Stewardship Campaign
reaches 85% of goal
Pledges for the fiscal year beginning April 1 total 85% of the goal as of April 26. If you are ready to make a financial commitment to this church, please send in your pledge today. Your support is needed and appreciated. Read more, download pledge card ...
reaches 85% of goal
Pledges for the fiscal year beginning April 1 total 85% of the goal as of April 26. If you are ready to make a financial commitment to this church, please send in your pledge today. Your support is needed and appreciated. Read more, download pledge card ...
The Executive Committee has issued the following statement regarding the virus:
Dear Members and Friends of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota (UUCS),
Friday at 2:00 PM the City of Sarasota declared a citywide public health emergency and is encouraging gatherings within the city limits to cancel. Accordingly, we are closing the church effective Saturday, March 14, 2020 until further notice.
In addition to halting Sunday services, we are cancelling or postponing the following UUCS activities:
An exception will be the twelve step groups that meet at the church. They will make their own decisions about meeting. In a time of high stress meetings of such groups can be especially important to those who attend.
The UUCS Board of Trustees will be meeting Tuesday night at their regularly scheduled meeting (sitting at least 6 feet apart!) to address:
We will send out a summary of board thoughts and actions next Thursday.
If you have questions about the closing, please contact Dale Anderson at dale.anderson@bdcadvisors.com. Copy Roberta Druif at directoruucs@gmail.com and Dee Widder at aauucs@gmail.com with your questions or comments so we can track issues as they arise and route your concerns to the appropriate parties.
Please follow the Center of Disease Control or the World Health Organization’s recommendations for staying safe and preventing spread of the infection.
Sincerely,
Dale Anderson, M.D.
President – UUCS Board of Trustees
Reverend Roger Fritts
Senior Minister
Reverend Beth Miller
Associate Minister
Reverend Budd Friend-Jones
Associate Minister
Dear Members and Friends of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota (UUCS),
Friday at 2:00 PM the City of Sarasota declared a citywide public health emergency and is encouraging gatherings within the city limits to cancel. Accordingly, we are closing the church effective Saturday, March 14, 2020 until further notice.
In addition to halting Sunday services, we are cancelling or postponing the following UUCS activities:
- Get-together dinners
- Chalice groups
- Forum
- See-Sarasota excursions
- Discovering UU
- Savvy Women
- Men’s Group
- Choir Practice
- Cinema Conversations
- Racial Justice Reading Program discussions
- Qigong
- Bridge Group
- Artist Show
- All committee meetings
An exception will be the twelve step groups that meet at the church. They will make their own decisions about meeting. In a time of high stress meetings of such groups can be especially important to those who attend.
The UUCS Board of Trustees will be meeting Tuesday night at their regularly scheduled meeting (sitting at least 6 feet apart!) to address:
- Potential alternate methods of providing church services
- Virtual meeting options for our board, executive committee, search committee, etc.
- A plan for keeping members and friends up to date on the status of the church and its activities
- Care of the campus facility and grounds during our shutdown
- Options for addressing Serendipity Auction social events
- Evaluation of the financial implications of this pandemic emergency for our church
We will send out a summary of board thoughts and actions next Thursday.
If you have questions about the closing, please contact Dale Anderson at dale.anderson@bdcadvisors.com. Copy Roberta Druif at directoruucs@gmail.com and Dee Widder at aauucs@gmail.com with your questions or comments so we can track issues as they arise and route your concerns to the appropriate parties.
Please follow the Center of Disease Control or the World Health Organization’s recommendations for staying safe and preventing spread of the infection.
Sincerely,
Dale Anderson, M.D.
President – UUCS Board of Trustees
Reverend Roger Fritts
Senior Minister
Reverend Beth Miller
Associate Minister
Reverend Budd Friend-Jones
Associate Minister
Auction Catalog Now Online!
