Sep 11, 2019 | Feature Stories, From Rev. Dave, News
You’ve found a community beyond belief! In conversations about religion, it’s common to ask, “What do you believe?” It’s a leading question. It assumes the only important or interesting thing is what a faith “believes.” We are not a church of beliefs. We are a church...
Jun 10, 2018 | From Rev. Dave, Social Justice Activities
For Pittsburgh’s “Liberation Sunday” worship experience, we heard LGBT writers and lyricists including Leslie Feinberg, James Baldwin, Holly Near, Audre Lorde, and others. Of course there’s so much that could be added. But here’s...
Jun 6, 2018 | From Rev. Dave
This week is Pittsburgh’s LGBTQIA+ Liberation Sunday! Our Sunday June 10 worship at Allegheny UU will begin early, at 10AM. So however you choose to honor and celebrate the day, this will allow you to get to the subway or walk to the downtown events of your...
Jun 5, 2018 | Feature Stories, From Rev. Dave
Life on Earth sings of creativity, multiplicity, abundance. Snowflakes… Soil… Fingerprints… Stars… Everything named “tree” differing from every other thing named “tree.” (Not only every tree, but every wonder-soaked leaf on the same tree....
Mar 15, 2018 | Feature Stories, From Rev. Dave, Justice Opportunities, News, Social Justice Activities
On February 4, 2018, Allegheny’s Get Woke/Stay Woke and the Worship Ministry answered the call from the Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism Organizing Collective (BLUU) to create a worship experience centering the voices of Unitarian Universalists of color from...
Mar 11, 2018 | From Rev. Dave
Oh sun, moon, stars, our other relatives peering at us from the inside of god’s house walk with us as we climb into the next century naked but for the stories we have of each other. Keep us from giving up in this land of nightmares which is also the land of...
