Greetings friends. I hope you are all well and have been enjoying the long weekend. Thanks to everyone who messaged me or attended rehearsal last week. If I haven’t heard from you, please let me know how you are doing. Below is an updated schedule, with more information about our performances and rehearsals, as well … Continue reading UU Pittsburgh Community Singers
Hello! Lots of church members belong to the Women’s Alliance (WA), but more could. So, as this year’s co-chair, I thought I’d describe the range of what we do and invite you to consider joining in. The Mission of the Women’s Alliance is to enable Unitarian Universalist women and those who share our values to … Continue reading Hear All About Women’s Alliance!
Here’s a quick run-down, but please check https://www.uusongspace.com/ for more details! ** Saturday, September 30, 2023, 7:30 pm: “Master crafted indie folk” with Rachael Kilgour and special guest Eve Goodman (https://www.uusongspace.com/rachael-kilgour-with-special-guest-eve-goodman/) ** Saturday, November 4, 2023, 7:30 pm: “Greg Brown’s pacing and a Lyle Lovett attitude” with Christopher Mark Jones and special guest Alex Meleshenko (https://www.uusongspace.com/christopher-mark-jones-with-special-guest-alex-meleshenko/) ** … Continue reading The 2023-2024 SongSpace season is here!
A Special Forum Presentation — A Call to Environmental Justice Action “Clearing the Air in the Mon Valley” Speakers• Lisa Graves-Marcucci — Pennsylvania Coordinator, Community Outreach, Environmental Integrity Project• Ana Hoffman — Director of Air Quality Engagement, CMU CREATE Lab Summary Between now and October 2, we all have a rare opportunity to exercise our … Continue reading Environmental Justice Action Team 09/17/2023 11:30 AM
This will be an especially exciting year with Reverend Kate and Eleanor Mayfield traveling to India in October to represent our church for the 50th Death Anniversary Commemoration of Reverend Annie Margaret Barr, the founder of the school we have sponsored since 2003. More on this later! All are welcome to attend to explore what’s … Continue reading Khasi Hills Partnership Meeting – Come Join Us! 9/10/23 @ 9:00 am.
It’s that time again when we begin to prepare the budget for next year! I am once again taking budget requests from committees and other church bodies that have needs or wants for next year. This includes groups that don’t receive a budget allocation currently. While I can’t promise that all requests will be funded, … Continue reading Open Call for Budget Requests
Join members and supporters of the Environmental Justice Initiative of First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh in a conversation with award-winning filmmaker, photographer, and activist Mark Dixon in a multi-platform event. Mark will be sharing via Zoom his insights about living well in a region with notoriously poor air quality. Mark began to work on air … Continue reading Exploring Air Pollution: Monitoring & Mitigation
PIIN is a vehicle for people of faith from Pittsburgh and the region to come together, express the deepest values of their traditions, and affect systemic change on commonly held issues of injustice, disparity, and discrimination. We know that positive social change in society has always come from organized people in some form and that … Continue reading Share The Plate for September is PIIN – Pennsylvania Interfaith Impact Network
Greetings Friends. I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer. I have been enjoying time with family & friends in Pittsburgh, the Laurel Highlands, New York, and the Carolinas. I have also spent time making plans for performance and community building through music at First UU Pittsburgh. I hope you are ready to sing! We have our first … Continue reading UU Pittsburgh Community Singers
Q. Would your sermons change at all if life were discovered on another planet? There are two plausible scenarios where this could happen. 1) Microbes are discovered in our solar system by one of the NASA rovers. 2) Radio emissions from an exoplanet are discovered by SETI. This question is prompted by the public Congressional … Continue reading More Unanswered Questions from Question Box on August 20
I had a WONDERFUL time in Kenya, and it will take me more than a year to unpack all the things I have to reflect upon. My deepest gratitude to this community, who helped fund my trip with your gifts. I am so looking forward to sharing my experiences with you as promised. To that … Continue reading Dear 1st U Family,
