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SUMMARY:Sunday Service - "To Remember Well"
DESCRIPTION:with Rev. Dr. Richard Speck.\nWe celebrate Memorial Day with a service a remembering the sacrifices that men and women have made for our freedoms and way of life. \n\nThe Reverend Doctor Richard Speck is the retired District Executive for the Joseph Priestley District (JPD) of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations.  He was named Minister Emeritus in 2019. Previously\, he served nine years as minister to the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Vero Beach\, FL\, before coming to the JPD in 2000 as Acting District Executive. In his last two years in Florida he also served as the music director for the church.  He graduated from Meadville/Lombard Theological School with a Doctorate in Ministry in 1990. He was hired as the regular District Executive in 2001.  He served fourteen years as DE before retiring from full time ministry in 2014. \nRichard continues to be active in social justice programs like the Black Lives Matters. He conducts weddings\, memorial services\, and funerals and continues preaching in area congregations. He has served as Treasurer of the UU Ministers Association twice\, finishing his second three-year term in 2020. He also served as treasurer of the UU Retired Ministers and Partners Association and  asTreasurer for the Priestley Kingsbury UUMA from 2017-23. \nRichard became a Unitarian Universalist as a layperson in Springfield\, IL\, in 1974. He was an active lay member of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Birmingham\, AL\, before going into the ministry.  In that congregation he held a variety of leadership positions (vice president\, secretary\, canvasser\, choir member\, lay delegate) and was active in the social life of the church. \nRichard’s career before the ministry was as a respiratory therapist for eighteen years. The last ten years before seminary were spent in Birmingham as the director of a respiratory care department in a large hospital where he supervised over 30 people in multiple divisions of the department. He earned a MA in health care administration in 1976 as part of this career.  He left health care to pursue new avenues of serving humanity through the ministry. \nHe is married to Janet Tillman and resides in Wilmington\, DE. He enjoys making music\, flying his own airplane\, and creating stained glass art. 
URL:https://uufcc.com/event/sunday-service-to-remember-well/
LOCATION:UUFCC – Sanctuary\, 780 Waupelani Drive\, State College\, PA\, 16801\, United States
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SUMMARY:Priestley Pilgrimage Picnic
DESCRIPTION:An exciting excursion to the Priestley house in PA! \n\nWe will need to bring chairs and tables\, food\, and drink\, and musical instruments. It takes about ~75 minutes to Northumberland by Route 80\, and a little longer on Route 45 or 192\, although they are more pleasant. \n\n\nPlan on leaving about 10:30 from State College\, set up picnic around noon. Have a brief speech\, and then impromptu music and poetry and whatever. We will eat and park by the chapel. The house/Laboratory site is a few blocks’ walk away. This is informal\, so you can come and go as suits your schedule\, but do plan to be there from 12-1:30 at least. \n\n\nWho was Joseph Priestley? \n\n\nWhy are we driving 75 minutes to Northumberland for a fun potluck picnic? And what has this to do with the 75 Anniversary Celebration? \n\n\nNorthumberland is where Joseph Priestley built a house\, a laboratory\, and a chapel after he was chased out of England. He is buried there. \n\nSo\, why was Joseph Priestley important to the founders? In many ways. You may know Priestley as the discoverer of oxygen (and of carbonated drinks) and as an educational reformer. However\, our founders recognized an inspirational figure sharing some of their experiences. \n\n\n Like them\, Priestley was a scientist and educator\, and very concerned with improving society. Like them\, Priestley was concerned with starting Unitarian communities. He co-founded the first Unitarian church in England and then came to the US and did it again in Philadelphia. Like Gerald Moser\, a founder who fled Nazi Germany\, Priestley was forced to leave his country because of his social and religious beliefs\, finding a safe place in Central Pennsylvania. \n\n\nPriestley’s beliefs influenced the founders of our country\, particularly founders Jefferson and Franklin. \n\n\nSo\, between 1952-1993\, our Fellowship founders made 19 “pilgrimages” to Northumberland and Priestley sites\, sometimes meeting other UU congregations there. One time they camped out. They had potluck picnics\, sang\, had a brief service\, visited the Priestley House\, and generally hung out together. \n\n\nThe Priestley house and laboratory are active historical sites\, with guided tours ($6-8/person) maintained in part by the American Chemical Association. It is located a few blocks from our main site. https://joseph-priestley-house.org/ \n\n\nThe Priestley Chapel will be our main site. It is also well maintained. We have rented it for the day\, so we have parking and a place for picnicking on the lot next door\, a place to sit and listen to whoever chooses to play or recite poetry\, and a bathroom (and additional porta potty). priestleychapel.org
URL:https://uufcc.com/event/priestley-pilgrimage-picnic/
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County\, 780 Waupelani Drive\, State College\, PA\, 16801\, United States
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