Unitarian Universalist Church of Stillwater

09/12/2026

Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 10:30am

Rev. Jim Eller, “Belonging: Community and
Devotion”

Being a part of a caring community of religious seekers is one of the great gifts of our religious tradition. We get to belong. We are known. We are able to know others. Wecan learn from each other, and from our shared goals, vision and values we are able to help build something greater than ourselves. This Sunday we will celebrate the gifts of community.

Rev. Jim Eller is a lifelong UU and a career long UU minister. He has served UU congregations in Kansas City, Tahlequah, Tulsa, Peoria and Washington DC. He was President of the Retired UU Clergy and Partners organization and did pulpit supply preaching in retirement, as well as working as a chaplain at Norman Regional Hospital.

09/12/2026

This is us! (Not pictured: our three canine friends - Oreo, Ozzy, and Midge.) We walked Boomer and Kameoka today, with a stop at Hilary's for readings and discussion. Thank you, Hilary, for the cool, comfortable break - and for the water for the pups!
We had two thought-provoking readings about choosing hope today: Maya Angelou's "A Brave and Startling Truth," and "Choose to Bless the World" by Rebecca Ann Palmer.

09/06/2026

Sanborn Lake was beautiful yesterday! The water was still and the flora was still green, despite the heat. We had a good group of ten people and three dogs for our Saturday hike.

Our discussion was about the future of humans. What adaptations do you think are needed for mankind to survive? If you could make one prediction about the future human, what would it be?

09/05/2026

Interesting topic for forum tomorrow! All are invited.

Subhash Kak, Regents Professor of the School of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Oklahoma State University, will present at our September Forum.

All are welcome to attend.

09/05/2026

Join us this Sunday, September 6, 2026 at 10:30am for Rev. Mark Christian’s message: “Covenant of the Common Good. Part 2: Community"

This will be the second sermon in the series Covenant of the Common Good: ways we can restore, rebuild and strengthen the common good.

Reverend Christian is a third generation Unitarian Universalist and speaks to us on the fourth Sundays and alternate first Sundays. He has served congregations in OKC and in Las Cruces NM, prior to moving to Stillwater.
Before his career in ministry he had a career in radio broadcasting.

08/29/2026

We returned to the Botanic Garden for this week’s hike! The cooler starting temp and the ample shade from the trees made for a pleasant walk. After the walk, our discussion was about harbingers, portents, and foretellings, and about our reactions to them in our own lives. This topic was inspired by a poem, 'The Problem with Early Warnings,' by Charles Rafferty, which had earlier been shared by our friend, Rick Reiley.

08/28/2026

We welcome you this Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:30 am.

Reverend Susan Ross will give her message: “Glory Be.”

Why is "glory" a word that shows up so much in "God talk," even showing up in the UU Hymnal?

Reverend Ross, ordained as a United Methodist minister, is our pastoral care minister and speaks on the third and fifth Sundays of the month.

08/21/2026

Subhash Kak, Regents Professor of the School of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Oklahoma State University, will present at our September Forum.

All are welcome to attend.

08/21/2026

Join us this Sunday, August 23, 2026 at 10:30am for a message from Rev. Mark Christian.

“Utility, Futility, and the Future”

Living our lives, we make many choices and decisions, but we’re never sure how they’ll turn out. Does the future depend on our utility or is it all an exercise in futility?

Reverend Christian is a third generation Unitarian Universalist and speaks to us on the fourth Sundays and alternate first Sundays. He has served congregations in OKC and in Las Cruces NM, prior to moving to Stillwater.
Before his career in ministry he had a career in radio broadcasting.

08/15/2026

Couch Park, Hoyt Grove, Downtown Stillwater, and Block34. We’ll call it an urban hike! Our discussion today was on the topic of Stoicism. Introduced by the Ancient Greek, Zeno of Citium around 300 BCE, it teaches how to live a good life by focusing on what we can control. Although perhaps more difficult in modern life, we all felt that there are lessons to be learned, particularly by forming responses to others, rather than allowing reactions to emotions, especially negatives ones.