Weekly Services 
Every Sunday at 10:30am

28 Brentwood Rd
Bay Shore, NY 11706
uusssbayshore@gmail.com
631-968-0667
 ONGOING PROGRAMS
& EVENTS 

Food Pantry
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays
Noon to 2:00 PM

Our Next Board Meeting
Thursday Feb 8
6:30 pm

The Eclectic Café
Pat Wictor-
Deborah Lutz Feb 9

Live Poets Society
See below

Playwrights
See below
WHO WE ARE

A small yet growing congregation, our fellowship is home to thought-provoking, inspiring sermons; engaging conversation; and warm community.

We belong to the Unitarian Universalist Association,  which represents the interests of more than one thousand Unitarian Universalist congregations world-w​ide.

MEMORIALS, BIOS and Personal Stories:       If this seems like a good space to celebrate your loved one, we can post your own words and pictures here on our private and password protected member page.  

Coming Services

April 22
Dave Chapman
Now, more than ever, it's important that we lift our voices and stand on the side of love

Sophia Fahs Summer Camp
8/19-8/24

WHEN IS SOPHIA FAHS UU RE CAMP?
Sophia Fahs Camp begins on the Sunday, August 19, 2018 at 3:00 pm and ends Friday the 24th at 2:00 pm. The closing ceremony, to which families are invited, begins at 1:00 pm.

WHERE IS SOPHIA FAHS UU RE CAMP?
Sophia Fahs RE Camp is held at the 25 acre Camp Quinipet on the western shoreline at Jennings Point of Shelter Island. The facility includes recreation fields, a swimming area, dining hall, recreation hall, dorms/ cabins, nurse’s station and more. It is easily reached by car via ferries from the South and North Forks. The LIRR station is close to the North Ferry with taxi service to camp

WHAT HAPPENS AT SOPHIA FAHS UU RE CAMP?
A typical day has the following sequence of activities: Wake-up call, Breakfast, Morning Worship, Cabin Cleanup, Morning Program sessions, Lunch, Circle groups, Camp Store, Afternoon Activities, Dinner, Evening Activities, Campfire, Bedtime.
SPECIAL ACTIVITIES
Campers choose from a variety of activities such as newspaper, drawing, drama, cooking, crafts, sports, tie-dye, swimming, stamp art, evening campfires, Talent Night, and more. Campers from all age groups enjoy these and other activities.
HOW ARE THE CAMPERS HOUSED?
Campers are grouped in housing units based on the grade the camper will enter in September. Our campers reside in former “Summer Homes” with multiple rooms for 2-6 people or dorm style rooms. All housing have air conditioning, bathroom facilities, hot showers, safety exits, warning systems and equipment. Each house has a minimum of 2 counselors. Housing assignments are based on matching the number of campers in each age group to housing capacity.
WHAT ABOUT COSTS?
Camp standard fee is $795 per camper. However, with LIAC member discount and Early Bird dicount, fee is $695. Maximum fee with single late penalty is $845 per camper.
LIAC Discount $50: LIAC congregants (members in good standing) enter the coupon code 18LIAC on the registraton page.
Early Bird Discount $50: The entire electronic application with medical forms and payment must be fully completed by the posted deadline on the electronic registration site.
Financial Aid: Contact your UU congregation Religious Educator/Minister or click link -->: Financial Aid
WHERE CAN I GET ADDITIONAL INFO?
The current camp handbook can be viewed or downloaded here -->  Camp Handbook
You will receive an updated handbook in July containing any updates or changes.

