Community has become even more important in these challenging times. We offer multiple ways to connect.

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While we no longer require vaccinations or masking, we strongly encourage both, as these practices keep us safer and healthier as a community.

For those who cannot make it in person to services, we offer livestreaming via YouTube. See this week’s service announcement directly below with the link. (Click on the picture.)

Sunday morning service videos can be accessed at your convenience on our Worship page or YouTube channel.

Our next Sunday Morning Dialog is Sunday, March 17th at 9am. CLICK HERE for more information.

Join Rev. Craig for Thursday Tea Time on Zoom! 4pm the weeks he is in the pulpit. CLICK HERE to find the link.

March 17th,  10:30am
In person & livestreamed

Barbie: The Quest for Truth
Michelle McKenzie-Creech, CDFM

This Women’s History Month, join us for a service inspired by the surprising wisdom found in the unlikeliest of places: the world of Barbie! The Barbie movie was co-written and directed by Greta Gerwig, who grew up immersed in the values of a Unitarian Universalist congregation. Prepare to be surprised, laugh, and reflect as we explore the unexpected depths of the movie and discover how her plastic world reflects profound truths about our own.

Music by Dr. Louise Chernosky, PJ Casbar

March 17th,  9am

At the Altar of the Appellate Gods: Arguing before the US Supreme Court
Lisa Sarnoff Gochman

In her book, At the Altar of the Appellate Gods, Lisa Sarnoff Gochman traces the arc of a violent, racially motivated crime by a white supremacist in rural Vineland, New Jersey all the way to the United States Supreme Court. There, she defended the constitutionality of New Jersey’s Hate Crime Statute before a very hot bench. She will describe the legal path of the case as well as the experience of fielding questions from Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. This Dialog will interest anyone who is curious about the inner workings of our court system, and what it is really like to bring a case before the highest court in the country.

After 26 years with the NJ Division of Criminal Justice Lisa retired from State service in 2012 and now serves Of Counsel to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office in Freehold, New Jersey.

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March Monthly Theme: TRANSFORMATION

Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they’re finished.

Daniel Gilbert

Every moment we have a choice. Every moment we can be a plus, minus or zero.

Author Unknown

Let difficulty transform you. And it will. In my experience, we just need help learning how not to run away.

Pema Chödrön

No transmutation without fire…the self must lose to find and die to live.

Evelyn Underhill

One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.

Carl Jung

I believe in waking up in the middle of the night and packing our bags and leaving our worst selves for our better ones.

Leslie Jamison

Living involves tearing up one rough draft after another.

Author unknown

God is Change. Beware:
God exists to shape
And to be shaped.

Octavia Butler

Change happens at the speed of trust.

Author unknown

Watch yourself about complaining. What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.

Maya Angelou

If you see what needs to be repaired and how to repair it, then you have found a piece of the world that God has left for you to complete. But if you only see what is wrong and what is ugly in the world, then it is you yourself that needs repair.

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn