We watch the chaotic climate in frozen horror as if it was an advancing monster. Bad news is just more compelling than good news. On this Earth Day, let’s notice the good news, how what we do matters (and its not your carbon footprint) and find hope. Presented By Rev. Tracy Spencer Ehrman WendyLeigh … Continue reading Upcoming Service April 19, 2026: What If All Is Not Lost?
Our service will be presented by our Right Relations Team, each nominated by the congregation and having completed relevant Unitarian Universalist Association training, which is dedicated to nurturing healthy communication, mutual respect, and compassionate connection within our congregation. Grounded in our shared values, they will help support us in navigating conflict, strengthening trust, and living more … Continue reading Upcoming Service April 12, 2026:Cultivating Right Relationships in Community
The Easter story begins in pain and grief —but it does not end there. The empty tomb stands not as proof to be explained, but as a possibility to be entered: a sign that the worst thing is never the last thing. In this service, we reflect on what it means to live into that … Continue reading Upcoming Service April 5, 2026: After The Worst Thing
In these difficult times, it seems that each morning’s news reports an additional crisis. Our winter newsfeeds were filled with reports of excessively aggressive immigration enforcement and the mistreatment and even killing of those who would protest. We read, too, of a dangerously low snowpack and, as the season changes, we read predictions of more … Continue reading Fire on the Mountain
Join Sulima Malzin & Other WHUUFers, along with the Portland Raging Grannies for an interactive morning of paying attention to the world as it is. Presented By Sulima Malzin Joyce Porter Spencer Erhman Courtney Cross
How much attention is enough? In a 24-hour news cycle, suffering is constant and amplified. If we try to absorb it all, we shut down. If we tune out completely, we disengage. This sermon explores the spiritual discipline of “enough”: paying sufficient attention to move toward meaningful action, while guarding the life of the spirit. … Continue reading Enough to Act
We live in a time when constant connection often means chronic fragmentation. The systems around us are designed to keep us scrolling — but not necessarily grounded. What does it mean, spiritually and ethically, to choose depth over distraction? How do we resist becoming scattered and instead root ourselves in what truly matters?
We often postpone joy, waiting until we’ve achieved enough, fixed enough, or become enough. But life is not something we pay off later. The gifts of being alive — even amid struggle — are available now. This service invites us to stop deferring our own belonging to the present moment.
This congregation doesn’t just happen — we build it together. On this Stewardship Sunday, we reflect on religious community as a source of resilience, a place that helps us live our values and grow in love. When we offer our time, talents, and treasure, we are not just supporting a church — we are building … Continue reading Love Is Built Here
In American culture we’ve been trained to live apart and to measure success by how little we need from others. This service invites us to imagine a different way to live: one where we can be authentic, vulnerable and uncomfortable, and able to ask for and receive help.
Water does not shatter the stone by force, but by persistence and flow. Together we’ll explore resilience as a fluid, responsive way of being — one that accepts obstacles without being defined by them, and finds new paths forward without demanding control.
Black maternal mortality in the United States remains alarmingly high—Black women are still more than three times as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than White women. At the same time reproductive injustice is happening across the country. The impact reverberates through children, families and communities of Color, impacting generations, and thus the community as … Continue reading Black Mother’s Matter
This morning we will hear from Mark Forker, Executive Director of Willamette West Habitat for Humanity , how this nonprofit Christian Housing Ministry supports their belief that everyone should have a decent, safe, and affordable home to come home to, and how Habitat’s Ministry aligns with a number of our UU Principles.
