Update from the Board of Trustees on Air Filtration Systems
Memo to Congregation May 2025
Category: Congregation News
Sunday Morning Forum
5/11/25 @ 9:00 am in the Schweitzer room People’s Rights and Government’s Duties: PA’s Environmental Rights Amendment Pennsylvania’s Environmental Rights Amendment states: “The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania’s public natural resources are the common property … Continue reading Sunday Morning Forum
Annual Congregational Meeting and Potluck Dinner
Our Annual Meeting is an important event at which First Unitarian members vote on the newest members of our Board and the Nominating Committee and recognize the contributions of our deeply committed staff and volunteers. We will also vote on an amendment to the Church Bylaws to clarify some language. Once again, we are also … Continue reading Annual Congregational Meeting and Potluck Dinner
Pittsburgh Universalist Community Singers
Dear friends, Spring greetings! I hope you have been enjoying the warmer weather and increasing amounts of sunshine. Community Singers did a beautiful job at the Easter Concert on 4/19 and at the Easter service on 4/20. Thanks to everyone who sang and supported our efforts to spread the spirit of love and peace of … Continue reading Pittsburgh Universalist Community Singers
Our May Share the Plate is Reading Ready Pittsburgh
Reading Ready Pittsburgh, founded by our church member Mary Denison, is a local nonprofit dedicated to early literacy support for families. Reading Ready Pittsburgh provides a variety of programs to support access to books and engagement around those books for underserved communities. The programs include the following: Visit Reading Ready Pittsburgh website to learn more! https://www.readingreadypittsburgh.org/
Caregiver Support Group
The Pastoral Care Team is starting support groups for caregiving and grief. They will take place on alternate Sundays, starting at noon at church and ending around 2 p.m. As we get closer to the start of the groups, more information will be available. The caregiving support group starts on June 8. Those working with … Continue reading Caregiver Support Group
Join Racial Justice Task Force Members for the “Be a Patriot, Teach Black History Bus Tour”
Our host will be Kevin Mosley, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion consultant | Executive Coach, and our friend from the NAACP-Pittsburgh on the “Be a Patriot, Teach Black History Bus Tour” to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC, from Pittsburgh, PA.The 2 day one night trip also includes the … Continue reading Join Racial Justice Task Force Members for the “Be a Patriot, Teach Black History Bus Tour”
Humanist Group May Meeting
Title of Talk: Worries about AI: Speculative Problems and Foreseeable Problems Speaker: Dr.Richard Dub Location: Schweitzer room and on Zoom. We hope you will be able to come in person, but if you can’t, send an email to HumanistGroup@First-Unitarian-pgh.Org to get the link. Description: We are in the midst of an AI boom. Predictions and promises about … Continue reading Humanist Group May Meeting
MEN’S GROUP PROGRAM
WE ARE STILL ON ZOOM IN MAY, our LAST regular meeting until September! Summer Excursion options will be sent soon. I will copy the Zoom link in a separate message. On Wednesday, May 14th, the men’s group meeting will be from 7:30 to 9:00, and it will be ON ZOOM. Our leader will be Jim … Continue reading MEN’S GROUP PROGRAM
Medical Assist Equipment Loans
Most of you know that First UU maintains a list of medical assist equipment (such as crutches, canes, walkers, wheelchairs, bedside items, and much more). These items are owned by and kept at the homes of individual members and are loaned to members in need. To request an item, send an email to medicalequipment@first-unitarian-pgh.org. What … Continue reading Medical Assist Equipment Loans
Now Accepting Nominations for Share the Plate
Every year, First Unitarian Church collects nominations for the Share The Plate offerings collected each Sunday. As you know, the donations are split 50/50 each Sunday with that month’s partner organization. The nomination and choice of the organizations is done in a democratic process. Members of the congregation take an active part in choosing 8 … Continue reading Now Accepting Nominations for Share the Plate