The East End Cooperative Ministry (EECM) changes the lives of people facing the impacts of poverty. For over 50 years, EECM has been a community leader in addressing the issues that affect our area’s most at-risk and underserved populations. From its beginnings as an interfaith coalition of congregations, EECM has responded to provide hope and … Continue reading The Share The Plate for December is East End Cooperative Ministry
Thank you to those who have been able to donate a toy or toys already this year to our annual Matilda Theiss Center Toy Drive! We are coming to you because, as of today, we are still in need of having about 30 more toys donated so we can ensure that all the kids get … Continue reading First UU Holiday Toy Drive – Toys Still Needed, Can you Help?
The 2022 (Virtual) Alternative Gift Market for First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh starts Dec. 4 and continues through Jan. 1, 2023. The Alternative Gift Market continues our tradition of featuring selected charities to be beneficiaries of your financial support this holiday season as an alternative to more traditional gifts to family and friends. This year we … Continue reading 2022 Alternative Gift Market Starts Dec. 4
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The Sewing Circle met for the first time in November and made 21 colorful pillowcases that will be given to Children’s Hospital. Folks who attended had a great time sewing and ironing and getting to know each other. We will do this again on Thursday afternoon, December 1. Bring your sewing machine, or let Barb … Continue reading The Sewing Circle
We’re excited to begin our Home Set up program to welcome a refugee family to Pittsburgh!! Working initially with the Women’s Alliance and through the Refugee and Immigration Services of the Jewish Family and Community Services (JFCS), we piloted our first family last week. We were assigned a Congolese family with five members: a mother, … Continue reading First Unitarian Refugee Home Set Up
If you have not been to the Undercroft Gallery and seen the art of Miguel Hoyos, you are missing a joyful visual experience. Miguel’s work will hang in the Gallery for two more Sundays. Miguel has been visiting the Gallery after church and is likely to do that again, so you can see his work … Continue reading From Your Art Committee
Thank you for taking the time to take a serious look at the 8th principle. It is so important to engage in this conversation with respect and love for one another. Yes, for many the wording does not align with that of the other principles. Its style is intentionally different in order to call the … Continue reading Too Many Words
I remember is so well because it burned in my heart. My blood pressure went up as my hackles rose on the back of my neck. I was accused, strongly, but not harshly, in front of other religious leaders of saying something that indicated I was clueless about the dominant white culture, and therefore, not … Continue reading Dominant White Supremacy Culture
I first met Paula Cole Jones about 14 years ago when she led a workshop for Unitarian Universalists at her home church, All Souls Unitarian in Washington DC. Paula has worked on racial justice issues with UU congregations for over 20 years and was raised UU. The workshop was on different ways of and learnings … Continue reading How the 8th Principle Evolved
Or what does dismantling racism and other oppressions look like? On one level, we can’t really be sure what the 8th Principle asks of us because we’re still learning how to engage in being anti-racists. Yet, I have total faith that we can rise to the need as long as we remember our other UU … Continue reading What Does the 8th Principle As of Us?
