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.

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 Registration form Delegate Certification Form Silver Bay Slideshow Link to the Facebook Group Contact information

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.
• 2023 keynote address from the Rev. Verdis Robinson. 
• 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.