Redding Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

09/02/2026

Please join us for PEACE POLE DEDICATION on Thursday, September 24, 2026 at 7 PM at the Sundial Bridge- South Entrance area.

The community is invited to this special event and encouraged to wear cultural attire! The 7 languages for "May Peace Prevail on Earth" will be spoken by native speakers. Art Garcia, Wintu, will offer a Native American Blessing. Light refreshments following.

The Peace Pole Project is funded by a grant from the Community Foundation Of The North State.

Co-sponsors/Project Endorsements by:
Shasta Interfaith, Shasta County Citizens Advocating Respect, Shasta Beloved Community, Anti-Racism Task Force and Reciproka.

08/17/2026

At Newton Correctional Facility in Iowa, incarcerated men have formed the Newton Unitarian Universalist Fellowship—a growing UU community within the prison centered on worship, reflection, belonging, and shared values.

The fellowship formally launched in 2025 and now includes nearly 30 members who gather regularly for spiritual community and connection.

As Rev. Dr. Michael Tino of the Church of the Larger Fellowship reflects, this ministry offers something profoundly counter to a prison system that so often defines people by their worst actions: a reminder of dignity, the possibility of transformation, and the power of love-centered community.

The Newton fellowship is also a reminder that Unitarian Universalism can take root anywhere people choose covenant, connection, and hope.

Read more in UU World at the link in the comments.

08/17/2026

Join Interfaith Alliance, Protect Democracy, and Interfaith America to learn about the Faith in Elections playbook, which will equip you and your community to address polarization, share trustworthy information, and more. This session is one part of Interfaith Alliance's broader The Vote is Sacred (...

08/17/2026

Congregations and their members are navigating profound upheaval in these times, and I am continually inspired by the creativity and care with which Unitarian Universalists carry out life-saving ministries in diverse communities and contexts. The heart of Unitarian Universalism lives in congregations and communities – in the lay leaders, musicians, religious educators, ministers, and all who gather together week after week. It is an honor and privilege for the UUA to support that vital work.

Our living tradition will outlast these painful times, beloveds. Just as our religious forbears have done across the centuries, we will be shaped by what is happening in our wider world, but we will not be defeated. We will continue to invite all people of good will, who would live their lives by a set of shared values, to join us in dreaming the world anew. We will freely embrace our covenantal tradition and move together to center justice, reason, and love in our spiritual living.

08/11/2026

08/11/2026

08/11/2026

We take in stories each day – headlines, ideologies, campaign tactics, politics, and stump speeches – attempting to convince us that human goodness is impossible. It would be understandable to adopt this lens as our own in this chaotic time, if it were not for the way we as Unitarian Universalists live with one another in community.

When we affirm in our congregations and communities that humanity is inherently worthy and met in that highest value by all of creation, when we give of our time and our resources to strengthen the work of partnership and faithful witness, we are refuting the stories of the day and renewing the very wholeness and possibility of our tradition.

Nicole Pressley, the UUA’s Organizing Strategy Team director, insists that for democracy to work, we need one another and therefore, we must care for each other. All of the work of Side With Love is an investment in democracy and the collective power of community. It is all about the promise, the process, and the people.

Our labor on behalf of climate justice is an investment in democracy. Our work for abolition is an investment in democracy. Our insistence on bodily autonomy through reproductive justice, LGBTQ and gender justice, and disability rights is an investment in democracy. Organizing against criminalization as racial justice and immigration justice is an investment in democracy.

Our showing up for electoral justice, especially in this election season, is an investment in each other and through this, an investment in democracy. The promise of democracy lives in the collective whole and it is made manifest through our actions and our care for one another.

08/11/2026

08/02/2026

Some people make a space feel warmer just by being who they are—the ones who welcome, check in, bring the snacks, answer questions, and help others feel they belong.

Tag in the comments the UU who always saves you a seat and let them know they matter. 💛

08/02/2026

We, the People: A Multi-faith Call to Consciousness is an invitation to help shape a shared vision for the world we do not yet have—one where all humanity and