Meditation Monday
2025-03-17 12:30 - 13:00, 2025-03-24 12:30 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | PA
Open to the public.
Join Kelle Kersten on Zoom for a guided meditation during your lunch to center yourself for the coming week!
Click here to join the Zoom meeting.

Centre County Interfaith Coalition for Gun Safety
2025-03-17 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.

Community Event - "Coloring the Conservation Conversation" w/ J. Drew Lanham
2025-03-18 12:00 - 13:00 | 001 Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Building (CEB), Shortlidge Road, University Park, PA, 16801, United States
Huck Distinguished Lecture in the Life Sciences: J. Drew Lanham – “Coloring the Conservation Conversation”
See event website here.
Join the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences for its distinguished lecture series featuring J. Drew Lanham from Clemson University. In this lecture, Lanham will discuss what it means to embrace the full breadth of his African-American heritage and his deep kinship to nature and adoration of birds. The convergence of ornithologist, college professor, poet, author and conservation activist blend to bring our awareness of the natural world and our moral responsibility for it forward in new ways. Candid by nature — and because of it — Lanham will examine how conservation must be a rigorous science and evocative art, inviting diversity and race to play active roles in celebrating our natural world.
About the Speaker:
A native of Edgefield, South Carolina, J. Drew Lanham is the author of The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature, which received the Reed Award from the Southern Environmental Law Center and the Southern Book Prize, and was a finalist for the John Burroughs Medal. Most recently, he is the author of Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts. He is a birder, naturalist, hunter-conservationist, and a 2022 MacArthur Fellow. An Alumni Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Master Teacher at Clemson University, he and his family live in the Upstate of South Carolina, a soaring hawk’s downhill glide from the southern Appalachian escarpment that the Cherokee once called the Blue Wall.

Folk Dancers
2025-03-18 15:30 - 18:00, 2025-03-20 15:30 - 18:00, 2025-03-25 15:30 - 18:00 | UUFCC – Community Room, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Please join this group of folks passionate about dancing to international folk music. Explore different cultures through music and dance.
*On 3rd Thursdays we ends at 5:30PM (in time for Fellowship Supper).

Board of Trustees
2025-03-18 19:00 - 21:00 | UUFCC – Room 6, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States

Racial Justice Committee
2025-03-19 17:30 - 18:30 | Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Contact Janet Irons for the Zoom information.

Game Nights
2025-03-19 18:00 - 21:00 | UUFCC – Fellowship Hall, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States

Soulful Sundown - "Song Wisdom"
2025-03-19 19:00 - 20:00 | PA
…with Chas Brua.
After listening to three insightful, strikingly different songs, we’ll reflect on how they challenge and/or confirm our perspectives about life.

Memoirs Group
2025-03-20 14:30 - 16:00 | UUFCC – Fellowship Hall, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States

Community Event: Osage Hearts Scholarship - Chili and Cake Fundraiser
2025-03-20 17:00 - 19:00 | Unity Church of Jesus Christ, 2280 Commercial Blvd, State College, PA, 166801, United States
The Osaze Hearts scholarship helps underrepresented students at State High (who volunteer in the community) attend college. Join the community for chili, cake, and more! Eat in or take out. $10 per dinner.

Fellowship Supper
2025-03-20 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.

AA Meeting for Women
2025-03-20 18:30 - 19:30 | UUFCC – Room A, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meeting. Open to any woman to walk in.

After-Supper Talk: The Vital Role of US Foreign Assistance
2025-03-20 19:00 - 20:30 | UUFCC – Room 6, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Join Christy Delafield, a dedicated humanitarian with extensive experience working in disaster and conflict zones, as she shares a personal account of the vital work done by USAID and other humanitarian organizations. She now faces the uncertainty of job loss due to attacks on U.S. foreign assistance programs. Christy has experience traveling in disaster-impacted locations like Yemen, Syria, South Sudan, and in conflict zones such as Nigeria and Mosul.
Christy will address the alarming consequences of recent funding cuts, explaining how these reductions threaten not only global stability but also local economies in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania farmers, scientists, and vendors are directly impacted by the halt in foreign aid, as many rely on USAID-funded programs to distribute crops and monitor diseases. With nonprofits struggling to stay afloat, this funding crisis risks undoing over six decades of American investment and could lead to a global catastrophe with far-reaching consequences for America’s safety and international standing.

