Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Saratoga Springs

06/13/2026

Tomorrow!

🌳 ✨ PLANT A LIVING LEGACY: UU Saratoga June Fundraiser! ✨ 🌳
Our June Auction Fundraiser is June 13 at 6:30pm (doors open at 6), and this year you have a truly special opportunity to help us grow into our New Meetinghouse!

Our Legacy Tree Items: a beautiful chance to leave a living, multi-generational mark on our community grounds:

🌱 Native Redbud Tree: Fund a vibrant, professionally planted Redbud to bring stunning spring blooms to our new home.

🌳 Majestic Oak Tree: Gift a deeply rooted, enduring Oak tree that will provide shade and beauty for generations to come.

🎉 Sneak Peek of Other Incredible Items:
Beyond leaving a green legacy, your bids unlock amazing experiences and local treasures:

🎶 Private Home Concert: An intimate living room performance by Hall of Fame folk artist Dan Berggren!

🎿 Olympic-Level Coaching: A private Nordic ski technique session with legendary coach Sverre Caldwell!

🎻SPAC Classical Lawn Passes, an evening with jazz legends at Caffe Lena, beautiful housewares, artisan creations, a decadent gluten-free chocolate cherry cake, and a premium curated dog enrichment basket!

Every single bid directly supports our community programs and the completion of our beautiful new communal space.

Wine, soft drinks and decadent desserts will be available for purchase.

Let’s plant the seeds for our future together! 🔨👇

06/07/2026

💐Some scenes from our beautiful Flower Communion service this morning.

06/06/2026

🌳 ✨ PLANT A LIVING LEGACY: UU Saratoga June Fundraiser! ✨ 🌳
Our June Auction Fundraiser is June 13 at 6:30pm (doors open at 6), and this year you have a truly special opportunity to help us grow into our New Meetinghouse!

Our Legacy Tree Items: a beautiful chance to leave a living, multi-generational mark on our community grounds:

🌱 Native Redbud Tree: Fund a vibrant, professionally planted Redbud to bring stunning spring blooms to our new home.

🌳 Majestic Oak Tree: Gift a deeply rooted, enduring Oak tree that will provide shade and beauty for generations to come.

🎉 Sneak Peek of Other Incredible Items:
Beyond leaving a green legacy, your bids unlock amazing experiences and local treasures:

🎶 Private Home Concert: An intimate living room performance by Hall of Fame folk artist Dan Berggren!

🎿 Olympic-Level Coaching: A private Nordic ski technique session with legendary coach Sverre Caldwell!

🎻SPAC Classical Lawn Passes, an evening with jazz legends at Caffe Lena, beautiful housewares, artisan creations, a decadent gluten-free chocolate cherry cake, and a premium curated dog enrichment basket!

Every single bid directly supports our community programs and the completion of our beautiful new communal space.

Wine, soft drinks and decadent desserts will be available for purchase.

Let’s plant the seeds for our future together! 🔨👇

06/05/2026

Our Give Away the Plate recipient for June is Backstretch Employee Service Team (B.E.S.T), a nonprofit organization committed to supporting the health and well-being of the dedicated workers in the barn areas, or 'backstretch,' at Aqueduct, Belmont, and Saratoga racetracks.

They offer on-site counseling, primary healthcare services, access to health insurance, and case management support, all designed to meet the unique needs of these essential workers.

Join us at our flower communion service this Sunday, and think of the important services and support provided by BEST to care for the hardworking people who care for the horses, as you make your contribution to the offering basket.

https://www.bestbackstretch.org/

06/03/2026

Flower Communion
What a gathering—the purple
tongues of iris licking out
at spikes of lupine, the orange
crepe skirts of poppies lifting
over buttercup and daisy.

Who can be grim
in the face of such abundance?
There is nothing to compare,
no need for beauty to compete.

The voluptuous rhododendron
and the plain grass
are equally filled with themselves,
equally declare the miracles
of color and form.

This is what community looks like—
this vibrant jostle, stem by stem
declaring the marvelous joining.
This is the face of communion,
the incarnation once more
gracefully resurrected from winter.

Hold these things together
in your sight—purple, crimson,
magenta, blue. You will
be feasting on this long after
the flowers are gone.

