As this pandemic drags on and on, I’m sad that I haven’t been getting to know you as I’d like to, I’d talk to a wide range of you at coffee hour, or the other various ways we’d be gathering. For the great majority of my time with you we’ve been in shut-down, and there [...]
Covid separated us from our farm in 2020. Even those of us attending in-person events and the rekindled Sunday Services must do so in a distanced, abbreviated, and/or otherwise limited fashion. We are still unable to simply “be” in our bucolic, peaceful space in the world. This past Sunday, the kids and I took our [...]
The December Share the Plate recipient will be North Hills Community Outreach (NHCO). The mission of NHCO is to help address the needs of people in crisis, hardship, and poverty. Their services include several food pantries, utility assistance, employment mentoring/training programs, shuttles for seniors, and seasonal collection events. UUCNH frequently partners with NHCO for ongoing collections for [...]
UUJusticePA has Matching Funds! Generous supporters have given us $20,000 in matching funds IF we can raise another $20,000! Save Our Democracy! Please DONATE today! You can donate by CLICKING HERE or mail a check to: UUJusticePA, c/o Unitarian Church of Harrisburg, 1280 Clover Lane, Harrisburg PA 17113-1001. Imagine a world based on UU values. Submitted [...]
Before Covid, the holidays brought me renewed hope. While I refused to decorate until my Thanksgiving meal was long digested, the hope for a new year arrived right around now. After 2020 stole that from so many, I feel it again this year. Sort of. Holiday Covid debate 2021 brings honest debates amongst intelligent minds [...]
There is so much trouble in the world right now. Runaway inflation, constant violence—often involving guns, often lethal—accelerating climate change, corrupt politicians, political and cultural divisiveness, a revival of patriarchy and white supremacy, a worldwide trend toward autocracy and nationalism just when we most need to cooperate on a worldwide level—the list goes on and [...]
Bestselling TEDx speaker and eco-theologian, Rev. Michael Dowd, offers a “hope-free” Big Picture perspective (neither hopeful nor hopeless) that can help us move from confusion to clarity, from blame to compassion, and from overwhelming or despair to meaningful and courageous love-in-action. Gospel of Evolution Our guest speaker this morning is the Rev. Michael Dowd. [...]
Make sure you remember to plan on attending our Christmas Eve Service this year. While we are unable to celebrate with our traditional shared dinner this year, we can still gather together for fellowship as we begin our holiday celebrations. Our service will start at 7 PM this year.
Try some of these fun ideas intended to keep you meaningfully connected to your family, friends and fellow UUCNHers. One of the Board of Trustee’s top priorities this year is to find ways that we can overcome the “Covid Blues” and be reminded that each of us is valued, loved and missed during this [...]
