Our monthly food ingathering for the Community Food Cupboard! Low-sodium non-perishable food, toiletries, paper products, and cash are always needed and deeply appreciated!

What is it about the number three? Why do we see it in so many places both sacred and secular? Trinities,  stories, rules for writing essays, jokes, and songs. How does the "Power of Three" help us to feel stronger, more aligned, whole and resilient? Discussion led by Rev. Michelle Yates.  

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​Drop-in Discussions meet via Zoom Tuesday nights from 6:30-7:30pm.

Our Annual Congregational Meeting will be on Sunday, June 1, after the service. This provides us opportunity to live into our value of using the democratic process to govern ourselves.

Democracy requires our time and participation to work. Again, this year we will have a hybrid meeting to include everyone, either online or in person.

We meet each year to approve our budget and appoint our leaders. Full participation of our membership is important! Childcare will be provided.

The Committee on Ministry reviewed and revised our church’s “Covenant of Right Relations” and its “Policy on Responsible Behavior”. These revised documents provide a structure to guide our process of conflict resolution. The documents can be found on our website at uuroc.org/bot.

We want our church to be a sanctuary in these challenging times—even as we are facing major changes ourselves. Distress around us can leak into relationships even in this community of intentional love and support.

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The design of the new policy is based on the Unitarian Universalist value of Love at the center of all interactions. Specific elements were developed from our own church’s previous policies as well as the work of other congregations.

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There is a forum planned to discuss and practice the policy as well as to review the Covenant following the service on Sunday, March 30. Please plan to attend!

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The documents have been approved by the Board of Trustees and other church leaders. We hope that some of you will look them over. and contact any member of the committee with questions or comments. Email any one of us at com@uuroc.org.

The Book Group will meet Sunday, May 11, after coffee hour, in the Chalice Room to discuss “The Lemon Tree” by Sandy Tolan.

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An Arab, A Jew, and The Heart of the Middle East.  A passionate story or the inspiring lives of two unique people illuminate the tragedy of Palestine.

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You do not need to have read the book to participate. Questions? Contact bookgroup@uuroc.org.

Our May Social Justice Plate Offering is designated for The Black Community Focus Fund.

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The Black Community Focus Fund is a 501c3 public charitable organization created to provide direct support in housing, education, and economic opportunity to black families in the Rochester community impacted by racism’s history and current manifestations.

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They are about eliminating the disparities that, specifically because of historical racism, leave Black Rochesterians short of so many opportunities, ranging from employment, access to neighborhood services, economic opportunity, and education. They look to get to zero on disparities!

Please contribute as generously as you can to support this important work. For more info, visit their website https://rochesterbcff.org/.​

First Universalist Men's Group meeting, all who identify as he/him or they/him are invited! We shall meet from 10am to noon in the Clara Barton Lounge at First Universalist. We hope to see you there!

Noon-1:15pm in the Sanctuary

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Please join us to view, consider and discuss the second part of "Welcoming Neurodivergent Children," a webinar from the UUA. You don't have to have attended Part I to participate. Rev. Michelle will facilitate.

We had so much fun in March, we’re doing it again!

Join us from 3:30-5:30pm in the Clara Barton Lounge. Bring your own project to work on, join in an easy craft project (supplies provided), play board games, or just hang out. 

Please wear a mask (masks provided if you need one). One of a series of masked events for Rochester UU’s and the larger community.

An introduction to the science of happiness chemicals and how to hack them. Will discussing happiness make us feel happy? Find out! Beth Ares presents.

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We will meet at 9:15am in the Chalice Room. Drop-in discussions will continue on the first Sunday of the month through June 2025. If you have a topic you would like discussed or, better still, would like to lead a discussion, please speak with Phil Ebersole. ​​​

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All are welcome! 

The Eastman Community Music School is proud to present free weekly concerts featuring artists from the Eastman School of Music and ECMS. Faculty and Student Performances from both schools offer an excellent opportunity to hear some of the best musicians that Rochester has to offer and all performances are absolutely free!

