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“There is a place for you in this community, your voice matter and you are valued here. Our youth and our children bring authenticity to this community.”-Erin Kenworthy Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be […]

“My main goal with religious exploration is to teach our kids to be in relationship with one another and to own the impacts of their behavior on other people”-Erin Kenworthy Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you […]

“We have all fostered an environment at home, where we can be very open and honest about the things we are noticing about ourselves and our relationships.”-Erin Kenworthy Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be […]

“Leadership is more than programmatic leadership, it’s church leadership. What we are doing is that we are learning together.”-Erin Kenworthy Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be prompted to login to them.  Click Social Badges […]

“I felt like this was a magical dimension that I have walked in to. Where I felt like things that I had always felt were true where being reflected me by people that I don’t even know.”-Erin Kenworthy Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you […]

“We sometimes make mistakes when we’re trying to be our lives, and sometimes because we’re trying to avoid those hard decisions. I would say that that is not a destination but that is an ongoing journey.” -Glenn Barrows Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you […]

“Exposure to people who are not myself has been the most valuable lesson that I can take away.” -Glenn Barrows Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be prompted to login to them.  Click Social Badges […]

“This is a place for them to be them. I’d love that we are a place where they can be an amazing group of young people without any kind of judgment.”-Glenn Barrows Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your […]

“It is to make sure one that they can live in relative peace and try to make life better.”-Glenn Barrows Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be prompted to login to them.  Click Social Badges […]

“Why wouldn’t you want to be part of something bigger than yourself? Something that you cannot help everyone but in a community you can help a lot of people and can make a bigger difference.”-Glenn Barrows Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not […]

“This is our calling. We are called to join this effort, this is our faith in action.”-Glenn Barrows Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be prompted to login to them.  Click Social Badges To Share […]

“I like to tell people that I’m the stage manager, I’m the back office, I take care of making sure that the lights are on and the place are warm or cool as the season dictates and everything runs fine.”-Glenn Barrows Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges […]

“My vision for this church is to be a liberal religious beacon in our city.”-Glenn Barrows Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be prompted to login to them.  Click Social Badges To Share This Story […]

“It was just a demonstration of if what we are doing is good and right, people will show up. Whether it’s raining or sun shining and that is probably the best demonstration when I am proudest of this place.”-Glenn Barrows Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. […]

“We embrace everyone from all different locks of life. Different identities, different, beliefs system, different religious or non-religious belief systems.”-Erica Trisler Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be prompted to login to them.  Click Social […]

“I coordinate the use of the space for our internal group core circles, racial justice groups. Also, we coordinate bringing in outside external groups as well.”-Erica Trisler Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be prompted […]

“Our goal is to get them into a community that is brave but safe so they can start making life long connections.”-Lina McCain Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be prompted to login to them. […]

“If this church has this kind of commitment making sure that they are a fair church, that treats people with equality and is wanting to make sure they do searching for their minister correctly.”-Eddy Carroll Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already […]

“Taking people to really be a loving and welcoming congregation to everyone who comes through that door.”-Eddy Carroll Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be prompted to login to them.  Click Social Badges To Share […]

“This is the first church, the first congregation that I believed that trying to live up the values and trying to make a difference in the world.”-Eddy Carroll Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be […]

​​”I like the fact that we talked about salvation in this lifetime. The other thing that is provided for me is the ability to be open to other people’s theology.”-Alton Dillard Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) […]

“It’s always a great gathering place that I can think of where numerous elders have now become ancestors over the years who have a big influence.”-Alton Dillard Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be prompted […]

“I want to continue to grow, I want to continue to be engaged and that doesn’t happen by accident. It’s the matter of reaching out.”-David Alley Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be prompted to […]

“It was a new environment for me, I wasn’t sure if I fit in, that’s natural and it’s okay to feel that way. This is a new experience to you and hopefully the beginning of a long journey.”-Barry Osborne Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If […]

“One of the things I’d like to foster is just a sense of community. I think we’re living in a time where people don’t always have the time and the energy to just come together and be together.”-Jen Simon Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If […]

“There is so much need in the world and it can either be in the community lever or at the state level. There are just so many ways that people can help make where we live a better place.”-Julie Meyers Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. […]

