What does it mean to be alone? What does it mean to be with someone? What is the difference between aloneness and loneliness? How can we be truly present to someone? Drawing from Julian of Norwich, Fred Rogers, and Susan Cain, we will contemplate solitude and presence in the name of social justice.
Hydraulic Fracking is a relatively new method for extracting oil and natural gas in our area. Aside from the economic benefits of supplying this domestic energy, we are bringing up something else from underground. Making you aware of these facts allows us to be better energy consumers.
Join Brenda S. and Jo M. for our traditional, story-centered Christmas Eve service, complete with stories, songs, blessing of babies, assembling of the creche, and singing of “Silent Night” to (hand-held) candlelight. Our story OF all ages is the classic Nativity tale. Our story FOR all ages is “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!” … Continue reading The Christmas Story from Scripture
As Thanksgiving approaches, we celebrate the lives of indigenouspeople by learning about their history as told in their own words.
This year’s Stone Soup Sunday service features a new play starring the ESUUC Players, written by Mary Warwick. After fighting the war against UPMC for affordable healthcare, two soldiers walking home stop in Murrysville to look for food and footwear. They meet an odd assortment of characters along the way, and eventually enjoy community and … Continue reading Stone Soup Sunday
History has been full of tragedies of one people oppressing another. Liberation theology attempts to correct for that by empowering the oppressed people and helping oppressors to see that, when we have equality, everyone wins. Drawing from Gutierrez, Freire, and feminism, we will consider how we can work together to make the oppressor and oppressed … Continue reading Liberation Theology: How Oppressed and Oppressor Can Work Together
What do we do about those relationships we have floating around in limbo?
The presidential election is in 9 days. Once again, we are fighting to keep democracy alive in America. We are down to the wire. It is NEVER too late to get involved. We’ll talk about last-minute actions we can take to increase voter engagement, thru UUtheVote and our Pennsylvania partners.
Aurora Borealis, or The Northern Lights, are a phenomenon that people Have observed and thought about since ancient times. We will explore different perspectives, both mythological and scientific, of this beautiful cosmological display.
Much of our suffering arises in part from people not truly listening to each other, themselves, and nature. We will learn from Buddhism how to listening deeply and thus experience healing of soul, body, and mind.
