Unitarian Society of Hartford

Sunday Worship & Fellowship Time
2025-12-28 10:30 - 12:30, 2026-01-04 10:30 - 12:30 (America/New_York)
Services are livestreamed every Sunday on Zoom and Facebook
Zoom info: Meeting ID: 931 0388 7934
Virtual Coffee Hour to follow
* Note: Zoom Coffee Hour ends at noon
Past Services

Sathya Sai Center - Fellowship Hall (Rental)
2025-12-28 14:00 - 18:00, 2026-01-04 14:00 - 18:00

Daniel’s House of Prayer – Chapel/Library (Rental)
2025-12-28 15:00 - 18:00, 2026-01-04 15:00 - 18:00

Recovery Dharma Group- Meditation Sanctuary
2025-12-28 18:00 - 19:00, 2026-01-04 18:00 - 19:00

Gentle Yoga - Meditation Sanctuary
2025-12-29 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-01-05 10:00 - 11:00
Gentle Yoga, Monday Mornings at 10
Gentle Yoga meets weekly on Monday mornings, in the Meditation rooms. Led by experienced yoga practitioner and teacher LU Giammatteo, these hour-long sessions incorporate gentle stretching and strengthening positions and movements in a supportive, encouraging environment. Stand or sit, according to your preference and ability… all levels are welcome.
If you’d like to learn more before showing up, email LU with your questions.
Participants are asked to donate $5 per session (proceeds to USH) if their situation allows.

Dainelson House of Prayer New Years Eve Service - Chapel and Library
2025-12-31 20:00 - 23:30
Event ends at midnight.

Mtg - Socinus
2026-01-01 09:00 - 22:00, 2026-01-08 09:00 - 22:00

Spiritual Leaders Group - Library/Servetus
2026-01-01 16:00 - 17:00

Men's Group - David's Den
2026-01-01 19:00 - 20:30
The men’s group wants to open up the group to new members. We meet on the first Thursday of the month. Please contact Jim Landis at
jimlandis@aol.com for more information. All are welcome!

First Friday's Discussion Group - Library/Zoom
2026-01-02 10:30 - 12:00
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81449257587
Meeting ID: 814 4925 7587

Hands & Hearts Group - ON HOLD
2026-01-02 13:00 - 15:00, 2026-01-09 13:00 - 15:00
Welcome all Creative Spirits and Crafters to the new, weekly group ‘Hands & Hearts’ on Friday afternoons from 3-5pm in Murray. Many of us already know the kind of meditative solace and cadent creativity that working with your hands can offer. This group is an opportunity to talk, share, relate, and relax as we work on our projects together. Bring your knitting, crochet work, sewing, quilting, hooking, (any kind of handwork you enjoy), as well as your news, your thoughts, your worries, and whatever’s on your mind. There will always be available supplies in our ‘fiber library’ if you’d like to start a new project, or try something new. If you are not a crafter but would love the camaraderie and the chance to meet new friends, you are very welcome.

For more information, please contact Deana

Helping Parents Heal - Library/David's Den
2026-01-03 10:00 - 12:00
Helping Parents Heal — Hartford is an affiliate chapter of Helping Parents Heal (https://www.helpingparentsheal.org), a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting parents whose children have passed. Our support group allows for an open discussion of spiritual experiences and afterlife evidence in a non-dogmatic way. We welcome everyone regardless of their religious or non-religious backgrounds.
Helping Parents Heal recognizes several factors that contribute to the healing process: caring support from others, interaction with people who have also experienced the loss of a child, service to others, personal transformation, and discovering a reason for hope. This hope comes from acknowledging our spiritual/energetic natures and understanding that our loved ones continue on in another realm after physical death.
Parents, grandparents, and siblings of a child who has passed at any age are welcome to join us. Our group meets on the first Saturday of each month from 10:00 a.m. – noon. Please contact Pamela Hamad if you would like more information at hphhartford@gmail.com or (941) 544-1083.

Disability Support Group - Zoom
2026-01-03 10:30 - 12:00
This group meets online on the first Saturday of each month at 10:30 a.m. The zoom link is sent a few days prior to the meeting. In this group, participants discuss the challenges of physical disability (chronic illness, chronic pain, impaired senses, impaired mobility) and emotional pain (loss, mental illness), and the stresses of caretaking a loved one. What is said in the group stays in the group. To confirm scheduling, please Email Susan Hope or call 860 463 6407

Sound Meditation - Meditation Sanctuary
2026-01-04 12:30 - 13:45

Navigators Mtg - Meditation Sanctuary
2026-01-04 14:00 - 16:00
Ever wonder what Navigators USA Scouts Chapter 451 and Navigators USA is all about, our Moral Compass tells you everything! We welcome any child age 4 and up who is interested in Inclusive Scouting! E-mail Barbara Mellen for more information!
Navigators USA Scouting is a secular, inclusive, all gender Scouting organization with approximately 300 active chapters nationwide. Chapter 451 started this fall in the Greater Hartford area. One of the 2 co-leaders, Barbara Mellen, and her child attend USH. The troop currently has 14 Navigators and is open to any child, age 4 and up, interested in inclusive Scouting.

