Join us for another Musical Sunday Service, where the spirit of song and storytelling takes center stage. This week, we’re thrilled to feature four beloved UUCP members—Barbara Wright, Scott Satterwhite, Herman “Pappi” Campbell, and Ray—as they each share a meaningful story about a song close to their hearts. Our talented musicians will then guide us in … Continue reading Musical Sunday Service
What do you think are the commonalities between Halloween, All Saints Day, and All Souls Day? Is it just for Christians? What do you think might be the cultural and spiritual significance? Do other cultures celebrate and revere the dead? Let us explore together some of these questions, and let us think about our own thoughts … Continue reading Halloween, All Saints, and All Souls
Guest Presenter: Mary Gutierrez, BS, MPA, CPH, environmental professional, advocate, and community leader. Human beings share an intrinsic relationship with nature, relying on it for the essentials of life—clean air, water, food, and shelter—while also finding inspiration, healing, and cultural meaning in natural spaces. This connection is both practical and spiritual, shaping our identities, communities, and … Continue reading Inspiration, healing and cultural meaning in natural spaces
Presenter Martha S. Horton, PhD, will offer information and hope that immature adults who are psychologically normal can heal their early emotional stoppages, achieve emotional maturity, and gain inner peace. It is possible. She will share what her life was like when she was immature, how she discovered her immaturity and healed herself, and what … Continue reading Growing Up in Adulthood: the Journey to Emotional Maturity and Inner Peace
What happens when the spirituality that once held your world together no longer fits? When the prayers stop working or the story simply can’t hold the weight of life anymore? This talk explores the grief of spiritual unraveling—the loss of what once gave us meaning—and honors the courage it takes to let go. It’s a … Continue reading When the Old Story Falls Apart
Liberal religion is at a crossroads. Many of the forms and habits that once gave our communities life are beginning to unravel, leaving us to wonder what will remain. This talk explores what our churches are becoming in this time of change—and what they may need to become if they are to truly live into … Continue reading What Are We Becoming? Faith Communities in a Time of Change
We are especially pleased to welcome Grace Resendez McCaffery – founder of Latino Media Gulf Coast and the Hispanic Resource Center of NWFL, and editor of La Costa Latina News – to speak with us today. She is in high demand with the current crisis that is happening in our country today. She will be … Continue reading Our Local Immigrant Community Crisis
We talk a lot about being a “welcoming community”—welcoming the outsider, the stranger, even those we struggle to understand. But what if the first step toward that kind of welcome isn’t external? What if it starts with how we meet every part of ourselves? This talk will explore what happens when we stop pushing away … Continue reading The Art of Radical Welcome
Is there a network of tunnels, perhaps built by an ancient but technologically advanced civilization, hiding beneath our feet? The answer may SHOCK you! (No.) But what do such conspiracy theories, and other identity markers of our beliefs/credences, say about ourselves? Joe Vinson presents. There will be a New Member Welcome Ceremony included in this … Continue reading Pensacola Tunnels, Conspiracies, and the Performance of Belief
Each year we mark our community coming back together as a congregation after the summer months. All are invited to bring a stone or token or small container of water – perhaps water from the tap that meets your daily thirst, or water brought back from distant travels. All will be mingled together and blessed, … Continue reading Ingathering and Water Communion 2025