The fabulous, 2020 Serendipity Auction Catalog is ready and online for members to access. Go to the Members' Corner and click on the download link. Or get a printed copy after each service this Sunday. For the auction schedule (February 2), click here.
The fabulous, 2020 Serendipity Auction Catalog is ready and online for members to access. Go to the Members' Corner and click on the download link. Or get a printed copy after each service this Sunday. For the auction schedule (February 2), click here.
Mindy Simmons, guitar and vocals
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Rev. Beth Miller will serve us half-time. Beth has years of experience serving several congregations and for four years she was Director, Ministry & Professional Leadership at the Unitarian Universalist Association, one of the most trusted and respected positions in our denomination. Beth will help us continue our strong ties with the larger Unitarian Universalist movement.
The following background information is from the December 29, 2006, issue of UU World magazine at www.uuworld.org/articles/beth-miller-leads-department-in-transition. The article was published upon her being named the Director of Ministry and Professional Leadership at the Unitarian Universalist Association.
Miller’s leadership experience includes 15 years as a congregational minister. She served most recently as minister of the UU Church of the Monterey Peninsula in Carmel, California, from 1997 to 2006. She has been active in religious education and youth ministry at both the district and continental levels, serving on both the Joseph Priestley District and continental UUA Youth/Adult Committees in the 1980s. She served on the UUA nominating committee in the 1990s; and the Pacific Central District’s conflict team and Sparks for Growth study group more recently. During her tenure as minister at a small UU congregation in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from 1991 to 1996, she was vice president of the Canadian Unitarian Council.
In addition to her leadership skills, Miller also has strong pastoral gifts. One of these gifts, she said, is her ability to draw boundaries around emotional or stressful issues, which allows her to tackle tough issues without being personally burdened. “I can be present and listen very carefully and I am genuinely compassionate, but at the same time when I walk away I’m not carrying it,” she said. “I have a firewall between my own soul and other people that empowers me to be present without being emotionally or spiritually depleted.”
The 57-year-old Miller didn’t start life with ministry in mind or even as a Unitarian Universalist. Born in Syracuse, N.Y., and raised in Leesburg, Fla., Miller started lobbying to attend Sunday school at an early age, even though her parents weren’t churchgoers. “In kindergarten every Monday morning the teacher would ask who went to Sunday school yesterday,” she said. “It was absolutely clear that if you didn’t raise your hand there was something wrong with you. So I began agitating to be taken to Sunday school.” Her parents went church shopping and Miller became a Methodist for many years, even though her parents seldom attended.
Miller became acquainted with Unitarian Universalism in 1974 when she and her second husband were looking for a church to be married in. “He had been raised a Unitarian Universalist and suggested that a Unitarian Universalist minister marry us,” she said. The couple met with the minister at the UU Church of Rockville, Md., and became immediately involved in church activities. “Before the wedding even took place, [my husband] was doing music and I was teaching Sunday school,” Miller said.
Miller’s involvement with the church steadily grew and she credits key mentors with her progress. “There were leaders in that church who saw things in me I didn’t know were there and called those forth,” she said. “Mary Hart, who was a member of the UUA board at one period and was very involved at the district and the continental level, would invite me to do things. I’d say, ‘Mary I don’t know how to do that,’ and she’d say, ‘There will be help and you’ll figure it out; you’ll know what you need to know and people will help you.’ And it was true.” After serving as a religious educator and church leader for six years at the Rockville church, Miller was asked in 1980 to serve as the interim director of Religious Education there. After this experience she became active in religious education at both the district and national levels and played a major role in the re-visioning process that resulted in the creation of Young Religious Unitarian Universalists (YRUU), which emerged out of Liberal Religious Youth. It was at a youth conference in 1982—Common Ground II—that Miller experienced the call to ministry. “I was journaling,” she recalled, “and it came out in my journal that I wanted to be a Unitarian Universalist minister. It was shocking to me. I didn’t have a clue that I was capable of doing this.”
