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TPUUF’s annual Passover Seder will be held Sunday, April 14th following the service. Please come and join in the celebration of this important Jewish holiday. Please plan to bring some traditional Passover foods and other items. We will have a sign-up sheet available following the services before April 14th. Reminder – We can’t have regular … Continue reading Passover Seder at TPUUF – Sunday April 14th
We are forming a new affinity group this spring called “Gardening As a Spiritual Practice” (working title). This group will meet from Spring to Fall on an irregular basis to prepare planting beds, plant flowers, pull weeds, and discuss gardening ideas, techniques and trends. Besides serving to beautify our grounds — for ourselves, our visitors … Continue reading A New Affinity Group is forming – TPUUF Gardeners
Did you feel the nip in the air this morning? Fall is upon us and what better way to celebrate than our upcoming Chili and Chowder Cookoff on Saturday, October 20 beginning at 5:00 pm. This will be an evening of food, fun, and fellowship as well as our main fall fundraiser for Thomas Paine. … Continue reading TPUUF Chili and Chowder CookOff Saturday, October 20th
Be Prepared and Plan to Survive! The Pennsylvania State Police, Intelligence Division, Domestic Security section, is providing a 2-hour Active Shooter Presentation, free of charge at Thomas Paine Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at 7pm. The goal is to prepare individuals in the event that they are involved in an active shooter situation. The presentation is designed … Continue reading TPUUF to host Active Shooter Preparedness Training
Max Ochs to perform August 5 at the Thomas Paine Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Fingerstyle guitarist and folklorist Maxwell “Max” Ochs, with his life-partner Suzanne Ochs, will lead an upbeat worship service replete with music and poetry focusing on the importance of gratitude in and for our lives, Sunday, August 5, 10:30 a.m., at the … Continue reading Max Ochs to perform at Thomas Paine Unitarian Universalist Fellowship August 5th
Pictured at left is this year’s recipient Rev. Bryant Brown and presenters Anne Rostosky and Phil Manos. Rev. Brown was chosen this year because he embodies all of the characteristics of the award and because he undertook a journey within our little Welcoming Congregation to learn about the LGBTQIA+ experience and support our efforts for … Continue reading TPUUF names Rev. Bryant Brown as 2018 recipient of the Matthew Shepard Award
On Sunday, May 6th, Thomas Paine Unitarian Universalist Fellowship celebrated our annual tribute to famed UU troubadour, Pete Seeger, in a service that included a very special Child Dedication and New Member recognition for our newest additions to the TPUUF family. This annual service, regularly held on the first Sunday in May to honor Pete … Continue reading TPUUF celebrates Pete Seeger Sunday
On March 11th Rev. Brown and the membership team’s Christine Perry and Phil Manos, along with the congregation members present acknowledged the membership anniversaries of several of our TP family. Pictured are David Drumm, Laura Walter, Becki Douglas, and Flo Shore who had five-year anniversaries in 2017. Not present but, also with five-year anniversaries were … Continue reading Membership Anniversary Recognition
Reenactor Bob Branch brought mid-Nineteenth-Century African American educator, intellectual, and civil rights activist Octavius Valentine Catto to life during our worship service on February 25. Branch’s spirited and insightful first-person narrative followed Catto’s career as an advocate for greater freedom and equality for African Americans and the tragic consequence of his leading role in advancing … Continue reading TPUUF caps off Black History Month with a visit by Octavius Catto
At a multi-generational service on January 28, Harriet Tubman, reenacted by Millicent Sparks, helped TPUUF members, friends and guests prepare for Black History Month with a dramatic first-person narrative of her years in slavery and her heroic work as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. After presenting an inspiring and enlightening overview of Tubman’s life, … Continue reading Harriet Tubman Visits TPUUF
