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)
Weekly News for the week of: October 22, 2023 This Sunday: Covenants as a Roadmap, Not as Rules October 22, 2023 at 10:30 am Rev. Amy DeBeck Rev. Amy and the board have been working on the process of covenanting. Come today and explore howwe connect to each other. To attend on site, FULL VACCINATION STRONGLY … Continue reading Univoice Weekly
In today’s world, cultivating loving connection and friendship is a courageous response to acts of hate and inhumanity. Join us today as we celebrate and strengthen our ability to be a good friend .Feel heartened in the bonds of friendship we create, both within and beyond our own community. Best of all, join us after … Continue reading Friendsgiving Sunday!
Weekly News for the week of: October 15, 2023 This Sunday: PA Universalist Convention Weekend October 15, 2023 at 9:30 am This weekend, on Friday and Saturday, UU Berks has hosted our annual convention of Historically Universalist Congregations, and this morning, participants are invited to worship with us. The topic will be on our … Continue reading Univoice Weekly
With donations still arriving, First UU’s team raised $3127 for the annual Reading-Berks CROP Walk, from which a quarter of the profits stay local with the Berks Schuylkill Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank, which in turn benefits the monthly food pantry sponsored by our congregation. First UU was a sponsor of the Reading-Berks walk, which … Continue reading CROP Walk team raises more than $3000
