The Latest News

by Dawn Star Sarahs-Borchelt, Director of Learning & Family Ministries I’m back! Thank you so much for the support of this congregation in giving… Read more: On Rest and Returning

by Music Director David Brown With my impending once-a-year opportunity for the Music Director to give a sermon, I had a difficult choice to… Read more: It’s Raining Men!

MLUC’s Congregational Engagement Team welcomes everyone into the life of our church—first-time visitors, long-time members, and neighbors near and far—at every level of involvement.… Read more: Get Involved with the Congregational Engagement Team

Application Deadline: July 17 by the MLUC Board of Trustees We are seeking members interested in serving on our new Right Relations Team. At… Read more: Call for Candidates: Right Relations Team

by Senior Minister Rev. John Morehouse July 22 is the Feast Day for Mary Magdalene, whom Jesus called his “most beloved” disciple. Mary Magdalene… Read more: The Most Beloved: Mary Magdalene

At the June 14, 2026 Annual Meeting, the MLUC congregation approved this Right Relations Covenant. With Love at the center of all we do,… Read more: MLUC’s Right Relations Covenant

by Congregational Life Coordinator Yvette McDonnell The Summer Solstice is the longest day of the year, and it’s almost here! As summer unfolds, we… Read more: Mint & the Summer Solstice

by Rev. John Morehouse We live in a dystopian age wherein the attacks on fellow citizens and civil rights are masked by a strange… Read more: Named or Not, We Are Here

This year, the 2025–26 Annual Report is available in a new, more accessible format on our website. The report is a reflection of a… Read more: 2025–26 Annual Report

by Music Director David Brown What to the follower of science is manifest truth? What to the atheist is destiny? What to the cosmic scale… Read more: Cosmic Reverberations

Looking for something meaningful for your kids on Sunday mornings this summer? MLUC’s children and youth programs bring Unitarian Universalist values to life in… Read more: Values, Bricks, and Epic Quests: Summer Programs for Children and Youth

by Rev. John Morehouse My mother told me that when I was very young I asked more questions than even the most precocious of… Read more: Curiosity as Spiritual Practice

The Art Group at Main Line Unitarian Church presents Observatory, a multimedia exhibit at the Fireside Gallery running May 15 through July 12, 2026.

One of golf’s four major championships arrives at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square May 11–17—just two miles from MLUC. With an estimated 200,000… Read more: Plan Ahead: The PGA Championship Is Coming to Our Backyard

At the 2026 Annual Congregational Meeting on June 14, we will elect three candidates for the Board of Trustees—Lloyd Cole, Kevin Donahue, and Alan… Read more: 2026 Candidates for Election

by Senior Minister Rev. John Morehouse As we enter the month of May, with our spiritual theme of curiosity, I hope we can remember… Read more: I – Thou

by Congregational Life Coordinator and Ministerial Intern Yvette McDonnell Spring has arrived, making it the perfect moment for a deep spring cleaning. Across many… Read more: Spring Cleaning Ritual

by Rev. John Morehouse In this time of political dystopia, economic chaos and a threatening war, I think of the spiritual power of brokenness.… Read more: Holes Everywhere

We are excited to announce that Rev. Lisa Schilansky (they/she) will join Main Line Unitarian Church as our new Director of Social Justice beginning… Read more: Welcome, Rev. Lisa Schilansky: MLUC’s New Director of Social Justice

by Music Director David Brown It has almost become cliché when I talk about my work as a musician in the context of a… Read more: The Possibility of Music

This spring, Main Line Unitarian Church is reading When We the People Lead, the Leaders Will Follow by Richard McKnight, PhD—a clear, hopeful, and deeply practical… Read more: Our Spring All-Church Read

by Dawn Star Sarahs-Borchelt, Director of Learning & Family Ministries On April 1, I begin a three-month sabbatical. What this means for me is… Read more: Dawn Star’s Sabbatical

The Right Relations Covenant Team has drafted a covenant for our community and is asking for your input. The congregation will vote on the… Read more: Feedback sought on Draft Right Relations Covenant

“I like to paint with the intention of infusing joy, peace, humanity in my work.” —Susan Jarvis Ragland The Politics of Joy, an exhibition… Read more: The Politics of Joy: Art Exhibit Now on Display

by Music Director David Brown Some of you know that I am “fake Irish.” Despite having no Celtic ancestry, I have been championing the… Read more: St. Patrick’s Day and the Case for Celtic Wisdom

by Senior Minister Rev. John Morehouse When I hear the words “Pay attention,” I slip back to some distant memory of being scolded by… Read more: Pay Attention to Your Attention

by Senior Minister Rev. John Morehouse As we begin the month of March, I am reflecting on how much uncertainty and exhaustion we are… Read more: Opening to the Unknown

by Senior Minister Rev. John Morehouse In her book The Weight of Ink, Rachel Kadish tells a fictionalized history of a young Jewish woman… Read more: The Weight of Love

Last Sunday, MLUC’s new Social Justice Team met for the first time, with more than 50 people in attendance. People spoke about shared priorities,… Read more: MLUC Social Justice Team Launch Update

from the Board of Trustees This is a moment that calls us to put our faith into action in bold and concrete ways. In… Read more: Now Hiring: Social Justice Director

by Music Director David Brown When you think of a musical “requiem”—the setting of a Catholic death mass—I suspect that despair, fire and brimstone,… Read more: A Requiem for the Optimist

by Director of Learning & Family Ministries Dawn Star Sarahs-Borchelt In agreement with Rev. John and the Board, I will take a three-month sabbatical… Read more: Sabbatical on the Horizon

Our community is growing and thriving, and we are making intentional choices about how we connect with one another, how our spaces support us,… Read more: Message from the Board

by Congregational Life Coordinator and Ministerial Intern Yvette McDonnell, M.Ed., MASC In 1965, as state violence was unleashed against Black citizens in Selma, Martin Luther King… Read more: Urgent: A Call to Minneapolis

What began last spring as a focused housing justice effort has grown into something lasting. The MLUC Housing Justice Team mobilized congregants, built strong… Read more: From Housing Justice to Human Needs

The MLUC Children’s Choir will provide music for our Sunday, Feb. 1 service.  All children ages six to 11 (or close enough!) are welcome.… Read more: Join the MLUC Children’s Choir