Peggy Fallon The practice of forest bathing turns out to have a substantive, scientific basis in promoting human health. Trees produce natural chemical aerosols that directly benefit our immune systems, promote relaxation, reduce inflammation, & even contain cancer fighting compounds. Trees do all this for us, in addition to the vital business of using [...]

Robyn Travers Mila is excited and worried for her first day of school. We all know that feeling, heading into the unknown. Well, Mila finds out that she has an invisible backpack with all the tools she needs. We all do too. Let’s explore together in this multigenerational service. Please bring your actual backpacks, purses, work bags, computer cases, [...]

Rev. Lee Anne Washington Through our fourth principle, we affirm and promote the free and responsible search for truth and meaning. In today’s world, highly polarized partisan purveyors of the news make it difficult to discern fact from fiction, misinformation from disinformation, and reasoned discourse from emotional propaganda. In the first of three services focused [...]

Rev. Lee Anne Washington In the second of three services exploring our fourth principle, we will consider how it affects our Social Justice activism. Each section of this series builds on the prior sections. So, If you were unable to attend last Sunday’s service, you may want to review it before Sunday. Click here to [...]

Rev. Lee Anne Washington With news of mass deportations, soldiers in the streets, and cease fires around the world being rejected, emotions are running high. We will explore some Buddhist lessons about how to build an island of refuge that no flood of emotion can overwhelm.  As summertime comes to an end, we Unitarian Universalists [...]

Christine Lagnese JFCS Community Engagement Coordinator Our Church has been working with JFCS to help local immigrants and refugees get settled in the Pittsburgh area. We will talk about that and the many other services that JFCS provides for the greater Pittsburgh area. Click here to view the LIVESTREAM on YouTube. After the event has [...]

Rev. Lee Anne Washington The Autumn Equinox, also referred to as Mabon, marks when day and night are roughly equal in length. It is a time of reflection and preparation. Join us as Rev. Lee Anne explores some thoughts on how to periodically return to a personal place of equilibrium and peace.   Click here to [...]

Rev. Lee Anne Washington About this time every year, Jews gather to celebrate the holiest day of the year, Yom Kippur. It is a time for self-reflection, atonement, repentance, and forgiveness. Though Unitarian Universalists have not traditionally engaged in a similar annual practice, we do have hymns and liturgy that support us in doing so. [...]

Kevin Hayes - Casa San Jose & Systemic Change Join the Systemic change team and Kevin Hayes from Casa San Jose, as they share their experiences cultivating compassion by working in immigrant support spaces. They will share opportunities for the congregation to engage more deeply in this work. Click here to view the LIVESTREAM on [...]

Rev. Lee Anne Washington Donald Trump speaks of undocumented immigrants as rapists, murderers, gang members, and drug lords. Immigration Rights activists speak of an inhumane immigration crisis involving kidnappings, disappearances, and the separation of families. ICE agents complain of a drastic increase in assaults, doxing, and threats to their families. What are we to do? [...]

Rev. Lee Anne Washington As we affirm and promote our first principle - the inherent worth and dignity of every person - we can find ourselves wrestling with what to do about those we might perceive to be our enemies. It’s an age-old question. Join Rev. Lee Anne in the first of a five part [...]

Rev. Lee Anne Washington In this second of five services exploring the application of the First Principle in our relationships, Rev. Lee Anne explores how our First Principle calls us to honor every person’s dignity without surrendering truth or accountability. Drawing wisdom from Hebrew prophecy, Buddhist teaching, and Stoic philosophy, we’ll consider how compassion can [...]