In a country that often boasts that we’re the strongest, smartest, mightiest, most good-looking, and generally the best in the world, we do a very poor job of creating an environment for people to foster these traits. Rather, we focus our efforts on providing the minimum requirements to create more average ordinary citizens to plug … Continue reading American Irony
Scott Satterwhite, long-time UUCP member and Navy veteran, will present. Memorial Day is typically seen as the beginning of summer, but to veterans the holiday marks a very somber occasion: to honor our dead. Veterans for Peace takes this notion one step further, and strives to memorialize the dead by striving to create a world … Continue reading Remember the Dead: Fight for the Living
Long time friend of UUCP Julie Patton will present a program on “Recovering Sacred Presence in a Disenchanted World.” This topic will touch on the New Story of creation, which incorporates evidence-based scientific research into an evolutionary model of the transcendent unfolding in time. In this service we will celebrate our members and close family members … Continue reading Recovering Sacred Presence
This is the next installment in our special series based on the book Great Peacemakers: True Stories from Around the World by Ken Beller and Heather Chase. Laura Keith King will tell about two very well-known Peacemakers; in honor of Mothers’ Day, the most compassionate and best known “mother” of them all, Mother Teresa, and … Continue reading The Great Peacemakers Series
Trista Blouin, long time member and seminary student, will present an introduction of her Capstone Project for her seminary education. She will detail how she arrived at her project, and will describe the tools she has created and how these tools merge her love of photographing our more-than-human kin with her call to be a … Continue reading Nature-Based Tools for Spiritual Practice
Join us for our 5th Sunday service, in which we share the offering plate with a local organization doing good work in our community. Our Fifth Sunday speaker will be Thomas Williams for Families First Network (FFN). FFN is an organization that provides services for child welfare, foster care and adoption in Escambia, Santa Rosa, … Continue reading 5th Sunday: Families First Network
An Earth Day presentation with Daniel and Heather Cobb. Most of us are aware that taking care of our planet and its resources are important, but how often do we follow this value up with something actionable? Join us for ideas on how to walk the walk and participate in our Earth-conscious activity at our seats. Watch … Continue reading It Starts with U(U)
Joe Vinson, member of UUCP will present a thought-provoking service. “First They Came…” – Considering Martin Niemöller and the need for solidarity and intersectionality in the face of creeping authoritarianism. Watch this video on our YouTube Channel.
This Sunday, April 9th, we will hold our annual Flower Communion service. The service, led by Denise Gunn and our children, will focus on springtime and the many ways it is celebrated around the world. Please join us for this beautiful and spiritual occasion as we come together as community to celebrate this new season … Continue reading Flower Communion 2023
Once again, Barbara Wright, a dedicated member of UUCP will provide a thoughtful service. This is the next installment in our special series based on the book Great Peacemakers: True Stories from Around the World by Ken Beller and Heather Chase. Our Peace Sunday candidates are mixed in their familiarity. Bruno Hussar believes in “Interfaith Harmony” and has created … Continue reading The Great Peacemakers Series
