We hope you’ll join us in one or more of these events or activities .

• THE CHURCH OFFICE IS OPEN. Office hours are Tuesday- Friday 8:30 a.m. – 2:45 p.m. If you’d like to leave a message after office hours, please call (585) 546-2826 or e-mail office@uuroc.org.
• June 29 through August 31, 2008 (inclusive) – Summer Sunday services start at 10 am. Please join us.
• June 29 through August 31 (inclusive) – summer hours for Drop-in Discussion are 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. (following the Sunday Service). Topics of interest will be varied.
• Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008 – 9:15 a.m. — Drop-in discussions coordinated by Phil Ebersole will resume. For a list of upcoming topics, visit our Drop-in Discussion page under Congregational Life.
• Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008 – 10:30 a.m. — Rev Sally Hamlin will take the pulpit on Sunday September 7 at 10:30 am. There will be a reception to welcome her immediately following the service.
• Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008 – REGISTRATION DAY FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (RE) Program for Children and Youth. We will have a sign-up table in the Clara Barton Lounge where you can register your children for the program. If you are unable to register on September 7th, please contact Marie Sidoti with the number of children you are planning to register. We look forward to meeting you and your children.
• Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008 – during coffee hour after service – The Clara Barton Library and Bookstore reopens today and will remain open until the end of next June. You may buy or borrow books during coffee hour following each Sunday’s service.
• Friday, September 26, 2008 – FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIES TO INSPIRE AND UPLIFTThe Dorothy Day Story” will be shown Friday September 26 at 6:30 p.m. in the adult lounge at First Universalist. Discussion will follow the movie. There is no charge, but donations of snacks to share are gratefully appreciated.

  From the editorial review at amazon.com, “The title refers to the religious practice of treating all people, no matter how poor or humble, as if they were visiting angels. Day was a famous activist and philanthropist of the 20′s and 30′s. The film traces her growth – mostly spiritual and religious – as she left journalism to become a suffragette in Greenwich Village. Eventually, Day converted to Roman Catholicism and dedicated the rest of her life to helping the poor.”

  RSVP to Linda Lorenzo at moviesfri@uuroc.org.

• October 7, 2008 to January 6, 2009 – A NEW SMALL GROUP MINISTRY based on the Seven Principles of Unitarian Universalism will meet on the first and third Tuesdays of the month beginning October 7th. Please contact Marti Eggers at sgm@uuroc.org for more information.
• VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED FOR OUR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (RE) PROGRAM in the following areas: teachers, substitute teachers, classroom assistants, general assistants, special skills volunteers, and RE Committee members. Contact the R. E. Committee Chair, Paul Swiatek.
• LAY SUNDAY SPEAKERS are needed for the upcoming church year. A description is at the Aug. 19, 2008 This Week, This Month announcement, below. If you are interested in being a speaker, or know of someone whose message would be of interest to our congregation, please contact Linda Lorenzo at laysunday@uuroc.org.
• A CARING COMMITTEE REMINDER: When a family member enters the hospital, needs emergency meals, needs transportation to church, or wants home visits; please contact Marti Eggers or Christine De Golyer.
• SAINT LAWRENCE DISTRICT has a wide array of events coming up in the Fall. A full list is on our “Outside 1st Universalist” Announcements or visit www.sld.uua.org.