UUFCC Choir Rehearsal
2025-03-20 19:00 - 21:00 | UUFCC – Sanctuary, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Performs for hymns and extra music during Sunday Services three times a month.

Rev. Tracy at Foxdale
2025-03-21 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.

Lunch with Tracy
2025-03-21 12:00 - 13:00 | UUFCC – Fellowship Hall, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Enjoy lunch with Rev Tracy and bring whatever topic you’d like to chat about! Open to all ages. Bring your own lunch.

Starting Point Spring 2025
2025-03-22 17:00 - 20:00 | UUFCC – Room 6, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Are you new to UUFCC or to Unitarian Universalism? Are you wanting to find your way into community here? Or, have you been coming a long time and desiring to go deeper into your UU journey? Explore Starting Point with us!
This first session focuses on our personal spiritual journey and the historical journey of Unitarian Universalism.
On Mar 30, we’ll move into the shared journey that fellowship members travel together and end by helping us discern which of the many “journey groups” in our congregation will be your “next step.”
Sign up on here: https://uufcc.breezechms.com/form/StartingPoint25

Parents' Night Out - Toddler through 5th Grade
2025-03-22 17:00 - 20:00 | UUFCC – Fellowship Hall, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Parents, drop your kids off with our childcare providers for an evening of fun games, dinner, and a movie while you have some time for you! Sign up here for March: https://uufcc.breezechms.com/form/PNOMar2025

Child Care
2025-03-23 09:30 - 13:00 | UUFCC – Room C, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States

RE 1st-5th Grade: "Equity; every person has a voice"
2025-03-23 10:00 - 11:00 | UUFCC – Gathering Space, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
LEGO ValUUes Workshop 9 Value: Equity Title: Every person has a voice. And they can use their voice and their actions to do something when things aren’t fair.

RE Middle School Class (6th-8th Grade)
2025-03-23 10:00 - 11:00 | UUFCC – Gathering Space, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Session Three: Kindness (The Tool to Repair Meanness) from November packet

RE Pre-K/K: "Feelings; We can be angry without hurting others"
2025-03-23 10:00 - 11:00 | UUFCC – Gathering Space and Room D, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Each week our kids will gather to explore our world in light of our UU values.
Pre-K/K friends will engage in guided exploration of various topics with their wonderful teachers. Sue Smith and Rocky Landers, downstairs in Room D.

Sunday Service - "Spirit of Life/Pledge Drive Kickoff"
2025-03-23 10:00 - 11:00 | UUFCC – Sanctuary, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, 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!

Music & Play
2025-03-23 11:15 - 12:15 | UUFCC – Gathering Space, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
New Music and Play class for elementary ages, led by Karen Maynard. Class will meet downstairs in room B, or the Gathering Space some weeks. Sign up here. Any questions, please email Karen Maynard.

UUFCC Resilience and Acceptance Discussion Group
2025-03-23 11:30 - 12:45 | UUFCC – Room B, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
The 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 also remaining grounded, as well as the actions we take with other people to meet challenges in our communities. “Collapse
acceptance” means acknowledging that the collapse of modern industrial civilization is real and already happening and recognizing our inability to stop it. We don’t know if it will lead to the extinction of humans, but it will bring about “The End Of The World As We Know It.” Collapse acceptance involves embracing what is coming to an end, living fully in this present moment, and co-creating a new way of being, relating, organizing, and responding (acting) in these times.
If you are interested in participating in our discussions, please join us on the fourth Sunday of every month in Room B.

UUFCC Jazz Band Rehearsal
2025-03-23 12:00 - 13:30 | UUFCC – Sanctuary, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
The 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.

RE Parents' Listening Circle
2025-03-23 18:00 - 19:30 | PA
The Fellowship Relations Committee in conjunction with the Sabbatical Team would like to meet with parents to check in and see how things are going. Are your needs being met? Is there something more we can provide? What do you really appreciate right now? Members of the FRC, the sabbatical team, Rev. Tracy, and the RE consultant, Andrea Lerner will be in the circles to hear what you have to say.

We have 2 zoom listening circles scheduled. March 23 at 6 and March 25 at 7. If these dates don’t work for you, please let us know. If you didn’t receive Rev. Tracy’s email with the Zoom link, email her for it.
