Game Nights
UUFCC - Fellowship Hall 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United States
Soulful Sundown – “What You Bring to the Song”
...with Chas Brua. Some say life is like a song. In this service, we'll explore the unique qualities that we each bring to that song.
UUFCC Choir Rehearsal
UUFCC - Sanctuary 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesPerforms for hymns and extra music during Sunday Services three times a month. Directed by Colleen Kennedy.
Educational Justice League
UUFCC - Room B 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesEJL’s mission is to establish a powerful social justice coalition that actively advocates for and promotes equity for marginalized populations. We are committed to addressing the unique challenges faced by communities of color, individuals who identify as women, LGBTQ+ individuals, promoting accessibility for people with disabilities, respecting and supporting individuals of all religions, and bridging the socioeconomic gap through equitable education.
Parents’ Night Out
UUFCC - Fellowship Hall 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesParents' Night Out! Just drop your kids off to play and build fun connections with other friends and enjoy some time out for yourself! We will provide games, crafts, dinner, and a movie.
Child Care
UUFCC - Room C 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United States
Family Chapel
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesParents with elementary-aged kids are invited to join our Family Chapel each month! This is an interactive mini "service" which Ashley leads on our monthly congregational theme with a social justice focus. Come and learn and worship together in a fun, kid-friendly space.
RE Pre-K/Kindergarten Kids – Earth Day!
UUFCC - Gathering Space and Room D 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesThis week our Pre-K/K friends will explore Earth Day! Sign in downstairs in Room D.
Sunday Service – “OUUR History Through Hymns”
UUFCC - Sanctuary 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United States...with Rev. Tracy Sprowls. Rev. Kimberley Debus suggests there is a clear arc of our Unitarian Universalist values seen in our hymns throughout our history. Where have we come from and where are we today, especially as we vote on Article II at General Assembly in June? More information about Article II here.
RE 1st – 5th Grade Kids – Family Chapel: Freedom Seder!
UUFCC - Gathering Space 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesJoin us this week for Family Chapel in which we will explore the Jewish holiday of Passover and our UUFCC Freedom Seder.
Intergenerational Music program
UUFCC - Gathering Space 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesJoin Colleen and Ashley as we have fun learning new songs to sing for our Multi-generational Sunday services: Earth Day Service on April 21, Lifespan RE Service on May 19, and Flower Celebration Service on June 2. We’ll continue our journey of Social Justice Music through the span of Black American history as well as add new songs for Earth Day and Flower Celebration. Please register to join! https://uufcc.breezechms.com/form/Music2024
UUFCC Jazz Band Rehearsal
UUFCC - Sanctuary 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesThe UUFCC Jazz Band is open to all. Rehearsals occur on Sundays in the Sanctuary, although occasionally the band may rehearse in Room 6 due to major church events. Contact David Morris if interested.
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, [...]
UU Adventurers: April – Forest Bathing
Join us for an hour long forest bathing experience with a trained guide, Anna Marie Nachman! This is open to all ages. The mission of Nature's Balance Forest Therapy is to provide a safe, guided Shinrin-yoku, or Forest Bathing experience that will balance body, mind, and spirit with the help of the more-than-human world of nature. Anna Marie Nachman will accompany and support participants on their journeys as they encounter and embody the whole of who they are. The vision is to witness other’s encounters with the More-Than-Human World as they use all of their senses. Through these encounters, they will [...]
Meditation Monday
Join Kelle Kersten for a guided meditation during your lunch to center yourself for the coming week!
Centre County Interfaith Coalition for Gun Safety
UUFCC - Fellowship Hall 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesThe 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.
UUFCC Choir Rehearsal
UUFCC - Sanctuary 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesPerforms for hymns and extra music during Sunday Services three times a month. Directed by Colleen Kennedy.
Community Event – IHS Fundraiser
State College Friends Meeting 611 E Prospect Ave, State College, PA, United StatesSee flyer here.
