Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair – Worship – Connect – Serve – Grow (original) (raw)
Join us for our Sunday service in-person and live-streamed every week at 10:00 AM.
SABBATICAL
SABBATICAL TIME FOR OUR MINISTERS
Our Revs are going on sabbatical starting January 2025. Please review the Sabbatical Handbook so the congregation can be prepared for what to expect while they're away.
pathways to membership
Are you new to The U? Are you thinking of becoming a member? Join us on May 17, 2025 for our Pathways class. Now is the time to consider deepening in your understanding of the intricacies of the Unitarian Universalist tradition as well as the complexity of our congregational life.
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FLETCHER'S LISTENING ROOM PRESENTS
HELEN GILLET
Join us for our Fletcher’s Listening Room Concert with Helen Gillet on May 23, 2025. Helen Gillet is a musician, composer, cellist, singer, improviser and looping artist. Her concerts are akin to a surrealist-archeologist exploring synthesized sounds, texture, and rhythm using an acoustic cello.
GRIEF CONVERSATION & WORKSHOP
GRIEF CONVERSATION & WORKSHOP
This workshop is especially for any individuals that are experiencing acute grief from recent loss, acute grief from tragic loss, and/or grief from loss that is acute during the holidays.
Our Mission
Grounded in faith, we come together to nurture the soul, inspire hope, and bring into being
a more just and loving world.
Religious Education
LIBERAL RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
We offer opportunities across the lifespan for learners of all ages to explore their beliefs in community.
8th principle
OUR COMMITMENT TO THE 8TH PRINCIPLE
We covenant to journey toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions.
You Are Welcome
Whatever age, identity, history, ability, gender, sexual orientation, or political affiliation, you are welcome to bring your full self here.
Be of Service
GIVING BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY
Learn about programs like the Mental Health Task Force, Mantel of Giving, and MESH Cafe.
Make A Connection
From pathways to membership, care team ministry, and covenant groups we'll help you feel a part of our community.
Worship Online
Worship services are live streamed to YouTube and Facebook every Sunday at 10:00 AM.
Welcome to The U!
You are welcome to bring your full self here.
The congregation is not a place;
IT IS A PEOPLE.
The congregation is not walls built stone upon stone, held together by mortar but rather person, linked with person, linked with person: all ages and genders and abilities—
a community built on the foundation of compassion, faith, and love.
-Margaret E. Weiss
From pathways to membership, care team ministry, and covenant groups we’ll help you feel a part of our community.
Our Ministers
Our congregation was founded in 1897 by a group of women seeking liberal religious education for their children and has a history of long-term settled ministry.
Senior Co-Minister
Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael
Central to Rev. Anya's current ministry is the honest confrontation necessary to dismantle white supremacy, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, and sexism.
Senior Co-Minister
Rev. Scott Sammler-Michael
A "Religious, Naturalist Mystic," Rev Scott strives to embody service to our holy mission to build Beloved Community, together, in covenant.
Recent Worship Services
Until we meet again, virtually or otherwise, you are in our hearts.
The Mystic Egg
April 20, 2025
"The Mystic Egg"— led by Markus Hauck, director of music ministries. Many cultures regard the egg as a symbol of life. On this last day of Passover, Easter Sunday, and almost Earth Day, let us celebrate the arrival of spring together as we explore the connections between Paganism, Judaism, and Christianity.
“Beloved: A Redamancy of Fugitivity”
April 6, 2025
"Beloved: A Redamancy of Fugitivity" — led by the Rev. Jé Hooper. As a community of faith and mindfulness, the word “beloved” has become a signature term of UU endearment that emphasizes the hope of unity and equality as passed down from our theological ancestors, Josiah Royce, Howard Thurman, and Martin Luther King Jr. To be Beloved or in Beloved Community has bound us together to radical ideals of belonging. Join Rev. Jé as they apply the work of Toni Morrison’s book Beloved as a way to examine a fugitivity of affection, a way to love others in their freedom of becoming.
“Trusting the Truth: Towards A Theology of Repair”
March 30, 2025
"Trusting the Truth: Towards A Theology of Repair" — led by the Rev. Scott Sammler-Michael, senior co-minister. Like "Trust," " Truth" is a big word. We live many truths, as human beings have diverse gifts. We each see different pieces of reality - we see some more readily than others. Being in Covenanted Community allows us to learn from one another. Join us this Sunday as we explore how we Repair the World together, every day.
Molly, UUCM Religious Education graduate
I am proud to have grown up in this congregation. I learned here to become a compassionate and passionate advocate for social justice on all fronts.
Our Justice Ministries
Join us as we counter white supremacy, fight climate change, protect voting rights, witness border injustices, and more.
New Jersey Together—Essex
UUCM is a proud member of New Jersey Together—Essex, a recently launched county-wide activist coalition of congregations and non-profits.
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Social Justice Coordinating Team
Acting on our shared UU principles, locally and globally, to implement initiatives that further work to bring an end to systemic inequalities.
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Undoing Racism Team
Our goal is to work with our congregation and the wider community to develop, strengthen and act upon anti-racist, multicultural perspectives
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Out Front
An open and affirming group committed to the promotion of a positive image for the LGBTQIA community and a supportive environment for LGBTQIA+ individuals, friends, and family.
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Share your gifts and help us build Beloved Community.
Become a Volunteer
Whether it is in a classroom, in worship, planting flowers, or on the pledge team, we need your special skills!
“I love that I get to contribute to the worship services and also serve as a member of the Worship Committee helping to plan the services.”
Ginny
Worship Team
“A hundred years from now no one is going to remember me, but they might remember what we as a congregation DID.””
Malinda
Music Team
“We’ve raised our kids in this wonderful community. WE’VE grownup spiritually in this community.”