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2018-2019 PLEDGE CAMPAIGNThe Rev. Ned WightRealizing OurHopes & DreamsAs of this writing, we have less thantwo weeks left until the end of thecongregational year and what wehope will be the close of the 20182019 pledge campaign.SOCIAL JUSTICE COORDINATORClaire DerocheEmergency: Immediate Action RequiredAs described in the Women’s Group Column, the president hasenacted a policy at our southern border of separating childrenfrom their parents who are seeking asylum. We believe that thisis cruel and contrary to international law and has never been thepractice of the United States. Here are some concrete steps to taketo oppose this inhumane practice.*Call Congress. You can find out who represents you here. Let yourrepresentative and senators know that you want them to supportbills that support keeping families together. The ACLU has a ascript that will be helpful for your calls.You can join local protests. Watch the website of LI Wins https://longislandwins.com/ for announcements.Legal and humanitarian organizations need your financialsupport. Because there is no requirement that immigrants, evenchildren, be provided legal representation, your support of legalassistance is very important. With representation, 75 percent ofasylum seeking immigrants win their cases. Ask your representativeto support bills that will require that the government provide legalcounsel to unaccompanied children.So far, as the feather indicates,we have received pledgesfrom 32% of households.Every household hasnow received eithera pledge mailing ormet with a pledgeleader.There are several nonprofits that are providing lifesavinglegal assistance pro bono: Texas Civil Rights Project, the FlorenceProject in Arizona, and Kids in Need of Defense and The YoungCenter for Immigrant Children’s Rights. The Catholic Charities ofthe Rio Grande Valley in Texas is helping families with supplies andhumanitarian relief.Please send pledgesbefore July 1 to theFinance Office or drop inthe box on the membershipdesk in the UUCSR Lobby.Remember to vote. Your 2018 primary election may be comingup soon. Make sure to register and vote. Elections can make a bigdifference in really achieving liberty and justice for all. Adaptedfrom the NYT editorial of June 14. https://tinyurl.com/yco2eekt*For more background on this situation go to “Separating childrenfrom parents at the border isn’t just cruel. It’s torture.” https://tinyurl.com/y8wot5hx and “Seizing Children From Parents at theBorder Is Immoral. Here’s What We Can Do About It.” https://tinyurl.com/yco2eektEncouragingly, of the households that havepledged, the average pledge has increased by36 percent over last year.Do we dare to dreamabout what we could doif this trend continues?4The Quest

SOCIAL JUSTICE ANNOUNCEMENTSMUSIC, MUSIC, MUSICPlease check the congregationalcalendar for listings of the regular SJCommittee sponsored meetings.Tuesday, June 19, 2018ConferenceCall“EndingProlonged Solitary Confinement”6:00–7:00 PM. Call in number:1.855.392.2520. When prompted,enter code 5471845#. Speak withstatewide advocates and sharestrategies for passing the HALTSolitary Confinement Act. If youintend to participate, pleaseemail cderoche@uucsr.org to receive the agenda prior to the call.Sponsored by the UUCSR Social Justice Committee.Saturday, June 23, 2018Dear Mr. Nobel,Together to End Solitary: PRISON WITHIN PRISON, Voices ofWomen Held in Isolated Confinement in New York, 11:45 AM,Chapel. Vigil to remember women in solitary confinement withspecial guest speakers Anisah Sabur, Elizabeth Leslie-Chaney,and LadyKathryn Williams-Julien. Join us at 11:00 AM to meet thespeakers and share a light lunch. There is no charge for this program,but if you intend to join us for lunch, you must RSVP to SharynEsposito at 516.472.2960 or sesposito@uucsr.org by Thursday, June21. Sponsored by the UUCSR Social Justice Committee. (Link here)As one of this year’s recipients of an Edward Miller Memorial MusicScholarship, I would like to thank you on behalf of myself and myparents for making this experience one that I will never forget! Fromthe reception, tothe musical sleections, to the Service itself, I wasmade to feel valued by the congregation, and encouraged to pursuemy dream of studying music.Sunday, June 24, 2018GA Comes to UUCSR, Social Hall, 1:15-3:15 PM. The UnitarianUniversalist General Assembly will be going on in Kansas City, MOfrom June 20-24 and many of the sessions will be live streamed(https://www.uua.org/ga/off-site/2018). The theme of the serviceis “No Time for a Casual Faith.” The sermon will be delivered by TheRev. Susan Frederick-Gray, the ninth president of the UnitarianUniversalist