NEW: video of the 2023 keynote by Verdis Robinson is now available.

2023 Grant and Loan recipients have been announced; click here for details.

The deadline for 2024 grants and loans is Jan. 31, 2024.  Applications can be submitted electronically through an on-line form, or on paper through the physical mail; click here for further information.

The 2023 packet of annual reports is now available for download.

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.

NYSCU’s sister organization, the St. Lawrence Foundation for Theological Education (SLFTE), now has its own web site.  Check it out! 

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. 

The 198th Annual Meeting of the NYSCU


was held October 20–21, 2023, at the

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Binghamton, NY (left).

The Rev. Verdis LeVar Robinson (right) spoke on “The Audacity of Universalism”

An announcement for the 199th meeting will be posted here soon.

The 200th meeting—NYSCU’s bicentennial—will be held in Canton, NY, in October of 2025.  The event will also mark the bicentennial of the Canton congregation.