Allegheny UU hosts our Shared Pulpit Flower Communion, featuring Pastor Sunshine Wolfe. We’ll show a video montage of members and friends “passing a flower to each other.” Everyone is invited and encouraged to send in a video clip. See the newsletter for details.
If there is a country whose culture is starkly contrasted by its international image, it has to be Pakistan. Pakistanis all over the world often face the dilemma of explaining what their culture really entails. Beyond democratic and economic disappointment dwells a world of Pakistani society that works resiliently against all odds to keep what … Continue reading Discovering Pakistan: Cultural Traditions, Community Connection and Helping Hands
Join us to meet the youth of this year’s coming of age program. Learn about what we have been doing in the COA program and join us in expressing our gratitude to the members of our beloved community who have provided assistance.
Yvonne M. will present on YARN, the successor project to the Young Adult Ministry Initiative (a year-long effort to initiate a conversation about UU young adult ministry). During the pandemic, YARN has delivered ministry to UU young adults everywhere.
What does it mean to be a people of Story? On this day of honoring mothers, we must acknowledge the complexity of the relations in our lives, especially family relations, those most powerful influences.
Please join Rev. Stephanie this Sunday as we hear stories from congregants about what their UU faith means to them and how this congregation has been life-saving. We’re excited and overjoyed to welcome some new members this Sunday. Don’t miss out on the celebration!
We will examine how our food systems contribute to injustice and to climate change, and how we are called to respond through practical solutions.
When we talk about “identities on the margins,” often gender and sexuality come to mind right away. We may be slower to name “race.” Marianne J will share stories from her journey this past year as a UU who came to realize, after almost 18 years at East Suburban, that no one in her congregation looked like her.
Many of us are familiar with the concept of “paying it forward”; that is, returning a kindness, not to the giver, but to another person. Where did the term originate, and what role does “paying it forward” play in our everyday lives? How might a shared ethos of “paying it forward” make ours a better, kinder, and more fulfilling world?
During this stressful pandemic, joy may have seemed out of reach, but to experience wholeness we need to feel joyful. Please join Rev. Stephanie this Easter Sunday as we take time to celebrate and share our joys with one another. You’re invited to wear a colorful, festive Easter bonnet or other special attire to display … Continue reading Joy in a Time of Pandemic