Racial Justice Committee
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesContact Janet Irons for the Zoom information.
Game Nights
UUFCC - Fellowship Hall 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesFinance and Stewardship Committee
UUFCC - Room 6 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United States
Fellowship Supper
UUFCC - Fellowship Hall 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesJoin 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.
Wheel of the Year – April
UUFCC - Fellowship Hall 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesTheme: Interdependence Balance, rebirth, regrowth Ritual: discovering Green Man
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 [...]
Song Circle
UUFCC - Sanctuary 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesA regular, informal opportunity to make music together with voices, guitars, banjos, ukuleles, harmonicas, spoons, etc.
Community Event ~ CPAU Presents Documentary Screening: No Way Home
University Baptist and Brethren 411 S. Burrowes St, State College, United StatesPlease note: you can attend this event either in person or virtually. Join CPAU on April 19th at 7:00 pm at University Baptist & Brethren Church for the release of No Way Home, a documentary depicting a mother's poignant journey to reunite her family and end mandatory life without parole in Pennsylvania. Witness the story of Lorraine Haw, affectionately known as Mrs. Dee Dee, as she navigates the aftermath of gun violence in Philadelphia. From the loss of her brother to a fatal altercation over a gold necklace to her son's heartbreaking sentence, Mrs. Dee Dee's narrative sheds light on the [...]
Annual Spring Creek Cleanup 2024
Spring Creek Park 935 Houserville Rd, State College, PA, United StatesPlease join the UUFCC volunteers, 8:30am till 11am at the Spring Creek Park parking lot off Houserville Rd. Children are welcome! ClearWater Conservancy sponsors this event and provides garbage bags and gloves, but you will be better off bringing your own gloves if you have them; also tick spray, and a hat you can spray and wear. To sign up or if you have questions, contact Dorothy Blair: 814-360-0610 (text or call). With precautions, Dorothy has not gotten ticks, working at this task, for 20 years. Or simply shower afterwards.
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 [...]
Community Event ~ APIDA Heritage Festival Night Market
Please join us in the 2nd Annual APIDA Festival to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. This town and gown event will include food, music, live entertainment for all to enjoy. The event will be held at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza and Fraser Street.
Child Care
UUFCC - Room C 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United States
RE Pre-K/Kindergarten Kids – Multi-generational Service
UUFCC - Sanctuary 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesThis week our Pre-K/K friends are invited to join our Multi-generational Earth Day service, The Cloud Spinner.
RE 1st – 5th Grade Kids – Multi-generational Service
UUFCC - Sanctuary 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesOur RE Elementary kids are invited to join our Multi-generational Earth Day service, The Cloud Spinner.
Sunday Service (Multigenerational) – “The Cloud Spinner”
UUFCC - Sanctuary 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United States...with Rev. Tracy Sprowls and Ashley Hamlin, DLRE Enough is enough and not one stitch more! Come share in story and song with us as we explore our relationship to our earth and pledge to transform ourselves more deeply into people of loving connection with all things. We welcome our guest musician, Hannah Bingman, and our UUFCC kids who have prepared a special song for us!
UUFCC Jazz Band Rehearsal
UUFCC - Sanctuary 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesThe UUFCC Jazz Band is open to all. Rehearsals occur on Sundays in the Sanctuary, although occasionally the band may rehearse in Room 6 due to major church events. Contact David Morris if interested.
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!
Program Council – Annual Calendaring Event
UUFCC - Fellowship Hall 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United StatesThis is the Annual Calendaring Event, held in the UUFCC Fellowship Hall. Contact Gretchen Kuldau for more information.
Game Nights
UUFCC - Fellowship Hall 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United States
Soulful Sundown – “Listening to Spring Within”
...with Virginia Hubbs. In Spring, the visual beauty of buds and blooms unfolds and captures our attention. But there is also the beauty of sounds. Although most of us focus on external sounds, especially the music of birdsong, we will explore our internal music and how it unfolds and blossoms.