• Sunday Worship

    Sunday Service – “What Do People Need to Heal? (Part 2)”

    UUFCC - Sanctuary 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United States

    ...with Rev. Tracy Sprowls. Music : UUFCC Choir.  Last Sunday, we looked at the role of truth telling or naming the harm as part of the process of healing. This week we look at some of the other steps that can lead to healing as individuals and as a nation.

  • Sunday Worship

    Sunday Service – “Women who Shook the World: Ida B Wells”

    UUFCC - Sanctuary 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United States

    ...with Rev. Tracy Sprowls. Music: UUFCC Choir. Our theme this month is transformation and so with a nod to women’s history month we’ll take a look at Ida B Wells, a transformational figure in journalism and civil rights. How does her life guide us today?

  • Sunday Worship

    Sunday Service – “Celebrating UU Women in History”

    UUFCC - Sanctuary 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United States

    with the Worship Committee. Music: UUFCC Choir Long before women were permitted to vote or to be ordained as ministers, many of them played important roles in building the faith we know today as Unitarian Universalism.  Activists, suffragettes, religious educators, journalists, formerly enslaved people, many of them ultimately found their way to the pulpit.  We will share the lives of several of them, including Sophia Lyon Fahs, Frances Barrier Williams, Maja Capek, Sofia Betancourt, and Susan Frederick-Grey, who have contributed, each in their own way, to the tradition of our liberal religion.

  • Sunday Worship

    Sunday Service – “Spirit of Life/Pledge Drive Kickoff”

    UUFCC - Sanctuary 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United States

    ...with Rev. Tracy Sprowls. Music by: UUFCC Choir Join Rev. Tracy Sprowls and Cathi Alloway this morning to kick off our season of giving otherwise known as the pledge drive. This is not an old school sermon on why to financially support your faith community (you know why!) but rather a recommitment to community in difficult times. Join us!

  • Sunday Worship

    Sunday Service – “Celebrating Transgender Day of Visibility”

    UUFCC - Sanctuary 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United States

    ...with Elaine Jurs, Michel Lee Garrett. Speakers: Roberta Dostal, Sebastion Mickle, Theo Newbold Castro, Emory Kade McKenna. As Unitarian Universalists, we honor the inherent worth and dignity of every person. We affirm the diversity of gender and work to create communities where people of all genders and no gender are free to be themselves. We also recognize that transgender and non-binary youth have particular needs, and that there is more work to do to make sure that our circle is open to every person, of whatever age or gender, called to our faith. This is part of our sacred work. For [...]

  • Sunday Worship

    Sunday Service – “What we got Wrong (And Right) About Universalism”

    UUFCC - Sanctuary 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United States

    ...with Rev. Tracy Sprowls. Music: UUFCC Choir A quick history tour of Universalism that includes the good, the bad, and the ugly. We will introduce the time capsule project which will be closed on May 4, Founders Day. The children and youth are present for the Wisdom Lesson and then go to classes.

  • Sunday Worship

    Sunday Service – “What we got Wrong About Interdependence”

    UUFCC - Sanctuary 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United States

    ...with Rev. Tracy Sprowls. Music: UUFCC Choir. When I read the 7th principle, respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part, I always thought about our relationship to the Earth and her creatures. I am seeing it a little differently these days. We will have part two of the time capsule project this morning. The children and youth are present for the Wisdom Lesson and then go to classes.

  • Sunday Worship

    Sunday Service – “What we got Wrong (and Right) About Easter”

    UUFCC - Sanctuary 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United States

    ...with Rev. Tracy Sprowls. Music: Joe Jencks and Deirdre McCalla. Please welcome musicians Joe Jencks and Deirdre McCalla to our Easter service. We will have great music, stories, and two homilies from Rev. Tracy and Joe. This intergenerational service will look at the broadest meanings of Easter from the perspective of what UUs got wrong and right. All are welcome for this all ages service.

  • Sunday Worship

    Intergenerational Sunday Service – “Founders Day”

    UUFCC - Sanctuary 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United States

    ...with Rev. Tracy Sprowls. Music: Jazz Band, UUFCC Choir Three very special guests will join our intergenerational celebration as we recognize past leaders. Stay for the after-party, time capsule, building walk, tree planting, scavenger hunt, kid activities, local artists Jabebo charms, henna, community art project, and more!!