Parents' Night Out
2024-04-13 17:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | 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 April 13: https://uufcc.breezechms.com/form/PNOApr2024. Open to the public.

Child Care
2024-04-14 09:30 - 13:00, 2024-04-21 09:30 - 13:00 | UUFCC – Room C, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States

Family Chapel
2024-04-14 10:00 - 11:00 | Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Parents 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!
2024-04-14 10:00 - 11:00 | UUFCC – Gathering Space and Room D, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
This week our Pre-K/K friends will explore Earth Day! Sign in downstairs in Room D.

Sunday Service - "OUUR History Through Hymns"
2024-04-14 10:00 - 11:00 | UUFCC – Sanctuary, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, 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!
2024-04-14 10:00 - 11:15 | UUFCC – Gathering Space, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Join us this week for Family Chapel in which we will explore the Jewish holiday of Passover and our UUFCC Freedom Seder.

Intergenerational Music program
2024-04-14 11:30 - 12:30 | UUFCC – Gathering Space, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Join 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
2024-04-14 11:30 - 13:00 | 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.

The UU Common Read with Rev. Tracy
2024-04-14 11:30 - 13:00 | UUFCC – Room 6, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
This 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, this workshop will explore repentance and repair in (1) interpersonal relationships, (2) communal spaces, such as our congregations, and (3) our wider communities, such as nations.
Buy the book here or borrow it from the library. Read the whole book so that you are prepared for our conversation.
More information about the common read is here: https://www.uua.org/read

UU Adventurers: April - Forest Bathing
2024-04-14 16:30 - 17:30 | PA
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 be able to remember and recognize their relationship with nature, and that the experience can have positive impacts in the present moment and beyond.
Find out more here: https://naturesbalanceft.com/
Sign up here! https://uufcc.breezechms.com/form/forestbathing

Meditation Monday
2024-04-15 12:30 - 13:00 | 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
2024-04-15 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.

Folk Dancers
2024-04-16 15:30 - 18:00, 2024-04-18 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).

UUFCC Choir Rehearsal
2024-04-16 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.
Directed by Colleen Kennedy.

Community Event - IHS Fundraiser
2024-04-17 17:00 - 19:00 | State College Friends Meeting, 1900 University Dr, State College, PA, 16801, United States
See flyer here.

Racial Justice Committee
2024-04-17 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
2024-04-17 18:00 - 21:00 | UUFCC – Fellowship Hall, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States

Finance and Stewardship Committee
2024-04-18 13:00 - 15:00 | UUFCC – Room 6, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States

Fellowship Supper
2024-04-18 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.

Wheel of the Year - April
2024-04-18 19:00 - 20:00 | UUFCC – Fellowship Hall, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Theme: Interdependence
Balance, rebirth, regrowth
Ritual: discovering Green Man

Building a Culture of Inclusion: Workshop with Paula Cole Jones Day 1
2024-04-19 18:30 - 20:30 | PA
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 addresses the 8th Principle and multicultural change as a developmental process for
congregations. How have other UU congregations approached the spiritual and structural aspects of
moving more fully into our vision of the Beloved Community? What tools will help you accomplish the
tasks?
Click here or go to the Event Series to learn more about the entire Building a Culture of Inclusion workshop and Paula Cole Jones.
Friday Schedule:
Session: 6:30 – 8:30 PM (2 hours)
Workshop Part 1
~ To introduce strategies for working toward long-term cultural change and to elicit the knowledge of
participants about how to engage the congregation.
~ To share a framework for how collaboration and accountability shape the racial and social justice
history of institutions in the United States.
~ To engage participants in an interactive experience of the transformative power of the 8th Principle.
~ To address the relationship between the 8th Principle and the Article II Study Commission’s
process.

Song Circle
2024-04-19 19:00 - 21:00 | UUFCC – Sanctuary, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
A regular, informal opportunity to make music together with voices, guitars, banjos, ukuleles, harmonicas, spoons, etc.

Community Event ~ CPAU Presents Documentary Screening: No Way Home
2024-04-19 19:00 - 21:00 | University Baptist and Brethren Church, 411 S Burrowes St, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Please 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 dual impact of gun violence and incarceration.
We will also highlight the case of a State College man, Subramanyam (Subu) Vedam, who was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1982 and sentenced to life without parole, leading to decades of trauma for him and his family. Authorities offered no witnesses, no motive, no weapon, or any other direct evidence tying him to the crime. Documents have recently surfaced showing that prosecutors knew Subu could not have committed the crime, and concealed that evidence from his defense. The effort to ultimately free Subu is ongoing, and the local community has an important part to play.
The night will conclude with a panel discussion.
Sign up here: https://www.mobilize.us/paunited/event/614973/

Annual Spring Creek Cleanup 2024
2024-04-20 08:30 - 11:00 | Spring Creek Park, 935 Houserville Rd, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Please 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
2024-04-20 09:00 - 14:00 | PA
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 addresses the 8th Principle and multicultural change as a developmental process for
congregations. How have other UU congregations approached the spiritual and structural aspects of
moving more fully into our vision of the Beloved Community? What tools will help you accomplish the
tasks?
Click here or go to the Event Series to learn more about the entire Building a Culture of Inclusion workshop and Paula Cole Jones.
Saturday Schedule:
Session 1: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM (2 hours)
Lunch Break: 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Session 2: 11:45 AM – 2:00 PM (2 hours 15 min)
Workshop Part 2
~ To build on concepts from Part 1 of the workshop, and to provide an integrated approach for understanding
the complexity of congregations, a pathway to change, and the range of individual reactions.
~ To provide hands-on experience with tools for assessing institutional readiness for change, create
an umbrella conversation while engaging members/leaders in collective discernment about
widening the congregation’s ministries.
~ To help congregations answer the question, what is next?
~ To gather baseline data that will serve for strategic planning and measuring/assessing the
congregation’s progress.

Community Event ~ APIDA Heritage Festival Night Market
2024-04-20 15:00 - 20:00 | PA
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.

RE Pre-K/Kindergarten Kids - Multi-generational Service
2024-04-21 10:00 - 11:00 | UUFCC – Sanctuary, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
This 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
2024-04-21 10:00 - 11:00 | UUFCC – Sanctuary, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Our RE Elementary kids are invited to join our Multi-generational Earth Day service, The Cloud Spinner.
