with Rev. Tracy Sprowls. Our worship this morning comes from the poem called Practice Gratitude by Steve Garnaas-Holmes: Hold your gratitude like a seashell in your hand, and rehearse it. Come to it new again…Each day add to the things you allow yourself to tumble into gratitude for, until you become grateful for everything,

...with the Justice Committee. The immigrants who are part of the State College community are disappearing, just like that. How is this impacting them and their families? How can we help?

with Ashley Hamlin, DLRE. When it feels as though the world is crashing down and so many people are living in growing suffering, how can we bring gratitude into focus and feel like we can give generously from a place of fullness, not deprivation? This service relates a familiar and delightful story, introducing three strange travelers who coax an entire town into realizing the richness of coming together, sharing, and feeding each other. Please sign up to bring an ingredient for our Stone Soup which we will feast on after the service! https://bit.ly/StoneSoup2025

with Rev. Tracy Sprowls. We explore what is normal for our lives and for the nation. We’ll look at what normal means- is there a “normal” or is that just a setting on the dryer? Also, we keep hearing the term “normalizing” in the news. What does that look like in today’s context?

...with Rev. Tracy Sprowls. This service is designed to hold a space for all of those who are less than cheerful this holiday season. We will have guest music with Jennifer Blackburn Miller and Eric Ian Farmer.

...with Rev. Tracy Sprowls. Music: UUFCC Choir & Kids, Kadri, and Ji. This morning we explore Hanukkah and Christmas as they relate to expectations and hope- of the holidays, ourselves, each other, and our future.

...with Rev. Tracy Sprowls and Ashley Hamlin, DLRE. Music: UUFCC Choir & Kids, Kadri, and Ji. Join us for our annual holiday play that brings to life the different holidays of the season.

with Cee Pollard and Elaine Jurs. Music: Ji, piano. On the cusp of a new year, like the god Janus, we look both backward and forward.  Join us as we review events at the Fellowship, both happy and sad, and recollect how we pushed back against the darkness.  We will look forward to doing more with our beloved community in the coming year. Through music, readings, slides, sharings, and reflections, we will help one another to have hope in these trying times.

With Elaine Jurs, Jamie Stitzer, and Mark Hayes. Music: Ji, piano. “Let us not wish away winter.  It is a season unto itself, not simply the way to spring.”  Join us for a service that embraces winter through poetry, readings, music, and sharings.  “Let us therefore praise winter, rich in beauty, challenge, and possibility.”

with Rev. Tracy Sprowls. Resistance has a lot of looks- letter writing, conscientious spending, protests, and more, but can resting be a form of resistance? Let's explore this together.