IMPERFECT, BROKEN, AND BEAUTIFUL - Rev. Paul Dodenhoff
2018-03-04 10:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Englewood, 07631, United States
Please join UUCP at 10:30 a.m. for our service led by Rev. Paul Dodenhoff. We are all imperfect, we are all broken, and we are all beautiful in our own ways. Join us today as we consider the spiritual meaning for our lives behind the Japanese aesthetic of Wabi-Sabi and the art form of Kintsugi.
Bring a friend and stay for coffee and light refreshments. We look forward to seeing you!
Poster by: Liandra Pires

BLACK WOMEN: SPIRITUALITY AND ACTIVISM - Arlene Holpp Scala
2018-03-11 10:30 - 11:30
Please join UUCP at 10:30 a.m. for our service led by UUCP Co-President, Arlene Holpp Scala. The service will focus on Black UU women and other Black women activists, including Black Lives Matter leaders.
Bring a friend and stay for coffee and light refreshemnts. We look forward to seeing you!
Poster by: Liandra Pires

WE NEED MORE EMMAS - Rev. Paul Dodenhoff
2018-03-18 10:30 - 11:30
Please join us at 10:30 a.m. for today’s service led by Rev. Paul Dodenhoff. 18-year old Emma Gonzalez, one of the survivors of the recent school shooting in Parkland, Florida, has become the face of the new student activist movement opposing the NRA and demanding gun reform in America.
Join us today as we take a look back on three other women named Emma who were activists who helped to bring about change and who still inspire us to stand up and speak truth to power as our nation faces a time of crisis during the current administration.
Bring a friend and stay for coffee and light refreshments. We look forward to seeing you!
Poster by: Liandra Pires

UUCP SERVICE AUCTION
2018-03-24 19:00 - 22:00
Something awesome is happening on Saturday March 24 at 7:00 pm!
The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palisades is having their annual service auction.
Your can purchase your tickets below, or simply make a donation.

There will be a live and silent auction with plenty of exciting items. Some items included are day trips, dinners, restaurant/service certificates, a boutique and more. This fun filled evening helps UUCP to continue their work of promoting social justice and interfaith cooperation and understanding.
Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door.
Even if you are not able to join us, purchasing a ticket or making a donation will help UUCP to continue its great work.
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
Poster by: Liandra Pires

JESUS AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO-GOOD, VERY BAD WEEK - Rev. Paul Dodenhoff
2018-03-25 10:30 - 11:30
Please join UUCP for our service at 10:30 A.M. led by Rev. Paul Dodenhoff. Today is Palm Sunday, the observance in the Christian tradition of Jesus “triumphal” entry into Jerusalem. It is also the beginning of “Holy Week,” culminating in the celebration of Jesus resurrection.
Join us today for the first of two sermons by Rev. Paul Dodenhoff that examine the events of that week, and how viewing them through a universalist lens enriches our spiritual lives no matter what our faith or no-faith tradition is.
Bring a friend and stay for coffee and light refreshments. We look forward to seeing you!
Poster by: Liandra Pires

Easter
2018-04-01

DID JESUS DIE FOR OUR SINS? - Rev. Paul Dodenhoff
2018-04-01 10:30 - 11:30
Please join UUCP for today’s service at 10:30 a.m. led by Rev. Paul Dodenhoff. Today is the celebration of Easter, the holiest day in the Western Christian tradition. Today, in the second of two sermons examining the events of Holy Week from a universalist perspective, Rev. Paul Dodenhoff examines the death and resurrection of Jesus, and the theological notion of the need for a bloody sacrifice for sin.
Bring a friend and stay for coffee and light refreshments. We look forward to seeing you!
Poster by: Liandra Pires

