Minister News

Rev. Andrew L. Weber is a regular participant in the activities and meetings of the Collegeville Ministerium, the UU Minister’s Association, and continues to work for many social justice causes. Check back here often for updated information about recent events that Bryant has participated in or supported.
- Minister’s Message – February 2026 February 9, 2026EMBODYING RESILIENCE February 2026 For me, the task of embodying resilience brings to mind hard work, attacking adversity and pushing past difficulties. Resilience is all of those things, but it also making sure that we have the time to mentally and physically rest. More important than pushing our endurance is making sure that we can recharge. February’s ...
- Minister’s Message – January 2026 January 5, 2026PRACTICING RESISTANCE Religions in general tend to be counter-cultural, asking us to love people we don’t know, forgive people who wrong us and believe in the power of goodness and grace despite all evidence to the contrary. Unitarian Universalism is at its heart an extremely counter-cultural faith. We are called to recognize the dignity of EVERY ...
- Minister’s Message – December 2025 December 21, 2025CHOOSING HOPE December 2025 In my monthly Newsletter articles I am leaning more and more into applied theology. That is, I’m doing less written reflecting on our monthly ministry themes and instead providing tangible practices which can help us grow spiritually. I hope that these concrete exercises are helpful and engaging. December’s ministry theme is “Choosing Hope” (you ...
- Minister’s Message – September 2025 September 8, 2025Welcome to a new church and academic year! This is often a time of re-starting yearly schedules after a summer break. We might be restarting school or coming back to work after a vacation. At TPUUF it means that I will be leading worship more often, and that we will be once again using ministry ...
- Minister’s Message – May 2025 May 11, 2025Welcome to a month focused on the worship theme of imagination! Imagination can be an act of resistance and an act of childlike play. We can imagine a world without hunger or violence, a culture that values all people and provides support to those in need. We can also use our imagination to see pictures ...
- Minister’s Message – April 2025 March 29, 2025There are times when I sit down to write a reflection and realize that someone has already said it better than I could even hope for. Such is the reality when I reflect on our monthly theme of Joy. So here is a piece, “On Joy and Sorrow” from The Prophet by Khalil Gibran. I ...
- Minister’s Message – March 2025 March 7, 2025At first I thought the ministry theme of trust wouldn’t be meaningful for Unitarian Universalists. Our religion seems much more a personal journey rather than putting trust in any outside authority. In general, we look for spiritual and worldly truth always with a grain of salt and a focus on individual reason/research. Our religion comes ...
- Minister’s Message – February 2025 March 2, 2025“Outwitted” by Edwim Markham He drew a circle that shut me out– Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But Love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle that took him in! This poem appropriately sums up the worship theme for February: the practice of inclusion. Institutionally, inclusion is a circle drawn wide enough to include many ...
- Transylvania?! November 11, 2024This summer, Rev. Andrew led a pilgrimage to Transylvania – the birthplace of our religion. To see his reflections on the power of pilgrimage, view the August 25 service (drive.google.com/file/d/1l7KkaRKkRfo0u9mrsDBzm14RNI_Nv0rO/view). Since that service, there has been some interest at TPUUF in doing a trip of our own! This is a transformational opportunity for us to ...
- TPUUF Welcomes New Minister, Rev. Andrew Weber June 13, 2022Since the beginning of July 2021, TPUUF has been without a minister. Several of our members stepped up to conduct services or contact and host guest ministers and speakers to fill our pulpit. On a few occasions, we shared services with other congregations. Our fantastic Tech Team of John Sayer and Mike McNeill ran virtual ...