Decorah UU

05/17/2026

Our annual Flower Communion is always a time to remember the beauty in diversity.

04/30/2026

We UUs are looking forward to our summer services where you will find us frequently outdoors, often at Phelps Park.

11/24/2025

We celebrated the season of gratitude by reading the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address with our mandala made of gifts from Mother Earth in the center.

08/08/2025

Summer takes our Fellowship outdoors, enjoying our connection with the Earth more closely. Here we are on a recent Sunday in the lovely garden of members who told us their story of sustainably growing and restoring their land.

03/23/2025

Margaret Titus Olmstead. Have you ever heard of this woman? Probably not. She was the first woman to lead a congregation in Decorah-in the first years of the 20th century. She was pastor of Unity Church, the current Elks building. She was an ordained Universalist minister who served the congregation of Unitarians, Universalists and more. She was a member of a group called the Iowa Sisterhood, women who began and served new congregations in the western frontier of the late 1800's - 1930.

06/26/2024

We had a lovely evening on the Decorah prairie celebrating Juneteenth and our Solstice.

02/29/2024

Julie Ohde leading our last service at the Lingonberry. Watch the newsletter for our meeting places, as we'll be moving around from time to time, though our regular location will be at the Winneshiek Room, 2R, at the Hotel Winneshiek.

10/07/2023

Sunday, October 8: Listen More and Talk Less
At The Lingonberry

Decorah UU folks will read & discuss. Reverend Dittmar reflects from the perspective of white allyship on the complicated feelings that emerge when attending a local Indigenous cultural event. We will follow with a facilitated conversation about moving forward in allyship while experiencing complicated feelings. From "Dismantling White Supremacy Culture Resource of the Month”.

Get all the details, including how to join via Zoom:
https://www.decorahuu.org/services/listen-more-and-talk-less/

09/23/2023

Our next service: September 24, 2023 at 10:00 am
Traveling with the Living and the Dead: A Pilgrimage for the 21st Century with Gereon Kopf
At The Lingonberry

In the US, pilgrimages are often regarded as an antiquated form of spirituality. Luther College professor of religion Gereon Kopf will share his reflections, in which he will combine his own experience with Catholic as well as Buddhist pilgrimages and the need to walk with people across multiple divisions, imagined and real, in order to enable holistic spirituality and facilitate global peace.

For all the details including how to join via Zoom:

Location: The Lingonberry In the US, pilgrimages are often regarded as an antiquated form of spirituality. Luther College professor of religion Gereon Kopf will share his reflections, in which he will combine his own experience with Catholic as well as Buddhist pilgrimages and the need to ... read m...

09/16/2023

Our next service: September 17, 2023 at 10:00 am
Location: The Lingonberry

When one strand of the web is broken, the entire web is prone to collapse. When we in UU spaces speak of our 7th principle, belief in the interdependent web of all existence, we are not merely speaking in metaphors. Our existences are intricately woven with all life. When violence, oppression, and marginalization occur elsewhere in the world we are consciously and unconsciously bound to it, and vice versa. A service by Cameron Young of MidAmerica Region, read by Decorah UU members.

Get all the details, including how to join via zoom at:
https://www.decorahuu.org/services/adaptive-ministry/

08/27/2023

Today's service: August 27, 2023 at 10:00 am
Location: Phelps Park Shelter #2

In celebration of our monthly theme of beloved community, we will have a short service followed by a potluck, Phelps Park shelter #2. Please bring something to share, serving utensils if needed, and your own plate, a cup, and silverware. We will have some extras if you forget! You may also want to bring a folding chair since picnic tables are limited.

Shelter #2 is directly across the street from our typical shelter #1 location. Access the map of Phelps Park shelters here: https://parks.decorahia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022-park-reservations-map.pdf.