The Giving Tree is in place in the Sanctuary. We will be collecting donations of warm socks, scarves, hats, sweatshirts and jackets. Take a tag from the tree and bring your items to the Sanctuary by December 28th. Socks needs to be new and all additional items should be new, or clean and in good … Continue reading 2nd Annual Giving Tree
Following the Sunday Service on Sunday, December 21, Marilynn Schuyler or Rev. Amelia will wrap any gifts you bring, in exchange for a small donation to UUCiL.
Join Rev. Amelia to celebrate Christmas with song, story, and a cookie-swap social hour to follow. (Wed., Dec. 24, 4 pm)
The Climate Committee would like to invite new members to the committee. If interested, please contact Gabe Meeker at donandgabe@gmail.com
The Climate Committee Meeting in November falls on Thanksgiving Weekend and our Meeting in December falls on the New Years weekend. So we won’t meet in November and December 2025. Look for our next meeting on after Church on Sunday January 25.
The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong In the struggling town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai is saved from despair by Grazina, an elderly widow with dementia, forging an unexpected bond that reshapes their lives and reveals dynamics of love, memory, and resilience on the margins of society. The Social Justice Book Club meets on the first Sunday of the month at noon. We meet in … Continue reading Social Justice Book Read January 4, 2026
Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine: Reform, White Supremacy, and an Abolitionist Future by Emile DeWeaver Despite reform efforts that have grown in scope and intensity over the last two decades, the machine of American mass incarceration continues to flourish. In this powerful polemic, formerly incarcerated activist, essayist, and organizer Emile Suotonye DeWeaver argues that … Continue reading Social Justice Book Read December 7, 2025
Starting in November, Austin Phillips will accompany our worship services one Sunday per month and the choir for two rehearsals per month. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he studied under Antonio Pompa-Baldi.
The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate This novel is inspired by the actual “Lost Friends” newspaper advertisements placed by formerly enslaved people after the Civil War as they searched for lost family members. It follows two intertwined storylines: one set in 1875 and one in 1987. The Social Justice Book Club meets on … Continue reading Social Justice Book Read November 2, 2025
Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson Abundance is a once-in-a-generation, paradigm-shifting call to renew a politics of plenty, face up to the failures of liberal governance, and abandon the chosen scarcities that have deformed American life. The Social Justice Book Club meets on the first Sunday of the month at noon. We meet in person … Continue reading Social Justice Book Read October 5, 2025
