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Honoring our heritage by
strengthening our future.
That sums up the mission
of the New York State Convention of Universalists.
To learn more
about us and what we do, select any of the menu items on the left.
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The 200th meeting of the NYSCU will be held
October 9–11,
2026, in conjunction with the annual Unitarian
Universalist Weekend at Silver Bay, a long-running event organized by
congregations in the Capital District.
Registration is now open.
Details can be found at the
UU Albany
Silver Bay site, including
Please post this meeting
flyer on your local bulletin board.
Note that NYSCU will heavily subsidize attendance costs for delegates
from member congregations.
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2026 Grant and Loan recipients have been
announced; click here for
details.
Annual reports from grant recipients can
now be submitted
online.
Next year’s
grant/loan application deadline will be Jan. 31, 2027.
Applications can be submitted electronically through an on-line form, or
on paper through the physical mail;
click here for further information.
NYSCU is in the process of digitizing its archives and placing
them online.
Click the “Archives” button at left to see what’s
currently available.
Other Web Highlights:
- Benevolent
Intentions: Decolonizing the Religious Liberal Imperial Mind, an
American Story, by the Rev. Frederic Muir, published by
Wipf and Stock. See the NYSCU
Publications page for further details.
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2023
keynote address from the Rev.
Verdis Robinson.
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2019
keynote address from the Rev. Dr.
Susan
Frederick-Gray, President of the Unitarian
Universalist Association.
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1956 keynote
address by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. See the original article from the
Empire State Universalist or the textual transcription.
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Other recent keynotes are available on our publications page.
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Several of the older keynotes have been brought together as a book,
The Universalist Heritage.
Together, they form the basis of an 8-session adult study course,
Remember Universalism Into
Life.
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The World Religions Poster
(at right), based on symbols created
for the Charles Street Universalist Meeting House, is available for
purchase.
NYSCU’s sister organization, the
St. Lawrence
Foundation for Theological Education
(SLFTE), now has its own web site. Check it out!
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April 14, 2026.
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