Our Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service will be hosted onsite and virtually at the Church of the Brethren, 2200 State Hill Rd, Wyomissing, 19610 on Wednesday evening, November 24, at 7 pm. Rev. Mary Wolfe, Hope Lutheran, Café Esperanza, will preach. Other participating congregations include the Islamic Center of Reading, PA, Reform Congregation Oheb Sholom, Baha’is, and … Continue reading Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
Join us for our annual Thanksgiving Service of Gratitude. Inspired by Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass and the Haudenosaunee “Thanksgiving Address,” this service will explore the possibilities for an honorable harvest rooted in gratitude and reciprocity.
Join Rev Sage Olnick, UU Berk’s Affiliate Community Minister, to consider how telling the truth about the past can help us live into our future. When we look to the past with open minds and hearts in search of truth, we can find hope for the future.
Join us for our annual celebration of Dia de Los Muertos, the Mexican Day of the Dead. We will have an altar, reflection, candle lighting, and opportunities to honor those we have lost.
Join us to celebrate Halloween with a Zen Ghost story filled with magic and mystery. We’ll consider the disguises we sometimes wear, the ways we might act differently around different people, and which of those is the real “me.”
Arguing is seen as damaging to relationships. Yet arguing well can strengthen relationships and communities. This morning we’ll consider when we need to rock the boat to be true to ourselves, each other, and our values. This morning we welcome members of the Thomas Paine UU Fellowship in Collegeville to our service.
Relationships can be especially challenging to foster during these times, when it feels like strain and animosity are ramped up in our society as a whole. Today we’ll find perspective for engaging our hearts and minds in this work of connection, even in this most rugged terrain.
This morning we’ll look to the wisdom of the Universalist side of our religion. What insights and gifts does Universalism offer that help bring people together? Today is our monthly share-the-plate collection, this month for Habitat for Humanity. Send your check to UU Berks and write Habitat on the memo line.
Often we devote our attention to how best to cultivate relationship. Today we turn our attention instead to which relationships to cultivate. What has the pandemic shown us about prioritizing essential relationships over those that are instrumental?
Historically, when others were preaching about a sinful world, our Unitarian Universalist religion saw potential. How about you? Are you trusting what’s possible and remaining hopeful and vulnerable? Who is helping you find the courage and inspiration when the path is rough? Today is our monthly share-the-plate collection, this month for Planned Parenthood Keystone. Send … Continue reading How’s Your Faith in Possibility Doing?
