Unitarian Univeralist Church of the North Hills

Vitamin G
2025-04-06 10:30 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | West Room and Zoom
A well-known medical doctor and social media influencer includes “Vitamin G” in his recommendations for a healthy diet. Join us in expressing our gratitude for the generosity of all those who have answered the call to pledge their financial support to our beloved community and discover how to benefit from Vitamin G.
Presented by Rev. Lee Anne Washington

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Some Things Never Change
2025-04-13 10:30 - 12:30
Whether you are from the silent generation, a boomer, gen x, a millennial, or gen z, some things never change. Other generations think that there are so many differences between how they grew up and how Gen Z does today. Our UUCNH youth group wants to show you that the differences are in the details but the many parts in the life of a teenager stay the same no matter what generation you are from.
Presented by the UUCNH Youth Group

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Easter: When Things Are Not As They Seem
2025-04-20 10:30 - 12:30
Presented by Rev. Lee Anne Washington

Rampant partisanship in every aspect of our communal lives makes it difficult to determine what’s really going on. Similarly, the Easter story is rife with misunderstandings, misidentifications, and miscommunications. As a religious community, what should we do when things are not as they appear? Join us as Rev. Lee Anne explores the Easter story with this question in mind and invites us to consider the gifts that come with a new perspective.
The Break Forth Ensemble will lead us in song and the children will hunt for Easter eggs during the service.

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What's the Big Deal About Methane?
2025-04-27 10:30 - 12:30
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and a major driver of climate change. In fact, reducing methane emissions can have a much greater impact on slowing global warming than reducing carbon dioxide.
What makes methane especially urgent is that it’s all around us—from agriculture and landfills to energy production—making this issue deeply personal and impossible to ignore.
The Green Sanctuary team is sharing the facts about methane and practical action ideas you’re sure to use.

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Invoking the Blossoms and the Flame: Imagining a Solution to Homelessness
2025-05-04 10:30 - 12:30
May 1st was Beltane, also known as May Day. It’s a time to joyfully celebrate returning daylight, blooming flowers, and the transforming power of fire. In this context, Rev. Lee Anne will share what she learned from watching Beyond the Bridge: a Solution to Homelessness and provide an update on Pittsburgh’s commitment to providing 500 affordable housing units in Allegheny County in 500 days.

Presented by Rev. Lee Anne Washington

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Imaginary Messengers
2025-05-11 10:30 - 12:30
Ever wonder whence came an idea that just popped into your head? Ever get stuck on a problem and then out of nowhere the answer, or at least an answer, made itself known? Join Rev. Lee Anne as she explores the religious and philosophical concepts of imaginary messengers who inspire us and guide us.
This Sunday will celebrate Gavin Connor’s bridging from youth to young adult.

Presented by Rev. Lee Anne Washington

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More Than Words On a Page
2025-05-18 10:30 - 12:30
We will examine the meanings of key words in UU theology, particularly with respect to the UUCNH mission statement.

Presented by Rev. John Ballance

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No Greater Love- The Four Chaplains
2025-05-25 10:30 - 12:30
Monday is Memorial Day. Join us this Sunday, as we remember those who have died while serving in the armed forces and find inspiration from the story of Four Army Chaplains.

Presented by Rev. Lee Anne Washington

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The Installation of Rev. Dr. Lee Anne Washington
2025-06-01 10:30 - 12:30
The Hills are Alive with the Sound
by Rev. Keith Kron

What does it mean to be religious in 2025? What is the work of a congregation in these times? Could religion help people come alive or will it become extinct? We’ll explore how to be religious in a world with more noise, less connection, and more need.
Worship begins at 10:30 followed by a Tea celebration followed by our annual congregational meeting.

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Flower Communion- Beautiful Medicine
2025-06-08 10:30 - 12:30
by Rev. Lee Anne Washington
We will celebrate Flower Communion on Sunday by exploring the many medicinal qualities of various flowers. Some remedies are best made with new sprouts and others are best made with mature plants. Similarly, in our multi-generational beloved community, we learn from the innocence of children and the wisdom of the aged.
We will provide you with some simple flower-based medicinal recipes and suggest some special teas.
REMEMBER to bring a flower from your yard, the wayside, or your favorite merchant to share during communion. A few flowers will be available at church if you forget!

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Nature-ology Goes to Church
2025-06-15 10:30 - 12:30
by Tony Palermo
For over a decade, Tony Palermo, with intrepid colleagues Pat Laemmle and Harry Back, have covered elementary school across Pittsburgh with Nature Science outreach — Nature-ology. In this session, Tony will survey the spectrum of critters the kids encounter. Think strange and surprising. And yes, there will be puppets

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UUA General Assembly Worship Service
2025-06-22 10:30 - 12:30
Embrace the electrifying spirit of the year’s largest UU gathering, where we come together in unity for an awe-inspiring Sunday worship celebration like no other! It’s a vibrant, communal worship experience that promises to uplift your soul and ignite your passion. Don’t miss out on this extraordinary gathering of hearts and minds! Join us this Sunday as we watch the LIVE Sunday Worship Service from the UUA General Assembly 2025; Coffee hour starts at 10:00 prior to the service.!

