Entries by Craig Harris

Chester Community Coalition

The Share the Plate recipient for May is the Chester Community Coalition, which provides trauma-informed support services to families directly affected by violence  in Chester and Delaware Counties. They offer case management, and training services through a diverse, culturally competent, well-trained, and dedicated team, with a commitment to client-centered care and community-informed decision making. Share […]

Spring Food Drive

The 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. […]

Support Public Education Funding

It’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 […]

Journey With Us: Starting Point

Starting 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. […]

Stop the Money Pipeline

To 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 […]

Into the River

Into 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)

Fund Drive Drawing to a Close

With 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 […]

Journey With Us: Starting Point

Starting 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 […]

Building and Grounds Workday

Thanks 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 […]