Every month, we share our offerings with a community group whose mission is consonant with ours. This month we have selected Shelter Area Meadville (SAM). Shelter Area Meadville (SAM) was created to protect the unhoused adult population and provide overnight shelter from the inclement weather.

EMAIL AND TEXT SCAMS
There has been reports that emails have been sent from Rev. Jane Ellen asking for gift cards. This is a scam. We expect that there will be additional emails sent by “board members”. These are scams as well. Please do not respond to any text or emails from people saying they are from the Church asking for money or gift cards.

LAST CALL FOR UUCM PICTURES!
There were quite a few photographs that we purged from the collection, mostly duplicates or pics from events where we had more than needed. These are available to any church members who would like to have them. If you’d like to look through them, ask Jane Ellen on Sunday morning or stop by the church during office hours (M-F, 7:30-1:30) before the end of September. 

UU WOMEN’S GROUP
The UU Women’s group will meet on Wednesday, October 28th at the Red Lobster located on 16736 Conneaut Lake Rd, Meadville, PA. All women are welcome to come and enjoy fellowship and food.

MEN’S BREAKFAST 
A group of us decided we would enjoy regular social gatherings for the men of the Church, so we are planning to meet the first Friday of each month at 9:00 at the Traveler’s Cafe. All members and friends are welcome to attend. If this time doesn’t work for you but you would like to attend, please contact Rick Holmgren. We will try to work out a solution. 

GROUP MEDITATION
UUCM Sanctuary
Every weekday 8:00-8:30am
Open to all!30 MINUTES FOR 30 DAYSCHALLENGE
September is the time of newness and change; the tilt of the Earth’s axis signals shorter days, and regardless of the temperature, we anticipate changing weather.   Summer gardening is coming to a close, schools and colleges are back in session and people are generally back to a routine. 

In the spirit of positive change I invite you to join me in a 30-day meditation challenge. You can join me weekdays from 8:00 to 8:30 a.m. in the sanctuary either live or remotely, or find a routine that works for you.  You can divide the 30 minutes into two 15 minutes sessions or even 3 10 minutes sessions if it helps.  I recommend using the timer or app on your smartphone.  You can use the clock timer or I can recommend a free app called insight timer which works great. 
I put my phone on silent so that annoying distractions are minimized–but test your phone to be sure that you will still hear the end chime.     

One of the goals of sitting in silence is to quiet our minds, but for most of us this is an ongoing practice.  I suggest bringing self-compassion; instead of arguing with yourself about having thoughts, in a spirit of détente, don’t argue when thoughts arise, just don’t attach to them.  Meditation teachers talk about letting the thought pass without attaching to it or starting a dialogue with it.  They liken a thought to the water passing under a bridge, it will soon pass and dissolve away unless it is fed with additional thoughts. When we can still our mind we can tap into an expansiveness that strengthens us mentally, physically, spiritually, and emotionally.   

Start your challenge anytime after you’ve read this and when it works for you.  If you have questions, concerns or experiences to share I would love to hear from you. 
Peggy Bell

PAGAN GROUP
A new group has been formed to celebrate earth based religious practices and explore energy work and connection to nature. The Pagan group will meet in the Victorian Parlor in the Parish House at 7:00 pm on the following dates: 

• · Monday October 26th- Full moon 
• · Sunday November 1st– Samhain

Anyone is welcome to join the group, please contact Deb Lehman if you have questions.

Join us in supporting the Meadville community with donating to Soup on Saturdays. We will be serving soups to the community. We are looking for donations or soup ingredients (dry foods, stocks, cans and fresh veggies). We are also accepting any monetary donations.  Contact Jodi Sipos with any questions or donations 814-724-4023 or church@uumeadville.org. 

SEPTEMBER 26TH- SPAGHETTI

DRUM CIRCLE
Are you a novice? Experienced? Somewhere in between? We cordially invite ALL of you to join us for this playful, collaborative, uplifting, stress-relieving, rhythmic event facilitated by Alicia Twilla, David Peters, and Tammy Hall, where we’ll support and encourage all levels every step of the way. ***Children are more than welcome to attend with accompanying adult. ***

While we very much appreciate your RSVP to David Peters via Messenger @DynamicFluxReiki or email at dynamicfluxreiki@gmail.com, we are happy to welcome walk-ins to the group.

     As always, you may bring your own drum or borrow from those we’ll have available.

     Although your donation to this event is deeply appreciated, it is never required to attend.

 The next drum circle will be held in the Parish House on October 26th at 6:00pm. Hope to see you there! 🙂

Wednesday 9/30/2026- 8:00am-Meditation Group
Thursday 10/1/2026- 8:00am-Meditation Group
Friday 10/2/2026-Office Closed; 8:00am-Meditation Group; 9:00am- Men’s Breakfast
Saturday 10/3/2026- 9:00am- 3:00-5:00pm- Soup on Saturday
Sunday 10/4/026- 9:00am- Choir Practice; 10:30am-“All Creatures Great and Small”-Rev. Jane Ellen Nickell
Monday 10/5/2026- 8:00am-Meditation Group
Tuesday 10/6/2026- 8:00am-Meditation Group

WEEKLY INCOME

Pledges-$2,200.00
Previous Year Pledges- $0.00
Prepaid Pledges- $0.00
Non-Pledge- $55.05
Share the Plate- $55.06
Rentals- $0.00
Minister’s Discretionary Fund- $0.00
Coffee Hour- $0.00
Fundraiser-Ongoing – $0.00
Fundraiser-Ooh La La – $0.00
Poinsettias and Wreaths- $0.00
Memorial Fund- $0.00
Copies- $0.00
Key- $0.00
Soup on Saturday- $2,000.00
Capital Improvements- $0.00
Blarney Breakfast- $0.00
Church Mutual- $0.00
Sign- $0.00
Church Mutual- $0.00
Vanco Pledge- $0.00
Vanco Non-pledge- $0.00