Our current political climate engenders feelings of anxiety, fear, and despair. Sowing a sense of chaos is the point. How can we root down deep in the community of USG to find reprieve from the daily onslaught? How can surrendering our ability to control the … read more.
This Sunday’s service will reflect on the complexities of violence and peace in a world that is hurting. On the eve of honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we’ll examine the ways Dr. King himself wrestled with the relationship between American politics and our … read more.
As we head into a new regime of government, many people of faith and conscience are asking, ‘Where is God? Do our prayers matter?’ Let’s consider together the biblical tradition of waiting for a God who seems delayed.
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Join us for this joyful and very popular annual welcoming of the new year. It may be the best multi-generational New Year’s party yet! Bid goodbye to the Old Year and “second line” dance your way into the New. In Beloved Community with Dixieland Jazz, … read more.
Join us for a joyful celebration of Kwanzaa coordinated by Deborah Coleman. USG will host this annual service and potluck in collaboration with UUs. Mt. Airy. We’re happy to again welcome The Sistahs Laying Down Hands Collective musical ensemble.
You can watch a recording of the service on YouTube HERE.Â
Join us in our Sanctuary for a Christmas Eve service to reflect on the miracle of one baby’s birth many years ago. This traditional service will feature preaching from Rev. Hannah and a heavenly host of guest musicians, in addition to our Director of Music … read more.
On the Winter Solstice, we find ourselves in the darkest moment of the year. It is a time of stillness, reflection, and rest. While we also celebrate that the sun will eventually return, let us linger here in the gifts of the darkness. Let us … read more.
For this all-ages Christmas Pageant service, we used fun costumes to create the classic manger scene and tell the story of the birth of baby Jesus. There were tigers, wise men, twinkling stars, and lots of carols to sing! This replaced the 4pm pageant that … read more.
An exploration through Bible, Talmud, and Jewish history of imagining new ways for faith communities to reject domination and ethnonationalism in favor of interdependence and solidarity.
You can watch the recording on YouTube HERE.Â
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Rabbi Alissa Wise is Lead Organizer … read more.
“Since time immemorial,” writes Chief Barbara Bluejay Michalski, “we the Lenape people are taught to be respectful, spiritually and physically dependent, grateful, and protective of our ties to the land. We have been taught not by ownership but by stewardship.”
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