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
We know in theory that courage (the Theme of the Month) takes many forms, yet sometimes it can be hard to imagine ourselves acting courageously. We may discount things we do or say as a courageous act because we don’t view ourselves as courageous. For many, courage is about pushing past our own inner barriers … Continue reading Pastoral Care and Connections
We had a wonderful Sunday on 10/30 with several projects and the spirit of celebration! The Pumpkinfest, our kids’ pumpkin decorating project, is back for the first time since 2020! We decorated pumpkins and showed them off in the Undercroft during coffee hour, raising over $180 to give to the East End Cooperative Ministry shelter. … Continue reading A Message from our LRED
The Theme of the Month is Courage, yet it is hard to be courageous while holding our breath. We are all holding our breath this week. We are inhaling as we watch each other engage in one of the most important rights in our Democracy, voting. We are watching to see what happens at polling … Continue reading Pastoral Care and Connections Message
As a follow up to PIIN’s (Pennsylvania Interfaith Impact Network) Trucking for Justice Event, you are invited to a half day “Intro to Faith Based Organizing” training on Sat. Nov. 12th from 12:30-4:00 pm at Community of Reconciliation 100 N. Bellefield Ave Pittsburgh PA 15213. This will be the first in a series of local … Continue reading PIIN’s (Pennsylvania Interfaith Impact Network)
Our 1,135 letters with VOTE FORWARD are in the mail (or delivered my now) but there are still many opportunities for you to encourage people in PA to vote in this ‘off year’ election (if they haven’t already sent in their ballots). Go to https://www.uuthevote.org/gotv/ to sign up for phone banks or texting : Phone … Continue reading UU the VOTE
