I remember when I first signed the membership book and made an annual pledge. It was the October break of my freshman year in college, and another time when reproductive health, rights, and justice were on the ballot. The election season put into clear focus … read more.
For the month of November, we share our plate with Oregon’s Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice (IMIrJ). For a personal story that speaks to how the organization’s Accompaniment Program impacts many immigrant lives, read below:
“An indigenous family from Guatemala has been living in the … read more.
The Garden
Poppy Dully’s artistic practices span painting, printmaking, and artist books. Her recent work features copper etched botanical prints created over the past two years. She is attracted to plants and flowers that she finds in gardens and forests around Portland. Working from drawings, she … read more.
Members and Friends,
In case you missed the announcement on Sunday, here it is: The Music Ministry Transition Team has reviewed resumes, conducted Zoom interviews, then in-person interviews, and rehearsals with a group of choir members with our final candidates. We are thrilled to announce we … read more.
Our Season of Giving has begun, a time for all of us to reflect on what the church means to us and how we can be good stewards. When you pledge a gift to “Join the Journey of Generosity” you help fund our programming, services, … read more.
UUJME put out a statement in October of this year to bring attention to the anniversary of the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas and the trauma of Israel’s year-long genocide against the people of Gaza and its war on the people of Lebanon. Here is our … read more.
I am reflecting on one of the spiritual, emotional, and moral challenges of our time, which can be summed up by the word Stephen Colbert made up 19 years ago today: truthiness. Colbert was trying to get at the challenge that faces us in a … read more.
As we explore the journey of trust this month, I am reflecting on the adage: change moves at the speed of trust. That is one reason that changes in a church community happen more slowly than in other spaces you may move. Our church is … read more.
The equinox has come and I’m falling for autumn. I love the autumn. I was born in September. Did you know that in the Journal of Aging Research, they found that babies born during the fall are more likely to live to 100 than those … read more.
As violence escalates further in the Middle East, the Unitarian Universalist Association justice ministry, Side With Love, invites us to lament, to stay present and to act for justice. Read their email below.
Our faith calls us to proclaim that liberation is possible even as the devastation … read more.
