M&O Needs You!
Our Ministry and Operations committee is looking for members to help shape and support our church. If you are interested in hearing more about our M&O team contact Maria Couchman at ms_krauss@yahoo.com
Author: UU Berks Office Administrator
Univoice Weekly
Weekly News for the week of: March 10, 2024 This Sunday Turning of the Wheel March 17, 2024 at 10:30 am Rev. Amy DeBeck With a focus on pagan tradition, we look at the coming of Spring and the Vernal Equinox, called Ostara in Wicca. To attend by Zoom, click on this link: uuberks.org/zoom-worship. (If this is … Continue reading Univoice Weekly
Univoice Weekly
Weekly News for the week of: March 10, 2024 This Sunday: Interim Check In March 10, 2024 at 10:30 am Rev. Amy DeBeck Rev. Amy reviews the five developmental tasks of Interim Ministry, marking how UU Berks has gone through them. To attend by Zoom, click on this link: uuberks.org/zoom-worship. (If this is the first … Continue reading Univoice Weekly
UU Berks is in the midst of our 2024-25 Solar in the City Pledge Drive
If you have not done so already, please submit your 2024-25 pledge card. Our goal is to have all pledges submitted by March 31st to begin the process of building the budget for next year. Pledge cards can be left in the wooden box in the Gerber room or you can email your pledge to … Continue reading UU Berks is in the midst of our 2024-25 Solar in the City Pledge Drive
Univoice Weekly
Weekly News for the week of: March 3, 2024 This Sunday: The Power of Song on the Journey (Indigo Girls Music Day) March 3, 2024 at 10:30 am Ebee Bromley, Lauren Fritz Join us as we experience the way beloved music both fortifies us and gives due expression to the layers of our thoughts … Continue reading Univoice Weekly
FUUBC 2024 Service Auction
Mark your calendars: Our FUUBC 2024 Service Auction is on Saturday, April 13TH. The live auction is an in-person event and we will also be streaming it over Zoom. Like last year, we will be using the Auctria website to host the silent auctions. Watch the Univoice for more details in the coming weeks. Here is … Continue reading FUUBC 2024 Service Auction
Exploring Subtle Acts of Exclusion; How to Understand, Identify, and Stop Microaggressions*
Sunday April 21, 2024 Exploring Subtle Acts of Exclusion will be the focus of our Sunday worship service, followed by a short coffee break, a light vegetarian meal, and the second part of the workshop. Join us for our child-friendly worship service at 10:25 for the beginning of the workshop and stay for the second … Continue reading Exploring Subtle Acts of Exclusion; How to Understand, Identify, and Stop Microaggressions*
Contemplative Companions
Join us on Monday 3/4 @ 7:00pm via zoom for our Contemplative Companions. This month, in keeping with the March SoulMatters theme of transformation, we will reflect and share about what our personal and our collective transformation is teaching us. For further information or to receive the zoom link, contact nadine at njw1258@hotmail.com.
transformative pause*
by nadine j. smet-weissspiritual director pausebreathe inbe stillbreathe outlistenbreathe innoticebreathe outwhatdeepdesireseededin your heartis waitingto be bornthrough you*repeat practice as needed,identifying deep desire maytake time
Transformation
May Sarton wrote, “Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, As without light, nothing flowers.” We have been living through the necessary darkness, and the days are coming to watch all the flowering. That is transformation. In order for anything to transform, necessary changes will happen. And we all know that change is hard, even when … Continue reading Transformation