
News from the Greater Philly Cluster (GPC)
of UU Churches
Respond by Feb 11 — |
Forwarding this from the Pittsburgh cluster with permission! Please see the offer below for an adult RE online offerings. Respond directly to if you are interested or you have questions.
Adult Spiritual Exploration
If you’d like to join or try any of these practices to enhance your spiritual toolkit, email Marianne by Feb 11* to coordinate times to meet. All are welcome; no cost. Will be connected via Zoom, and you can be co-located if you can meet with nearby folks at a location with Zoom access.- Small Group exploration of the monthly Soul Matters Themes
- Singing (Singing the Living Tradition (gray hymnal), Singing the Journey (teal hymnal), and more) – on Zoom, muted, so everyone including shy singers are welcome
- Wisdom Walk - explore nine spiritual practices from global spiritual traditions, based on Sage Bennet’s book
- UU Common Read for 2022-23: “Mistakes and Miracles: Congregations on the Road to Multiculturalism” - for limited time, you can listen or download the audio book for free
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Central East Region's BIPOC Gathering
If you identify as Black, Indigenous or a Person of Color (BIPOC), you're invited to join us for the Central East Region's BIPOC gathering happening monthly at 6:30pm ET. In our gatherings we are joined by lay folks of color, lay leaders of color and/or religious professionals of color to be in community. Our conversations focus on topics like wellness and resilience and our goal is to center BIPOC experiences and create space to explore our UU experiences. Please email or for zoom information.- Allegheny/Ohio/New River - 1st Wednesdays at 5pm:
- Atlantic - 2nd Tuesdays at 5pm:
- Great Lakes/Hudson Valley - 2nd Thursdays at 1pm:
- BIPoC - with Rev. Sana Saeed and Paula Cole Jones – 1st Mondays at 6:30pm.
Worship Web
We don’t usually record our drop in calls but we wanted everyone to get the opportunity to hear Erika Hewitt, Minister of Worship Arts at the UUA, talk about Worship Web, copyright, and other worship related topics. I apologize in advance for my amateur recording! You’re welcome to share with your congregation: https://youtu.be/Uw1PpBqeaq0Here are the links
shared with the group:
https://www.uua.org/worship/words - to search Worship Web
https://www.uua.org/worship/music/online
https://cine-books.com/channels/skinner-house-books-channel-427
https://www.uua.org/publications/copyright-permissions/music
https://www.facebook.com/UUWorshipWeb/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOJYDonV7js – To watch Rev. Dr. Matthew Johnson’s “Practical Guide to Copyright”
https://www.uua.org/publications/copyright-primer-for-congregations - To watch the new Copyright Primer for Congregations
General Information
GPC is on Facebook!- Please "follow" us on the Facebook page, "Greater Philly Unitarian Universalist Cluster".
- Please join our Facebook group, "Greater Philly UUs". It is a "closed" group, so find "Greater Philly UUs" on Facebook and click the button to request to join.
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CER Guest in Your Pulpit program
The Guest in Your Pulpit Program is a listing of available ministers, seminarians, ministerial candidates and lay pulpit guests for congregations in the Central East Region. This program was created to assist churches to find people who are willing to provide services. For more info and to be added to the list...
The GPC calendar is always available at http://www.greaterphillyuu.org/calendar/ You can find out what other neighborhood churches are doing there! And of course, there is more information on the Greater Philly UU Cluster, check out our website.
For more information on the Greater Philly UU Cluster, check out our website.