But the call persisted and Miller, who had married at 18 and didn’t have a bachelor’s degree, found herself enrolled as a full-time college student within two years. In 1986, at age 36, she received a B.A. from Hood College in Frederick, Md., and in 1990 she earned an M.Div. degree from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. The entire ministerial training process, including internship and Clinical Pastoral Education, took around eight years, she said, a process she completed while raising two children and continuing to be an active lay leader in her church.
Her first ministerial assignment was at a small church in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from 1991 to 1996. She then moved on to serve as an interim minister for East Shore UU Church in Mentor, Ohio, in 1996. In 1997 she accepted the call to become senior minister at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Monterey Peninsula in Carmel, California, a position she kept until June 2006 when she accepted her current job at the UUA.
Before accepting the position at the UUA, Miller had two criteria. “One was that I could love the work,” she said, “and the other was that my motivations were clean. I didn’t want it to be ego-driven. It’s OK to feel proud and I do. This is an amazing accomplishment for me. But if that’s all it was, I knew I wouldn’t do the job well for very long. And if I couldn’t actually love the work, it wouldn’t sustain me for very long.”
After much self-examination, and talking to a number of people who knew her and the kind of work she’d be doing, Miller accepted the job. She exults in the opportunity for growth and development at this stage of her life. “A new career at 57!” she said. “It’s still ministry, but it’s calling out new skills and different parts of me.”
Although much of Miller’s job concerns the smooth execution of her staff group’s many complex administrative responsibilities, she maintains a firm spiritual grounding. She describes herself as panentheist with Buddhist leanings. “I believe there is a spark of the divine in each of us,” she said. “Our spiritual task is to bring what we profess to be our values ever more closely into alignment with how we live in the world so we can live with greater integrity and live more fully.”
The following background information is from the December 29, 2006, issue of UU World magazine at www.uuworld.org/articles/beth-miller-leads-department-in-transition. The article was published upon her being named the Director of Ministry and Professional Leadership at the Unitarian Universalist Association.
Miller’s leadership experience includes 15 years as a congregational minister. She served most recently as minister of the UU Church of the Monterey Peninsula in Carmel, California, from 1997 to 2006. She has been active in religious education and youth ministry at both the district and continental levels, serving on both the Joseph Priestley District and continental UUA Youth/Adult Committees in the 1980s. She served on the UUA nominating committee in the 1990s; and the Pacific Central District’s conflict team and Sparks for Growth study group more recently. During her tenure as minister at a small UU congregation in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from 1991 to 1996, she was vice president of the Canadian Unitarian Council.
In addition to her leadership skills, Miller also has strong pastoral gifts. One of these gifts, she said, is her ability to draw boundaries around emotional or stressful issues, which allows her to tackle tough issues without being personally burdened. “I can be present and listen very carefully and I am genuinely compassionate, but at the same time when I walk away I’m not carrying it,” she said. “I have a firewall between my own soul and other people that empowers me to be present without being emotionally or spiritually depleted.”
The 57-year-old Miller didn’t start life with ministry in mind or even as a Unitarian Universalist. Born in Syracuse, N.Y., and raised in Leesburg, Fla., Miller started lobbying to attend Sunday school at an early age, even though her parents weren’t churchgoers. “In kindergarten every Monday morning the teacher would ask who went to Sunday school yesterday,” she said. “It was absolutely clear that if you didn’t raise your hand there was something wrong with you. So I began agitating to be taken to Sunday school.” Her parents went church shopping and Miller became a Methodist for many years, even though her parents seldom attended.
Miller became acquainted with Unitarian Universalism in 1974 when she and her second husband were looking for a church to be married in. “He had been raised a Unitarian Universalist and suggested that a Unitarian Universalist minister marry us,” she said. The couple met with the minister at the UU Church of Rockville, Md., and became immediately involved in church activities. “Before the wedding even took place, [my husband] was doing music and I was teaching Sunday school,” Miller said.
