The 199th meeting of the NYSCU

— our bicentennial —

will be held October 24–25, 2025, in Canton, NY. 

Featured speakers will be the Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt,
President of the Unitarian Universalist Association,
and the Rev. Dr. Adam Robersmith,
minister of the Universalist Church of West Hartford, CT,
and member of the UUA Board of Trustees.

The event will also mark the bicentennial of the Canton congregation. 

Please post our announcement flier, and please plan to attend!

Please use this online registration form.

If you will be representing your congregation in an official capacity, please have your congregation's minister, president/moderator, or secretary/clerk complete this online delegate form.

• Meeting information (location, hotel, schedule)
• Minutes from 2024
• Nominating Committee report
• Candidate bios

2025 Grant and Loan recipients have been announced; click here for details.

Annual reports from grant recipients can now be submitted online. 

The deadline for next year’s grant and loan program is Jan. 31, 2026.  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.

The 2023 NYSCU keynote by Verdis Robinson is viewable online. 

Other Web Highlights:

• 2019 keynote address from the Rev. Dr. Susan Frederick-Gray, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association.
• 1956 keynote address by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  See the original article from the Empire State Universalist or the textual transcription.
• Other recent keynotes are available on our publications page. 
• 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.
• 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!