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Check Out our July Lineup for SpiritFlix

This summer at WellSprings, we’ll find meaning in the stories we watch on our screens during our annual SpiritFlix message series. Each Sunday’s service will draw wisdom from a different movie or show – check out our lineup for July, and mark your calendars so you don’t miss any of your favorites! We hope to see you this summer, Sundays at 10am. Join us at 10 AM each Sunday in person at the Montgomery School, or online at our YouTube Channel.

Our Intern Is Being Ordained This Sunday!

On Sunday, June 18th, we are gathering together to celebrate both beginnings and endings, as we ordain Beth Monhollen, who has served as our ministerial intern for two years. She will be leaving us to begin her new ministry at the UU Congregation of Urbana Champaign. In the Unitarian Universalist tradition, it is the congregation which ordains new ministers, and we hope you can join us for what will be the third ordination in our congregation’s relatively short history of…

It’s Time to Cast your vote, WellSprings!

WellSpringers, if you couldn’t make it to our congregational meeting on Sunday the 4th, we have you covered! At the links below, you can view the PowerPoint presentation used during the meeting, you can view the meeting itself on YouTube, and you can cast your vote in the election of Board Members. Kindly view the materials and submit your vote by June 11th. Thank you for your participation! Cast Your Vote Here’s where to cast your vote! Please vote by…

Here it is: The Results of Our Engagement Survey

At the beginning of May, we experimented with starting a new practice at WellSprings. After all the changes of the past few years, we invited you all to consider, and asked without judgment: where are you, in your relationship to our community, today? We received 135 responses to our Engagement Survey, and we thank everyone who participated! The information was very helpful for understanding a bit more about the shape of your lives, and our community, right now – and, for those folks who primarily follow…

SpiritFlix is Back! Check out our June Lineup

This summer at WellSprings, we’ll find meaning in the stories we watch on our screens during our annual SpiritFlix message series. Each Sunday’s service will draw wisdom from a different movie or show – check out our lineup for June, and mark your calendars so you don’t miss any of your favorites! We hope to see you this summer, Sundays at 10am. Join us at 10 AM each Sunday in person at the Montgomery School, or online at our YouTube…

A Letter From Our Stewardship Ministry, at the End of Our Pledge Drive

Greetings WellSprings! The Stewardship Ministry is wrapping up our annual pledge drive, and we would like to provide an update on the results.  We are inspired by our congregation’s generosity and sincerely thank everyone who made a pledge commitment to WellSprings for the fiscal year July 2023 to June 2024. Our stewardship goals were: We have now received $206,383 in pledge commitments, which is 78% of the way to the requested goal. We have given the total pledge amount to…

Here’s What’s Happening at Our Congregational Meeting This Year

Each year at WellSprings, the Board of Trustees hosts a Congregational Meeting where members are invited to hear important updates, vote on initiatives, and participate in a Q&A session. This meeting will be taking place after Sunday service on June 4th. If you are joining us in Bell Hall, simply stay to participate. If you are joining us online, stay tuned to the service livestream.  WHAT TO EXPECT During the meeting you will hear an update from the Board regarding our…

Our May Message Series: The Muppet Theory of Everything

In 2012, a writer for Slate magazine made a provocative suggestion… that everyone in the world can be classified into one of two categories: Order Muppets, and Chaos Muppets. Order Muppets (think Bert, Kermit, Sam the Eagle) keep things organized and on track, while Chaos Muppets (Ernie, Cookie Monster, Gonzo) bring big bursts of energy and creativity. The world needs both in balance, of course – some of the oldest wisdom stories are about finding ways to resolve that eternal…

A Letter & Survey, From Rev. Lee

Dear WellSprings, Last year, I read a short reflection from a congregation I got to know back when I lived in Washington, DC. The Church of the Saviour is a Christian community with a social mission: they’ve always been a small congregation, but they’ve birthed nearly a dozen community-based nonprofits in the city, in their 50-year history. I still follow their mailing list, and on this particular day last Fall, I read something about them that I didn’t know before.…

Celebrate Diversity in our Community & Congregation

Over the coming weeks, WellSpringers have several chances to add their voices to an important cause. Dozens of WellSpringers came out last year, for our 1st Annual “United in Diversity” weekend – a Friday night Shabbat service and Saturday afternoon Rally co-hosted by the member congregations of Interfaith Action Community, and the Lionville YMCA.  This year, unfortunately, the need to affirm the value of diversity in all forms is just as strong – in our nation, and here in Chester County. You’re invited…

A New Member Welcome, and an Update from Our Stewardship Ministry

This past Sunday, we celebrated Belonging Sunday, where we welcome new members who have joined our congregation over the past year. We were happy to welcome five new families, as well as two individuals who joined us the prior year, in 2022. Each new member is given a gift bag with a few symbolic gifts: a little Energizer Bunny to represent our charged-full mission; and sunflower seeds, to represent how we hope our members will come to us on “rainy…

Meet Nick Sanchez, Our Next Beldon Intern

Our Intern, Beth Monhollen, has been an immeasurable gift to our community since her arrival in September 2021. Now approved for ministerial fellowship, Beth will be ordained by WellSprings on June 18th, and will then leave us, to begin her ministry within our wider Unitarian Universalist movement. And so, later this year, we’ll welcome another new face to the WellSprings’ Staff Team… Nick Sanchez, an Aspirant to the Unitarian Universalist ministry and a student at Iliff School of Theology, will…