Today we’ll introduce our plans the UU Church of Meadville’s Bicentennial Celebration, which will be coming up in 2025. Stories from our church’s history and plans for the future will take center stage. We’ll also kick off the 2023 Stewardship Campaign and celebrate with special music. Come and join us!
Summer services are held in the Parish House. This year’s theme is music.
It is sometimes said that courage is not the absence of fear but instead is the willingness to act in the midst of fear. How can we be courageous in our lives, and how can we support others in finding the courage they need? This service features music and words from special guests Alan Herrman (UU … Continued
Not long ago a group of performers, led by director Beth Watkins, created and performed a play about the Odd Fellows Building on the Allegheny campus. In this service they will reflect on the process of creating the work and on the themes of family, home, and loss that emerged from it. They will also … Continued
This service celebrates the work done by Ian Carbone and his Allegheny College students to install a solar power array on the Parish House roof. Come hear about the challenges the students faced and the successes they achieved. Our church’s vision of partnering with the community has become a reality! You’ll have the opportunity to preview a short … Continued
This service will kick off our annual canvass. But to look ahead to the next year (and decade, and century), we will start by looking back, back to our church’s almost 200 years of existence, back to the start of the Unitarian and Universalist movements here in the U.S. and in Europe, and back even further, … Continued
“A Summer of Music” Appreciation of music in many forms and expression. This summer we will explore some of the aspects of music’s universal spirituality. People often say the “music is the thing that gets me through.” Hopefully, we will experience and learn more about music’s inclusive and mood affirming nature, how musical expression supports … Continued
I don’t surf, myself. It seems too cold and too wet. But surfing might serve as a guide for how to navigate the ups and downs of life, especially when they are not what we want them to be. LISTEN:
A new year, new opportunities, new ways to look at things, and maybe some things to let go of. LISTEN:
It’s time to kick off the 2021 pledge drive. In response to the many giant disruptions that have plagued our lives over the past couple of years, this pledge drive will be like no other. In fact, you might not even recognize it! But we’ll start it off with stories and songs that will get … Continued
