The Youth Group is holding a Holiday Cookie Sale as a Church Fundraiser and are requesting cookie donations. We need 12 dozen undecorated sugar cookies for the youth to decorate.  We are also in need of many, many more dozens of cookies to sell of all types and varieties.  All cookie donations are due at ...

Thank you to everyone who donated to Hope Rescue Mission for our fall clothing drive! This was our largest collection yet! Your clothing goes right to the unhoused children, women and men of Reading who are in need. You are the helpers. We appreciate you!

Following the service on November 24th, please join us for a Friendsgiving Pot-Luck Feast with friends in the Gerber Room. Sign up Here

Join us on this Election Day Eve, Monday 11/4 @ 7:00pm, via zoom for our Contemplative Companions. Our focus this evening will be on the present as we consider what needs the attention of repair within ourselves and in our world. For further information or to receive the zoom link, contact nadine at njw1258@hotmail.com. 

Please stick around after church on Sunday, Nov. 17, for lunch in the Gerber Room followed by table discussions led by First UU’s Stewardship Committee. No advance registration is required, just come with your ideas for new church events, activities, and fundraisers … as well as learning about all facets of stewardship to benefit our ...

 Dear UUJusticePA Community,   It is with great sadness that we share the news that Reverend Joan Sabatino, Executive Director of UU Justice PA, died on October 17th, surrounded by her family.  When Rev. Joan received her sudden and unexpected stage 4 pancreatic cancer diagnosis a few weeks ago, we were caught off guard. Now, as we work ...

November 17, 11am – 2pm Centro Hispano Center- 25 North 2nd Street, Reading $25 adults, $10 students, <5 free Free parking at GoggleWorks Funds help undocumented immigrants that graduate from Berks County High Schools attend college.  Come to the event to learn more about the Greater Reading Immigration Project and what we do. 

On NOV 4 and NOV 11,First UU Berks is committed to providing groceries and meals for their Monday Meal Ministry to families experiencing homelessness.   Family Promise of Berks County program hosts families in one of their ‘bridge houses’ for up to 90 days while they save money and rebuild their lives. They helped over 50 families last year. See www.familypromiseofberks.org for details. There are a lot of children this time! Please ...

Our First UU team raised $4846 for the Reading-Berks CROP Walk, a humanitarian aid fund-raising event, last Sunday at Gring’s Mill Park. We had a record 11 team members, six of whom walked the “long course” of 6 miles from Gring’s Mill to Rebers Bridge and back!  A quarter of the funds raised stay local with ...

Our biggest-ever First UU team is gearing up for the Reading-Berks CROP Walk, ahumanitarian aid fund-raising event, this Sunday at Gring’s Mill Park. All are welcome to comealong to walk along the Tulpehocken Creek in support of the effort or to help with other activitiesoutlined below The walk steps off at 1:15 p.m. but registration will ...