Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Pottstown

Embodying Abundance: On the Path of Being Grateful for the Whole Glass.
Speaker: Rev. Dr. Sandra Fees.
Having appreciation seems easy on the days when our lives are going well. But how can we embody abundance and be grateful even in the challenging times when things are falling apart?

Harvest and History: The Wampanoag Story of 1621.
Speaker: Valery Murdock.
Thanksgiving began as a story of cooperation—but also of loss, survival, and endurance. This service invites us to hear the story of the 1621 harvest through Wampanoag history and the life of Tisquantum, whose gifts and grief shaped that first meeting. Together we honor both gratitude and truth as we seek a deeper understanding of what it means to give thanks.

Our UU Ancestor: Olympia Brown.
Speaker: Emily Quarles-Mower.
Olympia Brown was a Unitarian pioneer. She was not just the first woman to become a Unitarian minister, but the first woman ordained as a minister in the United States. She took an active role in causes from prison reform, to temperance, to the women’s suffrage movement. Join us as we consider the remarkable life of this pioneer of social justice.

Interdependence, Prayer, and How They Connect.

Speaker: Rev. Jo Green.

In these times (when we never know from one day to the next what our world will be like), after each tragedy we always hear someone say they’re sending “thoughts and prayers.” What is it that they think is helping and does it help? As Unitarian Universalists do we believe in prayer? This Sunday let us explore the different ways we affect our world, how what we do can make it better and how we can thrive in doing so.

Ancestors: Honoring Them; Becoming Them.
Speaker: JD Stillwater.
Ancestors – everyone has them, and (spoiler alert!) most of them are dead. Euro-American culture isn’t very good at death; we are so scared of death we’ve perverted the one day each year our ancestors set aside for remembering them to instead focus on giving children candy and expressing our fear with giant inflatable spiders and plastic skeletons. JD shares his journey from judging his ancestors to questioning his fitness to be one. As always, science plays a leading role, along with several faith traditions and cultures.

Samhain.
Speaker: Diane Awenydd Evans
Diane is a 3rd degree Initiate of the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel (ASW) and the High Priestess of the Weavers of the Moonfire, a coven of the ASW based here in Pottstown, and a member of UUFP.

Reverence, Meditation, & Fellowship.
Speaker: Emily Quarles-Mower
Join us this Sunday for a time of reverence, meditation, and fellowship. Come as you are and bring your thoughts and experiences. Our service is a space for all, regardless of your background or beliefs.

The Scopes Trial: When Religion, Science, and the Law Collide.
Speaker: Rev. Cheryl Meinschein
It’s been 100 years since John T. Scopes was charged with violating Tennessee’s Butler Act, which banned the teaching of human evolution in public schools. This Sunday, we’ll be looking back at the original trial, and seeing how similar issues are arising today.

The Life and Legacy of Joseph Priestley

Leader: Chad Towarnicki

Best known as a pioneering scientist, Priestley was also a radical spiritual thinker, political advisor, and early Unitarian whose bold ideas helped shape both faith and democracy. Join us as we reflect on Priestley’s enduring influence on Unitarian Universalism and on our own fellowship, which is part of the Joseph Priestley District named in his honor.

This I Believe: Everything is Spirit

Speaker: Diane Awenydd-Evans

Diane will be sharing her personal journey
towards Animism as part of our ongoing “This I
Believe” series.