Sunday Services

Sunday, January 4, 11:00 a.m. – Exploring Our Religious Roots: A Community Conversation on Faith and Understanding: Part one of a two-part series – Berti Welty and Liesbet Bickett

Religious diversity has shaped this country from the beginning, yet today it is often used to create fear and division. As a Unitarian Universalist community, we are called to meet this diversity with curiosity, compassion, and a willingness to learn from one another.

Our Fellowship reflects a wide range of spiritual backgrounds. Some continue the traditions of their childhood, some have found new paths, and others weave together an eclectic blend of many religions, or practice none. This service invites us to explore that richness.

In this first part of a two-week series, select members of our community will speak about their experiences within four traditions represented in our fellowship: Catholic/Christian, Buddhist, Pagan, and Islam. They will reflect on the teachings that have shaped them, the misunderstandings they encounter, and the wisdom their traditions offer in a pluralistic world.

Our aim is to deepen understanding within the Fellowship, practice active listening across differences, and model the compassion and openness so needed in the wider world. We invite you into this exploration as we begin to honor the diverse spiritual roots that shape our community.

Sunday, January 11, 11:00 a.m. – Practicing Resistance – Amy Day

It has been said that rather than a practice that aims toward perfection, we would be better served to work within a practice whose overarching goal is that of permanence. As in, what’s the work we can cultivate over a lifetime that is uniquely ours’ to do? What is the work that makes full use of our innate gifts and abilities? What is the work that nourishes us even as we extend the tender and devoted effort to nourish the world? Come explore what it means to build up a practice of resistance that can see us through this current wave of woes, and into the hoped for time that is wanting to emerge.

Sunday, January 18, 11:00 a.m. – Exploring Our Religious Roots: Small Group Discussions on Faith and Practice: Part two of a two part series – Berti Welty and Liesbet Bickett

Two weeks ago, select members of our Fellowship shared their experiences with the religious traditions that shaped them. This week we continue that exploration—turning from listening to engaging, and giving the entire community space to reflect together.

In this interactive service, we will gather in small groups to explore guided questions about our individual spiritual paths. Our Fellowship includes those who continue the traditions of their upbringing, those who have discovered new faiths, and those who practice an eclectic blend of many, or none. These conversations offer a chance to share stories, practice active listening, and notice the common threads and vibrant differences within our community.

Religious diversity is one of our greatest strengths. By speaking and listening across differences, we strengthen our capacity for compassion, understanding, and connection—within our walls and beyond them. Join us as we deepen our understanding of one another and celebrate the many ways we seek meaning and the sacred.

Sunday, January 25, 11:00 a.m. – Love at the Center – Amy Day

Join us for another fun, participatory, action-oriented and delicious Sunday gathering where we roll up our sleeves and practice living into the values we hold so dear. Together we’ll pack lunches for our unhoused neighbors, send cards, and find other meaningful (but deeply accessible) ways to inch closer to the world we dream of. Shared potluck to follow. Please bring a simple, nourishing dish for our collective feast.