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Grounded in faith, we come together to nurture the soul, inspire hope, and bring into being
a more just and loving world.
(Hebrew: רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה, literally "head of the year") is the Jewish New Year. This High Holiday celebration will be held in our sanctuary on September 22, 2025 with Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael and co-led by our congregation’s UU’s for Jewish Awareness group.
The 2025 Great Works class, led by Rev Scott, will explore the 100th anniversary of the Scopes trial. Sessions are held beginning October 2, 2025 and then 6 consecutive Thursdays.
ARE invites all to join us in a new "common read" initiative. We will read selected books this summer and then we will create a space for diverse voices, unconventional thinkers, and open minds to come together in the fall to discuss these popular books through a moral lens.
We will gather with all ages and all species on Saturday, October 4, 2025, at 1pm on the front lawn. With joy, song and ritual we will bless our pets, and our dear stuffed animals.
Rather than provide baptisms or christenings, UUs offer child dedication ceremonies for infants and children. Our child dedication is an opportunity to name and introduce the child to the community and bless the life of the child.
At each session participants will deepen their understanding of their own Unitarian Universalist faith and hone a message about our congregation that they can share with others. "Graduates" will be better prepared as ambassadors to Unitarian Universalism and UUCM.
The THRIVE Team invites you to a festive TRIVIA NIGHT on October 10, 2025. Join us for a festive evening of pulling obscure and fascinating (and perhaps useless) facts out of your brain in the company of other members and friends.
Join us for our Fletcher’s Listening Room Concert on October 11, 2025 for internationally lauded “songwriter’s songwriter” Dayna Kurtz and guitarist Robert Maché who have played together for decades and stir our souls.
Are you new to The U? Are you thinking of becoming a member? Join us on October 18, 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.
All are invited to the RE Friends & Families Hike at South Mountain Reservation on October 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM.
Our Heritage Bread Communion occurs at the worship service closest to Thanksgiving - a chance for us to participate in one another’s traditions. When registering, you will be asked the type of bread you are baking and how it relates to you own heritage.
We offer opportunities across the lifespan for learners of all ages to explore their beliefs in community.
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.
Whatever age, identity, history, ability, gender, sexual orientation, or political affiliation, you are welcome to bring your full self here.
Learn about programs like the Mental Health Task Force, Mantel of Giving, and MESH Cafe.
From pathways to membership, care team ministry, and covenant groups we'll help you feel a part of our community.
Worship services are live streamed to YouTube and Facebook every Sunday at 10:00 AM.
Central to Rev. Anya's current ministry is the honest confrontation necessary to dismantle white supremacy, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, and sexism.
A "Religious, Naturalist Mystic," Rev Scott strives to embody service to our holy mission to build Beloved Community, together, in covenant.
"How We Belong"—led by the Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael, senior co-minister. We belong to one another like the drops in the ocean belong to the sea. Belonging isn't something given, but something inherent. It is as much a devotion as a release into the embrace of something larger than our one individual life.
"You Are the Light of the World""—led by the Rev. Scott Sammler-Michael, senior co-minister. Our Ingathering Service, an all-ages service which includes our annual Water Communion,. Come one, come all, of all ages, for a service blessing one another.
"New Jersey: A State in Need of Repair"— led by Wendy McNeil, member. A service on a state in need of reparations.
Provides an accessible location for food distribution to fight hunger and serve the needs of people in our local community.
The Purpose of Courageous Conversations is to address obstacles that make listening across differences difficult.
The r.r.r. climate workgroup takes affirmative actions to reduce, reuse and recycle to mitigate climate damage in Essex County.
The Immigration Action Team is dedicated to serving immigration justice through direct and non-violent action.
Wendy McNeil
We light this candle for Wendy McNeil, who on Monday will be starting her new role as Associate Director of Major Gifts at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. We celebrate Wendy and know she will do great work for the NAACP.
I thought long and hard about this and whether or not I wanted to share my poem. This explains a...
Happy prep time for our upcoming 2025 2026 RE program! The 2025-2026 Religious Education (RE) program is around the corner....
In her 2019 Sophia Fahs Lecture at the UUA General Assembly, titled “Building A Community of Communities,” Paula Cole Jones articulated a vision of governance grounded in awareness of the many smaller communities that make up the larger community of each congregation.
If you are like me, you have been wondering what to do about the state of our democracy in these times.
Sometimes it seems we are unsure what we need. Sometimes, you just know. It lies right in front of us. That was the case with the theme UUCM chose for 2025-2026 - Bringing Into Being a More Just and Loving World. Right there, the closing line of our mission statement.
So, I was talking with my elder, the Rev. Foxxy (Sher) Pullen this past week about my weekend. She suggested I...
Well, Litha or Summer Solstice as the mundane call it, has passed. However, Sacred Wheel CUUPs is hosting it this...
Submitted by Sue Raufer on behalf of Allies for Racial Equity (ARE). Summer is here, and for some of us,...
“…this was an amazing experience in which I felt accepted and at peace. From the ushers to the small snack at the end of the service, it was truly an amazing day for me to explore a community such as this one. Throughout the service it was interesting to see the many beautiful people who congregated and who listened in to the message of the importance of joy and of the liberation of the whole self. One memory that I will remember would be of the singers and of the whole congregation coming together to sing the beautiful hymns. How good did it felt to be united, liberated, and to feel joy with this community. I want to thank the Unitarian Universalist congregation of Montclair for their open arms and for the chance to speak with the Reverend. It was a great pleasure of mine to share my time with lovely people.”
“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.”
“A hundred years from now no one is going to remember me, but they might remember what we as a congregation DID.””
“We’ve raised our kids in this wonderful community. WE’VE grownup spiritually in this community.”
