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To request that an event be included on this page, fill out an
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District-Sponsored Events |
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Events Sponsored by Districts of the CenEast
Regional Group |
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The CenEast Regional Group, or CERG,
comprises the Joseph Priestly, Ohio-Meadville, Saint Lawrence, and
Metro NY districts. |
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Events Sponsored by Congregations and
UU Related Organizations |
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Summary of Events for Youth |
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For more information regarding all
youth events, visit
www.metroyac.org. |
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You may also want to visit the
District calendar.
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District-Sponsored
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Leadership Development Con
March 19-21, 2010
UU Fellowship
of Northern Westchester, Mount Kisco NY |
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Click here for flyer. |
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Click here to register. |
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For more information:
Katie Parker |
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for more information on youth events. |
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YAC/Annual planning meeting
April 2-4, 2010
Location tba |
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Jr High Youth Con
April 17-18, 2010
Morristown Unitarian
Fellowship, Morristown NJ |
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Click here for a letter to DREs |
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District Annual Meeting
April 30-May 1, 2010
Hyatt Morristown, Morristown NJ |
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11th Annual MNYD Anti-Racism Conclave
May 15, 2010 - 9:00 am-4:00 pm
Community Church of New
York UU, New York NY |
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Multicultural Renaissance Module
May 18-20, 2010
Murray Grove |
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For more information:
Andrea Lerner |
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Social Con
June 11-13, 2010
Location TBA |
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YAC retreat/meeting
June 18-20, 2010
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YAC retreat (members only)
September 3-5, 2010
Murray Grove |
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Events Sponsored by Districts
of the CenEast Regional Group |
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Webinars |
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UU Leadership Team Institute Leadership Retreat
July 25-28, 2010
Notre Dame
Retreat House, Canandaigua, NY |
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Summary
of Events for Youth |
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also want to visit the Metro NY YRUU website:
www.metroyac.org |
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Where |
| Junior Youth
Retreat |
September 26-27 |
Camp Ma-Kee-Ya,
Harriman State Park, NY |
| EnviroCON |
October 16-18 |
UU Fellowship at
Stony Brook, Stony Brook NY |
| Youth/Advisor
Workshop (Fri-Sat) |
November 6-7 |
UU Congregation
at Shelter Rock, Manhasset NY |
| YAC meeting
(Sat-Sun) |
November 7-8 |
UU Congregation
at Shelter Rock, Manhasset NY |
| Social Action
Con |
canceled |
canceled |
| Youth Chaplain Training |
January 8-10 |
Unitarian
Society, A UU Congregation, East Brunswick NJ |
| Conival |
January 29-31 |
Unitarian Church
in Summit, Summit NJ |
| Con Om Nom |
February 19-21 |
First Unitarian
Society of Plainfield |
| Leadership
Development Con |
March 19-21 |
UU Fellowship of
Northern Westchester, Mount Kisco NY |
| YAC/Annual
planning meeting |
April 2-4 |
Location tba |
| UU UNO Spring
Seminar |
April 8-10 |
UN Plaza, New
York NY |
| Jr High Youth
Con |
April 17-18 |
Morristown
Unitarian Fellowship, Morristown NJ |
| MNY Annual
Meeting |
April 30-May 1 |
Hyatt Hotel in
Morristown |
| Social Con |
June 11-13 |
Location tba |
| YAC
retreat/meeting |
June 18-20 |
Location tba |
| YAC retreat
(members only) |
September 3-5 |
Murray Grove |
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Events Sponsored
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| A Spring
Equinox Labyrinth Walk for the Earth |
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sponsored by The
Unitarian Church in Westport |
| 10 Lyons
Plains Road, Westport CT |
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Saturday, March 20, 2010 - 7:00 pm |
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Benefit Concert for Interfaith Sacred Activism |
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A Program
of the Social Justice Council at the Unitarian Church in Westport |
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| Opening
Ceremony with Yale Divinity student Frances Sink, studying
Eco-Theology; |
| Local
Recording Artist Terri Liles Mason, sharing her Hymn to the Earth,
Om Gaia, #1 Chant CD in 2009; |
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Accompanied by twice-Grammy nominated Paul Avgerinos. |
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walking meditation will follow, in which participants will be
invited to "Take Steps" for a healthy planet, |
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| With
Labyrinth Facilitator Marjorie Partch |
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| $20
Suggested Donation |
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Click here for
flyer.
