Let’s Give Food Pantry its Props UUBerks Food Pantry is our direct aid ministry for our community. We open our church home every fourth Saturday of the month to offer non-perishables and fresh food from the Berks/Schuylkill Helping Harvest Food Bank. Close to 100 families gather in our Sanctuary to receive assistance. We are one … Continue reading GIVE SOME LOVE TO YOUR UUBERKS FOOD PANTRY !!!
by nadine j. smet-weiss spiritual director having heard the whisper of your heart you took those tentative first steps bravely embracing your particular beauty bravely embodying your particular gifts gradually finding comfort in the rhythm of now ordinary daily choices that combine to reveal the extraordinary miracle of you
Our spiritual community is growing! We have meditated in silence and laughed aloud together. We’ve connected on climate justice and protested together. We pondered, reflected, and soon we will build our covenant together. Are you ready to join this vibrant church as a voting member before the next Congregational Meeting? The New Member Ceremony will be during … Continue reading New Member Ceremony and Anniversary Celebration
Join us Saturday, Nov. 7, for a lively concert featuring talented musicians from our own church congregation! Doors open at 6:30pm to enjoy snacks and a relaxed BYOB gathering before the show at 7:00pm. Tickets available at the door for $15 if you didn’t get yours at the auction. All proceeds donated to the church. … Continue reading UU Rock Band Concert
On Oct 16, 7pm at UU Church of Berks, we’ll be doing the time warp again. Dress up as your favorite character and bring your friends to participate in the “Rocky Horror Picture Show.” We’ll provide the props and popcorn. Open to all as guests of a member (not general public). Suggested donation to church … Continue reading Don’t Dream It, Be It
From the Climate & Environmental Justice page on the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) website: “The Earth is sacred. Our communities are interconnected. And our future depends on how we respond—together. Climate disruption affects all of us, but some communities are hurt worse than others. Marginalized communities are hurt first and worst by climate disruption and … Continue reading Why does UU Berks Church need an Environmental Justice Team?
Members, friends and friends of members and friends – all are welcome! Contemplative Companions will be gathering for a brown bag lunch and Labyrinth Walk at the PSU Berks Labyrinth following the service on Sunday 10/4 – weather permitting. (If 10/4 turns out to be a rainy day, we will gather at the church for … Continue reading Contemplative Companions
Are you a cannon ball into the water type of beginner or are you a slow and methodical wade into the water type of beginner? Does it depend on the water? This summer my kid and I have made a few trips to our local pools and lakes. Some moments she wants to walk in … Continue reading Wading In The Shallows, Diving in The Deep
by nadine j. smet-weissspiritual director no matterhow longor how littleyou havelivedstart right herewith this breathfollow itall the wayto the heartof your beinglistenfor the whisperof its deep desirerising in youthen let it leadyour living
What a hymn for our aspirational faith. We sang “We Would Be One” for our worship service on July 5th. Unitarian minister Samuel Anthony Wright, wrote the lyrics for Unitarian and Universalist youth at their Continental Convention of 1953-54. Jacqui James shares in the book Between the Lines, “At this conference they merged to form … Continue reading Hymn Highlight: We Would Be One
