Treasurer's Budget Overview
2025-05-25 11:30 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | 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!

Getting to Know UU
2025-06-08 11:15 - 12:00, 2025-07-06 11:15 - 12:00, 2025-08-03 11:15 - 12:00, 2025-09-07 11:15 - 12:00, 2025-10-05 11:15 - 12:00, 2025-11-02 11:15 - 12:00 | 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
2025-06-09 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.

UUA General Assembly 2025
2025-06-18 - 2025-06-22 | Baltimore Convention Center, The Baltimore Convention Ctr, 1 W Pratt St, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
General Assembly (GA) is the annual meeting of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), where participants gather to worship, witness, learn, connect, and make policy decisions for the Association through a democratic process. From June 18–22, 2025, the 64th UUA General Assembly will be a multi-platform event, with the main stage hosted at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland and hundreds more joining on the Whova app.
Please consider connecting to the larger UU world and attending the General Assembly either virtually or in Baltimore. It is a great experience meeting UUs from around the country.
For more information: uua.org/ga

Fellowship Supper
2025-06-19 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-09-18 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-10-16 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.

Transitions Group
2025-06-19 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-07-17 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-09-18 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.

Harvest Fire Pit
2025-08-02 20:30 - 22:30 | Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
As the sun passes its halfway point between the summer solstice and fall equinox, we will gather by the UUFCC firepit on Saturday night, August 2, to celebrate this harvest season. Bring a chair, drink, food, and story or song. The fire will be lit around 8:30. Questions – contact Andy Lau.

Centre County Interfaith Coalition for Gun Safety
2025-08-13 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-09-10 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-10-08 12:00 - 13:00 | UUFCC – Fellowship Hall, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States

Yard Sale 2025
2025-08-16 08:00 - 13:00 | Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Our Annual Yard Sale runs on Saturday, August 16 this year! Volunteer opportunities start a week prior. Please go to uufcc.com/yardsale to learn more about this year’s yard sale. Your donations/contributions are greatly appreciated!

Crafty Club Meetup: "Unlock Your Artsy Side with the UUFCC Aesthetics Committee!"
2025-08-17 13:30 - 15:00 | State College YMCA, 677 W Whitehall Rd, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Join us at the YMCA on August 17th @ 1:30 to exercise your creative juices!
If you are a member of the Y, its free. Otherwise, the cost is 5.00 and includes soft drinks.
Art supplies are provided as well as a guided session (sent prior to meeting so you will know what to expect).
The first session will be creating Rex Ray inspired collage art postcards.
Please let Libby Gage (email) know if you would like to participate and she will send you a link to the Youtube Rex Ray video to watch before we meet.

Here is a link to Part 1 and Part 2 of Sheree Burlington doing Rex Ray inspired artwork. She’s very fun to listen to and likes to tell stories.. Dont feel like you have to watch both, but watch at least one before we gather so you understand what we will be doing. :)

About Rex Ray

Rev. Tracy at Foxdale
2025-09-19 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-10-17 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.

Engagement Fair
2025-09-21 11:00 - 12:00 | Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Committees and UUFCC Groups will table after the Sunday Service. Come take a look and see if there’s a fun task you would enjoy helping with, and or find new (and old) friends in community!

Green Sanctuary Watch Party: PA Interfaith Power & Light Annual Convention
2025-10-26 13:00 - 18:00 | UUFCC – Gathering Space, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Love Your Neighbor, Love Your World
https://paipl.us/event/love-your-neighbor-love-your-world-2025-annual-convening/
It serves as a way to connect passionate individuals across the state, strengthen multi faith communities, and build momentum to address climate change as a moral issue here in the Keystone State.

Safety Sunday
2025-11-02 11:00 - 13:00 | Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Join our Safety Task Force this Sunday from 11:30-1:00 to learn about our safety policies, participate in hands-on training with a fire extinguisher and defibrillator, deescalation training and more. Kids will create de-stress boxes and explore how to handle fear through stories and activities.
