Category Beloved Community

In Case Of Emergency

One Sunday when I was worship assistant at another congregation, a member of the choir suddenly collapsed. Another choir member roused the first enough to help him to the foyer, where he was quickly seated in a wheelchair and the paramedics were called.  Fortunately, the spouse of the member who collapsed was also in attendance, […]

Volunteer with SECOND HELPINGS Food Distribution at PENN CENTER

Volunteer with SECOND HELPINGS Food Distribution at PENN CENTER UUFB has partnered with The Penn Club to manage the Second Helpings food distribution every Friday at Penn Center.  This effort is one of many that continues our legacy partnership with Penn Center, founded as Penn School in 1862 by Unitarian Laura Towne. During a two hour […]

Hopeful Horizons Shelter In Need Of Donations

Items for the Hopeful Horizons shelter (formerly CODA) will be collected on the first Sunday of every month. Items should be placed in the basket outside the sanctuary doors. A full wish list of requested donations can be found here but in the past the most common needs have been: paper towels toilet paper Black hair care […]