One of the frequent misconceptions about Unitarian Universalists is that we can believe whatever we want. It’s never been true. We’ll explore what belief can mean for UUs. This Sunday we will have a multi-platform service. You can attend in-person, OR you can also attend via our online Zoom option. Those attending in-person will follow … Continue reading Whatever We Want
We celebrate LGBTQI+ Pride in Tacoma, with celebratory music, and reflections on what Pride can mean for all of us! This Sunday we will have a multi-platform service. You can attend in-person, OR you can also attend via our online Zoom option. Those attending in-person will follow our in-person gathering guidelines including wearing high-quality face … Continue reading Everybody Means Everybody
This fall, we’ll begin a process of revisiting and exploring our mission, vision, and covenant. Over the summer, we’ll consider each of these elements of our community life, starting with covenant. What does it mean to make promises to each other about how we will be together as a community? This Sunday we will have … Continue reading Making Promises
On June 19th,1865, word finally reached Galveston, Texas that President Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation that freed all the enslaved people in the US. News of their freedom was intentionally hidden from the enslaved people for over 2 years. This year is the second year that Juneteenth is a federal holiday. We’ll celebrate by … Continue reading Juneteenth
It’s our annual Flower Service this Sunday. Originally created by Czechoslovakian Unitarian minister Norbert Čapek, attendees are encouraged to bring along a flower to the service. We gather them and celebrate the beauty and diversity of the flowers and the congregation. Bring whatever is growing near you, bring flowers from the grocery store, even cuttings … Continue reading Flower Service
We return to a wisdom story about what a perfect heart is, and celebrate our perfect hearts. This Sunday we will have a multi-platform service. A limited number of people can register to attend in person, OR folks can still attend via our online Zoom option. Those attending in-person will follow our in-person gathering guidelines … Continue reading A Perfect Heart
Attacks on abortion, attacks on trans kids and their parents, and more are looming. What does it mean to have bodily autonomy? We’ll explore the political landscape that’s emerging and what our response can be. This Sunday we will have a multi-platform service. A limited number of people can register to attend in person, OR … Continue reading Our Bodies, Our Selves
Dr. Kate Bowler has wandered through some of the most difficult life events imaginable. After several years of trying to have a baby, she succeeds, and then is diagnosed with stage IV cancer. In September of that year she was told that she’d be dead by the next June. Now more than a decade later … Continue reading A Quarter Turn from God
The Unitarian Universalist Association has as a part of its bylaws a section called “Principles and Purposes.” The current statement was created in 1982-1983, and we’re in the midst of a process to re-imagine what belongs in that section. We’ll look at the history of belief and statements of faith in our history and what … Continue reading Principles, Purposes, and Possibilities
Kevin Brockmeier’s short story “The Human Soul as a Rube Goldberg Device: A Choose Your Own Adventure Story” leads us into a reflection on what we chose, what is given to us, and what it all means. This Sunday we will have a multi-platform service. A limited number of people can register to attend in … Continue reading What We Choose
