UUFCC

Getting to Know UU
2025-03-02 11:15 - 12:00, 2025-04-06 11:15 - 12:00, 2025-05-11 11:15 - 12:00, 2025-06-08 11:15 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | UUFCC – Library, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
If you’re new or have questions, come to the library and chat and learn!

Centre County Interfaith Coalition for Gun Safety
2025-03-17 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-14 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-12 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-06-09 15:00 - 16:00 | UUFCC – Fellowship Hall, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
The Centre County Interfaith Coalition for Gun Safety is an alliance of local religious leaders and community members committed to building a peaceful society free from preventable gun violence. Through our work, we educate on issues related to gun violence, advocate for responsible and safe gun ownership, and unite with local, state, and federal officials on matters of gun safety that benefit the whole community.

Fellowship Supper
2025-03-20 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-04-17 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-15 18:00 - 19:00 | UUFCC – Fellowship Hall, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Join us for a community potluck each month in Fellowship Hall! This is a wonderful time out to connect with UUFCC friends, eat a delicious meal, and celebrate birthdays of the month.

After-Supper Talk: The Vital Role of US Foreign Assistance
2025-03-20 19:00 - 20:30 | UUFCC – Room 6, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Join Christy Delafield, a dedicated humanitarian with extensive experience working in disaster and conflict zones, as she shares a personal account of the vital work done by USAID and other humanitarian organizations. She now faces the uncertainty of job loss due to attacks on U.S. foreign assistance programs. Christy has experience traveling in disaster-impacted locations like Yemen, Syria, South Sudan, and in conflict zones such as Nigeria and Mosul.
Christy will address the alarming consequences of recent funding cuts, explaining how these reductions threaten not only global stability but also local economies in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania farmers, scientists, and vendors are directly impacted by the halt in foreign aid, as many rely on USAID-funded programs to distribute crops and monitor diseases. With nonprofits struggling to stay afloat, this funding crisis risks undoing over six decades of American investment and could lead to a global catastrophe with far-reaching consequences for America’s safety and international standing.

Rev. Tracy at Foxdale
2025-03-21 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-04-18 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-05-16 10:30 - 11:30 | Foxdale Living Room, 500 E Marylyn Ave, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Rev. Tracy visits with the residents of Foxdale on the third Friday of each month. The meetings are free-flowing conversations on topics ranging from Unitarian Universalism to local news and world issues.

Lunch with Tracy
2025-03-21 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-04-18 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-05-16 12:00 - 13:00 | UUFCC – Fellowship Hall, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Enjoy lunch with Rev Tracy and bring whatever topic you’d like to chat about! Open to all ages. Bring your own lunch.

UUFCC Music Series: String Music for Spring
2025-04-06 15:00 - 16:30 | UUFCC – Sanctuary, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Three local musicians will present “String Music for Spring” for the next event on our series. The performers will be violinist Gregory Glessner, violinist Hannah Lin-Glessner, and violist John Roxburgh. Their program will celebrate the rich repertoire for violin and viola with solos, duos, and trios that will feature the Handel-Halvorsen Passacaglia for violin and viola and Dvorak’s Terzetto for two violins and viola.

Gregory Glessner earned degrees in Violin Performance from Messiah College and Penn State. He teaches violin and viola in Boalsburg, plays in local orchestras, and owns Homestead Strings, a violin shop in State College. Hannah Lin-Glessner also teaches violin in Boalsburg and has taught in college, grade school, and community music programs. She received a MM degree in Suzuki Pedagogy from Ithaca College and a BME degree from Penn State. John Roxburgh performs as principal viola in the Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra and the Altoona Symphony Orchestra and also performs in several other orchestras. He earned a MM degree in Viola Performance from Penn State and a DMA degree from Shenandoah University.

We hope you can join js for this program! Suggested donation is $15; students attend free.

Freedom Seder 2025
2025-04-11 18:00 - 20:00 | UUFCC – Sanctuary, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Reserve your spot at the Seder now! (Click here).
Although the Seder is for all ages, child care will be available: (click here to sign up for child care).
Everybody’s help is needed! Lend a hand for setup and/or cleanup (volunteer here!).

Join in this liberally adapted Passover Seder to restore your hope and renew your commitment to eliminating injustice while sharing a religious tradition that celebrates liberation. Come to hear the Passover story, celebrate freedom, and eat a great meal! Come to affirm our belief in the inherent worth and dignity of every person. Enjoy a wonderful night of fellowship for all ages!
The Seder begins at 6 PM. Arrive early to greet friends and get settled. The event includes a delicious potluck. Symbolic foods, including matzo, ceremonial wine, grape juice, and dessert will be provided. Please bring a main dish, side, or salad to share. No bread, pork items, or desserts, please.
Questions? Email Helen Dempsey.

Transitions Group
2025-04-17 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-05-15 19:00 - 20:00 | UUFCC – Library, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
We face transitions all the time from getting up in the morning after a night’s rest to retiring from a job to losing a loved one. Transitions are everywhere and they are everyday. What questions do you carry with you for those life changing transitions? What hopes or fears find their way into your consciousness? What can you offer others as they face their own transitions? This is a time to connect deeply and richly about the transitions, good and bad, in our lives.

