Past Events (Page 6)

A monthly meeting held for WellSpringers, aged 13-17. This takes place during Sunday Service, and is held in the Gresh building, which is director across the lawn from Bell Hall (where we meet for service). Teens will gather, socialize, and work together on a service project each month. Questions? Email carol@wellspringsuu.org

This year, we’ll be holding our first-ever “Blessing of the Backpacks” on WellCome Back Sunday, September 10th at 10am. All students (of any age!) are asked to bring their backpacks to Bell Hall to be blessed during our Sunday service – and to receive a special gift from our community that they can keep with them, throughout the year. Students who can’t attend in person are also invited to participate! You can send a photo of your backpack to jessica@wellspringsuu.org, by Friday, 9/8…

Just as she did last summer, Rev. Lee will be offering a Summertime Meditation Drop-In, every Thursday night, throughout the summer. We’ll gather outside, at the Outdoor Classroom on the Montgomery School’s campus, from 6-7pm. The first half-hour will be set aside for simple, silent meditation practice, along with a brief introduction and check-in. The optional second half hour is for anyone who’d like to sit, chat, and connect socially in a beautiful space. There are wood benches with backs in the…

Mark your calendars, and bring your teens 13-17, for the next Teen Spirit and Service gathering! Teens will meet during service in the Gresh Library, right across the lawn from Bell Hall. This month, our group will welcome a peer from the Downingtown STEM high school. This student created their own charitable organization, and our teen group will help with an upcoming project.

Please join the Higgins family, and our entire community, on Sunday, July 16th at 1pm to remember the life of our dear Lois Lutz.  Our service will be held in Bell Hall at the Montgomery School, and livestreamed for those unable to attend in-person. A reception in the Dining Hall will follow. If you are planning to attend and willing to support the family with help on the day of the service (whether by greeting, support for the reception, volunteering to help with…

WellSprings youth, friends and families of all-ages – YouthBridge Ministry invites you all to meet up at St. Peter’s Village in July!  (in Chester County near Hopewell Furnace and French Creek State Park). We’ll gather (after lunch) at a spot to begin our walk – meet in the main parking lot where you can access the rocks, on the left past the arcade (Village Arcade).  First we’ll take a walk along or among the boulders.  Next a brief stop at the bakery (St. Peter’s Bakery) around…

Do you wonder how other WS parents are dealing with today’s issues with adolescents and youth? Would you like to connect with others caring for middle-to-high-schoolers –  just for fun, or to learn about peer parenting struggles and successes? Please join us for the next PaSE  (Parents/Caregivers as Sexuality Educators) gathering, in Phoenixville, 1-3pm this Saturday, July 8th.  Rotating host this time is Sandy Tucker in Phoenixville.  RSVP required (so she can know who to expect!) – just click the link below…

Back in the Fall of 2020, we created a new small group at WellSprings in response to the huge wave of national attention on racial justice issues after the murder of George Floyd. Nearly 30 WellSprings members joined us – along with another dozen for our second year of the group in 2021 – and left with new skills, knowledge, and commitments to continue showing up against racism.  In 2023, we’d like to offer the same space for growth, learning, and…

Beth Monhollen has served our congregation so well, as WellSprings’ first official “Kenneth S. Beldon Ministerial Intern,” joining us in the summer of 2021. Beth is here with us to complete the final step in the ministerial formation process – and now that she has been evaluated by our national denomination and approved for fellowship, she is free to be formally ordained into the Unitarian Universalist ministry. We are so pleased to share that Beth has asked WellSprings to be her ordaining congregation!…

A core belief at Wellsprings is that “we can experience God without being able to define God” — and yet, we also come to know the Divine “by living fully, loving generously and being who we are called to be.” Sharing our experiences of God with each other can deepen our faith, even as those experiences may be different. In this group, we will deepen our understandings of God through the metaphor of science. By delving deeply into scientific concepts…