Week 1 of the Silent Auction is starting soon, on Sunday, April 6. We will be using the online auction website again this year to host the silent auction for two weeks (Apr. 6 – Apr. 19). The Live Auction will be held on Saturday, April 12st. in the church and over Zoom. We have a … Continue reading 2025 Auction
We are using the MetaSlider plugin on the homepage to display a photo slideshow. Each slideshow has a unique number. We can configure the MetaSlider plugin to use different slideshows by changing the slideshow number. When the church is closed, we configure the plugin to use the slideshow with the single image saying the church … Continue reading How to put up “Church Closed” message on website
(this is a copy of the press release that went out earlier this week) Reading, PA (September 23, 2024) – The First Unitarian Universalist Church of Berks County, established in Reading, PA in 1831, is excited to announce a special dedication ceremony celebrating the installation of its new solar photovoltaic system. The ceremony will take place … Continue reading For Immediate Release
Another successful Pride Festival. The weather was great for July and everyone had a good time. I hope you’ll join us next year! You can find photos from the event here. You’re welcome to download, print, and share them.
Tune your TVs / computers / smartphones to the broadcast of Building Green on BCTV on Tue, Jul 09 @ 10:30:00 AM to hear the host Bill Vitale speak with Mike M. and Frank W. about our Solar Photovoltaic Panel Installation. If you missed the live broadcast, you could always stream it from the BCTV YouTube channel.
It was a beautiful day to be outside at the 1st Reading RenFaire. We hope everyone had fun. Check out our photos on this page.
A view of our new 19.4 kW solar array. It consists of forty 485 watt Hanwha Q CELLS panels with an estimated annual electricity production of 21,000 kWh. The city inspector noted that this is the first commercial solar installation in the city of Reading. If we are good about turning off unnecessary lights and … Continue reading Solar in the City
Great work UUBerks! We’re still working on the data, but it looks like we made just over $15,000 this year on the Service Auction. For bidders, we sent out final statements via email earlier this week. If you have a credit card on file and you haven’t contacted us about sending in a check, we’ll … Continue reading Service Auction Update
We had beautiful weather for the 2024 Earth Day Berks in the City Park. Check out our photos on our Welcome Page.
An inspiring and memorable day with Rastabla Hebron, Harriet Tubman presenter at First Unitarian Universalist Church of Berks County, together with Calvary United Church of Christ/An Open and Affirming Congregation and Cafe Esperanza. Thank you to all who were involved! Here is the recording of the event.
