UU Congregation of Monmouth County

09/03/2026

UUCMC Sunday Service September 6, 2026 10:30 AM
In person and livestreamed on YouTube
Love Letters: How God Speaks to Us!
Roosevelt André Credit, Kirsten Norberg, Joel DeWitt, & Music Director Emerita Elaine Held
A Music Service of solos and duets from Porgy and Bess, ensemble music by George Gershwin, and more, interwoven with sharing words of how music inspires our lives.

https://www.youtube.com/live/rCKxjX5n8BE?si=IjBohPffqFo8No2i

Roosevelt André Credit, Kirsten Norberg, Joel DeWitt, and Music Dir...

09/03/2026

These days, Unitarian Universalists and people of faith and conscience across faith traditions are increasingly called to respond to authoritarian violence with care, community support, and strategic coordination. Each time UUs come together in this work, we strengthen our commitment to our deeply held religious values and our organizing power to build the essential infrastructure for justice movements, including love, imagination, collaboration, and cooperation.

UU the Vote Solidarity Summits will continue that practice through regional interfaith justice training and practice gatherings. Side With Love is coordinating these events across the U.S. and there are resources and opportunities for groups to develop their own events as well. UU congregations are encouraged to get involved as we move together toward another election season committed to justice, equity, pluralism, and the protection of our democratic institutions.

Learn more at the link in the comments below.

09/01/2026

08/27/2026

UUCMC Sunday Service August 30, 2026 10:30 AM
In person and livestreamed on YouTube
Do You See What I See?
Rev. Charlie Dieterich, guest minister
I’ve been re-reading the chapter called “The Way of Social Action,” which I found in How Can I Help?, a book by Ram Dass and Paul Gorman. How do we keep alignment with the bigger goals of love and social change when our egos try so hard to distract us? Social change requires training and attention. Be prepared for another episode of “Charlie’s Learn-by-Doing Theater!”

Music: Michael Rosin, Music Director
The Rev. Charlie Dieterich is a retired UU minister living in Kingston, a village on a canal south of New Brunswick, NJ.

Rev. Charlie DieterichI’ve been re-reading the chapter called “Th...

08/27/2026

UUCMC Sunday Service August 30, 2026 10:30 AM
In person and livestreamed on YouTube
Do You See What I See?
Rev. Charlie Dieterich, guest minister
I’ve been re-reading the chapter called “The Way of Social Action,” which I found in How Can I Help?, a book by Ram Dass and Paul Gorman. How do we keep alignment with the bigger goals of love and social change when our egos try so hard to distract us? Social change requires training and attention. Be prepared for another episode of “Charlie’s Learn-by-Doing Theater!”

Music: Michael Rosin, Music Director
The Rev. Charlie Dieterich is a retired UU minister living in Kingston, a village on a canal south of New Brunswick, NJ.
https://www.youtube.com/live/BXVWehPKipk?si=EBz2JHFzPqLwa39l

08/20/2026

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Email from UUCMC Tea Time, Thursday, August 20th at 4:00 PM Hello to all on a beautiful August day in New Jersey. How wonderful it has been these past nearly four years of sharing poetry together at T

08/13/2026

UUCMC Sunday Service August 16, 2026 10:30 AM
In person and livestreamed on YouTube
A UU History of Courage
Patricia Hennigan, guest speaker
We come from a lineage of theological radicals, heretics, and advocates for social change. It’s a long history of innovative thinking and struggling for religious tolerance, individual conscience and social justice. We have a right to be proud of our history, and some of it we need to grapple with. Today, we will think about how our history, successes and failures, can encourage us in the present political moment.

Music: Evan Schwartzman and Joel DeWitt
Patricia Hennigan became a Unitarian Universalist over twenty-five years ago and has been a member of the UU Congregation of Princeton for 17 years. She is a Candidate to UU ministry, pursuing a Master of Divinity degree at Drew University Theological School in Madison, NJ.
Evan Schwartzman, pianist and composer, received his Masters in Theory and Composition from Rutgers University. As a pianist, he has given recitals as soloist and chamber musician throughout the NY metropolitan region. His work can be found on CGNJ Recordings, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, and all the usual streaming services.
https://www.youtube.com/live/EnsByxg0K7w?si=mqttsoJyz56Q-Pxm

Patricia HenniganWe come from a lineage of theological radicals, ...

08/06/2026

UUCMC Sunday Service August 9, 2026 10:30 AM
In person and livestreamed on YouTube
Writing as Communal Practice: Life and Love
Kristine Binaco, Suzanne Bless, Allison Mitchell & Jane Reskof
UUCMC boasts two writers’ groups which meet monthly, members reading aloud their writings on either a pre-chosen group topic or free to write on whatever is pertinent to their personal interests and concerns. For this service, four of one group’s members will share a few of their selections.

Music: Dan Kader, guest musician
https://www.youtube.com/live/t0ZELwQI-VM?si=vzBfi3pVM-yKbi_R

Kristine Binaco, Suzanne Bless, Allison Mitchell and Jane ReskofU...

08/06/2026

Join Side With Love’s faith-based justice trainings and solidarity gatherings to strengthen community action, advocacy, and democracy organizing.

08/06/2026

We are not meant to find our way entirely on our own.

In “Co-regulation,” Elizabeth Mount reminds us that connection is part of our nature. From our earliest breath, we learn who we are through relationship—through the people who offer love, care, and a steady presence when life feels uncertain.

The poem appears in “How Could Anyone—Loving All of Who We Are,” a worship service created by Rev. Cindy Terlazzo and Cass Darrow and offered by the UU Mental Health Network. The service reflects on mental health as part of our shared human and spiritual lives—and on the importance of creating communities where people can speak honestly, receive care, and know they are not alone.

The UU Mental Health Network offers worship materials and other resources to help congregations deepen understanding, compassion, connection, and belonging around mental health and well-being.

Read the full poem, explore the service, and find more resources at the link in the comments.