The Unitarian Universalist Church of The Lehigh Valley

The Shared Plate for September will go to the Clubhouse of Lehigh County, a Program of Goodwill, Keystone Area. The Clubhouse of Lehigh County offers individuals with a mental illness a safe, healing environment to explore their personal and vocational potential and receive support in achieving their goals. Instead of traditional therapy, the work of the house is the rehabilitation. As members contribute meaningful work to the house, they build confidence and a sense of purpose. There's still time to support this organization this month by donating on the website: https://wp.uuclvpa.org/our-church/stewardship/

Here are some important dates coming up this week.

Join us for our September 22 hybrid Sunday service at 10:30am: The Invisible B. The Zoom link is in eNews and on the website: https://wp.uuclvpa.org/worship/upcoming-worship-services/

Join us before service on September 22 for our Breakfast Forum: People’s Guide to Project 2025. The Zoom meeting begins at 8:30am with a meet & greet. The Zoom link can be found in eNews. https://wp.uuclvpa.org/church-activities/breakfast-forum/

Today's is of Tara S., dressed to represent UUs and ready to attend a rally with our Second Gentleman earlier this month!

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This Sunday, September 22, immediately after the service, please gather to discuss this year's options for the Shared Plate initiative. A proposal to limit the number of recipients to 6 will be put forth, but not necessarily agreed upon. Any member of the congregation is welcome to come.

Your IT Task Force wants to share tips with you so our congregation can stay safe online. Here's the third week's tip: Think it might be a scam email? Carefully check the sender’s email address for any odd variations.

Real address example: [email protected]
Scammer address examples: [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected]

This week's question to ponder is: What does happiness mean to you, and how do you pursue it? Share your thoughts with those you love or here in the comments.

Wise words from Elliot Page.

Sing or clap along to "Light of a Clear Blue Morning" performed by the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC, this week for our

"Light of Clear Blue Morning" performed by Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC performs "Light of a Clear Blue Morning" at their 2023 DOLLY concert. Music and lyrics by Dolly Parton. Arrangement by...

This church year in religious education we will be using the Soul Matters curriculum, The Gifts of our Faith, built around the Unitarian Universalist Association’s new Article II values. Our children are invited to engage the values as gifts that our faith gives us and asks us to give the world.

In September we will explore The Gift of Welcome, and this upcoming Sunday will focus on The Work of a Wider Welcome

Join us for our September 15 hybrid Sunday service at 10:30am: And then... The Zoom link is in eNews and on the website: https://wp.uuclvpa.org/worship/upcoming-worship-services/

Join us before service on September 15 for our Breakfast Forum: The Simple Basics of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. The Zoom meeting begins at 8:30am with a meet & greet. The Zoom link can be found in eNews. https://wp.uuclvpa.org/church-activities/breakfast-forum/

Over 30 of us gathered together the afternoon of Sept. 8 after Sunday service to write letters for Vote Forward’s THE BIG SEND, a UUtheVote project to Get-Out-The-Vote. Nancy W and Karen H of the Social Action Committee supplied "freedom cake" and many red, white and blue snacks, which gave us energy while we completed 200 letters! Earlier in the day the Breakfast Forum featured a presentation on Vote Forward campaigns. Letter-writers could enter a chance to win a handmade wall quilt made by Nancy W.

Due to family needs, the meeting planned for after the service on Sunday the 15th is being postponed until Sunday the 22nd at 11:45. The purpose is to discuss the Shared Plate plan for this program year. Any member of the congregation is welcome to come. attend

Your IT Task Force wants to share tips with you so our congregation can stay safe online. Here's the second week's tip:
Like poker players, scammers can have obvious “tells” that reveal they’re trying to trick you. Look for misspellings, incorrect terminology, wrong email addresses, and links outside uuclvpa.org.

This week's question to ponder relates to last week's sermon: What will we face together in the year ahead? Share your thoughts with those you love or here in the comments.

Wise words from our minister during Sunday's sermon.

Extending the ingathering water ceremony service, the hymn "Gather the Spirit" is our song for this week's

Gather the Spirit Hymn #347 This is Gather the Spirit, Hymn #347 in the Singing the Living Tradition (gray) Hymnal, played by Gerald A. Brown, Director of Music and Sung by Jonathan Lon...

The sermon from our September 8, 2024 service is now up on YouTube and in the Service Archive section. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG-4wLfGcjk

Worship Service - Sermon - 09.08.24 Gather the SpiritSunday, September 8, 2024Sermon by Rev. Larry SmithIn this ingathering service, we reflect on the ongoing life of the congregation and part...

Next Sunday, September 15, immediately after the service, please gather at The Circle of Chairs set up by Karen W. for a quick meeting of those interested in discussing this year's options for the Shared Plate initiative.

Join us for our September 8 hybrid Sunday ingathering service at 10:30am: Gather the Spirit. The Zoom link is in eNews and on the website: https://wp.uuclvpa.org/worship/upcoming-worship-services/

Join us before service on September 8 for our Breakfast Forum: UUtheVote / UUJusticePA. The Zoom meeting begins at 8:30am with a meet & greet. The Zoom link can be found in eNews. https://wp.uuclvpa.org/church-activities/breakfast-forum/

Home with a broken ankle, Dora D. is reaching out by making greeting cards. Dora hopes everyone is having an awesome day!

Live your values this Sunday at noon to write letters to low-turnout voters with our Social Action Committee. Learn more: https://wp.uuclvpa.org/events/congregation-wide-letter-writing/