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Chanel 6 Covers Forum at UUCRT

The UUCRT hosted a forum, Valuing Black and Blue Lives in Our Community: A dialogue, on Sunday October 8. Spectrum News covered the event here.

Statement from the Board and Membership on Desecration of Roadside Sign

Statement from the Board and Membership on Desecration of Roadside Sign Our Unitarian Universalist covenant commits us to live in accordance with seven principles, the first of which is to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person. In that spirit we decided to support the Black Lives Matter movement in our … Continued

Minister’s Statement on Vandalism of Roadsigns

This morning I discovered that someone vandalized the UUCRT road-sign and banners that congregants hung on the UUCRT property. The perpetrator (s) of this offence used blue spray paint and wrote “Blue Lives Matter” on both sides of the road-sign and on the rainbow flag. The perpetrator (s) also wrote obscenities on the Veteran’s for … Continued

Over 100 Attend Vigil at UUCRT Santuary for Stewart 16

Mourners hold candles and respond to a prayer led by Rev. Antal Saturday night in the Sanctuary. Pictures of the sixteen men killed in Monday’s Marine plane crash in Mississippi appear on the laptop screen. Photo by Robert G. Breese for the Times Herald Record.   The community responded to the tragedy with an outpouring … Continued

UUCRT Leaders Stand with 122 Nations at United Nations to Ban Nuclear Weapons

On Friday morning, July 7, 2017, Rev. Antal, Terri Pahucki, UUCRT Lay Commissioned Minister, and Neil Osborne, Deacon of All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church in Manhattan, gathered for a prayer vigil and public witness at the UN Plaza, New York City, in support of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, that was formally … Continued

UUCRT Leaders Train to Offer Sanctuary

UUCRT Board Member Laura Bair shakes hands with Ravi Ragbir, Executive Director of the New Sanctuary Coalition, at Mercer School of Theology in Garden City. Photo by Denise Fillion, Episcopal Diocese of Long Island. Rev. Antal and Laura Bair attended the training on June 29 and learned about the role clergy and faith communities can … Continued

UUCRT minister and members march to ban the bomb

Rev. Antal and Neil Osborne, Deacon and Trustee of All Souls Church in New York City, carried the ten foot long banner through the streets of Manhattan. It reads “Imagine a World Without Nuclear Weapons: Let’s Make it Happen! Unitarian Universalists for Peace and Planet.” UUCRT members in the march included Verne Bell and Terri … Continued

Historic March to Ban the Bomb June 17, NYC

We encourage you to join with the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office and friends from the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Rock Tavern in the Women’s March to Ban the Bomb next Saturday, June 17th, in New York City and around the world. The Women’s March to Ban the Bomb is a women-led initiative building on … Continued

Memorial Eve Service

Revs. Spierling, Antal and Baumbartner at last year’s service of Remembrance, Lamentation and Hope Memorial Day Eve Service of Remembrance, Lamentation and Hope Set for May 28 A Memorial Day Eve Service of Remembrance, Lamentation and Hope will take place on Sunday, May 28th, beginning at 5:30 p.m. This 4th annual community healing ceremony, which … Continued