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Concerts begin around 12:15pm, and run until 12:45 to 1pm. We hope to see you there!

January 9
Jazz at Noon

Join Eastman jazz faculty Bob Sneider, guitar, & company for a fabulous laid-back lunch hour.​

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January 16
Paris is for Flutists

Come and enjoy French music performed by flutis, Sophia Gibbs Kim, and pianist, Irina Lupines.

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January 23
“H & G, a Great and Terrible Story”

Eastman Opera Theatre is excited to feature a preview of an opera by A. Shawn/Hong & Randich that offers abstract reinterpretation of Grimm's fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel. ​

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January 30
Evidence of Things Not Seen: Songs of Ned Rorem

Come hear songs of Ned Roren with lyrics drawn from the works of various poets presented by Eastman Opera Theatre.​ 

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February 6 

Hungarian Motifs 

Eastman Violin professor Mikhail Kopelman and pianist Anna Gourfinkel will perform music by Brahms and Hubal. 

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February 13 

Love All Around 

Come and enjoy music from the heart as Jessica Ann Best and Irina Lupines present love songs from different parts of the world. 

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February 20 

Violin and Piano Showcase 

Eastman professors David Bowlin, violin, and Tony Cho, piano, will perform music by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Debussy, and Sarasate. 

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February 27 

Piano Extravaganza with Alexander Kobrin  

Professor Alexander Kobrin will join his students performing fabulous works for solo piano. 

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March 6

The Sound of Low Brass   

Enjoy the magnificent sound of ESM Trombone Choir directed by Larry Zalkind. 

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March 13

Women in Music 

Cellist Jennifer Carpenter and pianist Gina Lee perform music by French female composers Lili and Nadia Boulanger.

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March 20

Ainadamar

Eastman Opera Theatre presents the true story of Federico Lorca and his muse Margarita Xirgu in an 'opera in three images' by Argentinian composer Oswaldo Golijov. The story takes place in flashbacks from the present-day Uruguay of 1969 to the onset of the Spanish Civil War in 1936. The title Ainadamar comes from the Arabic word meaning 'fountain of tears.' 

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March 27

Lomazov/Rackers Piano Duo

From Mozart to Stravinsky-masterpieces of piano duo repertoire presented by Eastman professors Marina Lomazov and Joseph Rackers. 

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April 3

An Afternoon with Strings 

The Lazuli String quartet will share a variety of unique selections for strings.

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April 10

Ying Quartet 

As quartet-in-residence at the Eastman School of Music, the Ying Quartet occupies a position of unique prominence in the classical music world, combining communicative performances with a fearlessly imaginative view of chamber music in today's world.

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April 17

One Piano-Many Fingers! 

Please join the students of Professor Tony Caramia as they explore piano compositions at one piano with multiple players. This digital extravaganza features pieces by Bizet, Bonis, and Casella.

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April 24

"A Time to Remember ... ,,

Spend an afternoon with a preview of Eastman's Holocaust Remembrance Concert. ESM faculty and students will perform works by Jewish composers who died in or survived the atrocities of World War II.

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May 1

Violin and Piano Showcase

Renowned violinist Oleh Krysa and pianist Irina Lupines will perform gems of violin/piano repertoire from Beethoven to modern times.

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May 8

Guitar Roots

Join Eastman alum and graduate dean, Matthew Ardizzone, for a solo classical guitar program rooted in folk music and features pieces by Leo Brouwer, Edward Flower, and Joaquin Rodrigo.

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May 15

Gracias a la Vida: Music & Poetry of Chile

Tenor Pablo Bustos and pianist Priscilla Yuen will present the highlights of the cultural richness of Chile through musical settings by Chilean composers and poetry by Gabriela Mistral and Pablo Neruda.

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May 22

ECMS Honors Finale

Enjoy the final concert of the season, featuring the amazing young high school graduates from 
the Honors Program at the Eastman Community Music School. 

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More to come as they are announced!