Miller’s involvement with the church steadily grew and she credits key mentors with her progress. “There were leaders in that church who saw things in me I didn’t know were there and called those forth,” she said. “Mary Hart, who was a member of the UUA board at one period and was very involved at the district and the continental level, would invite me to do things. I’d say, ‘Mary I don’t know how to do that,’ and she’d say, ‘There will be help and you’ll figure it out; you’ll know what you need to know and people will help you.’ And it was true.” After serving as a religious educator and church leader for six years at the Rockville church, Miller was asked in 1980 to serve as the interim director of Religious Education there. After this experience she became active in religious education at both the district and national levels and played a major role in the re-visioning process that resulted in the creation of Young Religious Unitarian Universalists (YRUU), which emerged out of Liberal Religious Youth. It was at a youth conference in 1982—Common Ground II—that Miller experienced the call to ministry. “I was journaling,” she recalled, “and it came out in my journal that I wanted to be a Unitarian Universalist minister. It was shocking to me. I didn’t have a clue that I was capable of doing this.”
But the call persisted and Miller, who had married at 18 and didn’t have a bachelor’s degree, found herself enrolled as a full-time college student within two years. In 1986, at age 36, she received a B.A. from Hood College in Frederick, Md., and in 1990 she earned an M.Div. degree from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. The entire ministerial training process, including internship and Clinical Pastoral Education, took around eight years, she said, a process she completed while raising two children and continuing to be an active lay leader in her church.
Her first ministerial assignment was at a small church in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from 1991 to 1996. She then moved on to serve as an interim minister for East Shore UU Church in Mentor, Ohio, in 1996. In 1997 she accepted the call to become senior minister at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Monterey Peninsula in Carmel, California, a position she kept until June 2006 when she accepted her current job at the UUA.
Before accepting the position at the UUA, Miller had two criteria. “One was that I could love the work,” she said, “and the other was that my motivations were clean. I didn’t want it to be ego-driven. It’s OK to feel proud and I do. This is an amazing accomplishment for me. But if that’s all it was, I knew I wouldn’t do the job well for very long. And if I couldn’t actually love the work, it wouldn’t sustain me for very long.”
After much self-examination, and talking to a number of people who knew her and the kind of work she’d be doing, Miller accepted the job. She exults in the opportunity for growth and development at this stage of her life. “A new career at 57!” she said. “It’s still ministry, but it’s calling out new skills and different parts of me.”
Although much of Miller’s job concerns the smooth execution of her staff group’s many complex administrative responsibilities, she maintains a firm spiritual grounding. She describes herself as panentheist with Buddhist leanings. “I believe there is a spark of the divine in each of us,” she said. “Our spiritual task is to bring what we profess to be our values ever more closely into alignment with how we live in the world so we can live with greater integrity and live more fully.”
Reduce Plastic
Bags in Sarasota
In response to Coral Gables banning plastic bags earlier this year, Publix launched a new corporate campaign 'Go Green or Opt for Paper Bags' in that city. Let's add Sarasota to that initiative! Contact Lisa.Roberts@publix.com and tell her Sarasota would like to 'Go Green' as well.
Bags in Sarasota
In response to Coral Gables banning plastic bags earlier this year, Publix launched a new corporate campaign 'Go Green or Opt for Paper Bags' in that city. Let's add Sarasota to that initiative! Contact Lisa.Roberts@publix.com and tell her Sarasota would like to 'Go Green' as well.
Dan Dembicki, piano
New chairs, new service times,
new color
The sanctuary has a new look with the new, larger chairs. Services are now at 10 and 11:30 am.
new color
The sanctuary has a new look with the new, larger chairs. Services are now at 10 and 11:30 am.
Rev. Margaret L. Beard
Old announcements page was at http://www.uusarasota.com/announcements
August 8 from 5:30 to 8:30 pm at Universalist Church of Sarasota
Visit Tidal Town Halls - Sarasota for free tickets. Read more at Green Team Upcoming Events.