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| Spring
Denominational Event |
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sponsored by The
Community Church of New York Unitarian Universalist |
| 40 East
35th St, New York NY |
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| March
27, 2010 - 12:00-4:00 pm |
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| The Church
Council of Community
Church of NY would like to welcome all New York City borough
Unitarian Universalist Congregations to visit us this Spring 2010 to
celebrate a inter-denominational event. |
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Click here for more
information or call 212-683-4992. |
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| Rainbow
Circle at Murray Grove |
| Navigating Nirvana - What Buddha
Has to Say to the GLBT Communities |
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sponsored by
Murray Grove Retreat and Conference Center |
| 431 Rte.
9, Lanoka Harbor NJ |
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Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 5:00 pm |
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Rainbow Circle at Murray Grove: |
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Gatherings, Celebrations, Workshops/Trainings and Support for the
GLBT Community |
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Buddhist Educator Alan Oliver will present “Navigating To Nirvana:
What Buddha Has to Say to the GLBT Communities” |
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| WHO:
All GLBTQQI folk and their families, allies and supporters are
invited |
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Murray Grove Retreat and Conference Center, 431 Route 9, Lanoka
Harbor, NJ 08734 (corner of Route 9 and Church Lane) |
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5-6 pm gathering, 6-7:30 pm dinner ($5 donation) and fellowship |
CONTACTS: Murray Grove: 609-693-5558, email -
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Woolbert: 609-926-0386, email -
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| Hope to
see you there - RSVP Greatly Appreciated! |
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| Overnight
accommodations available - $35 per person per night |
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| Radical
inclusion of all is the basis of Universalism in our time and is
promoted by Murray Grove Retreat and Conference and Center. |
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| We Shall
Remain: America Through Native Eyes |
| Episode 3: Trail of Tears |
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sponsored by The
Community Church of New York Unitarian Universalist |
| 28 East
35th St, New York NY |
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April
2, 2010 |
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Anti-Racism Team Meeting - 6:30 pm |
| Film -
7:00 pm |
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| In 1838
and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the
Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the
Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma.
The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail Where They
Cried," because of its devastating effects. The migrants faced
hunger, disease, and exhaustion on the forced march. Over 4,000 out
of 15,000 of the Cherokees died. |
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| Trial
of Tears documentary explores the resolve, resilience and the
eventual futile effort of the Cherokee people, who resisted removal
from their homelands in the Southeast in every way they knew;
assimilation, adopting a European-style government and legal system,
accepting Christianity, and even taking their case all the way to
the United States Supreme Court. |
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UU-UNO Spring Seminar |
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Climate of Change: |
| Heads, Hearts, and Hands Around
the Planet |
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sponsored by The
UU-United Nations Office |
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Location of event: The Church Building, 777 UN Plaza, New York
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April
8-10, 2010 |
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April, youth and adults from around the United States and Canada
gather in New York City for our exciting and educational
Intergenerational Spring Seminar. |
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participants gain a deep understanding on a topic of global concern
and have a lot of fun in the wonderful intergenerational
environment. |
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seminars have focused on water, poverty, HIV/AIDS, human
trafficking, and peacekeeping. |
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year’s topic is *Climate Change*. During these four days
approximately 75 youth and advisors stay at one of our Manhattan
based UU congregations, learning, making friends, having fun, and
mobilizing. Not only do youth attend the conference but many also
take on important leadership roles in its planning and execution. |
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| When Cool Was
Hot |
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sponsored by The
Unitarian Church in Westport |
| 10 Lyons
Plains Road, Westport CT |
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - 1:00-3:00 pm |
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| The
Unitarian Church - Still Cool at 50: A special tour of this
award-winning building, designed by well-known architect Victor
Lundy. |
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| Tour
guides are John P. Franzen FAIA and John T. Stevens AIA, of J.P.
