A [threshold is] a space to imagine a new way, and new self. Not moving or pushing but sitting and cultivating… [the goal] is to allow you space and time to reflect on your past, present, and future. To imagine a new beginning . . . . Rev. Sara LaWall Dear Members and Friends, Threshold moments … Continue reading Threshold Moments
In May, our congregation will be voting on whether to adopt the 8th Principle to ground and guide our work toward building the Beloved Community. You can learn more here.
Join Rev. Sandra Fees for 30 minutes of midweek centering, guided reflection, visual and musical meditation, and quiet. Each week we’ll have a different focus, such as presence, love, nature, kindness, self-care, or grief. Registration is not required but it is encouraged. You may contact Rev. Sandra at minister@uuberks.org to indicate your interest. To participate: … Continue reading Midweek Mindfulness: Wednesdays, 7:30-8 pm
In response to Covid-19, UU Berks is establishing a “Covid-19 community response fund” as a sub-category of the existing Minister’s Discretionary Fund (MDF). Donations to the “Covid-19 community response fund” will be used to fill critical gaps in the lives of individuals and families in Reading and Berks County that are the result of Covid-19. … Continue reading Covid-19 UU Berks Community Response Fund
Weekly on Wednesdays, 7:30-8 pm Join me for 30 minutes of midweek centering, guided reflection, visual and musical meditation, and quiet. Each week we’ll have a different focus, such as presence, love, nature, kindness, self-care, or grief. Going forward, the zoom link to join in will be the same every week to avoid any confusion: … Continue reading Midweek Mindfulness with Rev. Sandra – updated
Celebrate Easter Sunday at UU Berks with the UU Flower Communion by sharing flower selfies/photos. You may send a selfie or photo of you and/or your family with a flower. If you don’t have live flowers, make a paper flower or a drawing to share. Email your photos to the church office no later than … Continue reading Submit Your Flower Selfie for Easter
On Sunday, April 19, from Noon-1:30 pm, the UU Berks Welcoming Congregation Committee will be hosting the second session of the Trans Inclusion in Congregations series. In this workshop, we will explore the impact of gender and gender roles on our lives, what we’ve been taught about gender by religion, and how gender roles show … Continue reading Trans Inclusion in Congregations: Session 2 – Gender & Our Faith Community – pls rsvp interest
Pastoral meetings with Rev. Sandra Fees are available by appointment on Zoom, Google Hangouts, or phone. If you are feeling stressed or isolated, if you are struggling spiritually or financially, if you are ill or you are concerned for someone in your family, if you just need someone to talk to, or if you have … Continue reading Pastoral Time with Rev. Sandra by Appointment
If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time, but if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together. ~ Lila Watson Dear Members and Friends, Liberation seemed at first to be an ironic and unlikely theme to be exploring in the month of … Continue reading Liberation: Our Collective Longing
On Sunday March 29 after church at Noon we will hold the workshop on the Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States based on the UUA Common Read (see it here). The workshop is facilitated by Rev. Dr. Sandra Fees. It is not a lecture and some familiarity with the book is helpful. The program will be presented … Continue reading Indigenous Peoples’ History of the US Workshop – Sunday Mar. 29
