UU Congregation at Shelter Rock Services
Audio recordings, at your convenience. Nurture your spirit. Unitarian Universalism draws from the teachings of the major world religions and appeals to people from a diversity of traditions. At the core of our faith are a set of principles that reflect values, rather than dogma. Our religious beliefs vary. For both the heart and the mind, Shelter Rock offers engaging worship, religious education, opportunities for social action, a breadth of extraordinary music, and a community of caring, curious and compassionate people. We aspire to be a loving religious community where we can grow spiritually and build a more just and joyful world.
Episodes
118 episodes
Love at the Center, led by Rev. Daniel Lawlor
"One cannot live with sighted eyes and feeling hearts and not know or react to the miseries which afflict this world.” - Lorraine Hansberry Unitarian Universalism is growing spiritual habits to respond to the ongoing clim...
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56:40
What Have You Got To Lose, led by Rev. Kimberly Quinn Johnson
We often find ourselves stuck in unhelpful patterns, afraid to take a chance on something new. This week, we ask, "What have we got to lose?" Led by Rev. Kimberly Quinn Johnson, Guest Minister, on August 20, 2023.
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Season 2024
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Episode 820
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52:03
How Then Shall We Live, led by Rev. Michael Crumpler
In light of the hate that is fueling our culture and targeting our people, how shall we live out our Unitarian Universalist values? Led by Rev. Michael Crumpler on August 13, 2023.
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55:44
Soulful Sundown, led by Rev. Dr. Natalie Fenimore with the Cosmic Orchestra
Soulful Sundown offers Rev. Fenimore’s spoken word with music from The Cosmic Orchestra, onsite and online. Special guest musical artist Deb Talan featured at onsite-only Coffee House afterward.Where music resides at the heart of religi...
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Season 2024
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Episode 811
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56:00
There Will Be Joy, led by Rev. Dr. Natalie Fenimore
With the world full of tragedy–with floods and fires all around–it can be too easy to succumb to despair. But humanity can be uplifted by hope and joy and love. We can contribute to the well-being of each other. How might we embrace JOY as a sp...
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Season 2024
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Episode 811
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1:01:17
Being Creative, Finding Community, led by Rev. David Carl Olson
Being Creative, Finding Community, led by Rev. David Carl Olson on July 16, 2023. The Worship Service in the Veatch Ballroom includes group singing and sharing, with a brief and thoughtful message by Rev. David Carl Olson. Rev. Olson was former...
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Season 2024
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Episode 730
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1:03:00
Thinking Otherwise, led by Rev. Dr. Claire MacDonald, with Rev. Dr. Natalie Fenimore
There is growing conversation about what it means to be human. It isn’t just about ChatGPT but something more spiritual and creative; something that asks us to reconsider our human uniqueness and think about the intelligence present in the worl...
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Season 2024
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Episode 723
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Sunday Service: The Human Spirit, led by Rev. Jaye Brooks, Sunday, January 22, 2023
How do we human beings “find our center” as this month’s worship and learning theme suggests? This Sunday explores the human spirit and the yearning to be connected to something greater than ourselves. To honor the Lunar New Year, our RE child...
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1:01:22
Sunday Service: Preparing the Way for Beloved Community, led by Rev. Dr. Natalie Fenimore
The Martin Luther King Center for Nonviolent Social Change was founded by Coretta Scott King in 1968. The King Center’s mission is to empower people to create a just, humane, equitable and peaceful world by applying Dr. King’s nonviolent philo...
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Season 2023
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Episode 115
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1:01:22
Soulful Sundown Service led by Rev. Jaye Brooks, Friday evening, January 13, 2023
Rev. Brooks weaves spoken word with music from the Cosmic Orchestra. Where music lies at the heart of religious experience.
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Season 2023
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Episode 113
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28:11
Love at the Center of our Covenants and Relationships
Our tradition includes the sacred notion that there is power in our choice to associate freely with each other and with other congregations. We express this in a number of settings—the UU Service Committee, the Long Island Area Council, Black L...