Visit Tidal Town Halls - Sarasota for free tickets. Read more at Green Team Upcoming Events.
Susan Cook-Hallock is our Director of Religious Education. Susan has taught in our youth program since 2012. She has also been chair of the Social Justice Committee at the church. She has served as the chief financial officer of the Helen R. Payne Day Nursery/Children First which is a private, charitable, nonprofit organization that serves more than 600 of Sarasota County's most vulnerable children, birth to five years of age, and their families. She has also been an Administrative Assistant at Bethesda House HIV/AIDS support program in Sarasota. Her college degree was a dual major of Education and Psychology.
Additional photos of Susan are in our gallery below. Hover over the pictures to see the captions. Click on the pictures for an enlarged view.
Additional photos of Susan are in our gallery below. Hover over the pictures to see the captions. Click on the pictures for an enlarged view.
We Need Your Ideas! Our church received a $1,000 grant from No Child Goes Hungry either to feed children directly, inform people about the issue, or expand existing programs. How might we apply these funds? Check out www.nochildgoeshungry.net, the “Grants in Motion” tab to see what other recipients have done. Please email your thoughts to NoHungryChildren@uusarasota.org
Living and Learning with Millennials:
105 Days at Sea and in Port with 570 Undergraduates
Brian Berry and Nancy Janus, Professor of Human Development at Eckert College, traveled the world with college students, living and studying together from China to Ghana and more. They will share their insights on this new generation of young people who are already impacting our politics and our world.
105 Days at Sea and in Port with 570 Undergraduates
Brian Berry and Nancy Janus, Professor of Human Development at Eckert College, traveled the world with college students, living and studying together from China to Ghana and more. They will share their insights on this new generation of young people who are already impacting our politics and our world.
Serendipity Auction this Sunday, Feb 4:
Be a part of this loving community. Please go to the MEMBERS CORNER for the very exciting 2018 Auction Catalog, plus an Addendum, and to view photos of many of the offerings!
Be a part of this loving community. Please go to the MEMBERS CORNER for the very exciting 2018 Auction Catalog, plus an Addendum, and to view photos of many of the offerings!
Rev. Bill Morgan
Coffee and Conversation: Enjoy coffee, juice and other refreshments as you converse with old friends and make new ones. Join a welcoming and loving community as you bask in the sunshine and relax in our lovely garden setting.
Get Together Dinners
Find current dinner rosters in the Members Corner plus the online form for the next round of dinners. Attending these dinners is such a great way to meet people and reacquaint with old friends.
Find current dinner rosters in the Members Corner plus the online form for the next round of dinners. Attending these dinners is such a great way to meet people and reacquaint with old friends.
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What's a church without a potluck? Please bring food to serve eight people. Plates, utensils and beverages are provided. Join a welcoming and loving community as you bask in the sunshine and relax in our lovely garden setting. You may eat outside or in air-conditioned comfort. All are welcome.
Myakka River State Park
Celery Fields
Celery Fields Update: Proposed land use and development next to the Celery Fields was met by intense resistance during the June 1st meeting of the Sarasota County Planning Commission. Read more...
COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT COURT - SARASOTA'S MENTAL HEALTH JAIL DIVERSION PROGRAM
Monday, September 25th 11:30-1:00
Hot Topic Luncheon
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Monday, September 25th 11:30-1:00
Hot Topic Luncheon
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THE POLITICS OF SURVIVAL
YOUR ABILITY TO IMPACT YOUR FUTURE
Thursday, Sept 28th 6-7:30 pm
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YOUR ABILITY TO IMPACT YOUR FUTURE
Thursday, Sept 28th 6-7:30 pm
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Nursery: Loving care for infants and toddlers. For Pre-K through 5th grade, the summer curriculum may include nature walks, games, performing skits, science experiments or creating art works. Older children are welcome to attend the Sunday Service with their parents or to act as helpers in the classroom. The Youth Group meets monthly on Sunday evenings. Read more about our Religious Education programs for children. Check out our RE Calendar for our scheduled programs.
