PDF of the Program As the world changes, so has liberalism — so must liberalism. What do mercy and justice mean for us now, and what real work is calling us? Rev. Jill McAllister is the former minister of the UU Fellowship of Corvallis, having retired from UU ministry in August, 2025, after nearly 40 years. … Continue reading Mercy, Justice and A Challenge for Liberalism
Note: This is a First Sundays for Families – please come at 9 am to be a part of the All-Ages Popup Choir. There will be special activities for youth of all ages! PDF of the Program On my second Easter with you, I look forward to digging a little deeper into the mystery of … Continue reading Practicing Resurrection
This is a First Sundays for Families Service with a 9 am All-Ages Popup Choir practice to perform during Service and special activities for youth. Please let your friends and family know! PDF of Program Once, a little boy wrote a poem called, “The Monster Who Was Sorry.” He begins by admitting he hates it … Continue reading My Messy House
PDF of the Program Join Elaine Castles and Lois Colton as they engage in a discussion about Elaine’s growing up in the Deep South in the 1950’s and early 1960’s. Were things really as bad as we have heard? How did Elaine respond at the time? How has this experience affected her later life? And … Continue reading Growing up White in the Jim Crow South
PDF of our Program This is a First Sundays for Families Service. Come at 9 AM to be part of the All-Ages Popup Choir and sing in our service. No experience or reading abilities necessary! All services are in person at the Rockford Grange (4262 Barrett Dr. Hood River, OR) or online. Writing in the … Continue reading Daring Greatly
Featuring First Sundays for Families – come at 9 am to join the All-Ages Popup Choir and stay after for Soup Sunday! PDF of the Order of Service How do Unitarian Universalists do theology? As happy heretics, that is people who choose what to believe and what not to believe, rather than accept what creeds … Continue reading Build Your Own Theology
Beads on One String is a non-profit organization inspired by the life of Avatar Meher Baba. Its mission is dedicated to exploration of the unity of all life and whose abiding interest is in humanity’s common endeavor to understand, experience, and creatively express the Oneness that lies at the heart of all. Our guest speaker … Continue reading … Like Beads on One String
Scholar, theologian, ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, journalist, author, and Emmy award-winning television producer, she was given the Xhosa name Thandeka, which means “beloved,” by Archbishop Desmond Tutu in 1984. Thandeka, is also the one who coined the term love beyond belief, as the core principle of Affect Theology. In Thandeka’s own words, “Liberal faith … Continue reading What is “Love Beyond Belief”?
We have focused on the theme of Democracy this month. This Sunday we will continue reflecting on freedom and resistance. We will explore the values that Unitarian-Universalists bring to preserving and promoting the democratic process in our nation and our home communities. This is also the month when our nation – all of us collectively … Continue reading Conscience and the Democratic Process
Come hear from a Native neighbor! Carina Miller is a Warm Springs tribal councilor, chair of the Gorge Commission and an advisor to Hood River Mayor Blackburn. She is an eloquent and passionate speaker. Carina Miller is a Warm Springs, Wasco and Yakama Woman. She lives in central Oregon but lives a nomadic life traveling … Continue reading Indigenous Realities in the Columbia Gorge and Beyond with Guest Speaker Carina Miller
