Welcome to a faith of radical love and acceptance, theological exploration, lifelong learning, and social justice. We hope you’ll join us this Sunday morning for our service at 11:00 am. On Sundays we have religious education opportunities for all ages beginning at 9:30 am. If you have time, please stop by the welcome table in our Sanctuary foyer on your first visit. We also hope you’ll join us in the lounge for coffee and fellowship after the service.
This Sunday
The Rev. Bret Lortie on An Involving Love
Upcoming Services
- 02/12/12 The Rev. Bret Lortie on Another Valentine’s Day
- 02/19/12 Dr. Sheri Phillabaum on Building Your Own Theology
- 02/26/12 The Rev. Bret Lortie on Justice in the Desert
This week, January 30 – February 4, 2012
By telling a “story of now” you can communicate the urgent challenge we are called upon to face, the hope that we can face it, and choices we must make to act. A story of now requires telling stories that bring the urgency of the challenge alive: urgency because of a need for change that cannot be denied, urgency because of a moment of opportunity that may not return. At the intersection of the urgency and the promise of hope is a choice that must be made – to act, or not to act, to act in this way, or in that. Telling a good story of now requires the courage of imagination, in which you call attention both to the pain of the world and also to the possibility for a better future.
Thirty Days of Love
Beginning Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and culminating with Valentine’s Day, Thirty Days of Love is a collective visioning process about making sense of the present moment and what we are called to do. We aim to accomplish this through self-reflection, active listening, sharing personal and community stories, and celebrating our lives and our heroes for their courageous love.
Thirty Days of Love offers daily, direct actions for love, and the calendar is a template to guide you through a meaningful thirty days. Your participation is envisioned as a process, not an event.
While there is great power in collective action, the beauty of Standing on the Side of Love is its “open source” spirit, so bring your own ideas, actions, and traditions with you for this journey.
We are a Welcoming Congregation. The Welcoming Congregation Program is a completely volunteer program for congregations that see a need to become more inclusive towards bisexual, gay, lesbian, transgender, queer, and questioning people and their families. It consists of a series of workshops developed by the Unitarian Universalist Association. The goal of the workshops is to reduce prejudice by increasing understanding and acceptance among people of different sexual orientations. Our congregation became a certified Welcoming Congregation in 2002.
Our Covenant
Love is the doctrine of this church,
The quest of truth is its sacrament,
And service is its prayer.
To dwell together in peace,
To seek knowledge in freedom,
To serve humanity in fellowship,
To the end that all souls
Shall grow into harmony with the Divine -
Thus do we covenant with each other.
