Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Smithton

08/28/2026

Sunday August 30, 2026 (11 a.m.)
Rev. Tasha Brownfield
Music
With Sam Burns

Reminder: As you travel the remaining weeks of summer, take a small sample of waters that you may encounter. We will have our Water Communion and beginning of the New Church Year on September 13th with Rev. Tasha. It can be water from your travels, a local favorite spot, or tap water from your home.

Blackburn Center Collection: UU Smithton delivered several boxes of non-perishable food items to the Blackburn Center in Greensburg. We thank all for the support to this UUCS Project. We will again be taking items for donation to the center.

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08/28/2026

Today's message from the American Humanist Association (AHA): "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead

Be a part of the movement that's rising to meet the moment at AHA's 85th annual conference on September 19th! Join us virtually for a powerful day of conversation and community with your favorite humanist leaders and creators. Register here:

At a time when human dignity, reason, and compassion are being tested, humanists are rising to meet the moment.

08/26/2026

Today's message from the American Humanist Association (AHA): "You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give." - Khalil Gibran

Being present costs nothing and means everything. When did you last give your full, undivided attention to someone without reservation?

08/24/2026

Today's message from the American Humanist Association (AHA): "People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed and redeemed. Never throw out anyone." - Audrey Hepburn

Believing in someone's capacity to change is one of the most radical and humanist acts available to us.

08/21/2026

Today's message from the American Humanist Association: "Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand." - Albert Einstein

08/20/2026

Sunday August 23, 2026 (11 a.m.)
Guest in the Pulpit
Maureen Ceidro
“The Things We Carry”

"We Are Carried" by Sarah Rian
We are carried.
We are carried in bellies, in arms,
in love, in hope,
in caskets, in urns,
in grief, in memories,
our whole lives and into the next.

Reminder: As you travel the remaining weeks of summer, take a small sample of waters that you may encounter. We will have our Water Communion and beginning of the New Church Year on September 13th with Rev. Tasha. It can be waters from your travels, a local favorite spot, or tap water from your home.

Blackburn Center Collection: UU Smithton delivered several boxes of non-perishable food items to the Blackburn Center in Greensburg. We thank all for the support to this UUCS Project. We will again be taking items for donation to the center.

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08/19/2026

Today's message from the American Humanist Association (AHA): "I do not ask the wounded person how he feels, I myself become the wounded person." - Walt Whitman

Humanism asks us to close the gap between ourselves and others. Who are you being called to show up for more fully?

08/17/2026

Today's message from the American Humanist Association (AHA): "Do not wait for someone else to come and speak for you. It's you who can change the world." - Malala Yousafzai

The change we need has always lived in ordinary people who didn't wait for someone more qualified, more courageous, or more ready to step up.

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08/15/2026

UU Smithton front yard garden on Thursday

08/14/2026

Sunday August 16, 2026 (11 a.m.)

Guest in the Pulpit
UUCS Lay - Leaders
Betty Miller and Jim Sims

UU Smithton is Proud to Celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride!

Unitarian Universalists don’t need one certain month to celebrate pride. We celebrate pride all year long! UU’s provide a welcoming congregation that respects everyone, celebrates diversity, practices inclusion, and embraces the inherent worth in all of us!

Please join the Smithton Unitarian Universalists congregation in celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride this Sunday.

Also, everyone is invited to enjoy the annual PFLAG picnic in Greensburg after our service.

Sunday August 16, 2026 - 2 to 6 p.m. Mark your calendar!
For the annual UU Smithton Picnic we will attend the Greensburg PFLAG "Pride in the Park Potluck Picnic” Location: Hempfield Park, Pavilion E 220 Forbes Trail Rd, Greensburg, PA 15601

Potluck Lunch- bring something if you are able, but not required. Food, Games, Info Tables, Basket Raffles, and Entertainment UU Smithton will be donating two baskets for the basket fundraiser raffle.

Reminder: As you travel the remaining weeks of summer, take a small sample of waters that you may encounter. We will have our Water Communion and beginning of the New Church Year on September 13th with Rev. Tasha. It can be waters from your travels, a local favorite spot, or tap water from your home.

Send a message to learn more