Welcome to the Fourth Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Westchester in Mohegan Lake, New York.
We are a liberal religious community where members and friends gather to support each other in spiritual journeys
and to give service to the wider world of which we are a part.
We are a liberal religious community where members and friends gather to support each other in spiritual journeys
and to give service to the wider world of which we are a part.
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Our Mission: We are a caring and inclusive spiritual community of children, youth, and adults who honor differences and support open-minded spiritual exploration and ethical development. We celebrate life, nurture each other, and provide support in loving and open-hearted acceptance. We commit ourselves to social justice through action in our local community and the larger world. |
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Online Worship
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Message from the Minister
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Sunday, January 24, 10:30am
Worship Service + Coffee Hour Did Curiosity Kill the Cat? - Rev. Kevin DeBeck This month's Soul Matters theme is Imagination. Imagination and curiosity are closely tied together, and we will discuss how it is curiosity that will help us to be the authors of our own salvation. Rev. DeBeck serves as minister for 4th UU. Sunday, January 17, 10:30am Worship Service + Coffee Hour “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” - Ralph Wood An exploration of ideas from the bestselling book by Yuval Noah Harari, first published in Hebrew in Israel in 2011. Ralph Wood is a member of 4th UU. ======= Our 4th UU online services and coffee hour may be joined by phone or computer. Click here to join by computer. Or join by phone (audio only): 646-558-8656, Meeting ID 922 824 2044, Passcode 529167 EventsOnline Journey Group
Thursday, January 21, 7:00 - 8:30pm Our Journey Group meets to discuss various topics on life's journey, using small group ministry materials and resources developed by Westchester county UU ministers and others. Ralph Wood is the facilitator for our current series of discussions on the theme of INTENTION. New participants welcome! Click here to join our online Journey Group Or join by phone (audio only): 646-558-8656, Meeting ID 933 0515 9526, Passcode 371728 4th UU Monthly Meditation Online Friday, February 12, 7:00 - 8:00pm Join us monthly for 20 minutes of silent meditation with discussion following. Contact hosts Susan Schefflein (susanschefflein@yahoo.com) or Bob Schavrien (schavrien@optonline.net) for more information. Click here to join our online Monthly Meditation To join by phone (audio only): 646-558-8656, Meeting ID 922 824 2044, Passcode 529167 |
Greetings to you all.
When thinking about the holiday season, I think about my grandfather, who came of age during another time of great uncertainty, both the Great Depression and World War II. In the fall of 1943, he turned 18 and left high school early to join the Merchant Marines. Over the course of his service, he was on the supply ships in the days after D-Day in Europe, and later was in the Pacific helping to ready the troops for the invasion of Japan that didn’t happen. I think of him and those of his generation and how tenuous the holidays must have felt, wondering if your loved ones were going to be at the table with their families or not. I wasn’t alive back then, so while I have no firsthand knowledge of what it must have been like, I feel we’re living through something similar. This begs the question --what does one do when there is a time of great uncertainty? The Soul Matters theme for the month of December is Stillness. I find this choice interesting, as during a normal holiday season, there’s very little stillness. In this time of pandemic and economic uncertainty, stillness might be our saving grace. While we wait for vaccines to become more widely available, staying still in our homes, when possible, is one of the best ways to combat the spread of Covid. Stillness may also help heal our earth, ever so slightly, as people who are usually on the move, aren’t. And amidst all the political rancor that we’ve been living with, and the doomscrolling, and all the cable news that we consume to keep up with to stay informed, having a space that has some quiet stillness to just tune out the noise might save our mental health over the long term. There will be a day when we can all come back to church, have large social gatherings, and in general start moving our lives forward again without fear of a deadly virus raging everywhere. Until then, listen to that still small voice that tells you to stay safe, check in with each other, and maybe add a few more lights to your holiday display to help brighten up this most unusual season. Rev. Kevin DeBeck |
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