Adult RE
Death, Grief, and Comfort
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesOur companions in life are death and grief and yet they are so difficult to talk about, and rarely at that. In times of loss, how do we find healthy comfort? Further, is emotional comfort something human beings should even expect as part of life? In the death workshop we will go over practical matters, memorial services, and think about our own deaths. The grief workshop includes how to walk with grief, writing condolence notes, and digging deep into the grief of being human. The last workshop on comfort helps us understand how we can comfort ourselves naturally as well as [...]
Resilience and Acceptance in the Face of Collapse
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesThis course, which takes a sobering introduction to societal collapse, then guides you through a supportive pathway to greater resilience and acceptance in the face of collapse, will meet through February 4 with leaders Kelle Kersten and Bob Flatley.
Meditation Monday
Join Kelle Kersten for a guided meditation during your lunch to center yourself for the coming week!
Book Discussion: “The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store” by James McBride
UUFCC - Room 6 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesPlease join us for a discussion of James McBride’s The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store (2023). Books can be obtained at Barnes & Noble in State College or over Amazon. Click here for a list of discussion ideas to think about. The discussion will be led by Leslie Brown, who has this to say about the book and its author: Selecting a work of fiction for this venue is out of the ordinary, but the literary genre can show us much about living as a person of color in past and present America. I have read most of McBride’s novels that [...]
Meditation Monday
Join Kelle Kersten for a guided meditation during your lunch to center yourself for the coming week!
Memoirs Group
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesMovie Night – ‘Cured’ a documentary by Bennett Singer and Patrick Sammon (2020)
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesMembers and friends are invited to join a screening and discussion of this award-winning documentary which examines a pivotal success of the gay rights movement that took place in 1973. This story will also be featured in the IMAGINE & DREAM worship service on February 25. Further details at: UUFCC.com/imagine-dream.
Resilience and Acceptance in the Face of Collapse
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesThis course, which takes a sobering introduction to societal collapse, then guides you through a supportive pathway to greater resilience and acceptance in the face of collapse, will meet through February 4 with leaders Kelle Kersten and Bob Flatley.
Microaggressions Workshop
UUFCC - Room 6 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesWhat does it mean to commit a "Microaggression"? Last October, we invited Dr. Seria Chatters to give our Board, Racial Justice Committee, and RE teachers a workshop on microaggressions which was deeply insightful and spurred much discussion. Rev. Tracy and Ashley Hamlin are expanding this training and discussion to anyone in our UUFCC congregation with a second workshop based on Seria's material. After this workshop, we will invite Dr. Chatters to come again and follow up on this work. Our goal is to continue deepening our inclusive and welcoming culture at UUFCC. Please let Ashley Hamlin know if you will be [...]
Meditation Monday
Join Kelle Kersten for a guided meditation during your lunch to center yourself for the coming week!
Censorship
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesAnn Snowman, Associate Librarian Emerita, once immersed in the halls of academia, will be sharing about ALA censorship data, 1st amendment rights, privacy, the Baileyville Book Banning of 1981, personal censorship, and more. Cathi Alloway (Retired, Schlow Library Director) will share the intellectual freedom challenges she faced during her library career, including controversies about violent and sexual materials, hate group meetings, and Drag Queen Story Hours. You won't want to miss this educational and enlightening journey through their experiences with censorship.
Meditation Monday
Join Kelle Kersten for a guided meditation during your lunch to center yourself for the coming week!
Memoirs Group
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesDeath, Grief, and Comfort
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesOur companions in life are death and grief and yet they are so difficult to talk about, and rarely at that. In times of loss, how do we find healthy comfort? Further, is emotional comfort something human beings should even expect as part of life? In the death workshop we will go over practical matters, memorial services, and think about our own deaths. The grief workshop includes how to walk with grief, writing condolence notes, and digging deep into the grief of being human. The last workshop on comfort helps us understand how we can comfort ourselves naturally as well as [...]
Meditation Monday
Join Kelle Kersten for a guided meditation during your lunch to center yourself for the coming week!
Being An Ally to the LGBTQ+ Community
UUFCC - Sanctuary 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesIn this workshop we will be expand on our first presentation to share concrete and substantive ways of being an Ally to the LGBTQ+ community. This will be a space where we invite you to come as and where you are in your understanding of gender diversity. We hope you’ll bring your questions and a willingness to learn. Pia Smal is an associate teaching professor in Rehabilitation and Human Services and Counselor Education and Supervision at The Pennsylvania State University. She holds a PhD in Counselor Education, a master’s degree in clinical Mental Health Counseling, and a bachelor’s degree in English and Women’s Studies. Clinically, she has worked with a wide [...]
Meditation Monday
Join Kelle Kersten for a guided meditation during your lunch to center yourself for the coming week!
Gearing Up for GA!
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesJoin Rev Tracy for a time to learn about the UUA's General Assembly (a national business meeting of UU's including workshops, meetings, worship, and more!) and how you can participate, what that means, and why it is important.
Meditation Monday
Join Kelle Kersten for a guided meditation during your lunch to center yourself for the coming week!
Hot Topics: Housing Crisis in Centre County ~ Panel Discussion
UUFCC - Sanctuary 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesJoin us for a dynamic panel discussion about the housing crisis in Centre County! We will use the 2023 Centre County Housing Needs Assessment and stories from people impacted to frame the problem. Then, we will draw insights from local leaders who are on the front lines of the issue, as well as a national perspective from the organization Strong Towns, on how to best address the crisis. Panelists include: Matt Herndon, State College Borough Council member Matt will share his considerable knowledge of the innovative ways housing is being addressed nationally. He will also convey his vision for how the [...]
