July 10 -16, 2022California University of PA, California PAIntergenerational Unitarian Universalist Camp https://www.cersiuu.org/ Registration Now Open! Save $75 by registering by May 31, 2022 Apply for a CERSI Scholarship Work to offset fees Video of 2018 SI:
March 24, 2022 Over the course of several weeks in January our congregation took part in a New Ministry Start-Up Retreat led by Reverend Sunshine Wolfe from the UUA. Members, Friends, Church Leaders, Board, and Staff were invited to participate in sessions that provided a time to give thought to what is important to us … Continue reading Startup workshop with Rev. Sunshine Wolfe
The Board of Trustees met via Zoom on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. Ratification of March 3 email vote: Motion to approve VIM questions for cottage meetings. Heather Masterson moved to ratify. Kyle Gracey seconded. Motion carried unanimously. · What environmental and/or racial justice actions on the part of First Unitarian are you aware of? · Which of … Continue reading Brief Report of Motions Passed at March 16, 2022, Board of Trustees Meeting
The Khasi Hills Partnership Team had an extraordinary Zoom meeting with our India Partners on March 20 to discuss plans for the May 22 Khasi Hills Partnership Sunday and the traditional Khasi Spring Festival, Shad Suk Mynsiem. As we discuss and finalize plans, we hope you can join the team on SUNDAY, MAY 1, AT … Continue reading Khasi Hills Meeting About Spring Festival
Jubilee Three Anti-Racism TrainingEvent format: Online register by March 27. Date & time:• Friday, April 1, 2022, 6:00 pm – Sunday, April 3, 2022, 6:30 pm EDTYou Are Invited to Participate in Jubilee Three Anti-Racism Training: Learning Together About Systemic Racism in a widely acclaimed program with experienced UU trainersDo you wish to deepen your … Continue reading Jubilee Three Anti-Racism Training
First Unitarian Church is exploring a congregation-wide focus on the intersection of environmental action and racial justice. What role can or should First Unitarian Church play? Please join us in conversation to share our individual truths and dreams about these critical issues, to listen, and to find commonalities that uniquely identify us as First Unitarian … Continue reading We need your voice! Congregational Conversations
Anxious? Who me? No! Why do you ask? Anxiety is normal in abnormal times. We have not been in normal times for the past two years. We have been forced to repeatedly examine what is “normal,” which in turn triggers yet more anxiety. Just as we’re seeing COVID infection numbers drop, and our fears decline, … Continue reading Pastoral Care and Connections
In defense of innocent cats, I offer the testimony of one of my purr babies, Zelda. This seven-pound ball of orange fur arrived in my life and on my head in 2003. I walked into my aunt Janice’s house in western Colorado, ready to be greeted by her, her dog and three cats, two Siamese, … Continue reading Pastoral Care and Connections
I dragged my beloved dog over to the couch and yelled “no” at him several times as I pointed to the cushions. I was angry he had been scratching at the cushions, pulling threads from the cotton upholstery. My housemate, who owned the couch, was really irritated with me, and I passed the anger along … Continue reading Pastoral Care and Connections
Alina Harbourne, the Refugee Sponsorship Coordinator at JFCS(Jewish Family Community Services), will present a program on Afghan resettlement in Pittsburgh. The sponsorship program involves having an organization sponsor a single-family (or individual) arriving here as refugees adjust to life in a new community. She will also tell us about other ways to help or get … Continue reading Women’s Alliance Program
“Here is a mystery: If sweeping through the door of my heart there moves continually a genuine love for you, it bypasses all your hate and all your indifference and gets through to you at your center. You are powerless to do anything about it. You may keep alive in devious ways the fires of … Continue reading Pastoral Care and Connections
