Join us on Monday December 7th, @ 7:00pm when gather around the theme of Love as the way forward, and ask the question of what that might look like in our lives. 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.
One of our beloved UU Berks traditions is passing the light from one person to another while we join in singing Silent Night. To enable us to share joyfully in that tradition while worshiping virtually, each family is invited to pick up a Christmas Eve Candle Bag. Each bag includes a card, two candles, the … Continue reading Members and Friends Invited to Pick Up a Christmas Eve Candle Bag
Living from Abundance. Rev. Dr. Sandra Fees. How can we embrace a spirit of abundance when things seem scarce? How can we keep our hearts open? Join us this morning for a participatory and interactive service.
The Practice of Healing. Rev. Dr. Sandra Fees. Buddhist monk Pema Chodron says that “healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.” This morning we’ll explore the practice of letting there by room for all of this to happen. Our offering is our monthly share-the-plate, taken to benefit the local organization Co-County Wellness Services.
What Now: Healing in Uncertain Times. Rev. Dr. Sandra Fees. In this post-election service, we will gather to begin to imagine what’s next and how we might heal amid uncertainty.
Beginning this Sunday (Nov. 7) we’ll be going to a new Zoom room that has real-time closed captioning (not all Zoom virtual meeting rooms/meeting IDs have closed captioning). You will need to be using a current version of the Zoom Client App (the latest version is 5.4.1). Each participant will be able to toggle closed … Continue reading Did you hear the announcement Rev. Fees made at the beginning of service last week?
Dia de Los Muertos. Cesar Martinez-Garza, Rev. Dr. Sandra Fees. Join us for our annual celebration of Dia de Los Muertos led by Rev. Dr. Sandra Fees and Cesar Martinez-Garza. This year will feature a virtual ofrenda of our beloveds who have died.
Friends and members are invited to participate in ADORE’s Second Sunday Listening Café on November 8 at noon. Since this date comes shortly after Election Day, we will give you an opportunity to share responses to the election and the turbulent times that will follow and to practice deep listening. First UU Church of Berks … Continue reading ADORE Second Sunday Listening Café
Join us on Monday November 2nd, @ 7:00pm when gather together to contemplate Color, and the role it plays in our lives. 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.
by nadine j. smet-weiss once for a lifetime i fought to hold all the pieces together until the struggle became far more than I could bear so at long last i surrendered to falling apart simply because i could not not it was only then that i began to discover how life is born of … Continue reading healing breakthrough
