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First Unitarian Universalist Church of Essex County
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35/47 Cleveland Street, Orange, New Jersey 07050, (973) 674-0010.   (Just off Main Street, just a block from Scotland Road.   Off-street parking.  Directions )

Upcoming Services & Other Events

last updated January 29, 2012

We ask congregants to please arrive and be seated in the Sanctuary before the listed start time of services. If you arrive late, the usher will let you in at the appropriate time or a sign will be posted that you should use the rear entrance of the sanctuary (the entrance from the steps nearer the street) so as not to disrupt the service in progress.

tiny rainbow chalice Sunday, February 5th, 10:30 AM -- An Uncertain Recovery, Unrealized Dreams and Unrepentant Hope -- Rev. Cornell Brooks

Rev. Brooks, President and CEO of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, will be preaching about seeking a just economic recovery as well finding the strength to pursue justice when jobs and even hope are in short supply.

The Rev. Brooks, a fourth-generation ordained minister, was honored as a Martin Luther King Scholar at Boston University School of Theology. He later earned a JD from Yale Law School. He currently serves on the Boards of East Orange General Hospital and the NJN/Public Broadcasting Authority. He previously served as senior counsel for the Federal Communications Commission and as a US Department of Justice trial attorney, where he secured at the time the largest government settlement for victims of housing discrimination.

tiny rainbow chalice Sunday, February 12th, 10:30 AM -- Abraham Lincoln's Religion -- Rev. Darrell Berger

With so much attention being given to the religion of the various Republican candidates for President, I thought it might be of interest to examine the religion of the first Republican president.

tiny rainbow chalice Wednesday, February 15th, 7:30 PM -- Board of Trustees meeting, Sonen Room.

tiny rainbow chalice Sunday, February 19th, 10:30 AM -- The Groundhog as Spiritual Guide -- Rev. Deborah Roth

Prophesy and purification are the recurrent themes of midwinter festivals worldwide. What do we need to sweep out of our inner landscape to make way for the possibilities of Spring? We'll explore the ancient origins of Groundhog Day and its relevance to us in modern times.

Deborah Roth is an Interfaith Minister and Spiritual Life Coach. She is a longtime member of the 4th Universalist Society in New York City where she has convened New Moon and Full Moon SisterCircles for the past 15 years. "Rev Deb" can be reached through http://spiritedliving.com/.

tiny rainbow chalice Sunday, February 26th, 10:30 AM -- "Dem Dry Bones" -- Rev. Darrell Berger

"Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones" are the lyrics to one of the most enduring gospel songs. To whose bones, exactly, do they refer? Those found in the Book of Ezekiel.