Beginning on Mother’s Day Sunday (May 9th) UUCR members and friends of all ages are invited to bring a stone representing what is heavy (in heart/thought/spirit) to our campus. Leave your stone in the greening grass to be warmed by the sun and soaked by rain. Stones will lie under clouds and in moonlight as … Continue reading Stone Reflections Station: Lay Your Burdens Down
Our Share the Plate Recipient for the month of May is Understanding Disabilities, Inc. (UD). UD has provided disability awareness programming in the Reading Public Schools for 36 years. They provide a comprehensive disability awareness curriculum in the elementary and middle schools that builds empathy and gives students the tools to act compassionately and respectfully at … Continue reading Share the Plate, May: Understanding Disabilities Inc
Telling Your Spiritual Story: Join Sally and Katie for this 3 week series that invites participants to explore their spiritual paths and to craft their own stories about how they live and identify as Unitarian Universalists. This group will meet on 3 consecutive Wednesday evenings: April 28th, May 5th & May 12th at 7:00 pm. Register here: Telling … Continue reading Telling Your Spiritual Story
As has been our tradition for many summers, our worship this summer will be led by members of the congregation, with some services led by our Ministerial Intern Katie McQuage-Loukas and some by Rev. Hank. This is the call for members of the congregation to lead a summer service. It can be as simple as … Continue reading Summer Service Ideas
Break Out Rooms during Sunday Social Hour on Zoom are ready to go. When you arrive to Social Hour you can choose a breakout room for a particular small group discussion. Some examples are welcoming visitors, Religious Education families, Sermon Talk-Back, and the main “Goldfish” room. The Goldfish room, is for general discussion. The name … Continue reading Social Hour Break-Out Rooms
Green Sanctuary has put together an EARTH Bingo card for the month of April with suggested activities aimed at building awareness of environmental issues and building helpful habits in order to be proactive and live our values. Most activities are family friendly activities that can be done by folks of all ages. Please check out … Continue reading April is Earth Month
Spring time brings many celebrations in religious life! Children and families are invited to Children’s Sunday Gathering at 9:00 am (please note earlier time). All are invited to Sunday Worship (10:00 am) with our guest Gregory C. Carrow-Boyd, who invites us to name what we believe is worthy and just. All are invited to worship! Passover retells … Continue reading Lifespan Religious Education This Week
“Do We Really Need an 8th Principle?” Saturday, March 27, 2021 9:00 am to 12:00 pm Gregory C. Carrow-Boyd, MEd, CRE–ML and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Reading welcome you to a half-day workshop on the 7 UU Principles and a consideration of the proposed 8th Principle. Through collaborative storytelling, reflection and lively activities, … Continue reading UU 8th Principle in Consideration
Beginning on Sunday, March 21st we will be returning to Sunday morning worship on Zoom. Rev. Hank reports we are doing this for a number of reasons, first to provide a more exciting service, where we can interact with each other. Second, once we return to in-person services we would need to move to Zoom anyway, … Continue reading Sunday services switch to Zoom
Dear Beloved Community, We want to hear from you as we define what we will look like when we come back together. How will we carry out our mission together to nurture and explore individual spirituality, to build a committed and loving community, and to help heal the world? We have been apart and each … Continue reading Congregational Survey
