06/05/2023 by Shannon Day

What We Value in Our Beloved Community: A Multigenerational RE Celebration Service – Rev. Carter Smith, DRE Jade Wilde with Chris Darnell as Worship Assoc.

Event Start Date:10/12/2024Event End Date:10/12/2024Event Venue:Join us in this annual celebration of our children and youth and their rite of passage transitions into kindergarten, middle school, high school, and young adulthood. Our creative liturgy will engage all ages in considering what we value in our Westside community, and in expressing our gratitude for the gifts we share. Click here to join the livestream of this worship service on Sunday, June 11 at 10:30 am. 

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05/08/2023 by Shannon Day

Remembrance: A Poetry Service – Lisa Reitzes

Event Start Date:10/12/2024Event End Date:10/12/2024Event Venue:In the return of the much-beloved Poetry Service, Lisa Reitzes as Worship Associate will be joined by several Westside members serving as poetry readers and performers on the theme of “Remembrance.” Click here to join the livestream of this worship service on Sunday, May28 at 10:30 am.

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04/13/2023 by Shannon Day

Love at the Center – Rev. Sarah Schurr with Carter Smith

Event Start Date:10/12/2024Event End Date:10/12/2024Event Venue:As a larger faith community, we are reviewing the part of our UUA bylaws that tell the world who we are and what is important to us.  Rev. Sarah Schurr is our contact on the UUA staff, and will share how these statements have changed in the past and what possible changes are being suggested today.  What do you think is the most important value you want us to hold up?  Some say it should be “love”. Click here to join the livestream of this worship service at 10:30 am on Sunday, May 14.

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04/11/2023 by Shannon Day

Circle for the Planet – Carter Smith with Rick Taylor and WSUU Environmental Justice Team

Event Start Date:10/12/2024Event End Date:10/12/2024Event Venue:In these complex and difficult times, how can we cultivate spiritual grounding to help us build right relationship with our more-than-human world? And, what opportunities are opened to us when we approach this work from a lens of Environmental Justice? Join Rev. Carter and the Environmental Justice Change Team for this Earth Day service. Click here to join the livestream of this service at 10:30 am on Sunday, April 23.

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03/22/2023 by Shannon Day

Revival! Rev. Carter Smith with Lisa Reitzes

Event Start Date:10/12/2024Event End Date:10/12/2024Event Venue: Join together for a celebration of the coming springtime, the persistence of life that we honor this time each year. Our minister, Carter Smith will share about the traditions around this world that honor the hope and renewal of this season. We will hold our annual flower communion this Sunday, a century-old UU tradition where all are invited to delight in the sharing of flowers. Please bring a flower with you to add to our shared vases. Please note: this will be a multi-generational service appropriate for all ages. Nursery care will be available

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03/07/2023 by Shannon Day

Sing! The Healing Power of the Human Voice – Scott Farrell with Liz Bucklew

Event Start Date:10/12/2024Event End Date:10/12/2024Event Venue:Click here to join the livestream of this worship service on Sunday, March 26th at 10:30 am. Singing is not only a human ability, it may actually be a need. During this service Scott Farrell, Lisa Maynard and Liz Bucklew will be introducing  singers, songs, and self-reflections from our Westside vocal community. We’ll be singing everything from reggae to Eric Whitacre. We all hope you take advantage of this opportunity to experience and participate in the healing power of the human voice!

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02/24/2023 by Shannon Day

Cultivating Abundance – Carter Smith, Kevin Lane-Cummings & Steve Finney with Chris Darnell

Event Start Date:10/12/2024Event End Date:10/12/2024Event Venue:In this season of new growth all around us we ponder what abundance means and how to cultivate more in our lives and community. This will be our new minister, Carter Smith’s first time in our pulpit! Join us! Click here to join the livestream of this worship service on Sunday, March 12 at 10:30 am

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