Day of Action: Act in Solidarity with Immigrants

Event Start Date:03/07/2026Event End Date:03/07/2026Event Venue:Westside’s Racial Justice Change Team (RJCT) is assembling a panel of Westsiders involved in activities supporting immigrant rights work. Plan to attend to learn how some congregants are currently involved and how you can be part of local actions for supporting justice. All of Westside – including families, teens and children – are invited to join Westside’s Racial Justice Team for Immigrant Solidarity Action. The Racial Justice Change Team will provide a variety of activities to engage in, geared for both adults and youth. Families are invited to attend with their children. This is not

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Meet the Moment – Rev. Carter Smith with Vaughn Bell

Event Start Date:03/07/2026Event End Date:03/07/2026Event Venue:Music by Scott Farrell & Westside Pop-up Choir In this service Rev. Carter will share recent learnings from UU colleagues and other leaders who are responding on-the-ground to urgent justice issues around our country. In times of fear, common human responses are to flee, freeze, fight, or fawn. How can we as a community practice a fifth option, to Flock, to respond with courage together? This service will be followed on March 15 by a Day of Action for Immigrant Justice. Our worship theme for March is “Sacred Making.” Join this service online via our

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A Season of Attention – Rev. Carter Smith with David Bullington

Event Start Date:03/07/2026Event End Date:03/07/2026Event Venue:music by Scott Farrell This is a season full of significance for many communities around the world. As Lunar New Year, Lent, and Ramadan coincide, this time is marked as sacred. What wisdom might we gain from learning about these varied traditions of intentional focus. This morning we explore themes of setting aside distractions, taking up commitments, the ebb and flow of discipline and celebration. How can we be inspired by these deep wells of tradition to live with sacred intention? Our worship theme for February is “Rooted Intention.” Join worship online via our YouTube

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Spark Sunday

Event Start Date:03/01/2026Event End Date:03/01/2026Event Venue:Social Hall, WSUUSunday, March 1st Spark Sunday! WSUU Social Hall (enter through parking lot door) 10:00 Doors open for coffee & conversation 10:30 Activities begin 12:00 Potluck Lunch – no theme – bring whatever gives you joy. Safe food handling guidelines. Do you ever sit in the pews during worship services and wish that you knew others in this community better? Do you crave more joy, meaning, and connection in your life? Are you longing for deeper conversations about topics that really matter in our lives today? Please plan to join us each first Sunday for this

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A Season of Attention – Rev. Carter Smith & David Bullington

Event Start Date:03/07/2026Event End Date:03/07/2026Event Venue:This is a season full of significance for many communities around the world. As Lunar New Year, Lent, and Ramadan coincide, this time is marked as sacred. What wiThis is a season full of significance for many communities around the world. As Lunar New Year, Lent, and Ramadan coincide, this time is marked as sacred. What wisdom might we gain from learning about these varied traditions of intentional focus. This morning we explore themes of setting aside distractions, taking up commitments, the ebb and flow of discipline and celebration. How can we be inspired by

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Parent Group & Religious Exploration

Event Start Date:02/15/2026Event End Date:02/15/2026Event Venue:Westside Unitarian Universalist CongregationSunday, February 15th – 3rd Sunday Parent & Caregiver Group 10:30am – 12:00 noon Fireside Room All are welcome to join any or all meetings — no RSVP is necessary. Participants are welcome to park in the church lot or on the street, and to enter through the Social Hall door. RE child and youth programming will be taking place at the same time in the Social Hall.

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Parent & Caregiver Group

Event Start Date:03/07/2026Event End Date:03/07/2026Event Venue:Sunday, February 15th – 3rd Sunday Parent & Caregiver Group 10:30am – 12:00 noon Fireside Room All are welcome to join any or all meetings — no RSVP is necessary. Participants are welcome to park in the church lot or on the street, and to enter through the Social Hall door. RE child and youth programming will be taking place at the same time in the Social Hall. Please park in the lot and enter through the social hall doors

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Spark Sunday – Rituals and Attention

Event Start Date:03/07/2026Event End Date:03/07/2026Event Venue:Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation Social HallFacilitated by Riley Ozano & Storey Squires Theme: Rituals and Intentions: February is a time of meaningful observances such as Ramadan, Lent, and Lunar New Year. What intentional practices, large or small, spiritual or secular, provide meaning to your life? Come share together our UU pluralism. We need not think alike to love alike. WSUU Social Hall (enter through parking lot door) 10:00 Doors open for coffee & conversation 10:30 Activities begin 12:00 Potluck Lunch – no theme – bring whatever gives you joy. Safe food handling guidelines. Do you

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Black History Month Celebration – Marcus Harrison Green & Rev. Carter Smith with Aimee Schiefelbein

Event Start Date:02/08/2026Event End Date:02/08/2026Event Venue:Westside Unitarian Universalist CongregationMusic by Scott Farrell, The Westside Chorale and soloist Cecelia Hayes Black history is not a sidebar to American history. It is one of its central threads. From freedom struggles and faith traditions to labor movements, art, and community care, Black people have continually shaped the moral, political, and spiritual landscape of this country. To engage Black history honestly is to better understand America itself, and to glimpse the possibiliti es of who we might yet become. In this sermon honoring Black History Month, local journalist Marcus Harrison Green will reflect on

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Spark Sunday!

Event Start Date:03/07/2026Event End Date:03/07/2026Event Venue:Spark Sunday! WSUU Social Hall (enter through parking lot door) Today’s Theme is 10:00 Doors open for coffee & conversation 10:30 Activities begin 12:00 Potluck Lunch – no theme – bring whatever gives you joy. Safe food handling guidelines. Do you ever sit in the pews during worship services and wish that you knew others in this community better? Do you crave more joy, meaning and connection in your life? Are you longing for deeper conversations about topics that really matter in our lives today? Please plan to join us each first Sunday for this

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