Winter Solstice
Join our Religious Education Director, Music Director, and Worship Arts team for this wonderful celebration of the coming of winter and the turning of the year.
Topic: Special Service
When the Holidays Hurt
Worship Leader: Pastoral Care Team
A worship service for those coping with grief, loss, and other struggles during the winter holiday season. This festive time of the year can also be difficult and stressful. Many folks may feel deeply the loss of a loved one. There’s … read more.
Ingathering Sunday
One Service: 10am. Worship Leader: Rev. Hank Peirce. Special Music: Roald Wilson.
Ingathering Sunday is a time to come home; it’s a time to get ready for another amazing year of church! It is a time to welcome newcomers and see old friends. Weather permitting we will once again begin outside and march into the sanctuary to celebrate the start of our new church year together with Water Communion. We will also take time to introduce Jaimie Dingus, our new student minister! We will close our day back outside with bouncy houses, an ice cream social and a blessing of the backpacks! It will another great Sunday, and we can’t wait to see you there!
Flower Communion
One Service: 10am. Worship Leader: Rev. Hank Peirce.
On this Sunday, you are invited to bring flowers to decorate the church and then before the end of the service these flowers are redistributed to all that we may share in the beauty of nature and … read more.
Bridging Service
One Service: 10am. Worship Leader: Rev Hank Peirce.
Have you been waiting for a church service that celebrates, beginnings, endings and an ending that is really a beginning? Well then do we have a service for you! Today we will welcome new members, bid Liz … read more.
Rev. Hank’s Installation!
On Sunday, March 18 at 3:00 PM, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Reading will officially install the Rev. Hank Peirce as the thirty-second settled minister of our congregation It’s a joy and a privilege that all of us can share, and we joyfully invite you to … read more.
Santa is Real!
7:00pm. Rev. Hank Peirce. Tonight we will be having our traditional family candle light service at 7:00pm, with the choir, readings and Christmas carol singing. There are a few surprises planned for tonight. So join us for this wonderful expression of love and hope.
Living Nativity
10:00am. Rev. Hank Peirce. Our morning service will be an enjoyable trip into the traditions of these winter holidays. We’ll be singing Christmas Carols and have a no-rehearsal pageant. We will all get involved in this fun, joyous service and season!
Winter Solstice Celebration – 7pm
This special service will be a wonderful celebration of the coming in of winter, the turning of the year, and we hope all of you can make it.
When the Holidays Hurt: A Gentle Service of Support – 2pm
A special worship service lead by the Pastoral Care Team, for those coping with grief, loss, and other struggles during the winter holiday season. There’s often grief and sorrow related to Christmas and the holidays being a little different than they used to be. This special service will be a chance to acknowledge that this can be a tough season for many of us.