Upcoming Worship Services
"Separate or Interconnected - Our Worldview Matters” Rev. Leslie Becknell Marx
In this service we will contrast indigenous wisdom and Buddhist philosophy with the dualistic worldview often found in Western thought with its sharp separation between humans and nature. This division often leads to an extractive relationship with the natural world, prioritizing short-term gains and technological advancement over ecological balance and long-term sustainability.
In contrast, indigenous worldviews tend to embrace a more holistic and interconnected perspective, where humans are seen as an integral part of nature. Buddhism reveres and honors all life, cultivating compassion for all living beings. These perspectives support us as Unitarian Universalists to live into our value of interdependence.
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First-Sunday Monthly Potluck after Service!
Multi-Platform Worship (both in-person & online)
Sunday at 10:30 AM
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Meeting ID: 275 194 110
Phone In: (669) 900-6833
"Spiritual Practice: Atonement” Wy’east Worship Team
Many spiritual traditions include practices of reflection and atonement, recognizing the importance of self-awareness and relationship-repair. Inspired by Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, the holiest day of the Jewish year, we will explore this spiritual practice together. This year, the observance of Yom Kippur starts at sunset on October 11 and concludes on the evening of October 12 so it seemed timely to center the second of our services focused on exploring spiritual practice around the idea of atonement. What does this mean to UU’s and how might a spiritual practice of making amends for wrongdoing and repairing broken relationships fit into your life?
Online (Zoom) Only Worship
Sunday at 10:30 AM
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Meeting ID: 275 194 110
Phone In: (669) 900-6833
"Borders We Do and Don’t See” Rev. Barbara Prose
In the second of our Social Justice Speakers centered in beloved community, Rev. Barbara Prose joins us to share more about the work of IMIrJ (Oregon’s Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice) to create a more just world for immigrants, migrants, and asylum seekers by building relationships, taking immediate humanitarian action and long-term collective, intentional action.
Rev. Barbara Prose currently serves as the Executive Director at IMIrJ and just recently accepted a part-time Minister role at the Mid-Columbia UU Fellowship in Hood River. She moved to Portland in 2023 from Tulsa, OK, land of the Cherokee, Muscogee Creek and Osage Nations, where she served as the Executive Director of Ministry for All Souls Unitarian Church. With a Rabbi and a Lutheran Minister, Barbara also co-founded and served as the co-chair of the board of El Centro: New Sanctuary Empowerment Center in Tulsa.
Special Collection: IMIrJ - https://www.imirj.org
Multi-Platform Worship (both in-person & online)
Sunday at 10:30 AM
Click here to join the virtual service on Zoom
Meeting ID: 275 194 110
Phone In: (669) 900-6833
"Nones, Dones & Scrabble Together®” Rev. Phil Lund, UUA Congregational Life Staff, Mid-America Region
What can UU congregations learn from an international toy company? Plenty! Like how to reinvigorate an experience steeped in tradition by making it more appealing to younger generations—without diminishing the essence of the original.
Phillip Lund has twenty years experience serving congregations in the areas of faith formation and spiritual growth, first as a religious educator in Bloomington, Indiana, New York City, and Chicago, Illinois, and most recently as a congregational life consultant working for the MidAmerica Region of the Unitarian Universalist Association. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago and a certificate in InterSpiritual Counseling from One Spirit Learning Alliance in New York. Phil has received additional training in The Art of Hosting Conversations That Matter and Discerning Your Call: Dependable Strengths® for Congregations at Luther Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota; he has completed the Mediation Skills Training Institute for Church Leaders sponsored by the Lombard Mennonite Peace Center, and is a Certified Practitioner of The MBTI® Step I™ and Step II™ Instruments. In 2013 Phil was named the Fahs Fellow for Innovation in Technology by the Fahs Collaborative at Meadville Lombard.
He currently lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with his wife, Julia, and their son, Henry David.
Online (Zoom) Only Worship
Sunday at 10:30 AM
Click here to join the virtual service on Zoom
Meeting ID: 275 194 110
Phone In: (669) 900-6833