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The First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh building is currently closed at least through December 31, 2020 for all group gatherings. And while much has changed, one thing that hasn’t is our need for connection with each other and with this community.  We are now live-streaming our Sunday Morning Worship Services on YouTube. Please visit Upcoming Worship Services for details. Many church groups, including covenant groups, are meeting by Zoom. Please visit Events for details.

Sunday, October 25, 2020 
Worship service live-streamed at 10:30 am (prelude begins at 10:25) –​  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf-CJlVXsWY


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Worship Services - Sundays at 10:30 am

October 25, 2020

Livestreamed at 10:30 am (prelude begins at 10:25) - 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf-CJlVXsWY

“What Pittsburgh, a T-Rex named Penny, and Violence Can teach us about The Future of Religion and Unitarian Universalism”

Religion, including Unitarian Universalism, is at a moment in time. Can it survive? And what must it do in order to survive? What must we do? We’ll explore our place in today’s world, and why it’s metaphorical meteorites and not a comet that could wipe us out. Homily by Rev. Keith Kron; music by Kazumi Petineaux; Stephanie Pawlowski, Commissioned Lay Minister, liturgist.
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Guest speaker Rev. Keith Kron is the Director of the Transitions Office for the UUA, helping congregations and ministers as they navigate the ministerial search process. He is the former Director of the Office of Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Concerns for the Unitarian Universalist Association. He held that position for over 14 years from 1996-2010. He has visited over 450 UU congregations across the continent (including 3 times to 1st Pittsburgh), helping them in Welcoming Congregation work, Beyond Categorical Thinking workshops, and public witness. A former elementary school teacher, Keith also has taught an online class for Starr King School for the Ministry, our UU seminary in Berkeley, on children’s literature. He also leads workshops on the enneagram, plays and teaches tennis, and collects children’s books in his spare time (and has over 8,500 of them). He is 59 and currently lives in Providence, RI.

 
Past Live Streamed Services Can Be Viewed here