Weekly News for the week of: March 14, 2020 This Sunday: Quarantine-aversary! March 14, 2021 at 10:30 am Rev. Sage Olnick This Sunday marks a year of quarantine and living into virtual community. We will celebrate our innovation, creativity, and commitment to each other. Join us in making the most of this Quarantine-aversary! For Sunday’s worship, … Continue reading Univoice Weekly
Do you wish to deepen your understanding of how race and ethnicity play out in our institutions and our daily lives? Are you ready to take a leading role to nurture a multicultural future in the face of opposing cultural currents? Come Join Us for this Life-Changing Weekend! Questions: Contact Jean Cocuzza : jeancocuzza@yahoo.com for more info … Continue reading Save the Dates: June 11, 12, 13 for our virtual FUUBC Jubilee training!
On March 14 at noon, our ADORE team invites you to our next Listening Cafe. Nadine Smet-Weis will lead us in telling our short stories of: how we have been changed because of…. what we have done because of…. what actions we have taken and interactions we have had that were different from what they would have been if … Continue reading Adore Listening Cafe
The Transformative Power of Anti-Racism Training. The ADORE team will explore the transformative power of Jubilee Anti-Racism training with testimonials from members who have attended these sessions in past years.
Once again we will be celebrating our Annual Flower Communion virtually. Please send in photos of you with your favorite flowers and or gardens for our mosaic bouquet. Photos should be submitted to Melissa at office@uuberks.org no later than March 28th.
Beloved Community and Acceptance – Interdependent Imperfections. Rev. Sage Olnick.
None of us are perfect. We all come with imperfections, growing edges, regrets, hopes, and dreams. Beloved community does not require us to be perfect. It requires us to live in our truth, to embrace the truth about ourselves, and to join each other in our perfectly imperfect lives. Join us this Sunday to learn and explore more.
by nadine j. smet-weiss spiritual director in my head the very definition of commitment is a certain willfulness a hard core determination that come hell or high water i will do whatever it takes to make it happen see it through get the job done fight the good fight unto death until i surrender to … Continue reading commitment is. . .
Join us on Monday March 1st, @ 7:00pm when gather together to continue our reflection and sharing around Beloved Community. . . . Contact Jane Rohrbach (windowsjmr@comcast.net) or Nadine Smet-Weiss (njw1258@hotmail.com or 484-333-4015) for further information; contact Nadine to receive the zoom link for this gathering.
Beloved Community and Conflict – Conflict is What We Signed Up For – Rev. Sage Olnick. Conflict is part of our personal, professional and congregational lives. Avoiding it is unfair to everyone. This Sunday we will explore how conflict is part of the rich soil in which Beloved Community grows.
Sunday, February 28, 3:30-4:30pm Brief vigil at 3:30 pm across from the detention center 1040 Berks Road, Leesport, PA Led by Pennsylvania Council of Churches, Rev. Sandy Strauss (park in side lot next to the Berksheim; vigil participants invited to join honk-in) Honk-in—meet at 3:45 pm in side parking lot next to the Berksheim Watch … Continue reading Shut Down Berks Vigil & Honk-In
