Our Unitarian Universalist 7th Principle reminds us to have respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part. Connecting people with nature, the Delaware Nature Society is focused on healthy water, protection of habitats and wildlife, and conservation of working and natural lands. Their mission...
In this time of climate crisis, we are experimenting with a way to save trees. For the month of June, we will use less paper on Sunday mornings. The order of service will be projected on the screen in detail, and we won’t print a paper copy. We will still...
On May 17, several of our church members visited Spiral Cemetery, a Bee Pasture, the Planting Hope Apiary, and the Bright Spots Market Garden led by Faith B. Kuehn, Ph.D, Entomologist and Planting Hope Administrator. You can view our photos, here.
We are excited to announce that our church will be hosting not one, but two Peace Week events in September! On Monday, September 23rd, The Human Rights Task Force will welcome Yolanda Schlabach, the Executive Director of Zoë Ministries, a Delaware based organization committed to “nurturing life out of hard...
Friday, May 17 or Saturday, May 18 at 1:00 p.m. To the Planting Hope Urban Farm at the Herman Holloway Campus of the Delaware Department of Health and Social Service. (1901 N. Dupont Highway, New Castle, DE 19720) A guided tour of the Spiral Cemetery, a Bee Pasture, the Planting...
The planned Earth Day event at the Delaware Environmental Education Center for 4/22/19 has been canceled. Thank you for understanding!
The Southbridge neighborhood is part of Delaware’s largest city, Wilmington, at the northern end of the state separated from the rest of the city by the Christina and Brandywine rivers. Southbridge is vulnerable to sea-level rise. The low-lying land is 2 to 3 feet above sea level and, when the...
Join the Environmental Justice Task Force for the Christina River Watershed Clean Up day on Saturday, April 6! Every year since 1992, the CRWC organization has organized to remove man-made trash from the watershed, at a number of drop-in sites. To date, they have removed 360 tons of trash, appliances,...
Join us from 6-8 p.m. in Parish Hall for our Spring Vegan Potluck. Please bring your entire family- there will be great food for the kids too. Bring something to share – a main dish, salad, or dessert. The Environmental Task Force is hosting and will provide drinks and appetizers....
Eleven zip codes in northern Delaware are quarantined to stop the eggs of the spotted lanternfly from hatching while they still are in low number. This non-native Asian bug was spotted in PA in 2014. It sucks sap from leaves, stems, and trunks of plants. The quarantine asks residents to...
Would you like to significantly improve your health? Reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease? Reduce your risk of many cancers? Get off of your type 2 diabetes medication? Lose weight? Or, how about significantly reducing your environmental footprint each year? Or, maybe you would like to reduce the inhumane treatment...
First, thank you for all your book support this year! We have shared your contributions of preschool books in the lobby at the Southbridge Neighborhood House Book Basket. The elementary books have gone to the school age aftercare program as well as to students at Elbert Palmer. We will continue...
Please join us for a Movie Night on January 5th in the Sanctuary. Our Vegan Subcommittee is hosting a showing of Forks Over Knives, one of the most influential documentaries of all time. Forks Over Knives examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the chronic diseases that...
We would like your input on ideas for actions for the task force. Look for us at coffee hour on Sunday, October 28, with a “vision” board where we would like to add your input to the things we are currently pursuing. Secondly, we attended a Southbridge meeting at the...