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Register now for the General Assembly (GA) of the UUA happening in Pittsburgh June 21-25, 2023. Webinars are now available describing the events. Discussion of Article II is going on now and will continue at GA. Home hospitality is still looking for Pittsburghers willing to host out of town participants for GA. There is the … Continue reading General Assembly News
Effective Immediately, masking is optional for all church events. Here’s the revised attendance policy adopted April 19, 2023, by the First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh Board of Directors. First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh welcomes everyone as we strive to be radically inclusive and keep our most vulnerable safe during a chronic Coronavirus pandemic. The following applies … Continue reading Board: Masks Now Optional
After the April 23 Earth Service, we’ll enjoy a special Social Hour recognizing the indigenous Khasi Hills spring agrarian festival, Shad Suk Mynsiem. Plus, there will be opportunities to bring your environmental values into action through a post card table sponsored by the Environmental Justice Action Team. Another opportunity to honor Earth Day will be … Continue reading Khasi Hills Shad Suk Mynsiem Social Hour plus Environmental Justice Team and Garden Tabling – April 23
Creative Citizens Studios Art Show – Artist Reception Many of you have seen the delightful CCS Art Show hanging in the Undercroft Gallery this months. This coming Sunday, April 16, CCS is hosting a reception for the artists and for us. Many of the artists their families, and their teachers will be present. Please join … Continue reading From Your Art Committee – CCS Artist Reception This Sunday
Sewing Circle made more pillowcases for Children’s Hospital last Thursday. We will be meeting as Sewing Circle again on Thursday, May 4 – right after Women’s Alliance. The folks making the pillowcases had fun making these beautiful pillowcases. Hopefully, more folks will join us in May. Everyone is welcome. You can pin and iron if … Continue reading Sewing Circle
UU Pittsburgh Community Singers Greetings, Here’s a quick reminder that all are welcome. You don’t have to commit to any of our future performances. Just sing for fun! A full schedule of rehearsals and performance opportunities is below. Beloved community leader and pioneering transgender advocate Wendi Miller passed away last week. A memorial service for … Continue reading UU Pittsburgh Community Singers
I. Family Scholarship at the Unitarian Universalist House in Chautauqua, NY, July 1-8, 2023. The week’s theme is Games: A Celebration of Our Most Human Pastimes. Statement of Purpose: The goal of this scholarship is to provide a week-long, expenses-paid stay for a family of up to four persons (two adults and two children over … Continue reading UU Fellowship at Chautauqua Offers Two Scholarships
UUJusticePA’s Gun Violence Team worked with Cease Fire PA to bring people to Harrisburg on Mar. 23 to meet with their legislators to encourage passage of common sense Gun Safety Laws. Two of us from 1st Unitarian attended with some 450 other concerned Pennsylvanians. Cease Fire does great work-don’t forget to support them during April … Continue reading Marching for Our Lives
Greetings, I hope to see you at one of these events real soon. If I haven’t heard from you in the past month, please be in touch and let me know how you are doing. Upcoming Community Singers eventsApril 5, 7 pm – Wednesday rehearsals continue each week. I hope to see you there. Spring … Continue reading UU Pittsburgh Community Singers
Members from the Art Committee and CCS Teaching Artist, Katy DeMent, hung the Art Show in the Undercroft Gallery this past Thursday. Look at the work these CCS artists did as they considered the bridges of Pittsburgh and our current, and perhaps future, models of transportation. Creative Citizens Studio (CCS) uses art to bring people … Continue reading From Your Art Committee
After extensive testing, evaluation, and research, the Board voted on March 15 to authorize the expenditure of funds to purchase and install enhanced air filters in the Sanctuary. These new filters are designed to remove small particles, such as those that transmit the COVID-19 virus, much better than the current ones. Our own testing has … Continue reading Exciting News from the Board About Plans to Improve Air Quality