“This congregation has fed my spiritual self because for me my spirituality is really about social justice more than religious belief.”-Julie Meyers Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be prompted to login to them.  Click […]

“It took me a while to make deeper relationships that the people that had been here that have very been deep and close relationships, and so I knew that it’s just a matter of time that that would happen to me as well.”Julie Meyers Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the […]

“Music helps us find ourselves in our bodies, music is something we feel. It touches us on the emotional way that is different from words.”-Lia Davis Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be prompted to […]

“Music is a human activity it’s like fundamentally part of being human and that’s part of music and worship too.”-Lia Davis Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be prompted to login to them.  Click Social […]

“I’m really happy to be raising my family in this church my kids thrive here. They are joyful, they know everybody, they are happy to just wander around and seat with different families.”-Lia Davis Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged […]

“As a music director, this community has nurtured me. I played for the services. I’ve always felt that I have a lot of freedom here to experiment and to try different things.”-Lia Davis Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into […]

Connecting With PeopleI spend time helping folks connect and making sure that we are meeting people’s needs in our community and to make sure that the folks are in place. – Karen Derrick-Davis Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into […]

“Somebody gave a great sermon about letting go of ego, and sharing a lot of personal information because there was a purpose to share it to help us grow more and understand our path.”- Karen Derrick-Davis Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not […]

Searching for the TruthI think it’s really important for us to have this search for truth and meaning so that everyone can be on their path and our church is very well known for its social actions.- Karen Derrick-Davis Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If […]

“We had a wonderful choir for the whole six years and our choir director has done a marvelous job of incorporating people with a wide variety of singing experiences into the choir. We make good music which I appreciate.”-David Keller Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. […]

“It speaks to me every single Sunday, there is a line in the song or it’s just the melody that speaks to me.” -Sally Isaacson Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be prompted to login […]

“We are stronger when we sing together. We are stronger united. We can be together, we can sing stronger, quieter, more intensely and more sensitively.”-Brian Stone Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be prompted to […]

“I treasure the fact that I seem to have a connection with a generation other than my own.”-Thomas Poole Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be prompted to login to them.  Click Social Badges To […]

“It’s also just a fun place to be. We have weird things like one day we will be dancing upstairs which I love.”-Matthew Davis Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be prompted to login to […]

“I feel indebted to this place because more than that they caught up with me when I was suffering.”-Randle Loeb Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be prompted to login to them.  Click Social Badges […]

“I think the interesting thing about Unitarian Universalists for kids, is that they can ask questions and explore”- Jan Devor Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be prompted to login to them.  Click Social Badges […]

“I looked around and this church started to feel like a home to me.” – Mary Sullivan, Director of the Board Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be prompted to login to them.  Click Social […]

“Our committee talks about what is happening in the music world of the church” – Charlotte Braud-Kern Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be prompted to login to them.  Click Social Badges To Share This […]

“We’re a covenantal religion, and what that means is sort of up to you” – Noel Bati Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be prompted to login to them.  Click Social Badges To Share This Story […]

“When I walked in these doors nine years ago, I didn’t know anyone, but I am still here.” Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be prompted to login to them.  Click Social Badges To Share […]

For us it’s universal – no matter where you are on your journey, you are welcome here. Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be prompted to login to them.  Click Social Badges To Share This […]

“I came to the church because I was asking my parents questions that they couldn’t answer” – Meta Osbourne Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be prompted to login to them.  Click Social Badges To […]

“We think that coming here might really help you as a stepping stone” – Meta Osbourne Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be prompted to login to them.  Click Social Badges To Share This Story […]

“Church is about connection and acceptance and helping other people find that as well” – Meta Osbourne Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be prompted to login to them.  Click Social Badges To Share This […]

“There was a missing part of my life by not being a part of a congregation.”- Matthew Bastler Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not already logged into your account(s) you might be prompted to login to them.  Click Social Badges To Share […]

“When i was looking for a church it was important to me that there was representation from all faiths. As I grew in my spirituality I realized there is a lot of love and knowledge all around.” Share0 Tweet0 Share0