Please join us for an Invasive Species Removal service activity on Monday, January 15, hosted at the Penn State Berks campus.  Starting at 9 am, we’ll gather at the Janssen Conference Center https://berks.psu.edu/map for a brief orientation. Following this, we’ll head outdoors to work with hand tools, focusing on removing invasive species until 11:30 am. Then, we’ll reconvene at the Janssen Conference Center for a … Continue reading JAN 15 – MLK Day: PSU Berks Campus

SIGN UP HERE TO VOLUNTEER Our congregation is one of eighteen around Berks County that provides meals or groceries to families temporarily living in ‘bridge homes’ operated by Family Promise.  We need you to drop off a meal or groceries on Mondays directly at the selected house at 6:00pm. (Meade St needs 5:00pm delivery.) You can also mail … Continue reading Feeding Families in Family Promise (Jan. 15-22, 2024)

Join us on Monday 1/8 @ 7:00pm via zoom for our Contemplative Companions when we will wonder what it means to ‘go home by another way.’ For further information or to receive the zoom link, contact Nadine at njw1258@hotmail.com  

Beloved Conversations is a program for people seeking to embody racial justice as a spiritual practice. Many members of First UU Berks have participated in this program prior to and following the congregational vote in 2020, when the 8th Principle was adopted in solidarity with UUA’s intention to formally vote in the 8th Principle. Your … Continue reading Beloved Conversations