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Sunday: Last Sunday of RE
/in Religious EducationPlease join us this Sunday, May 5 for Teacher Recognition and OWL Graduation. 9:30 Service in person and on Zoom – Classes for Preschool – 8th Grade Coffee hour between services 11:15 Service in person only – No YUUCKI Meeting
Thank you 2023/24 RE Volunteers
/in Religious EducationPreschool: Mary Clinton, Alyssa Franklin, Joan Pelc, and Jess Watson Kindergarten: Marcy Kayser, Melissa Nedza, and Berrie Torgan Randall 1st/2nd Grade: Liz Dunn, Dierdre Konar, Theresa Maybury, and Natalie Noble 3rd/4th Grade: Mallory Breingan, Annette Gallagher, Paul Jacobs, and Kelly Rayfield 5th/6th Grade: Tom Ammon, Christine Dolle, Lisa Grieco, Jody Malloy, and Derrick Schweitzer 7th/8th Grade OWL: Mike Graham, Seneka LaBonde, Rachel Lundberg,… Continue Reading Thank you 2023/24 RE Volunteers
Spring Food Drive
/in NewsThe Media Food Bank @ First Church distributes food and personal care items to over 165 residents of Delaware County struggling with food insecurity. We can all help support their efforts by bringing non-perishable food and personal care items to church with us on the last two Sundays in April during our Spring Food Drive.… Continue Reading Spring Food Drive
Support Public Education Funding
/in NewsIt’s time to rally in Harrisburg with UUJUSTICEPA and Education Voters on May 8, 2024! Why? Public education funding for 2024 to 2025 needs support. Also, a concrete timeline needs to be codified for constitutional compliance for funding Pennsylvania’s many underfunded school districts, and it has to be ensured that no more money is taken… Continue Reading Support Public Education Funding
Journey With Us: Starting Point
/in NewsStarting Point is a unique program designed to provide newcomers and long-timers, visitors and friends with the opportunity to experience Unitarian Universalism rather than just hearing about it. It is one four-hour session, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, and includes prep work and resources. Register now for May 4 or June 1. Please register online.… Continue Reading Journey With Us: Starting Point
Stop the Money Pipeline
/in NewsTo combat climate change, it is imperative that Wall Street stop financing destructive fossil fuel projects. Stop the Money Pipeline is an organization that is dedicated to stopping banks, insurance companies, and asset managers from funding, insuring, and investing in the climate crisis. Please visit their website to sign petitions, send emails to CEOs of… Continue Reading Stop the Money Pipeline
Religious Education Volunteers Needed!
/in Religious EducationEach Sunday morning our RE teachers, assistants, and youth leaders get the opportunity to teach, explore with, laugh with, and learn from our children and youth. Not only is this work necessary for the future of our church and our faith, but it is inspiring and heartwarming for those who do it. It takes over… Continue Reading Religious Education Volunteers Needed!
Social Justice Service
/in Religious EducationCome join the 9:30 service in person and on zoom. Classes will be held for Preschool to 8th Grade. There will be a coffee hour between services. The 11:15 service will be in person only. There will be a YUUCKI meeting from11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the McClennen room.
Ridley Creek State Park Campout
/in Religious EducationCome together for a Spring campout at Ridley Creek State Park from Saturday, 27 to Sunday April 28. All ages welcome. BYO gear, food, drink, and firewood. Visit this google sheet for sign up, directions and more information
Into the River
/in Weekly Musical InspirationInto the River by Starling Arrow and Chloe Smith is a joyous homage to laying one’s tired body down in the water, and for rain finding the rivers, voices finding one another for this sweet collaboration and merging into one. (https://youtu.be/mLViKfcBlZI?si=txFxotn-d88iLX67)
Sparky L. JETPIG!
/in Religious EducationWith a whopping 59% of the vote, the first name for our L. JETPIG is…Sparky! Thanks for voting. Sparky L. JETPIG is helping us ignite our UU values: Love, Justice, Equity, Transformation, Pluralism, Interdependence, and Generosity.
Earth Day Celebration and Flower Communion
/in Religious EducationJoin us in a multigenerational service in person and on Zoom this Sunday, April 21. OWL class will meet today at 9:30 a.m. The YUUCKIs will meet at 11:15 a.m.
Ridley Creek State Park Campout
/in Religious EducationCome together for a Spring campout at Ridley Creek State Park from Saturday, 27 to Sunday April 28. All ages welcome. BYO gear, food, drink, and firewood. Visit this google sheet for sign up, directions and more information.
Saturday: Hunger Task Force Food Collection
/in NewsThe Hunger Task Force Food Collection Team will be collecting food this Saturday, April 20 from 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the UUCDC church parking lot to supply dinner to the 32 residents at the Upper Darby Life Center Shelter. In addition to deliveries to the Life Center Shelter on the second Saturday of… Continue Reading Saturday: Hunger Task Force Food Collection
OWL meeting
/in NewsThe OWL meeting will be held this Sunday, April 21 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. in the McClennen room. OWL is a Faith and Sexuality program co-authored by the Unitarian Universalist Association and the United Church of Christ. “This curriculum is an expression of the belief that educating institutions—religious communities….can form meaningful partnerships with parents to… Continue Reading OWL meeting
Fund Drive Drawing to a Close
/in NewsWith our Fund Drive ending this weekend, please submit your pledges (for the next church year, starting July 1) by Monday, April 15. Thanks to everyone who has already pledged. If you haven’t yet, you can submit your pledge online, in the lobby pledge box, or drop off in the church office. We also invite… Continue Reading Fund Drive Drawing to a Close
Journey With Us: Starting Point
/in NewsStarting Point is a unique program designed to provide newcomers and long-timers, visitors and friends with the opportunity to experience Unitarian Universalism rather than just hearing about it. It is one four-hour session, and includes prep work and resources. Choose from sessions on May 4 or June 1, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. Please register… Continue Reading Journey With Us: Starting Point
Building and Grounds Workday
/in NewsThanks to the more than twenty volunteers who participated in our UUCDC Building and Grounds workday on Saturday, April 6. We accomplished so much, while having fun and camaraderie. We saved the church thousands of dollars on landscaping, electrical work, carpentry, and general upkeep, while working together to care for our community’s physical space. Our… Continue Reading Building and Grounds Workday
Climate Action Team
/in NewsTo combat climate change, it is imperative that Wall Street stop financing destructive fossil fuel projects. Stop the Money Pipeline is an organization that is dedicated to stopping banks, insurance companies, and asset managers from funding, insuring, and investing in the climate crisis. Please visit their website to sign petitions, send emails to CEOs of… Continue Reading Climate Action Team
UUJusticePA Virtual Annual Meeting
/in NewsDemocracy, Not Autocracy — We Vote, We Win! That’s the theme of the online UUJusticePA Annual Meeting, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm on Saturday, April 20. You’re invited to join all or part of the timely gathering, much of which will address how Democracy can win in 2024. Come hear how we can work with… Continue Reading UUJusticePA Virtual Annual Meeting