Our finances are still in a reasonably good position for the year, still a bit behind budget but not drastically so, reports church Treasurer Kyle Gracey. All numbers are as of the end of September. Budget, Income and Spending Our income was $392,335, 98% of where we expected to be at this point in the … Continue reading 3rd Quarter Report: Finances ‘Reasonably Good’
First Unitarian Stewardship Campaign 2024 Update The 2024 Stewardship Campaign is now in full swing! Our campaign theme this year is “Let the Sunshine In!” As the Fifth Dimension sang in 1969, we ask you to “Open up your heart and let the sunshine in!” Here’s a quick reminder about how the pledging process works: … Continue reading Let the Sunshine In!
Qiyam Ansari Environmental Justice Organizer VCAN Board Chair Qiyam Ansari is an Environmental Justice organizer who supports grassroots efforts to improve air quality issues in the Mon Valley. His work has included grant writing, community organizing, and community education with many partners in the Mon Valley. Mr. Ansari oversees the articulation and implementation of Pennsylvania’s … Continue reading Clean Valley Air Now
Greetings all! Hugh and I spent the weekend in DC, visiting family, friends, museums, and All Souls Unitarian Church, which has a great choir. (And Hugh was attending a law conference, too.) I heard great things about the Peace Concert on Sunday. Many thanks to everyone who participated with the combined Lemington / Community Singers, … Continue reading UU Pittsburgh Community Singers
Valley Clean Air Now seeks to fight for the residents of the Mon Valley who continue to suffer from severe health, economic, climate, and environmental injustice by galvanizing the community to take action through local politics, grassroots organizing, community building, education, and community health initiatives.
Over the past year and a half, your Board and Minister have worked to expand our church’s ability to assess key parts of itself. As part of that effort, earlier this year, the Board conducted its first self-assessment. We also secured a commitment from the UUA to conduct an independent assessment of the Board next … Continue reading Board Self-Assessment Results
Young Adults Spirituality Discussions 12:30 – 1:30 Sunday, 10/8 and every other Sunday Room TBD We are starting this up again! Every other Sunday, come share reflections about the sermon topic, spiritual practices, discussion questions, and readings in a small group led by Erica Shadowsong. Sunday Morning Religious Education We are looking for 7 more … Continue reading Sunday Morning Religious Education Update
This past Thursday, September 14th, at First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh,members and supporters of the Environmental Justice Initiative of First Unitarian engaged in a conversation with award-winning filmmaker, photographer, and activist Mark Dixon in a multi-platform event. Mark shared insights about living well in a region with notoriously poor air quality. This is the recording … Continue reading Exploring Air Pollution: Monitoring and Mitigation with Mark Dixon
The Sewing Circle met this past Thursday and almost completed the ten pillowcases that had been set as the goal for the month. Once a couple that went home with folks are returned, we will exceed that goal. And we had fun doing this work together. In October, we will see if we can complete … Continue reading Sewing Circle update
Reverend Kate Walker and Eleanor Mayfield accepted the invitation to travel to the Khasi Hills to represent our church at a special celebration at the school we have been sponsoring since 2003. October 24, 2023, is the closing ceremony of the year-long 50th Death Anniversary of Reverend Annie Margaret Barr, founder of our school and … Continue reading Church Ambassadors Going to India in October
Ministry is all what we do — together. Ministry is that quality of being in community that affirms human dignity — beckons forth hidden possibilities, invites us into deeper, more constant, reverent relationships, and carries forward our heritage of hope and liberation.” It’s written by the late Rev. Gordon McKeeman and speaks to the collaboration … Continue reading There is a reading often used at Installations and Ordinations of UU clergy that begins:
