"A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms." - Zen Proverb

Sunday 10am — Flower Communion 🌸 Bring a flower, leave with someone else's. A beautiful UU tradition celebrating Earth, community, and our amazing volunteers. All are welcome!

“The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers.” - Black Elk (Member of the Oglala Lakota Nation, Wičháša Wakháŋ, Healer, & Visionary) 1863 - 1950.

Join us this Sunday at 10am for our weekly service! This week guest minister Rev. Charlotte Lehmann will reflect on their experience during the ICE protest in Minnesota earlier this year - why they went, what they learned, and how it matters to all of us.

“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” - Louisa May Alcott (Unitarian, Transcendentalist, Abolitionist, Suffragist, & Author) 1832 -1888.

Join us this Sunday at 10am for our Annual Memorial Day Service. Let us remember those brave family members who have served our country and have died. We will talk about what Memorial Day means and how we can remember those whose service touched our lives

“Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.” - Thomas Merton (Trappist Monk, Author, Poet, Theologian, Mystic, Teacher, & Interfaith Dialogue Pioneer) 1915 - 1968.

This Sunday, UUCR's youth take the lead! 🌟 Our annual RE service — planned & led by our youth — includes a special Coming of Age ceremony. Come let them shine a little light!

Join us this Sunday at 10am! Rev. Aileen contemplates the wonder of a child — curiosity, asking "Why?", and how we can recapture that sense of wonder by intentionally bringing it back into our lives. 🙏

“I have learned that you are never too small to make a difference—and if a few children can get headlines all over the world just by not going to school, imagine what we could all do together.” - Greta Thunberg (Climate Activist, Public Speaker, & Author) b. 2003.

Join us this Sunday at 10am for our weekly service! This week, Rev. Aileen will explore the possibilities for a better world. How do we shape a better world? We know what we want, mostly. But we have to imagine it first. Let us use our imaginations to explore what it may look like!

“A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing. And when Humanity lands there, it looks out, and seeing a better country, sets sail.” - Oscar Wilde (Author & Poet) 1854 - 1900.

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” - Samuel Beckett (Playwright, Poet, Novelist, Existentialist, Academic, Nobel Laureate, & Screenwriter) 1906 - 1989.

This Sunday (April 19) at 10am, join Rev. Aileen & Linda Weaver for an interactive Earth Day celebration! Earth and its creatures have wisdom to share — come experience it together. 🌿🌏

What does beloved community mean to you? 💛 This Sunday at 10am, guest minister Rev. Alexa Fraser joins us to explore that question through the lens of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah — part of our monthly theme of embracing possibility.

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” - Lao Tzu (Spiritual Teacher, Philosopher, Writer, Sage, & Librarian) c. 604 - 531 BCE.

“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” - Maya Angelou (Author, Poet, Civil Rights Activist, Actress, Playwright, Professor, & Journalist) 1928 - 2014.

On Trans Day of Visibility, Rev. Phoenix Bell-Shelton Biggs calls us to widen the lens. Visibility means ensuring care, safety, and dignity reach trans people across every space and system. Trans lives are sacred. Resources: https://bit.ly/3LC6fZm #TransDayOfVisibility #TDOV #UU

Join us this Sunday at 10am! Rev. Aileen explores resurrection—not as literal, but as transformation and new possibility.

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” - Albert Camus (Philosopher, Novelist, Essayist, Playwright, Nobel Laureate, & Member of the French Resistance) 1913 - 1960.

“Water is patient. Water just waits. Wears down the stone.” - Margaret Atwood (Novelist, Poet, Playwright, Environmental Activist, & Teacher) b. 1939.

Join us this Sunday at 10am for our weekly service! This week, Rev. Aileen will celebrate World Water Day with the congregation. World Water Day has been celebrated for over 30 years. Rev. Aileen will reflect on why it is important to protect and sustain our water resources.

Join us this Sunday at 10am for our weekly service! This week, Rev. Aileen will try to see the world through fresh eyes. How often do we miss the beauty around us? Everyday events and experiences are often filled with beauty we fail to notice because we move too fast to appreciate it.

“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Author, Aviator, Journalist, French Military Officer, & Illustrator) 1900 - 1944. From The Little Prince.

Join us this Sunday at 10am for worship. Guest minister Rev. John Monroe reflects on how our society still listens more to men than to women—and the far-reaching costs of that imbalance. Come join us and explore the question together

“You do not have to be perfect to be powerful. You only have to be present.” - Rev. Victoria Safford (Unitarian Universalist Minister, Writer, Speaker, & Theologian) 1951 - Present.

“The chalice is not a symbol of truth; it is a symbol of our search for truth.” - Rev. Mark Morrison-Reed (Unitarian Universalist Minister, Author, Historian, & Teacher) 1948 - Present.

Join us this Sunday for worship as we approach our annual Stewardship Campaign. Is is giving that we receive. Through our pledges, we sustain our beloved spiritual home — nurturing its vitality now and for the future. 💛

“Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed.” - Henry David Thoreau (Transcendentalist, Naturalist, Essayist, Poet, & Author) 1817 - 1862.

To our Muslim neighbors, friends, and Unitarian Universalists observing: Ramadan Mubarak 🌙✨. May this month bring renewal, clarity, and strengthened community 🤲🏽💛 We hold you in love as you enter this holy season. #Ramadan #community #faith #UU