This Month's Services

Two Services – 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

Sunday, February 5^th                   The Fine Art of Failure                                            Rev. Frank Hall

"We need to build a tolerance for failure -- our own, and other's.  There's only one way to do that..."

Rev. Barbara Fast and Rev. Frank Hall are exchanging pulpits this Sunday.  Frank is an extraordinary preacher and minister. Come welcome him back with that warm UUCD embrace. The choir is singing this Sunday! Barbara will be preaching in Westport.

We will look for insight into some aspects of forgiveness, through the text of the parable, The Return of the Prodigal Son, Rembrandt's painting of the same name, some poems and our lives. 

Sunday, February 19^th         

         Social Responsibility Towards our Community from the Islamic Perspective            Shazeeda Kahn

The Islamic tradition is deeply rooted in social justice and it is our responsibility towards God. These Divine principles must be manifested in our actions in order to positively affect our community. We warmly welcome back Shazeeda Kahn back to the UUCD pulpit.  Rev. Barbara Fast will be leading worship.

Sunday, February 26^th           Abolishing the Death Penalty                          Social Action Committee

The Social Action Committee will present a service on capital punishment at both the 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. services. The guest speaker is Dr. George Kain, an Associate Professor in the Division of Justice and Law Administration at Western Connecticut State University.  He will discuss current efforts to abolish the death penalty in Connecticut and describe the prospects for Connecticut to become the 16^th state to abolish the death penalty in this session of the legislature. Dr. Kain is on the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty.