Help Spruce Up Our Sanctuary for the Season!
We’re decorating for Christmas on Wednesday December 3rd. Come by at 6:30 pm to help us welcome in the season! 🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲
Author: Elizabeth Bromley
Your Hope Mussel …. I Mean Muscle
Sometimes hope can be hard to find. Sometimes when we have had evidence to the contrary, actively choosing hope can feel painful. But it’s easier to find hope when we’re in the practice of doing so. Sometimes something silly helps crack me open – like pondering on the way to spell muscle. Maybe I’ll have … Continue reading Your Hope Mussel …. I Mean Muscle
Pageant Players – Save the date
Would you like to help us tell the story of solstice this year? Mark your calendars for December 20th where we’ll make Masks for the telling and the pageant itself on Sunday December 21st. Let us know by signing up at www.uuberks.org/pageant and be in the know! There will be parts big and small for … Continue reading Pageant Players – Save the date
Gratitude – Break it Open
From the practice room … When learning a piece of music, there are a whole slew of ways we can go about practicing. Some ways of learning or practicing help a piece of information click sooner than others. While other ways accidentally teach us the wrong way before we get to the right one. A … Continue reading Gratitude – Break it Open
It’s a matter of Time: How We Build Belonging
So the other day, my husband saw the following joke in his work break room. Each week there’s a punny one shared on the whiteboard and he just had to share this one with me: Person A – How much to hire a church singing group? Person B – You mean a choir? Person A … Continue reading It’s a matter of Time: How We Build Belonging
Camping this Fall
We’re setting forth in our plans for a fall camping – let us know what would work best for you by filling out https://uuberks.org/camp_ask
RE Registration for 2025-2026
Registration is open for our program year. We have some exciting things planned and look forward to what will emerge as we seek, nurture and serve together this year! To let us know how you plan to engage with our programs this year please visit. https://uuberks.org/Registration Registered families will receive occasional mailings including birthday cards … Continue reading RE Registration for 2025-2026
You Are A Key Ingredient!
When baking sometimes the smallest ingredients make the biggest difference. The 2 cups of flour wouldn’t go very far without the 2 tsp of baking soda! So it is with our Religious Education programming at UU Berks. Large and small contributions of time, talent and treasure determine what our program can be each year. Tell … Continue reading You Are A Key Ingredient!
Swimming Along
Today I think of swimming and being in water as a kind of freedom. I know the water will hold me and when I get in I can let all of my worries and my body be held by a force that’s not me. I can float away. But for my almost 8 month old, … Continue reading Swimming Along
Hymn Feature: Where Do We Come From?
Imagination is sparked by questions. Imagination and Inspiration travel together and help spur each other on. So this month I bring you some background information on the inspiration of one of our hymns #1003 Where Do We Come From. Here’s the note from our UUA’s Song Information Page: The lyrics of this song come from … Continue reading Hymn Feature: Where Do We Come From?