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This Sunday, September 29, we will be celebrating the 137th anniversary of the founding of Unitarianism in the Khasi Hills region of India. Hajom Kissor Singh was a member of the Khasi Seng tribe who had been converted by Methodist missionaries. He began questioning the Methodist faith and chose Unitarianism as a better fit. He … Continue reading Khasi Hills Unitarian Community 137th Anniversary Celebration!
Our Khasi Hills, India partners at the Annie Margaret Barr School began construction on September 11 of the reservoir for the Rainwater Harvest facility at the school. This facility was funded through UU Faithify Global, with First UU Pgh leading the campaign. We are so excited to see these donations being put into action to … Continue reading Khasi Hills Rainwater Harvest Facility Construction
The Unitarian School in India we have been partners with for over twenty years which has been thriving and expanding. Our sponsorship support is for the two additional teachers since we helped them build Grade 11 and 12 classrooms in 2016 to become a Higher Secondary School. This enabled students to graduate without traveling or … Continue reading Share the Plate for March is our Khasi Hills School Partnership
The global UUA Faithify campaign that our church led surpassed the $19,500 total for the Rain Water Harvesting facility for the Khasi Hills school that our church has sponsored since 2003. Of the 122 donors, 45 were from our local area. Thanks to all the big and smaller drops that made this happen! Team India … Continue reading “Thirsty for Water” Khasi Hills Campaign a Success!
East End Cooperative Ministry (EECM) was founded in 1970 as a collective response to changes in the East End community, born when local faith communities recognized that the troubles of the community were too great for any one of them to address alone. EECM was initially envisioned to serve the young, the elderly, and the … Continue reading December Share-the-Plate: EECM
The effort our church is leading that Reverend Kate announced at the September 17 service has launched. “Thirsty for Knowledge…Thirsty for Water” is a UUA crowdsourcing campaign to support a very concrete need for the children of the school we have been sponsoring in the Khasi Hills since 2003, the Annie Margaret Barr Higher Secondary … Continue reading Faithify “Thirsty for Water” Launches
Rev. Kate R. Walker was an honored guest speaker and church ambassador for the October 24 closing ceremony of the 50th Death Anniversary of Rev. Annie Margaret Barr, founder of the school we have sponsored in India since 2003. Over 1000 attended the festive celebration with government dignitaries, and news coverage mentioned Rev. Kate’s visit. … Continue reading Rev. Kate’s Khasi Hills India Trip and Video
This will be an especially exciting year with Reverend Kate and Eleanor Mayfield traveling to India in October to represent our church for the 50th Death Anniversary Commemoration of Reverend Annie Margaret Barr, the founder of the school we have sponsored since 2003. More on this later! All are welcome to attend to explore what’s … Continue reading Khasi Hills Partnership Meeting – Come Join Us! 9/10/23 @ 9:00 am.
The Khasi Hills Partnership Team meeting will be held via ZOOM Tuesday, August 15 at 7:30 pm. Please join us as we plan for 2023-2024 and celebrate our successful last fundraising year. We were able to fund both of our teacher’s salaries as well as cover the 10% administrative costs of the UUNEI.The end of … Continue reading Khasi Hills Partnership news
Rev. Nangroi Suting visited us for about 9 days in mid-June to give us an update on the Annie Margaret Barr School and continue our close partnership. If you missed his sermon, entitled, “The Purpose of Life,” you can watch it virtually anytime. He brought us two lovely gifts: a framed display of Khasi kitchen … Continue reading Wonderful visit with Nangroi Suting from, Khasi Hills
During his visit, Rev. Nangroi Suting extended an invitation to a special event in India on October 24 of this year. He is hoping our church will be represented at the commemoration of the 50th Death Anniversary of Rev. Annie Margaret Barr, the founder of the school that we sponsor and partner with. He recently … Continue reading How about an India Adventure Hosted by our Partners?
