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Welcoming People of All Faiths, all those still figuring out their "Faith", and those not quite sure about the concept of "Faith." Join us on Sundays at 10 am.

We are a growing Unitarian Universalist Congregation serving the Sandhills communities. The core of Unitarian Universalism is the freedom of belief along with the responsibility to seek truth and meaning. There is no set creed and there are no required beliefs. We are united by our freedom to question, our agreement that it is all right to be in doubt, and that the search for individual truth may be aided by common effort. To learn more about this progressive religion go to www.uua.org

What to Expect When You Attend Our Church. You will be greeted by a small but friendly congregation of people who come from diverse religious backgrounds and who encourage varied views. The Service. After opening words the congregation is invited to the service with the lighting of the flaming chalice, which is the Unitarian Universalist symbol signifying our goal of independent thinking, doing good works, and building character. The Order of Service may vary from week to week but usually includes a time for any individual to come forward, light a candle, and speak briefly about a particular joy or concern one may have. Members may share difficult life issues or wonderful milestones. A hymn may precede and/or follow the day’s message and will have some relevance to the topic. Hopefully the music can enhance a more profound presence. Most congregations refer to the Minister’s presentation as the sermon. Some call it a pulpit address. Here at Sandhills we call it “the message“. The topics are many and varied and are taken from both within and outside of the Judeo/Christian traditions. Our congregation is lay led so some of the members themselves prepare and present religious topics. Occasionally a guest minister is invited to deliver a message. Also, recorded sermons on DVD’s from other congregations is often used. The service ends with the reciting of our covenant which invokes love, service, and the quest for truth, justice, and peace. Following the service there are refreshments and fellowship.

10/18/2026

The Bridges of Faith event today at SCC was very good and informative. At the end, they passed out flyers for the Bridges of Faith - Trails of Faith which invites people to attend services of the faiths presented on specific dates. I have signed up for the ones in November and February. There are openings for the first 50 people to register. If you're interested, I encourage you to not wait. I know some people who did the mosque tour in Cary (I think that's where it was) many years ago expressed an interest in another tour or attending a service.

10/15/2026

DEATH EDUCATOR, GAIL RUBIN, Brings Two Lively Mortality Events to Moore County

Death Café in Whispering Pines and a Harold and Maude Mortality Movie Matinee in Southern Pines offer two unusual ways to talk about life, death and everything in between

WHISPERING PINES/SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. – Death may not be everyone's favorite conversation starter, but Gail Rubin has spent more than 16 years demonstrating that talking about mortality can be fascinating, helpful and even fun. And it won’t kill you.

Rubin, a Certified Thanatologist known as The Doyenne of Death®, is coming to the Pinehurst area in October and bringing two opportunities for local residents to have conversations about a subject everyone eventually faces.

On Friday, October 23, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., Rubin will facilitate a Death Café at the Whispering Pines Community Building, 1320 Rays Bridge Road in Whispering Pines. The event is free and open to the public.

The following day, Saturday, October 24 at 1:00 p.m., Rubin will host a Mortality Movie Matinee featuring the classic 1971 film Harold and Maude at the Sunrise Theater, 250 NW Broad Street in Southern Pines. Tickets are $12.50.

Rubin, who is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, will be in North Carolina to attend the National Funeral Directors Association convention in Charlotte. She is coming to the Pinehurst area early at the invitation of friend and fellow National Speakers Association member Doug Lynam, a financial planner, speaker and author who lives in Pinehurst.

Coffee, Cake and Conversation About Mortality

Rubin was one of the first people in the United States to hold a Death Café in 2012. The international Death Café movement began in London in 2011, inspired by the Café Mortel gatherings created by Swiss sociologist Bernard Crettaz.

10/14/2026

Greetings!

Please join us this Sunday, October 18th @10 am to hear Eric Bannan talk about “Weavers and Threads” - when we tell a story, we weave together the threads of our personal experience and beliefs; we express our values, sometimes unintentionally. When someone hears our story and they are moved or inspired by it, a little strand from that thread connects the teller and the listener at the heart. We will explore how our personal stories connect us as families and as a community. Eric Bannan is a vocal explorer, storyteller and singer/songwriter who continues to enrich us with his music and storytelling.

The service will be followed by coffee hour where you can enjoy good food, coffee/tea, enjoyable conversation, and fellowship.

Come as you are, and all are welcome!

UUCS is a concerned congregation whose members value social justice as well as social congress. Some of the activities its congregants have been involved with include Meals on Wheels, the Eastern NC Food Bank, hosting a Siembra NC ICE Watch training, Moral Monday, a tour of the Apex Mosque, the organization and maintenance of Sandhills Pride (an LGBTQ organization), and a joint effort with Trinity A.M.E. Zion and Emmanuel Episcopal, adding a fourth Wednesday to their ongoing program of providing bag lunches to those in need. We continue exploring new ways we can serve our community and our congregation.

