About Our Minister
Rev. Terry Cummings has served as our minister since July of 2019. In March 2020 the COVID 19 pandemic struck moving our services to virtual, stopping our in-person gatherings. This has been a period of transition and transformation for the congregation, and for our country and our world.
Under the loving leadership or Rev. Teery, UUCY has not just survived during the pandemic, it has found new strengths and built on them to prepare for a better and brighter future.
Before answering a call to ministry, Rev. Terry worked as an attorney in New York City for over three decades. She is fond of saying “a bad day in ministry is still better than a good day working in the law.”
Rev. Terry graduated from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York in 2016 and was ordained into Unitarian Universalist ministry in 2018. She has served congregations in Arizona, Massachusetts, and New Jersey, before coming to York.
A Welcome Message from Our Minister
Greetings friend,
Thank you for visiting our UUCY website. If you are a member or pledging friend of the congregation, we hope you find here the information you need to complement your participation in our beloved community.
If you are new to Unitarian Universalism, or are curious about our congregation, I hope you will find the experience of visiting us online worthwhile. All of us at UUCY look forward eagerly to the time when the COVID 19 pandemic is behind us so you can come and visit us in person. In the meantime, all are welcome to join us for our regular services, provided by Zoom, at 10:00 a.m. every Sunday.
We are a denomination that believes in the value of worthwhile deeds, and we do not follow religious creeds or theologies. You will find on our website the list of seven principles that are the bedrock of our liberal religious tradition. UUCY has joined with other Unitarian Universalist congregations across the world to affirm and promote these principles.
I was first introduced to Unitarian Universalism in 2009. At the time, I was going through a gender transition. It was a challenging time for me, emotionally, physically, financially, and spiritually. Fortunately, I found a supportive spiritual home in my local UU congregation, and have not looked back.
In an interview he gave in 2005, the Benedictine monk and philosopher, David Steindl-Rast, said this:
“Religions start from mysticism. There is no other way to start a religion. But, I compare this to a volcano that gushes forth ...and then ...the magma flows down the sides of the mountain and cools off. And when it reaches the bottom, it’s just rocks. You’d never guess that there was fire in it. So after a couple of hundred years, or two thousand years or more, what was once alive is dead rock. Doctrine becomes doctrinaire. Morals become moralistic. Ritual becomes ritualistic. What do we do with it? We have to push through this crust and go to the fire that’s within it.”
I was inspired when I first read these words. They move me always to be mindful that as a minister it is part of my calling to push through the crust and seek the fire that is within our Unitarian Universalist faith tradition. That includes working for justice at the intersection of race, gender and class oppression as a spiritual practice. I believe in the gifts of Unitarian Universalism, and I believe UUCY has a bright future in working for social justice, and a bright future as a teacher of our faith, in our local York community.
Once again, thank you for visiting our website. All of us at UUCY are glad you are here.
Yours in faith,
Rev. Terry Cummings
Under the loving leadership or Rev. Teery, UUCY has not just survived during the pandemic, it has found new strengths and built on them to prepare for a better and brighter future.
Before answering a call to ministry, Rev. Terry worked as an attorney in New York City for over three decades. She is fond of saying “a bad day in ministry is still better than a good day working in the law.”
Rev. Terry graduated from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York in 2016 and was ordained into Unitarian Universalist ministry in 2018. She has served congregations in Arizona, Massachusetts, and New Jersey, before coming to York.
A Welcome Message from Our Minister
Greetings friend,
Thank you for visiting our UUCY website. If you are a member or pledging friend of the congregation, we hope you find here the information you need to complement your participation in our beloved community.
If you are new to Unitarian Universalism, or are curious about our congregation, I hope you will find the experience of visiting us online worthwhile. All of us at UUCY look forward eagerly to the time when the COVID 19 pandemic is behind us so you can come and visit us in person. In the meantime, all are welcome to join us for our regular services, provided by Zoom, at 10:00 a.m. every Sunday.
We are a denomination that believes in the value of worthwhile deeds, and we do not follow religious creeds or theologies. You will find on our website the list of seven principles that are the bedrock of our liberal religious tradition. UUCY has joined with other Unitarian Universalist congregations across the world to affirm and promote these principles.
I was first introduced to Unitarian Universalism in 2009. At the time, I was going through a gender transition. It was a challenging time for me, emotionally, physically, financially, and spiritually. Fortunately, I found a supportive spiritual home in my local UU congregation, and have not looked back.
In an interview he gave in 2005, the Benedictine monk and philosopher, David Steindl-Rast, said this:
“Religions start from mysticism. There is no other way to start a religion. But, I compare this to a volcano that gushes forth ...and then ...the magma flows down the sides of the mountain and cools off. And when it reaches the bottom, it’s just rocks. You’d never guess that there was fire in it. So after a couple of hundred years, or two thousand years or more, what was once alive is dead rock. Doctrine becomes doctrinaire. Morals become moralistic. Ritual becomes ritualistic. What do we do with it? We have to push through this crust and go to the fire that’s within it.”
I was inspired when I first read these words. They move me always to be mindful that as a minister it is part of my calling to push through the crust and seek the fire that is within our Unitarian Universalist faith tradition. That includes working for justice at the intersection of race, gender and class oppression as a spiritual practice. I believe in the gifts of Unitarian Universalism, and I believe UUCY has a bright future in working for social justice, and a bright future as a teacher of our faith, in our local York community.
Once again, thank you for visiting our website. All of us at UUCY are glad you are here.
Yours in faith,
Rev. Terry Cummings