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Pride ALL YEAR
2025-06-29 10:30 - 12:30
June is designated Pride month, but shouldn’t we support and celebrate Pride all year?

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Self-Care Sunday
2025-07-06 10:30 - 12:30
This Self-Care Sunday we will make time to practice mindful movement and experience silent meditation in order to bring rest and retreat to the body and soul. Please wear comfortable clothing and if you have a blanket, bolster, yoga blocks or strap, or another type of posture support, you may wish to bring this too.
By Edith Ruiz

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The Power of Art to Lift and Inspire, to Heal and to Comfort and to Express Our Very Humanity.
2025-07-13 10:30 - 12:30
Artist and Executive Director of North Hills Art Center and Lou Bartolomucci, long-time Member will lead a Sunday Service exploring the power of Art to lift and inspire, to heal and to comfort, and to express our very humanity. Please join us for a very special Sunday Service.

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A Buddhist Shares Her Beliefs
2025-07-20 10:30 - 12:30
Dr. Qiong Wang, Chinese medical doctor, acupuncturist, and practicing Buddhist, will tell us about her experiences in Buddhism and answer some questions we’ve asked.

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Land Acknowledgement: Is That Enough?
2025-07-27 10:30 - 12:30
Most Sundays, we read together an acknowledgement that the land we stand on was taken from the local indigenous people. We say the words, we take a breath, and we move on. Yet, it seems to be not enough; it seems too little and too late. Miguel Sague of the Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center will speak to this concern from a Native American perspective.

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Food For Thought
2025-08-03 10:30 - 12:30
Community pantry food and supplies often run low in the summer months, during the time of year when many kids are home and missing school breakfast and lunches. Join us in our retelling of the “Stone Soup” parable, and we encourage you to bring a non-perishable food or pantry item to donate with a can opener!

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May The Forest Be With You
2025-08-10 10:30 - 12:30
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 carbon dioxide, producing oxygen & sequestering carbon. What will we, in turn, do for the trees?

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What's in your Invisible Backpack?
2025-08-17 10:30 - 12:30
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, totes… or whatever you use on a daily basis so they can be blessed or the year ahead.
Also bring back to school supplies to donate to kids in need.

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Our Fourth Principle (focus on free & responsible search)
2025-08-24 10:30 - 12:30
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 on our fourth principle, we will explore its meaning and its history as a bedrock commitment of Unitarian Universalists.

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Our Fourth Principle (focus on Truth & Meaning)
2025-08-31 10:30 - 12:30
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.

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When the Waters Rise
2025-09-07 10:30 - 12:30
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 gather together for water communion. You are invited to bring a little water from the nearest water source (run, stream, pond, river, your faucet) to contribute to our communal bowl. You’ll also receive a blessing from our shared water communion. If you are able, please bring a contribution to the potluck lunch that will follow. Drinks will be provided by the church.
Please note: this service may run overtime as there is no way to know how long water communion will take. So, please bring your patience along with your water! Water will be available for those who forget.

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The Jewish Family and Children's Services
2025-09-14 10:30 - 12:30
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.

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Autumn Equinox – Finding Equilibrium
2025-09-21 10:30 - 12:30
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.

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We Begin Again In Love
2025-09-28 10:30 - 12:30
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. Join us as Rev. Lee Anne shares her experience as a Modern Orthodox Jewish woman celebrating Yom Kippur in Washington, DC. and invites us into a similar, but uniquely UU practice.

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Cultivating Compassion by Meeting the Moment
2025-10-05 10:30 - 12:30
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.

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Deep Dive Sunday: Our Fourth Principle and Immigration
2025-10-12 10:30 - 12:30
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?
Join us in our first Deep Dive Sunday. We will pick up on the August 24th and 31st Sunday services, which focused on our fourth principle: affirming and promoting a free and responsible search for truth. Let’s get some perspective, put things in context, and determine what a compassionate response might look like.
Please bring your smart phones, laptops, or tablets. You will be divided into groups of six to search out the answers to some prompting questions and then engage in discussion. Expect this service to last 90 minutes.
Instead of time for all ages, children should proceed directly upstairs to Children’s Chapel upon arrival.

Our First Principle and the Enemy
2025-10-19 10:30 - 12:30
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 study. We will begin by exploring different understandings of what it means to be wicked, evil, or an enemy and the parameters of compassion.

The complete study will explore the wisdom of various religious and philosophical traditions; some parables and fables; and guidance from such organizations as the Charter for Compassion. By the end, we will perceive some common themes and have a deeper understanding of what is ours to do.

Compassion is not Complicity: Seeing Humanity without Surrendering Justice
2025-10-26 10:30 - 12:30
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 be both tender and tough—love with a backbone.
