Join UCWC member, Laura Reimer as she shares her reflections on breath. In her life as a musician and veterinary nurse, and spiritually in her meditation practice, breathing has been an ever present and fascinating process. She will share her evolution in awareness of breath from speech, to singing, to playing a wind instrument. Laura invites us to reflect on it, the mechanics of it's function, the things we can create with it, and the wonderful way it simply is.
Please join us as Laura reflects on our relationship with the breath, an amazing and ever present element of life that we so often take for granted.
10:00 am: Sunday Service: The Sacred Work of Becoming
– August 3, 2025
In Person & Live Stream
Rev. Sana Saeed
In a time when so much around us is unraveling—from trusted systems to long-held assumptions—we are called to something deeper than survival. We are called to become. This service invites us to reflect on the sacred work of becoming—not by returning to what was, but by gathering what still matters, honoring our grief, and leaning into what is being made possible even now..
Bio:
Rev. Sana Saeed (she/her) serves as a Congregational Life Staff member with the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Central East Region. She has spent the last decade supporting spiritual communities, building spaces of belonging on college campuses, and accompanying leaders through change and transformation. Sana identifies as a Unitarian Universalist and a Muslim, is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School and lives in Ardmore, PA.
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
As positive and negative systems are challenged, and institutions collapse in an increasingly dystopian world…
How can we remain human, hope+filled, and tender?
How can we continue to move towards Liberating Utopian+Futures?
Is the “already+not+yet” leading us into healthy+worlds+to+be?
rev Alexandre da Silva Souto [they+brown+Latine] is a person of the “in-between space.” They are a non-binary immigrant of color from Brazil, a soul+tender, intersectional justice advocate, interdisciplinary+artist, and liturgical curator in love with God and Sentient Beings. Earlier in their ordained ministry, rev co-led the formation of the United Methodist Queer Clergy Caucus, UMForward (para-Methodist social justice advocacy collective), and LMX (Liberation Methodist Connexion). They held pulpits in UMC congregations for over ten years, three years as the contract ministry of Sierra Foothills Unitarian Universalist congregation in California, and have served as the Minister for Faith Formation at the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia since August 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
10:00 am: Sunday Service: Singing Through the Hard Times - Songs and Stories of Utah Phillips
– August 31, 2025
In Person & Live Stream
August 31 - Singing Through the Hard Times - Songs and Stories of Utah Phillips - Rev. Dan Schatz
U. Utah Phillips was a Unitarian Universalist activist, songwriter, storyteller, humorist, and labor organizer. On this Labor Day weekend, we remember Utah, in what would have been his 90th year, with a very special service of Utah’s songs and stories from our Minister, Rev. Dan Schatz. Rev. Dan was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2010 for his role as a producer and performer on Singing through the Hard Times - a Tribute to Utah Phillips, has toured with Utah’s children and friends, and has helped to preserve and expand Utah’s legacy.
 