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All About Our Principles

Unitarian Universalist congregations affirm and promote Seven Principles, which we hold as strong values and moral guides. What are these principles? How do they inspire and challenge? And, how did they come to be? All are welcome for this service of inquiry as we explore these principles, and consider their meaning in our lives and in our … Continue reading All About Our Principles

All About Our Sources

Let us explore the Sources in Unitarian Universalism this Sunday! Hint: here is a bit more about our shared UU sources… https://www.uua.org/beliefs/what-we-believe/sources UUP’s regular WORSHIP LINK:https://zoom.us/j/91593418054?pwd=azlydXplTTBlL2FHN1JydFByUkhkUT09 You can also find this link here:https://tinyurl.com/UUPWorship21

Meditations & Memory

Sunday, October 24th, 2021, 10:30AM, ZOOMAs Samhain, Dia De Los Muertos, and Halloween approach, we take this opportunity to reflect on the teachings of this fall season,  and to honor and remember our beloved ones who have died. Please consider bringing a candle and a picture of someone you are remembering with you when you join the … Continue reading Meditations & Memory

Do Nothing

Supporting Service: Rev. Dara Olandt, Minister;  Ellen Beeler, Worship Associate Artist Jenny Odell writes “Nothing is harder to do than nothing. In a world where our value is determined by our productivity, many of us find our every last minute captured, optimized, or appropriated as a financial resource by the technologies we use daily.”  In the face … Continue reading Do Nothing

Why an 8th Principal?

SPECIAL JOINT SERVICEwith Guest Bruce Pollack-Johnson, PhD UU Petaluma please join the service at 10:30amNOTE: Please use a special zoom link below for this particular service! (It is a different link than our regular worship link.) A joint service with First Unitarian Church of Oakland, Unitarian Universalists of Petaluma, UU Fellowship of Sunnyvale, Mission Peak UU Congregation, and the … Continue reading Why an 8th Principal?

Across the Generations

All month long we’ll be exploring the theme of “Cultivating relationship”. This morning we ask: what does it mean to engage “across” different generations — in our families, workplaces, in the larger culture and our congregation? Do generations collide? Connect? Enrich one another? What’s the relationship between generations? Gather for this joyful service of inquiry … Continue reading Across the Generations

SUNDAY SEPT. 19th

IN LIEU OF OUR REGULAR WORSHIP UUP Celebration, Community Gathering & Engagement Fair!  At our new building! 16 5th St, Petaluma, CA. In-Person Outdoor Event! Stay the whole time or come by for a short while. Enjoy music, activities for all ages, and find ways to get engaged at UUP. There will be a brief Centering … Continue reading SUNDAY SEPT. 19th

When All The Gates Are Open – Season of Transforming, The Days of Awe

Sunday, September 12th, 10:30am Rev. Dara Olandt, Andrew Richardson, Worship Associate, Will Johnson, Accompanist The 10 day period that extends from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur is known collectively as the Days of Awe, a time of introspection and repair in Jewish tradition. What can it mean when all of “the gates” that separate us … Continue reading When All The Gates Are Open – Season of Transforming, The Days of Awe

Economies of Love: A Labor Day Service

Sunday, August 5th 10:30amRev. Dara Olandt George Beeler, Worship Associate Will Johnson, Accompanist The word “economy” has roots in the Greek word, oikonomia, meaning “household management”. What could it mean to re-think social economies by prioritizing labor and love? All are welcome for this service affirming the worth, power and dignity of human labor.