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Friday News – April 17, 2026
April 17, 2026
On Wednesday morning I learned that one of my colleagues, Rev. Dr. Natalie Fennimore, died quite suddenly after a very short illness. Those of you who attended General Assembly in 2021 would have heard her give the sermon at the Service of the Living Tradition. She was the Lead Minister of the UU Congregation at Shelter Rock. She began her career as a religious educator so it was quite remarkable for her to make that transition so successfully, and she was one of our foremost African American ministers. One of the things that Natalie taught me is that we need to ...Read Full Article
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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 ...Read Full ArticleFriday 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 ...Read Full ArticleFriday 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 ...Read Full ArticleFriday 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 ...Read Full ArticleFriday 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 ...Read Full ArticleFriday 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 ...Read Full ArticleFriday 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 ...Read Full ArticleFriday 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 ...Read Full ArticleFriday 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 ...Read Full ArticleFriday News – June 16, 2023
June 22, 2023
Happy Friday! Who’s ready for General Assembly! I look forward to seeing any of you who plan to attend GA next week in Pittsburgh. Most of the staff is going to ...Read Full Article