Join us on March 4 at 7:30 p.m. If interested, please contact Alice Carnes at 704-453-4175 or alice.carnes51@yahoo.com for more info and zoom link. The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature by Drew Lanham”In me, there is the red of miry clay, the brown of spring floods, the gold of ripening tobacco. … Continue reading Thursday Night Book Club
While the church building is closed, the Board of Trustees is holding its monthly meetings via Zoom. The next meeting is on Wednesday, February 17, at 7:00 p.m. Members and friends of the church are welcome to attend. If you would like to attend a Board meeting as an observer, please get in touch with … Continue reading February Board of Trustees Meeting
Kathy Fein will speak on Gratitude on February 4th at 11 a.m. Kathy says,“Gratitude is powerful. It brightens our outlook, broadens our perspective, changes our attitudes, and promotes our well-being.” Join Kathy’s program as we explore our experience with gratitude through discussion and the practices of journaling and letter writing. Women’s Alliance meets monthly on … Continue reading Women’s Alliance
Our goal continues to be to support the two additional teachers that were needed following the inauguration of our new Higher Secondary School in June 2016. We’ve raised $9600 for two teachers’ salaries ($4800 each) the last three years, doing so until government funding kicks in after accreditation. This school enables students to complete high … Continue reading Khasi Hills 2020-2021 School Sponsorship Project Outreach
We ended the fiscal and calendar year in an OK position. In summary, and as expected, we ended with a net loss, though somewhat less of a loss than budgeted. We still have a healthy amount of money in our accounts to pay bills. More details are below: Assets and Liabilities Asset balances as of … Continue reading 2020 Financial Summary
Last fall at about the same time that the Ministerial Search Committee shared our reports on the Congregational Survey and the Cottage Meetings with the congregation, we put the finishing touches on a “Congregational Record” describing our church, our congregation, our accomplishments and our hopes and aspirations for the future. Your responses in the Cottage Meetings and Congregational … Continue reading Committee Narrows List of Ministerial Candidates
In November, the Ministerial Search Committee took on the time-consuming task of compiling and analyzing the data we collected from our Congregational Survey, Cottage Meetings, Focus Groups and the all-day Beyond Categorical Thinking workshop. Two members of our committee worked tirelessly throughout the month on reports with the support of the entire team: Mary Denison on the … Continue reading Survey, Cottage Meeting Data Compiled and Available
Mid-September to late October were busy months for our congregation in our search for a new minister. To present our Fellowship honestly, the congregation helped us evaluate our church: who we are (our strengths and weaknesses); what we want; and more importantly what we might need in a settled minister. To complete our evaluation, 195 … Continue reading Ministerial Search Update
A huge “Thank you” from the Board of Trustees to all of the voting members who participated in the Nov. 15 Special Congregational Meeting to approve the revised church bylaws. Despite a somewhat complex electronic voting process, you hung in there and got the job done! It was truly an affirmation of our 5th principle: … Continue reading Bylaws Revisions Approved
The Bylaws Revision Team is answering questions from the congregation about the proposed revisions to First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh’s bylaws. This article will be updated as more questions are submitted. Congregational meetings are scheduled for Nov. 8 to answer questions and Nov. 15 to vote on the revisions. Members of the Bylaws Revision Team … Continue reading Team Answers Questions About Bylaws Changes
The First Unitarian Church congregation on Nov. 15 will be asked to approve proposed revisions to the church bylaws. The church Board of Trustees is following the advice of the Unitarian Universalist Association to review bylaws during our transition between settled ministers. The bylaws are the rules we follow in governing the church community. Early … Continue reading Bylaws Vote Scheduled