We are officially recognized by the UUA as a Welcoming Congregation. To learn more about Welcoming Congregations, check out https://www.uua.org/lgbtq/welcoming/program
https://www.uua.org/lgbtq/welcoming/program/186429.shtml

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Sandhills holds services every Sunday at 10 a.m. at 1320 Rays Bridge Road, Whispering Pines, in the Whispering Pines Community Building.

Learn more about UUCS by visiting www.uucsandhills.org.

***Please remember to bring donations of non-perishable food for the Food Bank. Food insecurity has become an ever-increasing problem for far too many people. Please give what you can.

In 1987 the Unitarian Universalist Association established the Common Vision Planning Committee, a diverse group of clergy and laity from around the Nor...

10/09/2026

O'Linda Watkins and Rev. Phil Hardy have created the "Sandhills Interfaith Alliance" - a true jewel for our community. Thank you so much!

10/07/2026

Greetings!

Please join us this Sunday, October 11th @10 am for a presentation on “The Jefferson Bible” by UUCS member, George Desser.

The service will be followed by coffee hour where you can enjoy good food, coffee/tea, enjoyable conversation, and fellowship.

Come as you are, and all are welcome!

UUCS is a concerned congregation whose members value social justice as well as social congress. Some of the activities its congregants have been involved with include Meals on Wheels, the Eastern NC Food Bank, hosting a Siembra NC ICE Watch training, Moral Monday, a tour of the Apex Mosque, the organization and maintenance of Sandhills Pride (an LGBTQ organization), and a joint effort with Trinity A.M.E. Zion and Emmanuel Episcopal, adding a fourth Wednesday to their ongoing program of providing bag lunches to those in need. We continue exploring new ways we can serve our community and our congregation.

We are officially recognized by the UUA as a Welcoming Congregation. To learn more about Welcoming Congregations, check out https://www.uua.org/lgbtq/welcoming/program
https://www.uua.org/lgbtq/welcoming/program/186429.shtml

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Sandhills holds services every Sunday at 10 a.m. at 1320 Rays Bridge Road, Whispering Pines, in the Whispering Pines Community Building.

Learn more about UUCS by visiting www.uucsandhills.org.

***Please remember to bring donations of non-perishable food for the Food Bank. Food insecurity has become an ever-increasing problem for far too many people. Please give what you can.

In 1987 the Unitarian Universalist Association established the Common Vision Planning Committee, a diverse group of clergy and laity from around the Nor...

09/30/2026

Greetings and Happy Fall!

In lieu of our service this Sunday, October 4th, starting at 11 am (NOTE THE TIME CHANGE), we will have our annual Fall potluck picnic at the Whispering Pines Community Center, 1320 Rays Bridge Rd, Whispering Pines. We will have good food, games, music, and good discussions.

Regarding discussions, we specifically invite everyone to come and share your thoughts (and solutions) regarding how we might confront the reality that our worship space will be undergoing renovation in January and February (2027) and we will need to find alternatives to our current space. Zoom church is the choice of last resort.

The floor will also be open for presentation of ideas regarding how we might be our best beyond February 2027. At this point we know that our worship space will have a new floor, accessible bathrooms and a new, and improved, kitchen.

UUCS is a concerned congregation whose members value social justice as well as social congress. Some of the activities its congregants have been involved with include Meals on Wheels, the Eastern NC Food Bank, hosting a Siembra NC ICE Watch training, Moral Monday, a tour of the Apex Mosque, the organization and maintenance of Sandhills Pride (an LGBTQ organization), and a joint effort with Trinity A.M.E. Zion and Emmanuel Episcopal, adding a fourth Wednesday to their ongoing program of providing bag lunches to those in need. We continue exploring new ways we can serve our community and our congregation.

We are officially recognized by the UUA as a Welcoming Congregation. To learn more about Welcoming Congregations, check out https://www.uua.org/lgbtq/welcoming/program
https://www.uua.org/lgbtq/welcoming/program/186429.shtml

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Sandhills holds services every Sunday at 10 a.m. at 1320 Rays Bridge Road, Whispering Pines, in the Whispering Pines Community Building.

Learn more about UUCS by visiting www.uucsandhills.org.

***Please remember to bring donations of non-perishable food for the Food Bank. Food insecurity has become an ever-increasing problem for far too many people. Please give what you can.

In 1987 the Unitarian Universalist Association established the Common Vision Planning Committee, a diverse group of clergy and laity from around the Nor...

09/26/2026

Greetings and my apologies for this late posting!

Please join us this Sunday, September 27th @10 am as we wlcome back the Rev John Saxon for his sermon, “Wabi Sabi: Seeing Beauty in Brokenness”

The service will be followed by coffee hour where you can enjoy good food, coffee/tea, enjoyable conversation, and fellowship.

Come as you are, and all are welcome!