Franzen Associates, Architects. Continuing Education hours will be
reported for AIA Connecticut members. |
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| Unitarian
Church tour will be on Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 1:00-3:00 pm. |
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Refreshments following tour. |
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Reservations Required 203-222-1424 Ticket $20 |
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is part of a beautiful photographic exhibit, When Cool Was Hot,
showcasing the Westport Historical Society’s startling recent
discovery of over two dozen important modern buildings in town. It
runs January 24th- May 1st. Also featured: |
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a
timeline spanning the period from 1930-1960 listing
international, national and local milestones |
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an introduction to local modernist architect Victor Civkin |
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mid-twentieth century furniture, accessories and paint
colors of the period |
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film excerpts from 1939: I Have Seen the Future, a
documentary featuring the 1939 New York World’s Fair by
Westport film maker Lisa Seidenberg |
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Concert for Clean Water in Kenya by Exit 43 |
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sponsored by The
Unitarian Church in Westport |
| 10 Lyons
Plains Road, Westport CT |
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April
17, 2010 - 7:30 pm |
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own Exit 43, a band of talented musicians committed to making a
difference in the world, will present a benefit concert for clean
water projects in Kenya on April 17. Guitarist and song writer
Suzanne Sheridan noted that “we chose to name the band after an
imaginary Exit 43 on the Merritt Parkway, because it is through the
imagination that we can begin to build the kind of world we want.” |
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first CD, “Home at Last” includes the song “Prayer” by Emmy
Award-winning composer and band member Andy Gundell, with the lyric,
“Hear the voice of the world / Singing from each nation / We’re a
brave choir of passionate fools / Who believe it’s still not too
late.” “Prayer” was selected by Archbishop Desmond Tutu as the theme
song for his worldwide AIDS initiative. South African recording
artist James Stewart recorded the song for Tutu, with the Archbishop
himself voicing over the second verse. |
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addition to Sheridan and Gundell, the members of Exit 43 are Ed
Thompson, Minister of Music at
The Unitarian
Church in Westport, and Scarlett Lee Moore, who was twice voted
Fairfield County Connecticut’s Best Blues Performer. “While we
acknowledge the challenges that fill our lives, we want to hold out
hope for this time, this place, and these people,” according to Ms.
Moore. “The lyrics of our songs mirror this basic outlook and the
songs speak for themselves.” |
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concert, at 8:00 pm on Saturday April 17 at
The Unitarian
Church in Westport, will support a trip to Kenya this July by
twelve volunteers to build protected fresh drinking water sites. For
many in this region of Kenya, drinking water is available only at
distant water sources which may be unsafe or unreliable. The
volunteers will build water sites that eliminate air- and
water-borne disease while protecting the water source from farm
animals and assuring a steady supply of drinking water. |
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donation is $20. |
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| The trip
will be led by Dan Iacovella and Anna Jones-Iacovella, who have made
several trips to Chepsaita, a village in Western Kenya, to help
improve the community’s schools and water supply. Their initial trip
to Chepsaita was on their honeymoon, when they built the first of
five water sites completed to date through their organization ‘United
with Kenya.’ |
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The Unitarian
Church in Westport is at 10 Lyons Plains Road, Westport CT. |
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203-222-7190 for information and reservations. |
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| Spring
Revival |
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sponsored by The
Fourth Universalist Society |
| 160
Central Park West, New York NY |
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| May
21-22, 2010 |
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| LREDA
Chapter Retreat |
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sponsored by the
Liberal Religious
Educators Association District Chapter |
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Location of event: Ocean Grove NJ |
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| June
13-16, 2010 |
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For more
information:
John Cavallero |
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