Family Promise of Berks County’s ‘shelter house’ model has been very effective at helping families in a housing crisis. Families able to maintain some normalcy, learn homeownership skills, and save money. Many are ‘graduating’ and finding permanent housing in fewer than the 90 days allotted for the program. SIGN UP HERE TO VOLUNTEER Our congregation … Continue reading Feeding Families in Family Promise (Jan. 16-26)
Mike M. from the Solar Team presented an update on the project during the Congregational Meeting on Sunday, December 11th. It was generally well received. In keeping with the presentation, we would like to offer follow up detailed presentations and discussions. We created a short online survey to help us find the best dates and we … Continue reading Solar Panel Information Sessions
We are ushering in the New Year with rest and rejuvenation, and we invite you to do the same. Please click on the links below to enjoy a soulfully selected musical playlist. We hope you enjoy it and Happy New Year from FUUBC .
Many UU ministers put together a service for our congregations to enjoy this morning. This special service will be pre-recorded and not bound by schedule, available to view any time here.
Happy New Year, everybody! May 2023 and its fresh-slate first month be the timefor finding our center.A ritual I have often led around the New Year is called the Coffin and Cradle. Itwas written by my colleague and friend, Rev. Barbara Child. Her intern, back inthe day, was Rev. Roberta Finkelstein, who taught me the … Continue reading Finding Our Center
This is not a joke: mark your calendars now, we have a date for the 2023 Service Auction: April Fool’s Day (Saturday, April 1st, 2023). This year’s theme will be Here Comes the Sun … I think it has something to do with the solar panels we are trying to add to our roof. We are still working out … Continue reading Service Auction 2023 Update
Call or write to President Biden to demand the women in Berks be released, not transferred! We demand that those women currently detained be released and for the center to be repurposed into a space that can provide services to the surrounding community. No transfers to new prisons!Call or send a letter to President Biden … Continue reading Shut Down Berks Update:
by nadine j. smet-weiss spiritual director take a moment to attend to your breath follow it in all the way to the center of your being then listen to what it whispers in the ear of your heart on the way out live that
Join us on Sunday 1/8 @ 12:00pm for our first Contemplative Companion session for 2023. We will be meeting in person at church following the service, and some time at coffee hour. Participants are asked to bring a brown bag lunch and an object that represents your current spiritual life.
If you’d like to come dressed as your favorite character from around that manger, please do so. We will also be offering head adornments which help you to determine which “part” you will play in this No-Rehearse Pageant for all ages.
