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  • Friday News – Feb 13, 2026

    February 14, 2026

    Last Sunday’s Gospel Service was incredibly moving and inspirational to me. One of the things that struck me was how joy is intrinsic to how the soul can sustain itself in the midst of terrible challenges. This Sunday I’ll be talking about good news in a similar vein: Even when times are really hard, or even especially when times are really hard, we need to be reminded that some progress has been made and there are always people working toward the betterment of us all. I know many of you are those people! Come to hear stories of inspiration and support. Rev. ...
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  • Friday News – September 8, 2023

    September 8, 2023
    Happy Friday! We have two important staffing pieces of news to share with you all this morning. First – huge congratulations to Rev. Kathleen Fowler who is officially retiring from her service ...
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  • Friday News – September 1, 2023

    September 1, 2023
    Happy September!   Water communion and our in gathering (i.e., official kick off to the church year) is a little over a week away! We are going to be incredibly busy this ...
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  • Friday News – August 25, 2023

    August 25, 2023
    Happy Friday!   We are so excited for the return of our annual All Ages Animal Blessing service this Sunday! We will be celebrating all of our animals, those still with us and ...
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  • Friday News – August 18, 2023

    August 18, 2023
    Happy Friday!   I hope you all had an absolutely wonderful week! We’re ramping up to a busy Fall here at First UU so be sure to check out all of the ...
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  • Friday News – August 4, 2023

    August 4, 2023
    It’s August…..the best month of the year! (I may be a little biased seeing as how my anniversary, my start date of working here at First, my ordination, and my ...
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  • Friday News – July 28, 2023

    July 28, 2023
    As you may know, we are in the middle of changing both our membership software, and our accounting software to options that are more user friendly and will have the ...
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  • Friday News – July 21, 2023

    July 21, 2023
    Happy Friday! With Tuesday being Marian’s last day in the office, I wanted to take a brief moment and express my gratitude for her and her ministry here at First UU ...
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  • Friday News – July 14, 2023

    July 17, 2023
    Happy Friday! It was so wonderful to see so many of you last Sunday for Rev. Marco’s return to our pulpit! Rev. Marco reminded us that our Universalist faith is not ...
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  • Friday News – July 7, 2023

    July 7, 2023
    Happy Friday! I want to thank everyone for the love and support that you have shown your staff since we shared a little bit of our experiences this past Sunday. (For ...
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  • Friday News – June 23, 2023

    June 23, 2023
    Happy Friday and Greetings from General Assembly! This has already been a busy and fulfilling week. We have a large group here in Pittsburgh from First and we’re learning a lot ...
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