Happy New (Church) Year! White. A blank page or canvas. His favorites. So many possibilities~Sunday in the Park With George (Sondheim/Lapine) I love a new beginning — the combination of hope and uncertainty it brings, all the nervous and creative vibes. It feels like a roller coaster right before that first drop, when you hover over the ...

It’s the start of another season of making music.  Bashing through notes and rhythms to get to the good stuff.  The actual music – the full picture, the story telling, really full resonant sound that connects to the soul.  At the start of learning new music, we can begin timidly, wanting to avoid getting things wrong.  ...

Let’s Give Food Pantry its Props UUBerks Food Pantry is our direct aid ministry for our community. We open our church home every fourth Saturday of the month to offer non-perishables and fresh food from the Berks/Schuylkill Helping Harvest Food Bank. Close to 100 families gather in our Sanctuary to receive assistance.  We are one of the ...

by nadine j. smet-weiss spiritual director having heard the whisper of your heart you took those tentative first steps bravely embracing your particular beauty bravely embodying your particular gifts gradually finding comfort in  the rhythm of now ordinary daily choices that combine to reveal  the extraordinary miracle of you