Association (UUA), and the Pastoral Meditation will bedelivered by our own minister, The Rev. Dr. Natalie Fenimore. Jointhose of us not at GA as we watch the closing worship service.School Supplies Drive: In the Village of Hempstead, 29.1percent ofchildren live in poverty. (The state rate for children living in povertyis 20.4 percent.) Each year, in collaboration with ABBA Ministries,a Village not-for-profit led by Rev. Reginald Benjamin, we collectnew school supplies for these children. The children need newbackpacks, pens, pencils, three ring binders, notebook paper, andpencil cases, etc. There is an easel in the main lobby with Post-Itnotes listing needed supplies. Please take as many as you can, buythe new supplies, and place them in the bin provided in the lobbythe next time you come to the congregation. The supplies will bedelivered in August and given to the children at an event plannedby ABBA Ministries. Thanks for your generosity. Sponsored by theUUCSR Social Justice CommitteeOPPORTUNITIES FOR GIVINGThe Social Justice Committee of UUCSR sponsors several ways formembers of the congregation to meet the needs of others for foodand clothing. Please visit UUCSR.org for complete suggestions.June 19, 2018I am sure that Edward Miller himself would have been extremelyimporessed with the entire sanctity of the service, and the mannerin which every musician, and congregant made our day! I wouldalso like to thank the “Cabaret” Committee for selecting me and forseeing me as a talented young musician worthy of receiving such apretigious award.My family and I look forward to returning to the Unitarian Church tocontinue celebrating music, life and all that is good in the world withour new extended family!Wishing everyone a wonderful summer!Sincerely yours,James Paul Nadien2018 Edward Miller Music Scholarship WinnerPlainedge High SchoolNOTE: James Paul did not realize that he was selected byprofessional musicians of the Nassau Music Educators Association.Neither the Cabaret Committee nor the Music Committee wereinvolved in award determination. UUCSR raises funds to providethe Edward Miller Memorial Music Scholarships.SAVE THE DATE13TH ANNUALORCHESTRA AT SHELTER ROCKSUMMER CONCERTSUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 1:00 PM5

LIFESPAN RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONJeanne Nametz, Religious Education CoordinatorRE Registration 2018-2019As we move into summer and the endof the school year I ask that you take amoment to register your child/youthfor RE 2018-2019. Registering now willensure that the RE staff can adequatelyplan for this coming year. The deadlinefor registration is Friday, June 22. Toregister , visit /RE Volunteers NeededWe are a cooperative program, which means we are as strong as thenumber of volunteers who assist in the RE program. As you completeyour child’s registration, please consider volunteering. Here are waysyou can volunteer in the RE program:RE teacher: currently we have openings in several grades. You canteach with a team every week or can work with a team two dates amonth to teach.Classroom Support: We have a “two adults in the class” policy.From time to time we need an adult to fill in for an absent teacher toserve as the second adult in class. There is no teaching preparationinvolved, just your presence in the classroom.Summer Program: Our Arts and Nature at the Rock summerprogram during services needs volunteers to help with activities forthis five-week program for Kindergarten thru fifth graders. (See adon opposite page.)Youth Program Volunteer: Programming for our Senior High Youthtakes place outside of Sunday morning Youth Group. We would liketo have volunteers for community service (Midnight Run, ServiceTrip, Service Days) and youth conference advisors (District YouthConferences, United Nations Conference, General Assembly).Please see the registration form for other volunteer activities.Summer RE Programs 2018The Sewing Club for youth ages 10 and up starting Sunday, July 82017-18RE BY THENUMBERS11RE volunteercompletes OWLtraining10Years teachingRE: Mary Ralph& Bill Carmodyfor four sessions. Join us this summer to learn the basics of machinesewing working with members of the Caring Committee’s craftinggroup Love & Stitches, 10:00 AM-2:00 PM. Pizza served. Questions?Contact Ellen Foster (718.344.1636) or Monica Schlichting(516.721.0390). To sign up for this class, please contact JeanneNametz, jnametz@uucsr.org, 516.472.2914. (See ad on oppositepage.)Arts and Nature at the Rock summer program for Kindergartenthru Grade 5 children, Sundays, July 15-August 12. Come join ourguides to adventure and learning! Activities include: creating music,a canvas paint