Easter Celebration Party
2025-04-20 11:00 - 13:00 | Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
After Service on Easter Sunday. RE Event Committee to Host:
Easter Egg Hunt, Easter Crafts, Cookie Decorating and Spring Games.
Sign up here to help with the event!
If you would like to participate in the Egg Hunt and have special dietary requirements please contact Bonnie Rossi.
Click to see the flyer.

"Connections" Storytelling and Dessert Potluck
2025-05-02 19:00 - 20:30 | Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Doors open at 6:30pm. Storytelling starts at 7pm. Enjoy an evening of true, personal short stories and music from friends modeled after NPR’s, The Moth Radio Hour. Share your favorite memories over dessert afterward. Join the Zoom here.

UUFCC 75th Anniversary Party
2025-05-04 11:00 - 13:30 | Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Join us as we celebrate 75 years of community, impact, and growth! This special intergenerational event is a time for people of all ages to come together, reflect on the past, and look forward to the future. The after-service party will feature fun activities, music, and delicious food, making it a perfect occasion for families and friends to connect. Whether you’ve been with us for years or are new to the community, we invite you to share in this milestone with us!

Treasurer's Budget Overview
2025-05-25 11:30 - 12:30 | UUFCC – Room 6, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
With Martha Butler, Treasurer.
At the annual meeting on June 1st, we will be voting on the UUFCC budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year. If you’d like more information about the budget before the annual meeting, please plan to attend this session.
Our Treasurer, Martha Butler, will show the reports she has developed on the proposed budget vs. this current year’s spending and the thinking that went into the various items in the budget.
There will be time for questions and discussion.

Treasurer's Budget Overview
2025-05-29 19:00 - 21:00 | PA
With Martha Butler, Treasurer.
At the annual meeting on June 1st, we will be voting on the UUFCC budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year. If you’d like more information about the budget before the annual meeting, please plan to attend this Zoom session.
Our Treasurer, Martha Butler, will show the reports she has developed on the proposed budget vs. this current year’s spending and the thinking that went into the various items in the budget.
There will be time for questions and discussion. Zoom link.

Priestley Pilgrimage Picnic
2025-05-31 10:30 - 17:00 | Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
An exciting excursion to the Priestley house in PA!

We will need to bring chairs and tables, food, and drink, and musical instruments. It takes about ~75 minutes to Northumberland by Route 80, and a little longer on Route 45 or 192, although they are more pleasant.

Plan on leaving about 10:30 from State College, set up picnic around noon. Have a brief speech, and then impromptu music and poetry and whatever. We will eat and park by the chapel. The house/Laboratory site is a few blocks’ walk away. This is informal, so you can come and go as suits your schedule, but do plan to be there from 12-1:30 at least.

Who was Joseph Priestley?

Why are we driving 75 minutes to Northumberland for a fun potluck picnic? And what has this to do with the 75 Anniversary Celebration?

Northumberland is where Joseph Priestley built a house, a laboratory, and a chapel after he was chased out of England. He is buried there.

So, why was Joseph Priestley important to the founders? In many ways. You may know Priestley as the discoverer of oxygen (and of carbonated drinks) and as an educational reformer. However, our founders recognized an inspirational figure sharing some of their experiences.

Like them, Priestley was a scientist and educator, and very concerned with improving society. Like them, Priestley was concerned with starting Unitarian communities. He co-founded the first Unitarian church in England and then came to the US and did it again in Philadelphia. Like Gerald Moser, a founder who fled Nazi Germany, Priestley was forced to leave his country because of his social and religious beliefs, finding a safe place in Central Pennsylvania.

Priestley’s beliefs influenced the founders of our country, particularly founders Jefferson and Franklin.

So, between 1952-1993, our Fellowship founders made 19 “pilgrimages” to Northumberland and Priestley sites, sometimes meeting other UU congregations there. One time they camped out. They had potluck picnics, sang, had a brief service, visited the Priestley House, and generally hung out together.

The Priestley house and laboratory are active historical sites, with guided tours ($6-8/person) maintained in part by the American Chemical Association. It is located a few blocks from our main site. https://joseph-priestley-house.org/

The Priestley Chapel will be our main site. It is also well maintained. We have rented it for the day, so we have parking and a place for picnicking on the lot next door, a place to sit and listen to whoever chooses to play or recite poetry, and a bathroom (and additional porta potty). priestleychapel.org

Annual Meeting + End of Year Celebration 2025
2025-06-01 11:30 - 13:00 | Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Join us for a short Annual Meeting, after which we will celebrate the end of the year!
We’ll gather outdoors (weather permitting) for a festive potluck to celebrate the close of the RE year. The Board will provide sandwich fixings, and the RE Team will treat us to an ice cream bar.
This is also a special opportunity to welcome back Ashley Hamlin, our Director of Religious Lifespan Education. Bring a dish to share and come celebrate with us!

UUFCC at State College Pride 2025
2025-06-07 08:00 - 16:00 | Schlow Library, 211 S. Allen Street, State College, Pennsylvania, 16801
Join UUFCC at State College Pride 2025! UUFCC will be proudly marching in the parade and hosting an outreach table at State College Pride!
Sign up to march with us in the parade, or volunteer at our table in 2-hour shifts—feel free to sign up for more than one slot. Sign up here.
Let’s show our spirit and support together!
Interested in helping with the Wall of Love? Contact Rev. Tracy to get involved!
