Directly following the service this week, we invite you to click the link below to join us for virtual coffee hour. This will be a meeting format so that we can see each others faces and take turns sharing. If the group is large we will form smaller breakout groups.
Continue readingIn these times, where some feel so unsteady in all the upheaval and uncertainty, and some feel inspired by a new vision of love and justice on the horizon, and where many feel both and none of these things and so many other feelings. In these times, what does it
Continue readingJoin Us Following the Service for Virtual Coffee Hour on Zoom Directly following the service this week, we invite you to click the link below to join us for virtual coffee hour. This will be a meeting format so that we can see each others faces and take turns sharing. If
Continue readingIn our tradition and movement seeking love and justice, we are asked often to reflect on what we claim and what claims us, how we claim this faith and what claim it makes upon us. In this last service of our Bridge Ministry we will say a most grateful goodbye
Continue readingBring your favorite hot beverage and join us for Virtual Coffee Hour! Following the service this week, we invite you to join us for virtual coffee hour. This will be in a meeting format so we can see each others’ faces and take turns sharing. If the group is large, we will
Continue readingJust as our congregation is made up of individuals who voluntarily come together to form a community of faith, so Westside is part of a larger whole. We exist in regional, national, and international communities of autonomous UU congregations. Next week, the annual General Assembly of our denomination – the
Continue readingFaith formation is marked by rituals of transition. This annual Westside service celebrates our Religious Exploration (RE) children and youth transitioning into kindergarten, middle school, high school, and graduating into adulthood. During this service we will also offer our thanks to all our incredible volunteer teachers, RE Council, and other
Continue readingLove is the doctrine of this congregation, The quest for truth is our sacrament, And service is our prayer. To dwell together in peace, To seek knowledge in freedom, To serve humanity in fellowship, Thus do we covenant with one another. Join us in honoring the embodied covenant of this congregation as we celebrate the many gifts of service
Continue readingAs we continue to live through this global pandemic, how do we imagine our future? Do we return to life as it was or anticipate a different tomorrow. As individual liberty threatens collective wellbeing and social inequities deepen how do we maintain solidarity in this restless time? Richard D. Kim,
Continue readingHow can we find middle-ground in what feels like a zealotted world? How can we have productive conversations with people that hold opposing views? Together, we will look at sources of conflict rooted in anti-intellectualism and power, trying to unwind and understand why people hold conflicting viewpoints and how we might be able to
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