party, creating a spin art quilt, picking berries in ourcommunity garden, going on nature walks, and sacred dance. Inaddition, our service project during the program is to create coloringbooks and care packages for children in hospitals.RE Senior Seminar Youth Travels to JapanSenior seminar youth, Peter Adinolfi, has been selected by his schoolto attend the 2018 Kakehashi Program trip to Japan this summer.Peter has been studying Japanese for two years as a high schoolstudent at The East-West School For International Studies in Queens,NY. He will be traveling with a group of students for a total of ninedays to Tokyo, which will include a two-day stay living with a hostfamily in a nearby town, learning about Japanese culture. He and hisschoolmates have been corresponding in Japanese with students ata school in Tokyo. Peter will report back to the congregation abouthis experience upon his return, as a requirement of the program.Congratulations Peter!SOULFUL SMALL GROUPFriday, June 15, 2018, 7:00-8:30 PM, Room 14Mary Gauthier’s song, “Mercy Now” (www.j.mp/uucsr11) willbe our springboard for discussion this month. Listen to itbeforehand—or not: your choice. Please join us in a relaxedand safe space as we explore the song’s spiritual and personalrelevance with Alice Giordano and Steve Marston, your guides onthis adventure. Please note that we start on time (7:00 PM) so wecan end on time. Room 14 is much closer to the rear parking lotnear the chapel. Newcomers are welcome! Ask Lea Titza (Ltitza@uucsr.org or 516.472.2975) for a copy of our format and covenant.If you register, we’ll send you an email reminder when we startagain in September as the renamed “Soulful Songs & Stories.”Doctorate earned bythe Rev. Dr. NatalieFenimore111130New families in REComing of Age youth206Children ChapelsButterflies thruGrade 643 %of newcongregationalmembers are RE families2956Children in FreeSpirits programsREvolunteers76Years teachingRE: Paul DreznerYears of ReligiousEducation5Families volunteered atthe Huntington InterfaithHomeless Initiative (HIHI)1112396New REvolunteersChildren in 2017 Arts and Nature at the RockMothers and daughters in Side by SideprogramYears of teachingRE (Frank Teltsch’scountdown to 40has begun!)10640Childrenparticipatedin Bridging(Grades 2, 6 & Seniors)Midnight Run volunteers assemblingThe350Questlunches, 300 toiletry kits, 12 bins of clothingand attending 2 different midnight runs!

LIFESPAN RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONJeanne Nametz, Religious Education CoordinatorSponsored by Lifespan Religious Educationand the Caring CommitteeARTS and NATUREat The RockanThe Sewing ClubRE SUMMER PROGRaMJoin the First-EverJuly15, 22, 29August5, 12During Summer Services11:00 AM – 12:30 PMBe a part of summertimeexploration and fellowship!Come join our guides to adventure and learningat Shelter Rock’s Arts and Nature at the RockFor Children K-Grade 5 Create artCreate beautiful and crazy soundsPlay musical games and share storiesMake food from our community gardenFind our own unique voice and blendwith others Discover the wonders of our earth Create music with Orff instrumentsSewing ClubFor Youth Ages 10 and UpSundays, July 8, 15, 22 & 2910:00 AM – 2:00 PMLEARN THE BASICS OFMACHINE SEWINGunder the guidance ofLove & Stitches(Caring Committee’s crafting group)Pizza servedFor any questions, contact:Ellen Foster: 718.344.1636Monica Schlichting: 516.721.0390For any questions, please contact:To sign up, contact:orJeanne Nametz: jnametz@uucsr.orgJeanne NametzRE Coordinatorjnametz@uucsr.org516.472.2914June 19, 2018Carson JonesRE Administrative Assistantcjones@uucsr.org516.472.2915516.472.29147

MEMBERSHIP MATTERSMILESTONESBen Bortin, Membership and Volunteer CoordinatorWe extend our care to. Jean Heacock who has been hospitalizedfollowing a fall. Healing wishes may be sent to her home address464 Main St Apt 309, Port Washington, NY 11050-3139A little more about recent member,Susan Frooks, as space constraintskept the introduction in the lastissue of the Quest a bit abbreviated.We offer our get-well wishes to. Jo Rymer who continues torecover after a disk repair in her back. Messages of good cheer maybe sent to her home: 21 Chapel Place, Apt 1E, Great Neck, NY 11021.Susan grew up in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania, when the city, asshe described it, was still “Hellwith the lid off.” (She agrees withothers, that the city is a vividexample of transformation upward.)Susan is a registered architect, stillactively working, and has, throughouther career, taken a particular interestin public housing. Susan enjoysdrawing, painting, and watchinghockey. (Violent as the sport isreputed to be, Susan