AT HOME IN THE NOW - Rev. Greg Ganaway
2018-04-15 10:30 - 11:30
Join UUCP today at 10:30 a.m. for our service led by special guest speaker, Rev. Greg Ganaway and special guest Yolanda. As creatures of habit, we often don’t think that what we do every day shapes our lives and how we live and think. We can build habits of awareness that build upon each other. Claiming and fully occupying our place in the present can be fun. It’s doable because it’s our nature. Power, knowledge, creation and energy is only available in the present moment. We are at Home only in the Now.
Bring a friend and stay for coffee and light refreshments. We look forward to seeing you!
Poster by: Liandra Pires

TO PRAY OR NOT TO PRAY - Rev. Paul Dodenhoff
2018-04-22 10:30 - 11:30
Join UUCP for today’s service at 10:30 a.m. led by Rev. Paul Dodenhoff. Every major religious tradition practices some form of prayer. But just what is prayer? To whom do we pray? Does it matter if we pray or not? Join us today as we examine the subject of prayer and whether or not its relevant to our spiritual lives.
Bring a friend and stay for coffee and light refreshments. We look forward to seeing you!
Poster by: Liandra Pires

THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGING - The DeMasi Brothers
2018-04-29 10:30 - 11:30
Please join UUCP today at 10:30 a.m. for our musical service presented by The DeMasi Brothers. Music has always been an important part in movements of social change. Join award winning twin brothers and UU musicians/singer/songwriter/humorists Joseph and John DeMasi as they present songs that will inspire, motivate, enlighten and touch on issues that are relevant today.
The DeMasi Brothers Bio:
Joseph and John DeMasi, the DeMasi Brothers are award winning UU singer/songwriters who began their singing career in the folk clubs of New York City where they were born and raised. They were heavily involved in the folk music revival scene in Greenwich Village in the 1980’s and appeared regularly at the famed “Speakeasy” folk club. In 1992 they joined forces with their lifelong friend Chris Burke, the actor with Down Syndrome best known for his starring role as “Corky”in the hit ABC-TV show Life Goes On. The trio formed a singing group for children and families, got a record deal on BMG, recorded four award winning CD’s and toured the country for 20 years promoting the message of inclusion, tolerance and ability awareness. They have performed in all 53 states including the states of exhaustion, confusion and delirium! When Chris retired, the DeMasi Brothers put their folk group back together and have been appearing at UU churches, folk clubs and coffee houses all across the country. They can be heard on NPR radio and have released four wonderful CD’s. Their music is embedded with their UU values and principles that they have shared with over 150 UU churches throughout the country.
Bring a friend and stay for coffee and light refreshments. We look forward to seeing you!
Poster by: Liandra Pires

Cultural (Mis)Appropriation or Why I Don’t Celebrate Cinco De Mayo
2018-05-05 10:30 - 11:30
Rev. Paul Dodenhoff — As a spiritually liberal community, we draw from many sources, including “wisdom from the world’s religions which inspires us in our ethical and spiritual life.” However, over the past few years there is an increasing awareness within many spiritual traditions of how that “drawing from” often crosses the line into cultural (mis)appropriation. Marjorie Bowens-Wheatley writes “Our first task in approaching another people, another culture is to take off our shoes, for the place we are approaching is holy.” Join us today as we consider this increasingly important topic.

Stewardship Sunday
2018-05-06

CULTURAL (MIS)APPROPRIATION OR WHY I DON’T CELEBRATE CINCO DE MAYO - Rev. Paul Dodenhoff
2018-05-06 10:30 - 11:30
Please join us for today’s service at 10:30 a.m. led by Rev. Paul Dodenhoff. As a spiritually liberal community, we draw from many sources, including “wisdom from the world’s religions which inspires us in our ethical and spiritual life.” However, over the past few years there is an increasing awareness within many spiritual traditions of how that “drawing from” often crosses the line into cultural (mis)appropriation. Marjorie Bowens-Wheatley writes “Our first task in approaching another people, another culture is to take off our shoes, for the place we are approaching is holy.” Join us today as we consider this increasingly important topic.
Bring a friend and stay for coffee and light refreshments. We look forward to seeing you!
Poster by: Liandra Pires

