Growing Anti-Racist UU’s is a new curriculum created by the UU congregation in Charlottesville with partnership from a credentialed religious educator. The first series of 8 lessons we will be teaching help children in grades K-2 and 3-5 engage with racial justice and anti-bias learning in an age-appropriate way, through stories, crafts, activities, and discussions–all … Continue reading Growing Anti-Racist UU’s

Did you know that we record every church service that we host on Zoom? We use our UUBerks YouTube account to host those recordings.  To find the recordings…1) Open up a web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari,…) and navigate to our home page at  uuberks.org 2) Once the page opens, click on the (2) Service Archive button. It is … Continue reading UU Berks Technology Hints

Martin Luther King called on us “to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies.”  On the next Second Sunday Listening Café on January 10, we will consider the assertion that capitalism is a root cause of racism.  Friends and members are invited to participate in this ADORE discussion beginning … Continue reading Jan 10 ADORE Listening Café announcement

Join us on Monday January 4th, @ 7:00pm when gather together to imagine. . . . 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.

During Rev. Sandra Fees’s sabbatical, Jane Rohrbach, member of the Caring Circle and Nadine Smet-Weiss, member of Ministry & Operations and Treasurer, will be responding to requests for assistance from the Minister’s Discretionary Fund & the UU Berks Covid Fund. These funds are intended to provide one-time financial support for members and friends of our … Continue reading Minister’s Discretionary Fund & UU Berks Covid Fund

We are pleased to announce that last week, through the organization of our Social Justice team and a grant from The Pennsylvania Universalist Convention, FUUBC was able to present the Helping Harvest Food Bank with a check for $2000.00. Board President Lynn O’Brien: “I was so happy to give this donation to HH on behalf … Continue reading FUUBC Gives TPUC Donation to the Helping Harvest Food Bank

Did you catch the presentation at the December 2020 Congregational meeting on our new private Member Info website:  member-info.uuberks.org ?  Do you still have questions or need some help accessing it? Use the link below to register for either a 1-on-1 help session and/or an introduction to the website via Zoom.  You can also use the form to just … Continue reading Member Info website

The show must go on! The Gutzler Family Band will be recording 3-4 Christmas Carols to be played as a prelude to our UU Christmas Eve Service. We would love to have our fellow UU musicians join in at home. Yes, a good old fashioned “play along”. If you would like to participate, please send … Continue reading Musical Menagerie 2020

As with most things in 2020, this year’s gift tree is going to be a bit different. This year, our gift tree will add joy to families in Family Promise. Due to COVID-19, Family Promise has had to change their rotating church model to an apartment rental program. While this gives added stability to these … Continue reading 2020 UU Holiday Angel Gift Tree