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Season 2023
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Episode 108
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1:13:51
From I to We, led by Guest Minister Rev. Oscar Sinclair
COVID-19 was a universal experience, but its impacts were often felt individually. Drawing on lessons learned this fall at The Unitarian Church of Lincoln, on January 1, 2023, we'll look at one way of building community through sharing our stor...
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Season 2023
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Episode 101
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1:13:02
Love Makes Miracles, Led by Rev. Dr. Natalie Fenimore
The winter holidays are full of the stories of miracles. These miracles are a product of love and faith. Can it be that love and faith continue to make miracles happen all around us now? Our First Graders presented their annual Nativ...
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Season 2022
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Episode 1218
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43:20
Messiah Sing 2022
George Frideric Handel’sMessiah SingA Beloved Long Island Tradition is BACK!THE ORCHESTRA AT SHELTER ROCKStephen Michael Smith, ConductorTHE UUCSR CHOIRwithProfessional SoloistsSarah Moulton Faux, sop...
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Season 2022
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Episode 1211200
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1:26:06
Sunday Worship-Star of Wonder, Led by Rev. Jaye Brooks
On December 11, we thought about December as a month of wonder: Hanukkah in the Jewish tradition (Dec. 18-26); Yule and Solstice in pagan traditions (Dec. 21); and Christmas in the Christian tradition (Dec. 25). So let’s pause to contemplate th...
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Season 2022
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Episode 1211
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48:15
Soulful Sundown-December 2022 with Lucy Kaplansky
Led by Rev. Dr. Natalie Fenimore with the Cosmic OrchestraWhere music lies at the heart of religious experience.
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Season 2022
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Episode 1209
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39:02
What Wondrous Love, Led by Rev. Dr. Natalie Fenimore
As our Unitarian Universalist Association once again considers its Principles and Purposes, the Article II Bylaws Commission asks us to center Love as the enduring force that holds us together. What are your thoughts on the re-visioning of the ...
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Season 2022
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Episode 1204
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54:01
Sunday Worship Service - Settle the Sands, led by Erol Delos Santos
When faced with change, we often feel like we are standing at the edge of a precipice, looking out into uncertainty. One way to help adapt to change is to lean on the things that provide stability in unstable times. Join Erol Delos Santos, stud...
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Season 2022
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Episode 1127
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42:20
Thanksgiving Service: A Great Plenty, led by the UUCSR Ministers
This 2022 annual celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday was a family Service. Music was provided by the Young Peoples Choir, Jazz Ensemble, and UUCSR Choir. Once again, we were able to come together and tell about the bread which nourishes us....
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Season 2022
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Episode 1120
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1:08:24
The Same Ax Twice, led by Rev. Jaye Brooks
Change is remarkable in the way it leaves us different and yet at heart still the same person. But human change is also complex—the way anything is complex when human beings are involved. Howard Mansfield’s insightful 2001 book, The Same Ax, Tw...
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Season 2022
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Episode 1113
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45:45
Soulful Sundown, November 11, 2022, led by Erol Delos Santos (corrected)
With LIVE music from the Cosmic Orchestra on a very stormy night!Soulful Sundown. Where music lies at the heart of religious experience.
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Season 2022
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Episode 1111
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34:39
Change the Story, led by Rev. Dr. Natalie Fenimore
This month we celebrate Thanksgiving and many people tell the story of the “Pilgrims and Indians.” The story is based in truth but has gained mythic status. There is, of course, more than one perspective in the story and more than one way to te...
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Season 2022
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Episode 1106
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1:01:18
That Which Shelters All
In a time when information is available to us in an instant, we often don't dwell in the uncomfortable space of the unknown. The truth is that there are limitless possibilities in 'not knowing'. Imagination thrives in the fertile grounds of mys...
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Season 2022
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Episode 1030
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48:00
How Annoying, led by Rev. Jaye Brooks on October 16, 2022
One of the hallmarks of social life in America today is how many things out there are annoying. Confronting the myriad annoyances without losing it takes a remarkable level of centeredness. And maybe courage, which may be a strange character tr...
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Season 2022
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Episode 1016
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55:18