4 Auditions for Do Not Be Kind to Robots, 1:00 Yoga, 11:00 AM, Art Gallery PM, Chapel Small Group Ministry Coordinators Meeting, 9:30 AM, Bride's Room Long Island Alzheimer’s and Dementia Center, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2020 1:30 PM, Art Gallery Bagel Breakfast, 10:00 AM, Social Hall Jazz Ensemble Rehearsal, 9:00 AM, Ensemble LIAC Meeting, 3:00 PM, Stony Brook Choir Rehearsal, 10:00 AM, Worship Room Rehearsal Room Worship Service, 11:00 AM, Worship Room Great Books-Modern American Poetry & TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020 UU Café, 12:00 PM, Social Hall Consuming Interests, 9:00 AM, RE Room 4 Overeaters Anonymous, 10:30 AM, Veatch Love and Stitches, 12:30 PM, RE Room 15 Peace and Meditation Svc, 9:00 AM, Chapel Ballroom Men's Group Meeting, 12:30 PM, Veatch Building and Grounds Meeting, 9:00 AM, Disability Task Force Meeting, 2:00 PM, Conference Room Office Conference Room Bride's Room Small Group Ministry Third Sunday Meeting, Bagel Breakfast, 10:00 AM, Social Hall Art Committee Meeting, 4:00 PM, Office 1:00 PM, Bride's Room Choir Rehearsal, 10:00 AM, Worship Room Conference Room Do You Believe?, 1:00 PM, Veatch Ballroom Worship Service, 11:00 AM, Worship Room Nominating Committee Meeting, 6:30 PM, Bride's Room UU Café, 12:00 PM, Social Hall Nar-Anon, 6:30 PM, RE Room 19 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2020 Music and Performing Arts Committee President's Day Holiday, Building Closed Meeting, 12:45 PM, Bride's Room Board of Trustees Meeting, 7:00 PM, Veatch Ballroom Small Group Ministry Facilitators Meeting, 1:00 PM, Office Conference Room Kundalini Yoga, 7:00 PM, Art Gallery TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2020 Overeaters Anonymous, 10:30 AM, Ballroom Art Reception - Brent Wilkes, 1:00 PM, Gallery WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2020 NAMI Criminal Justice Committee Meeting, 3:00 PM, Member Resource Room Visit UUCSR.org for additional calendar Wednesday Friendsday-Ayhans and Landmark programs and events on Main, 11:30 AM, Port Washington Adult Programs Meeting, 5:00 PM, Art Gallery Reach Out America, 12:30 PM, Social Hall Nominating Committee Meeting, 6:30 PM, Bride's Room The Quest is published twice a month, Ukuleles At Shelter Rock, 6:15 PM, Ensemble except once each in July and August. Copies Rehearsal Room Nar-Anon, 6:30 PM, RE Room 19 are available at the Welcome Desk in the NAMI Family Support Group, 7:00 PM, RE Kundalini Yoga, 7:00 PM, Veatch Ballroom UUCSR Main Lobby, at https://uucsr.org/ Room 15 media/quest-newsletter, and via email. Program Council Meeting, 7:30 PM, Gallery Sign up f0r email at https://uucsr.org/ Inisfada-Zen Sitting Meditation, 7:30 PM, media. Veatch Ballroom, Terrace Room WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2020 The Quest Mission is to connect readers Social Justice Meeting, 7:30 PM, Art Gallery Manhasset School Retirees, 10:30 AM, Bride's to the Unitarian Universalist Congregation Food & Water Watch Meeting, 7:30 PM, Room at Shelter Rock, to Unitarian Universalism, Veatch Conference Room Women Talk Daytime, 12:00 PM, Social Hall and to each other. Small Group Ministry Second Wednesday PM LLS Myeloma Support Group, 6:00 PM, RE The Quest is produced by staff members Meeting, 7:30 PM, RE Room 19 Room 16 Jennifer Sappell and Linda McCarthy, with the invaluable assistance of volunteers: Green Sanctuary Meeting, 7:00 PM, Veatch Claire Z. Bock, Maxine Dangler, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020 Conference Room Steve Marston, and Jessica K. Vega. Yoga, 9:30 AM, Art Gallery Inisfada-Zen Sitting Meditation, 7:30 PM, Veatch Ballroom, Terrace Room Publication dates and submission deadlines: AA Meeting, 10:30 AM, Rooms 206, 207 www.j.mp/quest-sched Members' Bridge Group, 1:00 PM, Veatch Submissions: [email protected] Ballroom THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020 Quest Guidelines: http://j.mp/quest-gl Meditation Thursdays, 6:00 PM, Chapel Yoga, 9:30 AM, Art Gallery

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Developmental Minister January 22, 2020 Rev. Jaye Brooks ([email protected]) 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]) FIRST CLASS MAIL DATED MATERIAL Veatch Executive Director 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 Brigitte Mueller Iliza Bartels Barry Nobel Shanti Carole Flot Robert Nuxoll Chris Hilke Rebecca Smith

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Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock Joan Minieri, Executive Director The Fierce Urgency of Now Women Leading Us Forward

Veatch Sunday | January 26, 2020

Rev. Jennifer Butler, opposing Worship Service: family separation at the border Panel Discussion Following:

Featuring an inspiring Shireen Zaman, , Stephanie Teatro, sermon from LaTosha Brown Director of the RISE Founder of Co-Director of Rev. Jennifer Butler, Together Fund Black Voters Matter Tennessee Immigrant Founder and CEO of and Refugee Rights Faith in Public Life Coalition

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