November 2024

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October 27, 2024(1 event)

10:00 am: Sunday Service: Off to See the Wizard


October 27, 2024

In-person & Live-stream.

Rev. Dan Schatz, Cassie Lengel, and UCWC Members

What could be more Halloween than witches, wizards, scarecrows, and the like? With special music and theater, this week’s all ages service will follow the yellow brick road of Unitarian Universalism, as we learn what it is to grow, love, and serve together.

UCWC
501 S. High St.
West Chester, PA 19382
United States
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November 1, 2024(1 event)

7:00 pm: Game Night


November 1, 2024

7pm in the sanctuary

 

BYOG (Bring your own games) and come play with friends!

UCWC
501 S. High St.
West Chester, PA 19382
United States
November 2, 2024
November 3, 2024(1 event)

10:00 am: Sunday Service: All Souls


November 3, 2024

In-person & Live-stream.

November 3: “All Souls” – Rev. Dan Schatz

On All Souls Day we honor our ancestors, name loved ones we have lost, and remember the dead.  This special service will include a ritual of remembrance.  All who come are invited to bring a photograph or a memento of someone you are remembering for the altar.  (Remember to set your clocks back one hour for Daylight Savings!)

UCWC
501 S. High St.
West Chester, PA 19382
United States
November 4, 2024(2 events)

5:00 pm: Racial Justice Ministry


November 4, 2024

Contact Sandra Schaal. All are invited to attend. Email: Black Lives Matter

7:00 pm: Executive Committee Meeting


November 4, 2024

November 5, 2024(1 event)

4:30 pm: Criminal Justice Reform Team


November 5, 2024

Contact Robin Garrett, Email: criminal-justice 

 

 All members and friends of UCWC are welcome to attend.

November 6, 2024(1 event)

5:00 pm: Post Election Circle


November 6, 2024

Contact Dan/Pam

Details to follow

UCWC
501 S. High St.
West Chester, PA 19382
United States
November 7, 2024
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November 9, 2024
November 10, 2024(2 events)

10:00 am: Sunday Service: Times Like These


November 10, 2024

In-person & Live-stream.

“Times Like These” – Rev. Dan Schatz

With the election over, we turn to the future. How do Unitarian Universalist values guide us in times like these?

UCWC
501 S. High St.
West Chester, PA 19382
United States

7:00 pm: Diversity Book Group


November 10, 2024

Details TBD

November 11, 2024(1 event)

7:00 pm: Religious Services Committee


November 11, 2024

November 12, 2024
November 13, 2024(1 event)

5:00 pm: 20 Men Project Panel Discussion


November 13, 2024

5-8:30pm in the Sanctuary & Via Zoom

Contact: Pam Sapko

Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 610 692 5967
Passcode: unitarian

UCWC
501 S. High St.
West Chester, PA 19382
United States
November 14, 2024
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November 17, 2024(2 events)

Share the Plate

November 17, 2024

The Share-the-Plate program raises money to give to local agencies which are trying to improve life for Chester County residents.

Eleven times a year, UCWC gives approximately half of the collection plate to a congregation-nominated recipient. Funds are given to small, local organizations for whom our gift is very meaningful in the continuance of their efforts.

The 2024-2025 Recipients

Nov 17 – Baby Food Fund
Dec 15 – Melton Center
Jan 19 – Citizen Advocacy of Chester County
Feb 16 – West Chester University Resource Pantry
Mar 16 – Educational Equity Alliance
Apr 20 – Community Youth and Women’s Alliance
May 18 – Maternal and Child Health Consortium
Jun 15 – West Chester Food Cupboard
Jul 20 – Kennett Area Community Services
Aug 17 – Act in Faith
Sep 21 – Friends Association for the Care and Protection of Children
Oct 19 – UCWC Board Selection

 

UCWC
501 S. High St.
West Chester, PA 19382

10:00 am: Sunday Service: Humor in Church?


November 17, 2024

In-person & Live-stream.

 

Humor in Church?

Rev. Dr. Gabi Parks

Rev. Dr. Gabi Parks joins us to focus on the question of whether it is acceptable to use humor in church. Be ready for a lot of "LOL".

 The Reverend Dr. Gabriele Parks came to the United States as a (legal) immigrant from Germany in 1991, with her husband Roger and her then six-year-old twins. Well, the kids are 39 now, and obviously a lot has happened.

Reverend Gabi discovered Unitarian Universalism in Columbia Maryland, where she joined UUCC in 1996. After serving in many volunteer roles at the church, she felt the call to UU ministry, and went to Lancaster Theological Seminary in 2001, where she received her Masters of Divinity after three years.  Since then, she has served five congregations all over the United States, as an intentional interim minister; now  called transition minister. In 2015, she went back to seminary, this time to Wesley in Washington DC, where she graduated with the Doctor of Ministry in the field of Narrative Theology.
She has served our congregation in York, Pennsylvania, until her retirement in February of 2019. She now serves four cats, her husband, and one rambunctious dog.
UCWC
501 S. High St.
West Chester, PA 19382
United States
November 18, 2024(1 event)

5:00 pm: Racial Justice Ministry


November 18, 2024

Contact Sandra Schaal. All are invited to attend. Email: Black Lives Matter

November 19, 2024(2 events)

4:00 pm: Adult RE Meeting


November 19, 2024

6:00 pm: Board Meeting


November 19, 2024

November 20, 2024(1 event)

7:30 pm: UUJusticePA Reproductive Justice


November 20, 2024

Contact Susan Batchelor. Email: reproductive-justice for more information.

November 21, 2024
November 22, 2024
November 23, 2024(1 event)

7:30 pm: Folk Singing


November 23, 2024

All vaccinated adults are welcome. Bring your instrument. Munchies are optional. At the home of Linda & Steve Sander. Maps are in the foyer. Contact folk-singing@ucwc.org.

Home of Linda & Steve Sander
433 Crosslands Drive
Kennett Square, PA 19348
November 24, 2024(1 event)

10:00 am: Sunday Service: The Great UU Bread Service


November 24, 2024

In-person & Live-stream.

“The Great UU Bread Service” - Rev. Dan Schatz and Cassie Lengel

Ready. Set. Bake! There’s no competition as we gather for one of our favorite services of the year. For this all ages service, we invite all members and friends of our congregation to bring a kind of bread that represents your background or in some way describes you or your family. (Store bought, homemade, and bakery are all fine.) Together we will share the bread and the stories that come with it.  Gluten free bread is especially welcome so that everyone can participate in the bread communion.

This special service will be followed by a soup and bread lunch.

UCWC
501 S. High St.
West Chester, PA 19382
United States
November 25, 2024
November 26, 2024(1 event)

7:00 pm: UUJusticePA Gun Violence Prevention Team


November 26, 2024

For those interested in finding out the latest information on what we can do to quell the national epidemic of gun violence in this country, please contact Tom Buglio by email at gun-safety

 

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