Source: "Blessing the Bread" by Lynn Ungar

Bring a flower, and join us at our annual Flower Communion, June 7, 2026 at 10:00 am. https://uusaratoga.org/services/junes-theme-is-flourishing-together/

06/03/2026

✨ We’re Building a New Home Together ✨

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Saratoga Springs has outgrown our beloved Meetinghouse at 624 North Broadway. Our vibrant community — from our energetic children’s programs to our expanding outreach, social justice work, and partnerships with diverse local organizations has simply exceeded the space we have.

To continue nurturing spiritual growth, supporting our neighbors, and caring for the world we share, we’re building a new Meetinghouse. This will be a place of peace, love, reflection, and connection, open to the entire community.

As a 501(c)(3) religious organization, we rely on the generosity of people like you to bring this vision to life.

Please join us in creating a space where compassion, justice, and community can flourish. Your support truly matters.

OUR NEW MEETINGHOUSE The Unitarian Universalist Congregation… Unitarian Universalist needs your support for Help Us Create A New UU Community Meetinghouse

06/01/2026

✨ Social Justice Team Updates & Upcoming Events! ✨
We have a busy and inspiring month ahead! Here is a quick look at what’s happening in our community and how you can get involved:

🎵 Kindred Spirits Songfest Premiere: Thank you to the 20 music lovers who attended our interactive rehearsal! Mark your calendars for the official premiere on June 29 (6:30 – 8:00 PM) featuring performer and song leader Azzaam Hameed. This month's theme is Freedom!

📖 UUA Common Read: We are gathering interest for Social Change Now: A Guide for Reflection & Connection by Deepa Iyer. Check out the signup sheet in the sanctuary this Sunday to help us decide if we have enough interest to move forward.

🏳️‍🌈 PRIDE Month: June is almost here! We will be tabling at the Saratoga Pride Festival on June 28. If you'd like to volunteer to help table, please reach out to Audrey Belt or Mark Long.

🇺🇸 Flag Day Parade (June 13): Come march with the SSNY Social Justice contingent! We will be forming the "caboose" of the parade.

🎈 Juneteenth Celebration (June 19, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM): Sponsored by Our Lodge Foundation at the Saratoga Springs YMCA. Enjoy gospel choirs, actors, local vendors, and a Cake & Ice Cream social. Tabling opportunities are available for a $25 suggested donation.

☮️ Saturday Vigils: Join activists and neighbors every Saturday from 12:00 – 1:00 PM at the Post Office (Broadway, Lake, & Church).

"The function of freedom is to free someone else." — Toni Morrison

👉 For full details and quick links to sign up or learn more, head over to the Our Lodge Foundation Quick Clicks page or check out the Kindred Spirits Music Series updates. https://www.ourlodgefoundation.org/quick-clicks

See you there! 🙌

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06/01/2026

We are trying to be patient, but we’re very excited to have Rev. Viola Abbitt joining us at UU Saratoga!

If you’re curious what her sermons are like, here are some examples!

💟Cultivating Compassion: Where Compassion Begins and Ends
🙏Nurturing Gratitude: The Practice of Gratitude
🌻Choosing Hope: Choice or Imperative
✊Practicing Resistance: It’s Not The Mountain Ahead That Wears You Out

Learn more about Rev. Viola and check out these sermons in the link in the comments.

05/28/2026

😂

UUs are very good at holding complexity.

We can affirm many ways to move through the world, connect to the sacred, or sing a beloved hymn… and still hold firm to the precise dishwasher loading diagram everyone should follow when using the congregation’s kitchen. 😄

That’s the beauty of our shared UU community life: we may not have perfect agreement, but we can be our best imperfect selves practicing how to live together with care, intention, and respect for one another.

05/24/2026

PERENNIAL SALE MONDAY AND TUESDAY
☔️Rain or shine🌞
Beautiful plants available. Get there early for best selection!

Where: 11 Whitney Place, Saratoga Springs
Date: May 25-26, 2026
Time: 9am to 6pm

Come raid our gardens! We’ll have perennials of all kinds - hostas, ornamental grasses, phlox, black-eyed susans, sundrops and many, many more!

A fundraiser for the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Saratoga Springs