Worship Leader: roddy bell-shelton biggs
Worship Associate: Sarita Gonzales
Inspired by the Traditional Spiritual Song, Why Not Every Man? (Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel), join us as Ministerial Aspirant with the Unitarian Universalist speaker roddy biggs reflects on the many ways in which some of our Unitarian Universalist practices can be harmful to the creation and full realization of the beloved community. What can we do as Unitarian Universalists in the 21st century do differently to ensure that everyone, those who are Queer, BIPOC, living with mental and emotional health challenges, of social and economic divides, not only feel but know that they are seen, are heard, are valid and are welcome/ celebrated in our Unitarian Universalist faith and society at large?
So many of us are feeling grief and fear and rage and uncertainty in the face of the continued mass shootings, especially this week’s deadly attack at a school in Texas. Join us as we gather for a time of silence and words, a time to share grief and anger, and a time to remember […]
Are we our bodies or do we inhabit them? And what difference might our answer to that make? As we struggle against those who demand control of other people's bodies, how might our theology and understanding of all of our bodies help us respond?
Just what is a Religious Naturalist and why does it matter? Join us as we explore what it means to understand the whole of the universe, including us, as holy.
June is just around the corner and that means WNO shenanigans for the Desert Rats who stick around for the summer. I hope you'll join me Monday, June 13 at 6pm, at Legends & Icons in Palm Desert (near the I-10W exit at Washington). We will be inside and they do provide separate checks. Please […]
Since Rev Don preached several times about the “Widening the Circle” report in the summer of 2020, there has been much talk in UU circles of the need for new, liberating theologies. In this sermon, Rev Don calls us back to our Universalist roots, and how, on this Sunday honoring both Father’s Day and Juneteenth, we can celebrate and reclaim the freedom, reason, tolerance, and love that our Universalist faith represents.
General Assembly (GA) is the annual meeting of our Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). Participants worship, witness, learn, connect, and make policy for the Association through democratic process. Anyone may attend; congregations must certify annually to have voting delegates.
Save the date for UU the Vote’s General Assembly multi-platform rally as we build momentum together! Whether you join us for our in-person event in Portland, or online with our UU the Vote community across the country, we’re excited to share this time of inspiration, motivation, strategy, and grounding.
Join us for our UU the Vote Workshop online in the Whova app as we dig deeper into our UU the Vote state strategy and the organizing tools we will be using through November. Led by our Campaign Manager, JaZahn Hicks and joined by partners across the country, we will discuss the races and initiatives we are watching and organizing for and why you should get involved. NOTE: General Assembly virtual registration required to view online.
Join us for our UU The Vote @ GA Letter Writing Party! Here, we will be joined by our partner Vote Forward to learn how to write letters to voters and how to host our own letter writing parties. After the training, we will write letters and fellowship together as a community. Sign up here.
Join us as we share in the Sunday service from the 2022 Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly shared with Unitarian Universalists around the country and around the world.
Please note the 9:30am start time
One of the principal affirmations in Judaism is that we are all created in the image of the divine and as a result we are all entitled to dignity and to be valued. Today, more than ever, we must not only remember this but practice this individually, collectively, as a nation and the world.
Join the Social BUUterflies at this festive celebration highlighted by a concert and fireworks at Civic Center Park. The Swing Cats Big Band with the Swing Kittens will entertain the crowd with a lively set of songs. At 9 p.m. the sky will light up with a spectacular 20-minute-long fireworks display,