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What's a TED Talk Talk?
Following a video presentation of a TED Talk, we pass the microphone around to talk about the TED Talk. This week, the video is not an official TED Talk, but the format for the meeting is the same. TED is a nonpartisan nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks. TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 110 languages. Read more at www.ted.com
Following a video presentation of a TED Talk, we pass the microphone around to talk about the TED Talk. This week, the video is not an official TED Talk, but the format for the meeting is the same. TED is a nonpartisan nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks. TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 110 languages. Read more at www.ted.com
Get Together Dinners
The summer dinner rosters are now in the Members Corner. Attending these dinners is such a great way to meet people and reacquaint with old friends.
The summer dinner rosters are now in the Members Corner. Attending these dinners is such a great way to meet people and reacquaint with old friends.
Dr. Ashley Montagu's last book, "Growing Young," expounded a theory of continuing to grow young as we age. By retaining some of the qualities we had as children, such as curiosity, open-mindedness, and playfulness, we can expand our productive years far past what society currently dictates. Read more...
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A CONVERSATION WITH A PALESTINIAN-AMERICAN WOMAN
Fri Apr 28th 6:00pm-8:00pm
Mildred Sainer Pavilion, 5313 Bay Shore Rd, Sarasota, FL 34243, USA Samar is a Kuwaiti-born Palestinian-American speaker, journalist, and educator. She has traveled extensively throughout North America, Europe, and the Middle East and has lived in Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and America.
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Fri Apr 28th 6:00pm-8:00pm
Mildred Sainer Pavilion, 5313 Bay Shore Rd, Sarasota, FL 34243, USA Samar is a Kuwaiti-born Palestinian-American speaker, journalist, and educator. She has traveled extensively throughout North America, Europe, and the Middle East and has lived in Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and America.
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Sign Up Now for
Compassionate Communication Workshop
Monday, March 20, is the deadline. Come learn with us in a 3 hour workshop; how to create more harmonious relationships. Express yourself without shaming or blaming others while being clear about what you want. Listen to what matters and practice empathetic connections in personal relationships and church committees. Dr. Marshall Rosenberg created "Compassionate Communication" and Mercedes Frace, a practitioner for 10 years will teach us. Saturday, March 25th, 1-4pm at the church. Read more and register here...
Compassionate Communication Workshop
Monday, March 20, is the deadline. Come learn with us in a 3 hour workshop; how to create more harmonious relationships. Express yourself without shaming or blaming others while being clear about what you want. Listen to what matters and practice empathetic connections in personal relationships and church committees. Dr. Marshall Rosenberg created "Compassionate Communication" and Mercedes Frace, a practitioner for 10 years will teach us. Saturday, March 25th, 1-4pm at the church. Read more and register here...
Healthy Living group meets March 1
This book discussion group kicks off on March 1 at 10 am in the Library. Read more and sign up...
This book discussion group kicks off on March 1 at 10 am in the Library. Read more and sign up...
During a five week trip to India last fall, John Brackett had an up close and personal introduction to Hinduism, the third largest religion in the world. John made the theology and mythology of Hinduism a focus of the trip. He is eager to share his Reflections on Hinduism and this experience with you.
John Brackett has been a Unitarian Universalist since 1988 and is one of our charter UUs of Lakewood Ranch. He was raised Catholic and attended minor seminary in high school. Although he spent his career in Information Technology, primarily as a Data Base Administrator, he has had a life-long passion for History, Philosophy and Mythology. He is also a writer and is enjoying pursuing that interest in retirement.
John Brackett has been a Unitarian Universalist since 1988 and is one of our charter UUs of Lakewood Ranch. He was raised Catholic and attended minor seminary in high school. Although he spent his career in Information Technology, primarily as a Data Base Administrator, he has had a life-long passion for History, Philosophy and Mythology. He is also a writer and is enjoying pursuing that interest in retirement.