UUCS is a concerned congregation whose members value social justice as well as social congress. Some of the activities its congregants have been involved with include Meals on Wheels, the Eastern NC Food Bank, hosting a Siembra NC ICE Watch training, Moral Monday, a tour of the Apex Mosque, the organization and maintenance of Sandhills Pride (an LGBTQ organization), and a joint effort with Trinity A.M.E. Zion and Emmanuel Episcopal, adding a fourth Wednesday to their ongoing program of providing bag lunches to those in need. We continue exploring new ways we can serve our community and our congregation.

We are officially recognized by the UUA as a Welcoming Congregation. To learn more about Welcoming Congregations, check out https://www.uua.org/lgbtq/welcoming/program
https://www.uua.org/lgbtq/welcoming/program/186429.shtml

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Sandhills holds services every Sunday at 10 a.m. at 1320 Rays Bridge Road, Whispering Pines, in the Whispering Pines Community Building.

Learn more about UUCS by visiting www.uucsandhills.org.

***Please remember to bring donations of non-perishable food for the Food Bank. Food insecurity has become an ever-increasing problem for far too many people. Please give what you can.

In 1987 the Unitarian Universalist Association established the Common Vision Planning Committee, a diverse group of clergy and laity from around the Nor...

09/17/2026

Greetings!

Please join us this Sunday, September 20th @10 am for the video sermon, “Milestones Along the Journey” by Rev. Beth Dana of the First Unitarian Church of Dallas. UUCS member, Lee D’Onle will lead the service.
The service will be followed by coffee hour where you can enjoy good food, coffee/tea, enjoyable conversation, and fellowship.

Come as you are, and all are welcome!

UUCS is a concerned congregation whose members value social justice as well as social congress. Some of the activities its congregants have been involved with include Meals on Wheels, the Eastern NC Food Bank, hosting a Siembra NC ICE Watch training, Moral Monday, a tour of the Apex Mosque, the organization and maintenance of Sandhills Pride (an LGBTQ organization), and a joint effort with Trinity A.M.E. Zion and Emmanuel Episcopal, adding a fourth Wednesday to their ongoing program of providing bag lunches to those in need. We continue exploring new ways we can serve our community and our congregation.

We are officially recognized by the UUA as a Welcoming Congregation. To learn more about Welcoming Congregations, check out https://www.uua.org/lgbtq/welcoming/program
https://www.uua.org/lgbtq/welcoming/program/186429.shtml

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Sandhills holds services every Sunday at 10 a.m. at 1320 Rays Bridge Road, Whispering Pines, in the Whispering Pines Community Building.

Learn more about UUCS by visiting www.uucsandhills.org.

***Please remember to bring donations of non-perishable food for the Food Bank. Food insecurity has become an ever-increasing problem for far too many people. Please give what you can.

In 1987 the Unitarian Universalist Association established the Common Vision Planning Committee, a diverse group of clergy and laity from around the Nor...

09/13/2026

Join Friends for Common Ground as we bring Rich Logis to Southern Pines on Tue, Sept 15 at 7 pm.
Hear about his journey from disaffected independent to hardcore MAGA pundit to the founder of Leaving MAGA.
(copied from Linda Hoover)

09/09/2026

Greetings!

Please join us this Sunday, September 13th @10 am to hear Emily & Pat Silvola lead the service on “Four Elements of Wholeness”. They will share with us the four elements (earth, air, water, & fire), and how they integrate with spirituality and wholeness.

The service will be followed by coffee hour where you can enjoy good food, coffee/tea, enjoyable conversation, and fellowship.

Come as you are, and all are welcome!

UUCS is a concerned congregation whose members value social justice as well as social congress. Some of the activities its congregants have been involved with include Meals on Wheels, the Eastern NC Food Bank, hosting a Siembra NC ICE Watch training, Moral Monday, a tour of the Apex Mosque, the organization and maintenance of Sandhills Pride (an LGBTQ organization), and a joint effort with Trinity A.M.E. Zion and Emmanuel Episcopal, adding a fourth Wednesday to their ongoing program of providing bag lunches to those in need. We continue exploring new ways we can serve our community and our congregation.

We are officially recognized by the UUA as a Welcoming Congregation. To learn more about Welcoming Congregations, check out https://www.uua.org/lgbtq/welcoming/program
https://www.uua.org/lgbtq/welcoming/program/186429.shtml

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Sandhills holds services every Sunday at 10 a.m. at 1320 Rays Bridge Road, Whispering Pines, in the Whispering Pines Community Building.

Learn more about UUCS by visiting www.uucsandhills.org.

***Please remember to bring donations of non-perishable food for the Food Bank. Food insecurity has become an ever-increasing problem for far too many people. Please give what you can.

In 1987 the Unitarian Universalist Association established the Common Vision Planning Committee, a diverse group of clergy and laity from around the Nor...

Address

1320 Rays Bridge Road
Whispering Pines, NC
28327

Opening Hours

10am - 11am

Website

http://www.uucsandhills.org/

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