Meditation Monday
Join Kelle Kersten for a guided meditation during your lunch to center yourself for the coming week!
Pardon Project
UUFCC - Sanctuary 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesAcross the United States, 1 of 3 adults has a criminal record, and 1 of every 2 children has a parent with a criminal record. Those histories are keeping people – our neighbors – from better jobs, trades, educations, housing, health care, volunteering in their communities, and more. They are keeping families – and whole neighborhoods – in poverty. People change. Records can too! It’s time we stopped letting history hold us back! Across the country, people are now agreeing: If you paid your debt to society, you should be allowed to work. Join us for a presentation by Gopal Balachandran, [...]
Meditation Monday
Join Kelle Kersten for a guided meditation during your lunch to center yourself for the coming week!
Death, Grief, and Comfort
UUFCC - Room 6 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesOur companions in life are death and grief and yet they are so difficult to talk about, and rarely at that. In times of loss, how do we find healthy comfort? Further, is emotional comfort something human beings should even expect as part of life? In the death workshop we will go over practical matters, memorial services, and think about our own deaths. The grief workshop includes how to walk with grief, writing condolence notes, and digging deep into the grief of being human. The last workshop on comfort helps us understand how we can comfort ourselves naturally as well as [...]
Meditation Monday
Join Kelle Kersten for a guided meditation during your lunch to center yourself for the coming week!
Meditation Monday
Join Kelle Kersten for a guided meditation during your lunch to center yourself for the coming week!
Hot Topics – PA’s Human Relations Commission Work in Anti-Discrimination Laws
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesPlease join Joanne Tosti-Vasey, Chair of the Centre County Advisory Committee for the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC) and Jesse Barlow whose service on the PHRC's advisory board informed his work as a Council member and his public service in general. This presentation will discuss the function of the PHRC's role in enforcing Pennsylvania's anti-discrimination laws and the Advisory Committee's role in monitoring acts of tension against marginalized groups in Centre County.
Meditation Monday
Join Kelle Kersten for a guided meditation during your lunch to center yourself for the coming week!
The UU Common Read with Rev. Tracy
UUFCC - Room 6 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesThis year’s UU Common Read is On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (Beacon Press, 2022). This Common Read offers a glimpse into one of our faith’s foundational sources, Judaism. Readers explore the call to accountability as we follow Rabbi Ruttenberg into a framework for making amends offered by the 12th century Jewish physician and scholar, Maimonides. On Repentance and Repair invites readers of any faith to explore practices for accountability that can bring us into wholeness and really make a difference in our personal, community, and national relationships. Drawing on personal experiences, [...]
Meditation Monday
Join Kelle Kersten for a guided meditation during your lunch to center yourself for the coming week!
Building a Culture of Inclusion: Workshop with Paula Cole Jones Day 1
This is Day 1 of the Workshop held over Zoom. Anyone is welcome to join in a group Zoom in Room 6 at the Fellowship Friday and Saturday for this workshop. We, Unitarian Universalists, are called to build the Beloved Community. To do that, UUs must attend to the unfinished business of dismantling racism and oppression in our congregations and Association and with our community partners. How do we stand in solidarity with the social movements of our times and how do they change us? How do we help to preserve and strengthen a multicultural democracy in this country? This workshop [...]
Building a Culture of Inclusion: Workshop with Paula Cole Jones Day 2
This is Day 2 of the Workshop held over Zoom. Anyone is welcome to join in a group Zoom in Room 6 at the Fellowship Friday and Saturday for this workshop. We, Unitarian Universalists, are called to build the Beloved Community. To do that, UUs must attend to the unfinished business of dismantling racism and oppression in our congregations and Association and with our community partners. How do we stand in solidarity with the social movements of our times and how do they change us? How do we help to preserve and strengthen a multicultural democracy in this country? This workshop [...]
Article II Facilitated Discussion
UUFCC - Room 6 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesJoin Rev Tracy and Ashley for a discussion on what Article II is, the progression of it's development, where it is today, and when it will be voted on. We will also include reflection about where we come from and what legacy we are leaving. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn about Article II if you haven't had a chance to understand it yet or to go more in-depth into your understanding. Please read this in preparation of this discussion: https://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/committees/article-ii-study-commission Beyond Diversity: Calling White Unitarian Universalists to the Work of Dismantling White Supremacy in Our Faith https://www.uuabookstore.org/Assets/PDFs/Beyond%20Diversity.pdf [...]
Meditation Monday
Join Kelle Kersten for a guided meditation during your lunch to center yourself for the coming week!
UUFCC Resilience and Acceptance Discussion Group
UUFCC - Room B 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesThe participants of the UUFCC Resilience and Acceptance in the Face of Collapse course (which met from October 2023-February 2024) would like to invite UUFCC members and others to participate in the UUFCC Resilience and Acceptance Discussion Group. The purpose of this group is to create a safe and stimulating space for exploring resilience and acceptance in the face of the collapse of modern civilization and for supporting each other in making changes in our lives and communities to lessen the impact of collapse. “Resilience” includes both the capacity within each of us to allow and stay with difficult emotions while [...]
Meditation Monday
Join Kelle Kersten for a guided meditation during your lunch to center yourself for the coming week!
Memoirs Group
UUFCC - Fellowship Hall 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesMeditation Monday
Join Kelle Kersten for a guided meditation during your lunch to center yourself for the coming week!
Meditation Monday
Join Kelle Kersten for a guided meditation during your lunch to center yourself for the coming week!