The 8th Principle Team invites all who would like to learn about building the Beloved Community at FUUBC to join us in reading Mistakes and Miracles: Congregations on the Road to Multiculturalism, (paperback) by Nancy Palmer Jones and Karin Lin. If you would like to buy the book at a discount rate from the UUA ($19), please email treasurer@uuberks.org with your … Continue reading The 8th Principle and FUUBC: Common Read
You read that right! The church will host worship outside on July 25th at 10:30. Following the service, we will have a potluck brunch. Join in at the Pavilion at the West Reading Playground located on 505 Sycamore Rd West Reading, Pa 19611. If attending in person, the site can be accessed by a short … Continue reading Worship & Picnic on Sunday July 25
On July 11 at noon, our ADORE team will invite those who attended the June Jubilee Anti-Racism Training to share insights gained during that transformative weekend. Friends and members are invited to participate in this ADORE (A Dialog on Race and Ethnicity) discussion and encouraged to invite others to join in the dialog. https://uuberks.org/ADORE
Join us on Monday July 5th, @ 7:00pm for the second of our ‘Contemplative Summer’ sessions. Contemplative Companions will continue to meet monthly via zoom for the summer of 2021, with a relaxed format to mark the lazy days of summer. Contact Nadine Smet-Weiss (njw1258@hotmail.com or 484-333-4015) for further information or to receive the zoom … Continue reading Contemplative Companions – July 5, 2021
Recently I heard a colleague describe the congregational work of the coming year as threefold: celebration, lament, action. For many of us, the arrival of summer and Pennsylvania’s reopening mean we have more freedom to gather with friends and family and to participate in activities we love. This time feels celebratory in so many ways. … Continue reading Celebration, Lament, Action – From Sandra’s Study
We from FUUBC fly our Pride Flag and “pride” ourselves on our open minds and loving hearts — now we need a few congregants to staff a table at the Pridefest, which is being held in August this year. There’s very little work involved; it’s basically the ministry of “being there”.Please contact Melissa at office@uuberks.org if … Continue reading Let’s Show Up!
Family Promise will be holding there annual Night Without a Bed fundraiser, it will be held June 26th -27th . We are asking companies to sponsor our event in addtion to asking families, congregations, church youth groups,and schools to participate by sleeping somewhere other than their bed – such as living room , car ,outside … Continue reading Calling all youth and families!!!
The Anti-Hate Summer Reading Program, sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Reading/Berks, the Exeter Community Library, and Bring the Change, is in need of moderators for community conversations about each book. The program is aimed at tweens, teens and adults, and is funded by the Berks County Community Foundation. Goals of the reading program are to define and fight … Continue reading Volunteer Moderators Needed
Please click on the link below for our updated policy on Church gatherings. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1frTR5R-DY8pdBf0GfnXvaklJO94jvv8rPEh6E7ND62s/edit?usp=sharing
The Multi-platform team will be hosting a Zoom conversation with the congregation immediately following the service this Sunday, June 20th. Join us to hear what’s happening with the plans to move toward in-person gathering, as well as to create more robust virtual resources for FUUBC! Below, you can find the Introduction part of the meeting, recorded … Continue reading Coming Back Together: Moving toward a Multi-platform Church