points out thathockey players are, often, extremelycompassionate, on and off the field.)Raised Christian, Susan discoveredUnitarian Universalism in college.She is especially attracted by its commitment to social justice,especially with the challenges of the current era. She appreciatesbeing in a religious community with people of like mind.The Frooks have two sons, one in the U.S. Coast Guard, onefinishing college.A most cordial welcome, Susan!We send healing wishes to. Joel and Naomi Loewy after therecent hospitalization of Joel. Calls are welcome, and messages ofcare and encouragement may be sent to their home: 10 Broadway,Great Neck, NY 11021-4444We celebrate with. former UUCSR Ministerial Intern, OscarLewis Sinclair, on the occasion of his ordination and installationas the minister of the Unitarian Church of Lincoln, Nebraska.Congratulations, Rev. Sinclair!THANK YOUSMany thanks to the ministers for the beautiful flowers in celebrationof our 40th anniversary. They were a lovely reminder of our joy atthis milestone.Karen and Mark HartmanThank you for the generous gift of 731.25 [collected at the May11, 2018 Soulful Sundown] toward sending campers to a campdedicated to serving campers living with chronic medical andphysical challenges! We are indeed grateful for your support ofCamp John Marc.Kevin RandlesExecutive DirectorEXPEDITIONA UUCSR Expedition toSAGAMORE HILLHome of Teddy RooseveltThursday, July 12, 20189:45 am - Meet at site - 1020 Sagamore Hill Rd, Oyster Bay, NY 11771OPTIONAL LUNCH TO FOLLOW ATRESTAURANT IN OYSTER BAYQuestions? Ben Bortin: 516.472.2934, BBortin@uucsr.org8The Quest

WOMEN’S GROUPWOMEN’S GROUPJudith Wylie-Rosett, PresidentMaria Ceraulo, Chair, Women’s Issues"Your ChildrenChildren"AreNot YourIf they're not yours, just who dothey belong to? Well, Kahlil Gibran'swonderful poem tells us that theyare the "sons and daughters of lifelonging for itself." This poem hascomforted me throughout my life as aparent whenever I've been separatedfrom my children for any length oftime.Instead of going forth in life as arrowsfrom a strong stable bow, children are being yanked from mother'sarms at the hands of our Criminal Justice system and US Borderagents. It seems as if children belong to the government, not loving,caring parents.On June 10, our Women's Group held its annual luncheon andelection of board officers. We hosted women and children from"New Hour for Women and Children." This organization assistswomen and mothers from the hour of their arrest to the hour oftheir release. When incarcerated for mostly domestic-abuse-relatedincidents and drug offenses, they are separated from their children.When released, they have very few resources to help reunite. Onemight think this applies to a very small number. According to TheSentencing Project, the numbers of incarcerated women have risenby more than 700 percent since 1980. At one time, the thinking wasthat mothers should not be incarcerated as they were the primarycaregivers of their children. Consideration of this bond seems to haveevaporated. In the age of mass incarceration, 80 percent of womenin jails are mothers. The children come through us but belong not tous. They seem to become casualties of our Criminal Justice System.Although it seems unthinkable that anyone would intentionallyinflict harm on innocent children, we see pictures of children beingtorn away from their families at the border. We read reports of thembeing warehoused in cells made of chain linked fencing. Thesefamilies may never see each other again. Instead of living up to theEmma Lazarus poem, treating families fleeing persecution withdignity and respect, a new plan has surfaced. It is to arrest asylumseekers as criminals and take screaming children away from theirmothers. The Department of Homeland Security reports that in a 12day period in May, 658 children were taken away from their families.WOMEN’S GROUP DONATION PROGRAMYou Can HelpVictims of Domestic Violence!Donate Your Old Cell Phones Your old cell phone can bereprogrammed to help safeguard those at risk. Please put old cellphones in the Safe Center cell phone box in the UUSCR Main Lobby.The Safe Center will reprogam the phone to be a 911 emergency callphone that will be distributed to domestic violence victims.MEN’S GROUPGerry Matusiewicz, ChairEND OF YEAR BARBECUE AND PARTYSee ad on back cover of this Ques

The Rev. Dr. Stan Sears is retiring this summer from the Auburn (NY) Unitarian Universalist Society. Over his 36-year career, he has served congregations in California, British Columbia, Colorado, Pennsylvania, New York, and Vermont. He holds degrees from the University of South Carolina, University of Chicago, and Meadville/