Our good friend and fellow Unitarian Nancy Janus will share her life story as a mother, wife, professional educator, world traveler and competitive athlete. She'll also describe a day that changed her life forever after she was hit by a car while riding her bicycle. Her awakening following her accident to the lessons of life are nothing short of miraculous and will give us pause to consider the lessons we've learned so far in life and the ones still ahead.
Solidarity March in Sarasota, January 21
In solidarity with the Women's March on Washington, rally at the Kissing Statue at Bayfront Park at noon. Marchers will walk across the Ringling Bridge. Bring your own sign.
Here's parking information and practical tips for the Sarasota March.
For information about March on Tallahassee or to register for the march, click here. If you’d like to register for the bus from Sarasota or from Tampa please use this link.
In solidarity with the Women's March on Washington, rally at the Kissing Statue at Bayfront Park at noon. Marchers will walk across the Ringling Bridge. Bring your own sign.
Here's parking information and practical tips for the Sarasota March.
For information about March on Tallahassee or to register for the march, click here. If you’d like to register for the bus from Sarasota or from Tampa please use this link.
Child care will be provided for babies, toddlers and children so you can enjoy the Sunday service or the TED Talk Talk.
Two-service schedule: In Winter and early Spring, our service schedule changes to accommodate the higher attendance we experience during the tourist season. For those months we go from a single service at 10:30 a.m. on Sundays to two Sunday morning services at 10:00 and 11:30 am.. The services are identical, except when the choir sings. Every other Sunday, the choir sings at the 10 am service with a guest musician performing at the 11:30 service.. Sermons are the same at both services but the music changes: The choir sings on alternate Sundays and only during one of the services. On those Sundays the other service's music will be anchored by folk guitarist and singer Mindy Simmons and guest musicians. On Sundays when the choir does not sing, the music will be provided by guest musicians, usually with the same musicians performing at both services. Simmons describes herself as a veteran performing songwriter, singing her own flavor of blues, jazz and folk. Mindy is a one-of-a-kind, outstanding entertainer and song leader. More info on Mindy can be found on her website at www.mindysimmons.com.
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Rev. Katie Culbert
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Leah Rothe, violin
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Darren Server, keyboard
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Bob Delfausse, trombone
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Gary Reinstrom, bagpipes
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Jamie Gee, guitar
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Fred Sirasky, clarinet
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 Dawn Stahler, violin
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Young Kim, horn
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Mindy Simmons, guitar and vocals
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Movies and discussions Oct. 14
This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein kicks off a new series of Friday evening movies and discussions. Read more...
This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein kicks off a new series of Friday evening movies and discussions. Read more...
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Tapestry of Faith lessons. Check out our Re Calendar for our scheduled programs. Nursery: Loving care for infants and toddlers is available during the 10:30 a.m. Service. Read more about our nursery... Read more about our Religious Education programs for children and youth.
Stephen Harlin, M.D.
Teaching medical students, caring for patients, conducting clinical research, and advocating for improvements in the healthcare system have been the cherished responsibilities of Dr. Stephen Harlin’s medical career. He’s enthused about recently completing certification in Mind-Body Medicine at Harvard Medical School’s Benson-Henry Institute. That training provided the foundation for his practice in precision medicine - one that focuses on preventive health care and combines advances in molecular biology and genomics with the neurobiological research surrounding meditation. In addition, he will be teaching Harvard’s “Stress Management and Resiliency Training (SMART)” program at New College of Florida next semester.
Art Project Day. Check out our Re Calendar for our scheduled programs. Nursery: Loving care for infants and toddlers is available during the 10:30 a.m. Service. Read more about our nursery... Read more about our Religious Education programs for children and youth.
Airing September 20th at 9 pm on PBS, “Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War,” a new documentary directed by Ken Burns and Artemis Joukowsky, tells the story of Martha and Waitstill Sharp, two of the founders of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC). The Sunday before the program the sermon will explore this story.
