It was . . . . . last year when we gathered for the B4 workshop to help raise our awareness of our human tendency toward biases and begin to reflect on/examine how that might impact our discernment about, call of, and success with a new settled minister. Now that the holiday celebrations have passed and we … Continue reading After B4
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
Please join this exciting program connecting our children and youth with adults in the congregation! Adult Pals who register will be assigned to a registered child. Adults will commit to sending at least one correspondence per week over the 6 weeks of the program. Over the length of the program, Mystery Pals will send letters, emails, drawings, … Continue reading Mystery Pals
On Sunday – 1.28.24, all of our youth are invited from 9:30 – 10:15 to help prep for coffee hour and from 11:30-12 to help coffee hour go smoothly. Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you! please help your child(ren) bring one snack, food item that … Continue reading Kids Coffee Hour
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
Mark your calendars for the next Jam session on January 21st from 11:45-12:45 You don’t need to prepare anything or be the next Taylor Swift. Just come as you are. More details in 2024.
My name is Sean Nanos, and I am a member of the Young Adult Organizing Committee (YAOC) which is a group of UU young adults from the CER Region that has been planning and leading young adult events since 2020. In collaboration with the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Binghamton (UUCB), YAOC is hosting a Young Adult con January 5-7, 2024 called DUUngeons & DragCONs which I am a co-dean of. … Continue reading Upcoming Young Adult Con!
We are hoping to get a regular recorder ensemble started at UU Berks! The UU recorder ensemble ( 3-10 players) plays music of many different types, focusing primarily on renaissance and baroque music, but includes early classical, folk, and even some modern tunes! We play soprano, alto, tenor, and bass recorders, but recorders come in many more sizes!
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
