UUCatskills

10/20/2026

10/17/2026

Join us at a new No Kings location on Franklin St. in midtown Kingston, for a people-powered street festival with live music, food vendors, activities for kids, and information about all the ways we can maximize Early Voting and protect our vote thru Nov. 3 and beyond

We decide who represents us. We decide what comes next.

For more than a year, millions of people have come together to reject the idea that power belongs to kings, billionaires, or politicians who believe they are above the people and the law.

Now, we are taking the next step, turning people power into voter power. Unlike previous No Kings actions, No Kings: Vote Early, is not purely a protest. Instead, TODAY, it's a day of nonpartisan voter participation: we are bringing our community together to make a plan to vote early and ensuring every eligible voter understands their options for how to vote and has the opportunity to make their voice heard.

10/13/2026

Join us this Sunday for our worship service with guest Dr. Carol Robin "Talking about Death and Dying."

and our R.E. program for children "Courage to Stand Up for What You Believe."

10/12/2026

Today, on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we honor the histories, cultures, wisdom, and enduring presence of Indigenous peoples and communities.

This day is both a celebration and a call to reflection and action. We acknowledge the ongoing impacts of colonization, displacement, and injustice, while recognizing the resilience, leadership, and contributions of Indigenous peoples who continue to shape our world.

As Unitarian Universalists, our commitment to justice, equity, and interdependence calls us to move beyond acknowledgment toward meaningful solidarity—listening to Indigenous voices, respecting Tribal sovereignty, honoring treaty rights, and supporting Indigenous-led efforts to protect their lands, cultures, and communities.

May we remember that Indigenous history is not only history. Indigenous peoples are here, their cultures are living and evolving, and their futures deserve our solidarity and support.

10/10/2026

What makes a place sacred?

What makes a place sacred?

For many of us, there are buildings that hold deep meaning—the sanctuary where we found community, the fellowship hall where relationships grew, the rooms where we worshipped, grieved, celebrated, learned, and changed together.

But the heart of a church has never been its walls.

In the Fall/Winter issue of UU World, Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd reflects on the beloved buildings that can become our spiritual homes—and on the realization that what ultimately makes them sacred is the people who gather there.

That gathering can happen beneath a steeple or beneath the trees, in a storefront or around a screen. Wherever we show up for one another, practice our values, and choose to be in community, something sacred can take shape.

The beautiful new UU World cover, illustrated by Zöe Barker, captures that expansive vision of UU community: many doors, many spaces, many ways of finding our way to one another.

Where—or with whom—do you experience that sense of sacred community?

Read the article in UU World at the link in the comments.

10/06/2026

On Saturday UU Catskills joined the Women's Water Walk to protect local waterways and protest the Constitution Pipeline which would bring fracked gas from PA into NY. Walkers will be delivering water gathered to Governor Hochel in Albany on 10/6. Join them at noon at the million dollar stairs. Sign a petition here - https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-the-constitution-pipeline?source=direct_link&referrer=group-center-for-oil-and-gas-organizing