Two related Youtube videos are available below, followed by an eight-minute trailer which includes the film opening and the discussion of Waitstill and Martha Sharp's Unitarian identity.. Read more at defyingthenazis.org.
Two related Youtube videos are available below, followed by an eight-minute trailer which includes the film opening and the discussion of Waitstill and Martha Sharp's Unitarian identity.. Read more at defyingthenazis.org.
Airing September 20th at 9 pm on PBS, “Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War,” a new documentary directed by Ken Burns and Artemis Joukowsky, tells the story of Martha and Waitstill Sharp, two of the founders of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC). The Sunday before the program the sermon will explore this story.
Two related Youtube videos are available below, followed by an eight-minute trailer which includes the film opening and the discussion of Waitstill and Martha Sharp's Unitarian identity.. Read more at defyingthenazis.org.
Two related Youtube videos are available below, followed by an eight-minute trailer which includes the film opening and the discussion of Waitstill and Martha Sharp's Unitarian identity.. Read more at defyingthenazis.org.
Get Together Dinners Go to the Members Corner for the roster for June 25 and an electronic sign-up form for Jul 23, Aug 27, and Sep 24. Registration deadline is June 26. Information? Call Alice at 302-2592 or Carole at 755-3627.
11:30 am Potluck
11:30 am Coffee and Conversations
A Black Lives Matter Banner will be displayed at our church -- periodically to comply with city statute for temporary signs. For background on why we have this banner, we invite you to read our minister's sermon titled "Black Lives Matter, Police Lives Matter."
Photo by Charles Lee
Photo by Charles Lee
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What's a church without a potluck? Please bring food to serve eight people. Plates, utensils and beverages are provided. Join a welcoming and loving community as you bask in the sunshine and relax in our lovely garden setting. You may eat outside or in air-conditioned comfort. All are welcome.
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Rosters for Get-Together Dinners are in the Members' Corner
Join the new group, Cooking with UU Friends, starting in August.
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Sign Up for These Exciting Adult Programs
Join the new group, Cooking with UU Friends, starting in August.
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You can find the August and September rosters in the Members Corner. Call the office if you need the password.
Game night and potluck this Saturday, 6 - 8:15 pm
Open to all ages. Bring a dish to share. Enjoy a board game. Read more...
Sanctuary Concerts throughout the church year
The series we call Sanctuary Concerts is now in its 4th year. The concerts committee produces six concerts a year on Sunday afternoons--usually at 4 pm--during the busiest time of the year (October-April). Proceeds go into a fund to benefit music at the church.
Audiences range in size from 65 to 165 and the admission price includes a complimentary wine and cheese reception with the musician.
See this page for more information about scheduled Sanctuary Concerts and its performers.
Religious influence in public education to be exposed July 22
"The Revisionaries," exposing religious insertions into public school textbooks, will be shown Wednesday, July 22, at 5;30 pm.
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PFlagPGH Donate page
Our UU Vision of Multisite Ministry
UU Church of the Lakes, Wisconsin
Leicester Unitarian Church, Massachusetts
San Diego Unitarian Universalist Network
Want to get married in the state of Florida?
Here is what you need to know. Read more...
Media note Climate Symposium
Local media took note of our recent Climate Change Symposium. SNN6 television news, Radio station WMNF 88.5FM, The Nilon Report - WSRQ, The Bradenton Herald and The Sarasota Herald-Tribune published interviews or reports. Numerous video commercials were also run.
Read more...
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New round of Get-Together Dinners announced
Sign up for the Summer Get Together Dinners. It is a great way to get to know new friends at the church and/or reacquaint with old friends. The dates are July 25, August 22, and September 26. Read more...
Free Introduction to Qigong June 8 at 10 am
Qigong is a self-healing art that originated in Ancient China. It combines breath, movement, meditation, and self-applied massage to maintain health, prevent and treat illness, reduce stress, and bring harmony to the mind, body and spirit. Read more...