Upcoming Events

• Wednesday, August 27 and September 24, 7:00pm, Meditation Group ~ FUSW. Contact Deen

(mashuq.deen@gmail.com).

• Friday, September 5, 12:30pm, Daytime Women's Group ~ FUSW. Contact Theresa Reynolds

(ntdelise@optonline.net).

• Friday, September 5, 7:30pm, Men’s Group ~ FUSW and on Zoom. Contact Paul Gross

(paulrubengross@gmail.com).

• Friday, September 5, 7:30pm, Evening Women’s Group ~ on Zoom. Contact Diane Guernsey

(dianeguernseyuu@gmail.com).

• Saturday, September 13, 1:15pm, Reading Black Lives Book Group~ FUSW. Now reading The Street, by Ann Petry. Please see below. Contact

(admin@fusw.org).

Upcoming Worship

• Sunday, August 31, 10:00am, Service at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Hudson Valley (UUCHV), in person and via livestream on YouTube. For further information, please visit www.uuchudsonvalley.org.

• Sunday, September 7, 10:30am, "TBA" ~ Rev. Arlin Roy, Service at FUSW, in person and via Zoom. For further information, please visit www.FUSW.org

Reading Black Lives Book Group

Now Reading: The Street by Ann Petry

Saturday, September 13 | 1:15pm – 2:45pm at FUSW

"The Street follows the spirited Lutie Johnson, a newly single mother whose efforts to claim a share of the American Dream for herself and her young son meet frustration at every turn in 1940s Harlem. Opening a fresh perspective on the realities and challenges of black, female, working-class life, The Street became the first novel by an African American woman to sell more than a million copies." -- Publisher.

The Reading Black Lives Book Group looks forward to discussing The Street with you!

Check out our page on FUSW.org or contact admin@fusw.org for further information.

Beat the Extreme Heat! Find a Cooling Center Near You

When it's very hot, air conditioning will help keep you safe. If you don't have air conditioning, find a cool place to visit nearby, like a friend’s place, a mall, museum, coffee shop, library, or an NYC cooling center. When it's not scorching out but it's still hot, you can also cool off at parks, areas with shade, sprinklers, or pools.

Use the Cooling Center Finder Map and enter in your address to find a Coolling Center near you. Find a Cooling Center in New York City here. Additional cooling centers may be activated during heat waves. If a cooling center is not available, air-conditioned libraries, supermarkets, and malls are great places to stay cool.

Always call before you go to make sure the cooling center is open. Some cooling centers are open daily, while others are opened as needed.

Cooling center locations can also be found by calling 311 (VRS: 212-639-9675 or TTY: 212-504-4115).

Find out your heat risk:

Enter your zip code to to get the HeatRisk for this week and actions you can take to keep you and your family safe.

Side with Love

“What is love calling you to do?”

Unitarian Universalists affirm unconditional, universal love as a foundation and grounding for our actions in the world. We strive to be of service to our communities and advocate for change on local, state, national, and international levels.

Through our Side with Love campaign (formerly “Standing on the Side of Love”) we amplify the voices of the oppressed through online media; we show up in partnership at justice events across the country; we lobby national leaders on immigration reform, racial justice, equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people, religious freedom, and more; and above all we work to make love real in the world.

Over eighty percent of Unitarian Universalist congregations, and many more individual UUs and others who care about justice, have become a part of Side with Love.

Mahatma Gandhi did it. Mother Theresa did it. Martin Luther King, Jr., did it.

We do it. How do you reach out in love?

Credit: https://www.uua.org/action/love

Safe & Sacred: Creating Safe Spaces for Everyone

The First Unitarian Society of Westchester strives to provide a safe environment for all. The Board of Trustees has implemented a policy to prevent and address sexual harassment and abuse. The goal of this policy is to ensure a respectful community and fulfill our legal duty to protect members from harm and false accusations and to provide a safe environment for children. Our aim is to minimize risk and foster spiritual well-being in a trusting atmosphere.

FUSW Contacts & Information

Questions, Concerns, or Compliments for FUSW? Reach out to any member of our Board of Trustees.

Board of Trustees - The Board usually meets on the third Monday of each month via Zoom at 7:45pm. If you wish to attend, please check with a board member or the administration, because the schedule sometimes shifts. Click here to join the Board meeting on Zoom.

Meetings are open to any member of FUSW. For confidential matters, non-Board members will be asked to leave temporarily. At the end of the meeting, there will be an open forum, during which non-Board members can speak about topics of concern, limiting remarks to two minutes. To access the minutes from previous meetings, visit the Members page of fusw.org and click on Board Minutes Archive. 

Scheduling Zoom Meetings or Submitting Information for The Scoop and FUSW Calendar - Contact our Administrator, Karmesha Peake (admin@fusw.org). For Zoom meetings, please include the purpose and preferred date/time. Articles for The Scoop are due by Wednesday at 10:00am. 

Administrative Office Hours: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays; 10:00am - 3:00pm.

Please call ahead or schedule an appointment by clicking here, should you need to connect with Karmesha, our Office Administrator, in person at 210 North Central Ave.

We are a liberal religious community shaping the world in our image of love:

Deepening Spirituality · Nurturing Community · Advancing Justice

fusw.org / 914-478-2710