Welcome to the "Old Cobblestone Church" of Cortland


Services are
Sundays at 10:30am
September - June

Followed by refreshments and fellowship downstairs in the Social Hall...
Children usually attend the first part of service, then go downstairs for various activities with Religious Education volunteers for the remainder of the service.

Sundays at 9:30am Adult Religious Education is held in the Social Hall.
For Fall 2009, Adult RE includes either lessons based on the Small Group Ministry concept, or Forum discussions with special guests or on the topic of the service (see the Calendar). All are welcome.


Contact phone: 607-753-0020

Minister:

Rev. Jan Johnson

Pianist: Hannah Wang

 Pianist Hannah

 

Board of Directors:
President 10-11 Chris Ogden
Treasurer 10-11: Marion Lutz
Secretary 10-11: Kim Allen
Trustees 09-11: Joyce Morgan and Rick Downing
Trustees 10-12: Julie Ganson and Joe Miller
Alternate Trustees 10-11: Autumn Pfister, Jim Pelton and Wayne Perry


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Our Mission: We, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Cortland, nurture and honor individual and shared searches for spiritual, intellectual, and emotional understanding. We draw upon the 7 Unitarian Universalist Principles and a range of traditions to support individuals, families, our congregation, and larger communities. We embrace diversity and actively address social concerns while creating a caring community of our own.

Highlights from UU Church of Cortland History:

Cobblestone Church Banner

Universalist circuit rider Nathaniel Stacy held regular meetings in the area starting around 1807.

The congregation was established 1813 as a Universalist Church.

The Cobblestone Church was built as a Universalist Church, 1836-1837.

"The congregation of the Unitarian Universalist (U.U.) Church hosted suffragettes, abolitionists, and other social reformers who traveled the lecture circuit in the early 1800s. The words of Susan B. Anthony, Henry Ward Beecher, William Lloyd Garrison, Clara Barton, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Lucretia Mott rang through the sanctuary of the U.U. Cobblestone Church."
  <from the Report of the Cortland Community Assessment Team, retrieved 1/11/2006>

Nationally, the Unitarians and Universalists merged in 1961 to become the Unitarian Universalist Association. Shortly afterward the Universalist Church of Cortland was renamed the Unitarian Universalist Church of Cortland.

Our Church Building page offers more history.

Kid's Corner

When I said I would make a web page for our church, my daughter insisted I put something fun on the page for kids. So here it is, June: Jokes for UU Kids!

How many UUs does it take to change a light bulb? 53: 1 to change the light bulb, 1 to take it for recycling, 50 to drink the coffee, and the last one to suggest we find a light source that doesn't use up our planetary resources.

During Church School, the teacher asks if anyone can explain what Easter is. A little boy waves his hand, so wanting to be called on. The teacher says, "Ok, Johnny, what is Easter?" Johnny begins, "Easter is that time of year when the whole family gathers around a table with a turkey to giver thanks for the blessings of a good harvest." "Ah, Johnny, not quite. That is Thanksgiving, but a good description. Does anyone know what Easter is?" A Little girl raises her hand. "Easter is that time of the year when the family all gathers around a tree to sing carols and put decorations on the tree and they all give presents." "Well, maybe a bit closer, but not quite. Would anyone else like to venture a guess?" Another little girl of course knew the answer. "It is the time after Jesus died when the stone at his grave was rolled back, and Jesus started to go up to heaven and looked back down and saw his shadow and went back in for six more weeks."

Three kids were talking about their religions. The Catholic kid says, "The symbol of our religion is the cross." The Jewish kid says "The symbol of our religion is the Star of David." The Unitarian Universalist kid says, "The symbol of our religion is a candle in a cocktail glass!"

Why did the Unitarian Universalist cross the road? To support the chicken in its search for its own path.

A very young child in a UU R.E. class was drawing a picture. The grown-up in charge asked, "what are you drawing?" The child replied, "I'm drawing God." The grown-up said, "But no one knows what God looks like." The child said, "they will when I'm done!"

What do you get when you cross a U Church and a U Church?
Answer: A W Church! (double-u church)

A UU walks into a bar,
and says, "Ouch, who put that bar there?"

Knock knock.
Who's there?
UU.
UU who?
Yoo Yoo-hoo to you, too!

The Kindergarten class was discussing "prayer", and the children seemed aware that the way you end a prayer was with "amen." Does anyone know what "amen" means, the teacher asked. There was a long silence. Then one little boy piped up and said, "Well, I think it means, like, "Send"?

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