The Unitarian Montessori School will host a Nutrition Presentation by Jen Shukaitis, a Rutgers Teacher, on May 1st at 7 pm. All are invited. Jennifer Shakaitis is an assistant professor and educator at the Department of Family and Community Health Sciences at Rutgers Cooperative Extension and Mom of one of our students, Anele. She will … Continued
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UUA General Assembly June 20-24, 2018 Kansas City, Missouri Register here: https://www.uua.org/ga/registration Â
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Project Planning Meeting – Lost Souls Public Memorial Project Wednesday, May 9, 7-9pm We continue our efforts to build a public memorial to the nearly 100 souls lost to permanent slavery at the hands of a corrupt Middlesex County judge in 1818. We will be talking about how to go forward with the design of … Continued
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Pulpit Exchange — A Kind of Ministers’ Musical Chairs?  Pulpit exchange has deep roots in our historical polity as Unitarian Universalists, proscribed in the Cambridge Platform of 1648, the document upon which we base our kind of congregational polity (governance) and ground our understanding of a covenantal, rather than creedal, religion. Yet while the … Continued
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Death Café Spend your Saturday afternoon with coffee, cake & conversation in small groups exploring our inevitable mortality and the topic of death. (Gluten-free option will be available) No dogma. No answers. No conclusions. But space for questions, queries, and speculation. The Unitarian Society is pleased to sponsor this event. It is open it to … Continued
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TUS has been certified as a Sanctuary Supporting Congregation. Here is a letter of the events and actions that members of TUS have taken to gain this recognition from UU Faith Action NJ. Reverend Rob Gregson, Executive Director, UU Faith Action Ted Fetter, Chair, Immigration Reform Task Force, UU Faith Action 4 Waldron Avenue, Summit … Continued
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LET’S MAKE THIS PLACE LOOK SPIFFY AGAIN. It’s time for some spring cleaning — the outdoor kind. Our beautiful grounds need a little bit of human help to look even more beautiful after the winter left its mark. We need to rake leaves, pick up trash, cut back some bushes — SPIFF THE PLACE UP! … Continued
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Here is a reflection from our minister who took part in the National Interfaith Clergy Witness on the 5th anniversary of the Newtown massacre. https://medium.com/@karengjohnston/we-want-our-children-back-the-5th-anniversary-of-the-sandy-hook-massacre-e221685e32b7
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The Unitarian Society’s monthly newsletter, which includes our calendar of events, is now available on our website. You can see the latest newsletter and prior newsletters by clicking on the Newsletter Link in the menu at the top of the page.
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TUS now has a YouTube Channel! We’ll be posting videos of sermons and other events here. Visit the TUS YouTube Channel at this link or click on the YouTube Channel in the main menu.
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In September, 2017, we dedicated our Gratitude Garden on the grounds of the congregation. This interactive installation provides a place where people from the community can share thankfulness publicly, yet anonymously — a powerful gift for the givers, the receivers and our world. The Garden is dedicated in memory of long-time TUS member, Mildred Romero. Visit … Continued
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Who are we? We are an eclectic group of individuals coming together in community since 1955, committed to growing ourselves, each other, and sharing our gifts for the healing of the world. Some of us knew we were Unitarian Universalists before we stepped foot here. Others discovered it over spending time as part of the congregation. Some are still figuring it out.
We gather not because we share the same beliefs about the nature of god and the universe (we don’t), but because we believe that each of us is a gift and all of us together have a necessary role in making the world a better place.
We are a people across the age span – young, old, and inbetween — with an engaged and engaging religious education program on Sunday mornings, as well as Affinity groups to fit a variety of interests and cultivate connection.
We are proud to be a congregation that affirms people of all races/ethnicities, sexual orientations, and gender identities. We are officially a Welcoming Congregation, knowing that our world and community is made richer by the presence of gay, lesbian, bi, straight, transgender, and genderqueer folks.
We are people who have doubt, express skepticism, embody faith, and welcome questions as much as answers – sometimes all at the same time.
We are called into community to believe what we must, to follow our path and support others on theirs, and to continually seek a purpose greater than any single person.
Our is a liberal religious tradition: we believe that truths are continually unfolding and are to be found in many sources, ancient and ever-new.
We understand that each of us individually, and all of us together, are part of an interdependent web of existence – that we can influence that web, but are also influenced and formed by it.
What joins us together is our engaged respect for each other, our commitment to the principles of Unitarian Universalism, and the ongoing promises we make to create a community together.
Who are you?
- Someone seeking spiritual, intellectual, emotional connection.
- Someone who wants to go deeper with your sense of engagement in the world, living your values and your faith out loud.
- Someone who wants to engage in the creative dance between honoring our individual expression and our responsibility to community.
Come check us out. As the colorful sign in our lobby says, “Welcome All Into Our House”
