Weekly News for the week of: November 5, 2023 Don’t Forget to Set Your Clocks Back Saturday Night! Pancake Breakfast– THIS SUNDAY We’re looking forward to kicking off our month celebrating The Gift of Gratitude with a time to share breakfast together as a faith community. Our Pancake breakfast will be morning of Nov 5th from … Continue reading Univoice Weekly
November 22, 2023 at 7:00 pm Rev. Amy DeBeck Gather with us the night before Thanksgiving as we host our community ministry partners The Islamic Center of Reading, Immanuel United Church of Christ, Oheb Sholom & Wyomissing Church of the Brethren in a service of gratitude. We are also in need of coffee crew help for … Continue reading Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
by nadine j. smet weiss spiritual director every given day bring your best self and release that into the world the world needs the gift of you being true to you
Hello UU Berks Our community will once again be participating in the Berks Connection Pretrial Services (BCPS) holiday gift tree event. We have been given 25 names of children whose parent or guardian is currently incarcerated at the Berks County Prison. For some of these children, this may be the only gift they receive. BCPS … Continue reading 2023 UU Gift Tree
We need some helpers and snacks for our Interfaith Thanksgiving Service on Wednesday, November 22nd at 7pm. We need a few helpers with setup and clean up and several folks to donate snacks. Let’s impress our community neighbors with a bountiful spread! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0F45A5A92DA5FA7-45829316-interfaith
As a community, we have been thinking and talking about what we hope and expect our next called minister will do. Now it is time for us to begin asking who our next called minister might be – and who are we ready for them to be? To help us recognize our own biases in … Continue reading Breaking Barriers, Building Beliefs Workshop
Join us on Monday 11/6 @ 7:00pm via zoom for our Contemplative Companions. With all that is happening in the world – and especially all that has been stirred in recent weeks – we are fortunate to have this month’s gathering inspired by a retreat that Jane recently attended. Together we will wonder and share how it … Continue reading Contemplative Companions
This year, our Blessing Bags donation will benefit the LGBT Center of Reading. Rather than a full event to assemble bags, we will have a deadline of November 19th for collecting these items to help restock their pantry, and will ask that we have a few people volunteer to deliver the donation to the LGBT … Continue reading Blessing Bags
Calling all Pagans. Join Rev Amy on December 2nd at 2pm to discuss the planning of an upcoming Yule service as well as a possible formation of a CUUPS chapter at UU Berks. The Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans (CUUPS) is an organization dedicated to networking Pagan-identified Unitarian Universalists (UUs), educating people about Paganism, promoting … Continue reading Yule Service Planning Meeting and CUUPS Discussion
Family Promise of Berks County helps families in a housing crisis by providing a ‘shelter house’ and intense case worker support for up to 90 days. Families are able to maintain some normalcy, learn homeownership skills, and save money until they found more permanent housing. They now operate three shelter homes. SIGN UP HERE TO … Continue reading Feeding Families in Family Promise (Nov. 5-18, 2023)