MOTHERS' DAY: GENERATIONS - Deborah Singer Pires & Arlene Holpp Scala
2018-05-13 10:30 - 11:30
Please join us today for our Mother’s Day service led by UUCP Co-Presidents, Deborah Singer Pires & Arlene Holpp Scala. Mothers are daughters and many mothers are grandmothers. Some even get to be great-grandmothers. Celebrate the women who have mothered us, and celebrate our connections to those mothers who came before and after us. Congregants are invited to bring photos of their mothers and to share in our traditional flower ceremony.
Bring your mother or a friend and stay for coffee and light refreshments. We look forward to seeing you!
Poster by: Liandra Pires

Information Due to Michael Meyers-Jouan for Annual Meeting
2018-05-20

THE WINDS OF CHANGE - Rev. Paul Dodenhoff
2018-05-20 10:30 - 11:30
Please join UUCP for today’s service at 10:30 a.m. led by Rev. Paul Dodenhoff. Today as we honor the Jewish festival of Shavuot and the Christian holiday of Pentecost and consider their spiritual meaning for our lives today as the winds of change begin to blow across our nation and around the world.
Bring a friend and stay for coffee and light refreshments. We look forward to seeing you!
Poster by: Liandra Pires

Packets Completed
2018-05-27

MEMORIAL DAY AND HOW WE RE-MEMBER - Rev. Paul Dodenhoff
2018-05-27 10:30 - 11:30
Please join UUCP for today’s service at 10:30 a.m. led by Rev. Paul Dodenhoff. As we again take time to honor those who died while serving our nation in the military, we will consider the larger question of just what it means to re-member.
Bring a friend and stay for coffee and light refreshments. We look forward to seeing you!
Poster by: Liandra Pires

WHY BOOKS AND LIBRARIES STILL MATTER - Rev. Paul Dodenhoff
2018-06-03 10:30 - 11:30
Please join UUCP for today’s service at 10:30 a.m. led by Rev. Paul Dodenhoff.
Summer reading time is upon us!
“I have always imagined,” said the Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges, “that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
The percentage of American adults who read literature — any novels, short stories, poetry or plays — fell to at least a three-decade low in 2015 according to the National Endowment for the Arts.
So, today, we will celebrate books, all kinds of books! We’ll discuss why books still matter (libraries, too!) and three of our members will share their thoughts about a book that they’ve enjoyed and what it means to them.
Everyone is invited to bring a book, used or new, especially a children’s book that will be donated to the Center for Food Action to be given to a child in need.
Bring a friend and stay for coffee and light refreshments. We look forward to seeing you!
Poster by: Liandra Pires

A FLYING LEAP INTO THE UNKNOWN - Rev. Paul Dodenhoff
2018-06-10 10:30 - 11:30
Please join UUCP for today’s service at 10:30 a.m. led by Rev. Paul Dodenhoff. Sometimes we are faced with having to enter unknown territory in our lives, of not knowing what to do or which direction to take in a situation. Join us today as we consider how we can face our fear and take a flying leap into the unknown when those times confront us.
Bring a friend and stay for coffee and light refreshments. We look forward to seeing you!
Poster by: Liandra Pires

Annual Meeting
2018-06-10 12:00 - 13:00

THE RAINBOW PEOPLE - Arlene Holpp Scala
2018-06-17 10:30 - 11:30
Please join UUCP for our service today at 10:30 a.m. led by UUCP Co-President, Arlene Holpp Scala. The Unitarian Universalist Association has been welcoming Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual people for 25 years. Later, the “T” for transgender people was added. Welcoming is a spiritual practice. What does being a welcoming congregation mean to UUCP, especially to our LGBT members and friends? Today, many LGBT people are adding the “Q” for queer to the acronym. Does the “Q” expand the diversity, or will it lead to the erasure of the other identities?
Bring a friend and stay for coffee and light refreshments. We look forward to seeing you!
Poster by: Liandra Pires