"Stories of Our Lives" Adult Religious Education Course - ZOOM
2026-01-05 18:30 - 20:00
Adult RE Offering from Rev. Bob:
“The Stories of our Lives”
This Adult Religious Exploration course looks at the stories that impact our lives – sacred stories, meaningful stories, challenging stories. Class participants will be invited to read, on their own time, some of the world’s great texts (this class is not graded and offers no credits and no shaming, so homework really is totally optional!). Stories we will explore together may include any of the following:

Stories of our beginnings: Genesis, sacred stories from various traditions
Stories of morality: the Bhagavad Gita, John Rawls, Lord of the Rings & Harry Potter
Stories of our universe: relativistic physics, chaos theory
Stories of the emergent self: The Color Purple, Joseph Campbell, Precious, Hamlet
Stories of Love: Pride and Prejudice, Upanishads
Stories of Mystery and Relationship: The Gospels, Cloud of Unknowing
National Stories: A People’s History, These Truths

Clearly, there will be a lot of (entirely optional!) reading. But the classes themselves will not be merely a book review – principally, we will use the texts as a lens at which to look at the sacred story of our own lives. What does it mean to be human? What are the possibilities of a human life? How do we make sense of it all?
This is not a lecture series. I hope to employ a variety of pedagogical methods, to get folks to talk to one another and engage on a deep level.
The class meets on Monday evenings twice a month, October through May.
The FIRST MONDAY of each month is ZOOM ONLY. 6:30 – 8 pm.
The THIRD MONDAY of each month is IN PERSON AT USH. 6:30 – 8:00 pm
Please note these are two DIFFERENT sessions, on the same topic. The Zoom session is more introductory and conversational. In the second session, we explore the topic in greater depth, using different modes of participation. These sessions are not hybrid – meaning if you want to attend only in person or only on Zoom, unfortunately you won’t be able to attend both sessions. But there’s no problem with only attending once a month.
The course is free, but registration is required to help me communicate with the class better. Once you register, you’ll receive a syllabus and a schedule with locations and Zoom links.
When I was wondering what to offer in Adult RE this year, I though about what I would most like to take, as a participant. This is what I came up with, and I’m trying it out for the first time. So needless to say, I’m very excited about it! Any questions , please feel free to ask me anything. Thanks!
Gratefully yours,
Rev. Bob

Central Connecticut Quilters Connections - Classroom D
2026-01-07 13:30 - 15:30

USH Book Club - Zoom
2026-01-08 14:30 - 16:00
The USH Book Club meets from 2:30 – 4 PM on the 2nd Thursday of each month, September through June, on Zoom. If you would like to participate in a discussion of the book and related issues, please contact Ginny Allen at fiddlenurse1@gmail.com. An email with the Zoom link will be sent to you several days before the meeting.

The goals of the USH Book Club are:

to foster communication and community, as do our other small church groups, and
to read fiction and non-fiction that represents a variety of styles, eras and genres.

Format:
We begin with a period of check-in. Each meeting has a designated leader who guides the discussion, initially giving each participant an opportunity to share his/her thoughts on the book. This is then followed by a full group discussion. We end each meeting with members sharing the titles of books, movies or TV shows that they would like to recommend to others.

Book selections for 2025-2026

September 11, 2025: Fox by Joyce Carol Oates
October 9, 2025: The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
November 13, 2025: We are Water by Wally Lamb
December 11, 2025: Heart Lamp by Banu
January 8, 2026: Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson
February 12, 2026: The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
March 12, 2026: James by Percival Everett
April 9, 2026: The Education of Ebenezer Wells by Louise Harmon
May 14, 2026: The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Linda Cohen Loigman
June 11, 2026: How to Read a Book by Monica Wood

Artists Way - Fellowship Hall/Classroom D
2026-01-09 12:00 - 15:00

Set Up - Pizza and a Movie - Fellowship Hall
2026-01-09 15:30 - 17:00

Pizza and a Movie Night - Fellowship Hall
2026-01-09 17:00 - 21:00

Hartford Gay Men's Chorus Leadership Board Retreat - Fellowship Hall
2026-01-10 09:00 - 17:00

Magdalene Circle - Meditation Sanctuary
2026-01-10 14:00 - 17:00
Magdalene Circles on the 2nd Saturdays of the month, 2-5 p.m.
Are you interested in expanding your intuition? Tuning into your inner voice? Exploring the Divine Feminine aspects of yourself? Learning sound meditation as a relaxation practice? We invite you to try us out.
Participatory sound, with small drums, Tibetan bowls, rattles and voice, is incorporated in the practice. Beginners are welcome. Extra instruments are available to borrow. As an ongoing group since 2008 you are encouraged to contact Lisa Burch for orientation prior to your first meeting with the group.