Unirondack Summer Camp
Sessions Filling Up

Are you looking for a fulfilling, wildly fun, outdoor experience for your young one? Unirondack, a UU summer camp nestled in the foothills of the Adirondack's might be the place for you. While our high school sessions are already full for the summer, our 12-14 and 14-16 year old sessions still have room! 
Campers at Unirondack live the experience of building a unique, caring, UU community that puts their experience first. Build upon the values of the seven principles, we strive to create a camp community that is intellectually stimulating, welcoming to campers of all walks of life, and gives youth the opportunity to leave the rest of the world behind while they perform in talent shows, paint with watercolors over a wild Adirondack lake, swim and canoe in nature, and let their imagination run wild in theater and music. Email Director@unirondack.org or visit www.unirondack.org for more info!
Religious Education
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Eclectic Café

On Saturday, April 14th The Eclectic Café presents Baby Soda. Formed in 2007 in Brooklyn NY by musicians who met playing traditional jazz in Washington Square Park and the NYC subway system Baby Soda has grown and changed over the years to include a large family of talented New York musicians, many coming here to realize their musical aspirations. The repertoire has changed as well with the original ensemble playing more of the music common to the street bands in New Orleans today.
The current repertoire has expanded to include more of the music of Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Hoagy Carmichael, Harry Warren and the composers who created the great American songs of Tin Pan Alley. They are not recreationists, playing note for note transcriptions, but play this expanded repertoire in the New Orleans style of small ensemble improvisation, blending arranged and improvised sections.
The instrumentation is a distinctive part of their sound. A low-boy hi-hat, wood block and one-string box bass have replaced the washboard as the percussion section most of the time. They are played by the horn and banjo players, unless they are performing with a traditional kit drummer.
Unitarian Society 28 Brentwood Rd. Bay Shore. Open mic 7:30, feature performer 8:30 pm. Admission $17 in advance, $20 at the door. Please bring a non-perishable food item for donation to our in house food bank. eclecticcafe.org

Live Poets Society

The Live Poets Society meets second Sundays, September through April and third Sunday in May. 1 to 3pm at Islip Public Library 71 Monell Ave, half a block south of Main Street. Turn south onto Monell opposite Starbucks. 
LPS invites poets to bring two poems-in-progress to a gentle critique by Gladys Henderson, Poet Laureate of Suffolk County and peers.
Please make a few copies in advance, 10 cents each at the Library.

Playwrights

Playwrights is a new local group who will be meeting the second and third Saturdays through May. 2-3:30 pm at the Islip Public Library 71 Monell Ave. Islip.
Bring copies of your script or script in progress to do cold readings with others.
Please contact Noreen at 631-581-6740 for more information.
News and important information from the Long Island Area Council of the UUA
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Local State Parks for Getting Out and About
- Belmont Park - short hike around the lake or for a longer hike take the perimeter trail
- Heckscher Park, East Islip - great views of bay
- Sunken Meadow - Boardwalk is 1 1/2 miles, one way. Great views of the sound
- Pilgrim State nature preserve - trails rough, easy to get lost.
- Horse trail from Argyle Lake to Belmont Park Goes under Sunrise Hwy and So Pkwy. 3 miles
- Robert Moses Park - hike to Lighthouse, or on the beach.
- Connetquot Park - big park, lotsa trails, and lotsa ticks, fee year round
- Bayard Cutting Arboretum - nice trails, good views of water
- Gardner Park, West Bay Shore - mile down to bay, side trails get boggy


​We are a Welcoming Congregation.  To learn more about this program and our efforts to become more welcoming and inclusive of people with marginalized sexual orientations and gender identities, click HERE. 
Some famous Unitarians
There have been many intelligent and strong women leaders in other areas of American life: Julia Ward Howe -Battle Hymn of the Republic, Susan B. Anthony of the Suffrage Movement, Clara Barton of the American Red Cross, Caroline Veatch, Florence Nightingale, and Fannie Farmer;  to name a few.
to read more click here:

  MEMBERS:             VISIT OUR MEMBER ARCHIVE PHOTO PAGE
Ask for the password in service, and remember to check out both the main photo page for recent shots and the archive drop-down for some fun oldies and goodies! Click the button above.
Are you interested in learning more about Unitarian Universalism?  Watch the video below, “Voices of a Liberal Faith”, or the video "The Flaming Chalice and the Unitarian Universalist Church", or visit the Unitarian Universalist Association website.
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