THIS EVIL THAT IS COME UPON US: JESUS, BUDDHA, AND RESISTING TRUMP'S WHITE AGENDA - Rev. Paul Dodenhoff
2018-06-24 10:30 - 11:30
Please join UUCP for today’s service at 10:30 a.m. led by Rev. Paul Dodenhoff. Today Rev. Dodenhoff will address the horrors that are happening at our Southern border due to the Trump administration’s “Zero Tolerance Policy” and the separation of families and interment of children.
Bring a friend and stay for coffee and light refreshments. We look forward to seeing you!
Poster by: Liandra Pires

UPGRADING OUR SPIRITUAL TECHNOLOGY - Rev. Paul Dodenhoff
2018-07-01 10:30 - 11:30
Please join UUCP for today’s service at 10:30 a.m. led by Rev. Paul Dodenhoff. When was the last time you upgraded your computer or your cell phone? We’re always reminded that “it’s time to upgrade!” But what about your spiritual technology? Is your spiritual technology out of date? Join us today as we consider how important it is to maintain our spiritual technology and ways that we can keep from crashing or being spiritually hacked!
Bring a friend and stay for coffee and light refreshments. We look forward to seeing you!
Poster by: Liandra Pires

A CASE FOR REPARATIONS FOR SLAVERY - Arlene Corsano
2018-07-08 10:30 - 11:30
Please join us for today’s service at 10:30 a.m. led by UUCP member, Arlene Corsano. Though slavery has long since been abolished, it gave birth to racism and segregation, and the inequality between whites and blacks that still exist today. This service includes a screening of the 28 minute documentary, “Slave Reparations: The Final Passage”.
Bring a friend and stay for coffee and light refreshments. we look forward to seeing you!
Poster by: Liandra Pires

WALLS AND FENCES - Rev. Paul Dodenhoff
2018-07-15 10:30 - 11:30
Please join us for today’s service at 10:30 a.m. led by Rev. Paul Dodenhoff. “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,” said Robert Frost. Join us today as we consider just what it is about a wall that appeals to so many people.
Bring a friend and stay for coffee and light refreshments. We look forward to seeing you!
Poster by: Liandra Pires

TAKING A VICTORY LAP - Rev. Paul Dodenhoff
2018-07-22 10:30 - 11:30
Please join us for today’s service at 10:30 a.m. led by Rev. Paul Dodenhoff. Sometimes, we win. Sometimes, we lose. Celebrating victories in our lives is important and healthy, especially at a time when we feel like we’re losing ground every day.
Bring a friend and stay for coffee and light refreshments. We look forward to seeing you!
Poster by: Liandra Pires

FINDING SPIRITUALITY IN NATURE - Saritha Clements, Deborah Singer Pires, and Arlene Holpp Scala
2018-07-29 10:30 - 11:30
Please join UUCP for today’s summer service led by Saritha Clements, Deborah Singer Pires, and Arlene Holpp Scala. It is summertime and nature poetry comes to mind as a great way to reflect on the interconnectedness of all living things, particularly in nature. We invite you to bring a nature-themed poem to service on July 29 so we can share poetic reflections about our beautiful natural world.
Bring a friend and stay for coffee and light refreshments. We look forward to seeing you!
Poster by: Liandra Pires

URGENT: PROPHETS NEEDED! - Rev. Paul Dodenhoff
2018-08-05 10:30 - 11:30
Please join UUCP today at 10:30 a.m. for our service led by Rev. Paul Dodenhoff. Theologian James Luther Adams wrote: “Only through the prophethood of all believers can we together foresee doom and mend our common ways.” Join us today as we examine Adams words and the work that each of us are called to as prophets in the world.
Bring a friend and stay for coffee and light refreshments. We look forward to seeing you!
Poster by: Liandra Pires

WHAT BUDDHA TAUGHT - Rev. Paul Dodenhoff
2018-08-12 10:30 - 11:30
Please join UUCP for today’s service at 10:30 a.m. led by Rev. Paul Dodenhoff. Join us as we take a brief refresher course in the basic teachings of the Buddha and consider how they can be of help to us in our daily lives.
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Poster by: Liandra Pires
