This Month At UUCWC: Celebrate Life, Create Community and Change the World

Each month, UUCWC celebrates a theme with opportunities for you to deepen your connection within, among and beyond our community.  

This month’s theme is the Practice of Joy.  Here are some ways to become a part of something larger this month:

If you are looking for deepening within, as you Celebrate Life  

• Vespers: Wednesday April 16, 7:30-8:30pm with dessert potluck starting at 7pm. Join Rev. Lisa, our Minister for Justice and Pastoral Care, for a night of grounding and singing and nurturing your spirit. This multiplatform service is open to all in the community. Now more than ever we need to reconnect and slow down. Come be in community, come just be. Questions can be sent to lschilansky@uucwc.org

• Super Sunday, April 20 – Service Project, Once a month, K-12th grades will meet together for an all ages activity based on the theme of the month. Super Sundays are the full worship hour and happen about once per monthThis is an opportunity for children and youth to socialize with one another across the age ranges.

• Lectio Divina (Reading Poems Prayerfully), weekly on Thursdays, at 10:00am.  

• Connect, Reflect, and Grow in a Monthly Small Group! You are invited to join a chalice circle at any time during the year. For more information, click here. Contact Robin Pugh at rpugh@uucwc.org.

If you are looking for opportunities among others, as you Create Community 

• ​​​​Socratic Group, April 8, 1pm, in-person.  Begun as part of ROMEOs but open to all, this group discusses a philosophical, ethical, or cultural/political question chosen at the time by those attending.

• Outdoor Adventures Hike, Sunday, April 13th, Churchville Nature Center/Preserve in Churchville, PA. For details, see the Weekly Announcements or contact outdooradventures@uucwc.org.

• ROMEOs (Retired Old Men Eating Out) Luncheon, April 15 at 12pm, Location Bomba Taco Bar in Newtown.  To RSVP and for more information, email romeos@uucwc.org.

• Cosmic Crossings, April 19, 8PM in the Sanctuary – PLOrk and Finite Element. The event will be held at Unitarian Universalist Church at Washington Crossing Church at 268 Washington Crossing Pennington Rd, Titusville, NJ 08560. Tickets for each show are $10, with all proceeds to benefit the UUCWC, which has kindly provided the venue for the series. Doors open at 7:30 pm.

• JULIETs (Just Us Ladies Into Eating and Talking) luncheon group will meet on a different day this month – WEDNESDAY APRIL 23, 12 noon at Piccolo’s Trattoria, 800 Denow Rd, Pennington, NJ 08534.  Our host, Marcia Wittman, requested that we go on this day to take advantage of Piccolo’s generous donation of 10% of all checks to the Hopewell Valley Chorus.  If you plan to attend, please RSVP to julietslunch@uucwc.org by Friday April 18.

• Auction 2025: “Finding Joy Together!” – Kick-off Party will be held in person on Friday, April 25, 6:00 PM! Join us at UUCWC for a fun time with special live musical entertainment, delectable finger foods, desserts, and beverages while we showcase the physical items for bidding or purchase. Advance ticket sales for the party are $25, or $30 at the door. Ticket sales begin Sunday, April 13. Plan to pick up your physical Auction book after church on April 20!

• Tending the Flame, every 1st Thursday at 7:30pm. Parents and caregivers are invited to drop in for a 1-hour time of facilitated connection, support and sharing. Contact rpugh@uucwc.org. 

• Friday Night Sing-A-Long, every week with a different theme at 8pm on Zoom**.  The Weekly Announcement email has details.

• CLUUSTERS Biking Group, for those who enjoy a two-wheeled way to be in good company.  To learn more, contact Michael Howe-Smith/the office at uucwc@uucwc.org.

• 80’s Group for those in their 80s and beyond to connect online or in person.   Contact Robin Pugh for details at rpugh@uucwc.org.

If you are seeking ways in and beyond our walls to Change the World:

• Earth & Climate Ministry April 20, “Earth Day” Plant Give-away – Celebrate Earth Day (55th anniversary of first Earth Day is 4/22) and plant a Cardinal flower. A limited supply of this native plant (important pollinator, great for hummingbirds) will be available from ECM, courtesy of Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve. 

• UUA Ministry for the Earth offers an Earth Day Worship Service on April 22 – This Earth Day, UU Ministry for Earth will help us deepen practices that put Love at the center of our climate justice work. Not to avoid acting, but to prepare us for action. Service is online. Register for the online service here.

• Council for Faith in Action: Monday April 28th, 7:30pm, online only This is the quarterly meeting of UUCWC’s justice ministries. If you are looking to learn more about how UUCWC lives into our mission of Celebrating Life, Creating Community, and Changing the World, you’re welcome to sit in. Any questions can be sent to Lisa at lschilansky@uucwc.org.

**Check your Weekly Announcements for the link information or contact the office at uucwc@uucwc.org.