Fourth Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Westchester

Tony Arrien - Understanding Trans and Non-Binary People and How to Be a Better Ally

Tony (He/Him) is a member of the Community UU Church of White Plains, Co-chair GLSEN Lower Hudson Valley; Former LGBTQIA+ Educator at The LOFT LGBTQ+ Community Center; Past Chairman of Alliance for Community Media of New York and Past Board Member of ACM North East Region 2008-2024

 

Christine Kim - My Dog Is My Home: A Love That Transcends Boundaries

How immigrant families are dealing with the loss of their family pets in detention facilities

Kym McNair - Creating a World Where Black Women's Voices are Heard

If we are to believe that our current society can be transformed into one where everybody can experience respect, equity and safety, then we must also believe that the first steps must be creating a world where Black women’s voices are heard, their leadership is followed, and their lives are protected.

The Dorothy Bouman Love Service 2024

The Love Service                                          Dorothy Bouman

Vincent
Irene
Valarie and Will
Gretchen
Prepared Reading

Ten Things I Have Learned in My 80 Years - Marge A. Grimm

Marge Grimm presents a service on ten things she has learned in her 80 years of life.

Season of Advent – The Dark and the Light - Rev. Lane L. Cobb

Rev. Lane's service this December Sunday is, "Season of Advent – The Dark and the Rev. Lane Cobb is an author, coach and ordained interfaith, inter-spiritual minister committed to educating and uplifting those seeking to live a more authentic, spirit-filled life. Her video dialogue Race Talk Revolution offers people of diverse backgrounds an opportunity to engage in courageous conversations about race and cultivate partnerships for exploring antiracist activism.

Open Arms for Refugees - Gretchen Allene Grimm

“The work of resettling a refugee and helping build a new life in a new country is a tremendous undertaking, and we welcome your support in this pressing humanitarian mission.” ~OpenArmsforRefugees.org

Guest Speakers Ted Buerger and Zia Gulestani.  Hosted by Gretchen Allene Grimm

Ted Buerger is the cofounder of Open Arms for Refugees. He is the lead coordinator of the roughly 100 Open Arms volunteers who have welcomed and helped resettle 11 households and 35 persons to America since January 2022.  Open Arms helps these New Neighbors find food and shelter, healthcare, education and ESL classes, jobs, and community. While most households resettled have been Afghan,  two families are from Colombia and one is from Ukraine.

Zia Gulestani is the Operations Director for Afghanistan and Pakistan with Too Young To Wed, which seeks to protect young girls from child marriage. When Kabul fell, Zia stayed to secretly maintain a network of safe houses for Afghan women hiding from the Taliban. Once discovered by the Taliban, he and his family of five fled to Pakistan. Open Arms welcomed the family at JFK Airport in June 2023, the ninth household that Open Arms has helped resettle. 

 

Convenanting for Change and a Future Filled with Hope - Rev. Lane L. Cobb

Faith is taking the first step, even when you can't see the whole staircase" - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  Join us in person or online for a service with Rev. Lane Cobb.  Rev. Lane Cobb is an author, coach and ordained interfaith, inter-spiritual minister committed to educating and uplifting those seeking to live a more authentic, spirit-filled life. Her video dialogue Race Talk Revolution offers people of diverse backgrounds an opportunity to engage in courageous conversations about race and cultivate partnerships for exploring antiracist activism.

Calling In The Calling Out Culture - Rev. Lane L. Cobb

How can we have more productive conversations with people we vehemently disagree with?  Civil rights activist Loretta J. Ross gives us the tools to call people in - instead of calling them out Rev. Lane Cobb is an author, coach and ordained interfaith, inter-spiritual minister committed to educating and uplifting those seeking to live a more authentic, spirit-filled life. Her video dialogue Race Talk Revolution offers people of diverse backgrounds an opportunity to engage in courageous conversations about race and cultivate partnerships for exploring antiracist activism.

In The Flow - Rev. Lane Cobb

This Sunday, we celebrated the beginning of a new church year with our annual Water Ceremony, calling us back together after our summer hiatus.   This ceremony was introduced into UU worship in the 1980s and it is celebrated at UU congregations around the world, as a symbol of our shared faith coming together from many different sources.    Rev. Lane Cobb is an author, coach and ordained interfaith, inter-spiritual minister committed to educating and uplifting those seeking to live a more authentic, spirit-filled life. Her video dialogue Race Talk Revolution offers people of diverse backgrounds an opportunity to engage in courageous conversations about race and cultivate partnerships for exploring antiracist activism.