12/30/2024 by Shannon Day

Spark Sunday – January 5th 10:30am

Event Start Date:11/15/2025Event End Date:11/15/2025Event Venue:1st Sundays are Spark Sundays! Our next event is January 5th in the Social Hall (front entrance on California & Othello remains locked, please enter through north parking lot door). Doors: 10:00 a.m. for coffee and conversation Activities: 10:30 Potluck Lunch: 12:00 no theme – bring whatever gives you joy! Spark activities will be facilitated by Storey Squires and Shannon Day and will include reflections on the year behind and the brand new year we are starting! Do you ever sit in the pews during worship services and wish that you knew others in this

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12/04/2024 by Shannon Day

“Holy Night: A Christmas Service” Rev. Carter Smith with Liz Bucklew

Event Start Date:11/15/2025Event End Date:11/15/2025Event Venue:At our annual multigenerational Christmas Eve service, let us appreciate the invitation to pause and lean into merriment. We will tell the Christmas story and be reminded of the hope and resilience of a family searching for a place to bring new life into the world. May lift our voices together in song, and make lights in the dark.

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12/04/2024 by Shannon Day

“Why Music Matters” Scott Farrell with Rick Taylor

Event Start Date:11/15/2025Event End Date:11/15/2025Event Venue:Music by the Westside Chorale and other special guests We are hardwired to be drawn to music. Whether as an accompaniment to daily activities, an element of celebrations, or a way to move through varying emotional states of being, music is vital to the everyday life of people around the world. Led by Music Director Scott Farrell and the Westside Chorale members of Westside of all ages will share their vocal and instrumental gifts, we’ll sing a bunch of songs together, and we’ll spend some time exploring just why it is that music matters to

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10/14/2024 by Shannon Day

“Here We Are” – Rev. Carter Smith with Lisa Reitzes

Event Start Date:11/15/2025Event End Date:11/15/2025Event Venue:Our elections have brought to the surface so many of the divides in our nation and in our communities closer to home. Let us join together for a time of prayer, solidarity, and recommitment to reaching towards the Beloved Community. The worship theme for November is Engagement. Click here to join the livestream of this worship service at 10:30 am on Sunday, Nov. 10th.

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10/07/2024 by Shannon Day

“Those Who Have Gone Before Us: A Samhain Service” – Rev. Carter Smith with Steve Burrows

Event Start Date:11/15/2025Event End Date:11/15/2025Event Venue:Join us for our annual service to honor our loved ones who have died in the past year, and connect with our ancestors. We will pause to uplift their memory and to acknowledge our place amongst them in the living stream of time. If you have a loved one who has passed over this year please send a photo with their name and relation to you to: office@wsuu.org by Wednesday, Oct. 23. Click here to join the livestream of this worship service on Sunday, October 27th at 10:30 am.

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08/26/2024 by Shannon Day

“Those Who Have Gone Before Us: A Samhain Service” Rev. Carter Smith with Steve Burrows

Event Start Date:11/15/2025Event End Date:11/15/2025Event Venue:Join us for our annual service to honor our loved ones who have died in the past year, and connect with our ancestors. We will pause to uplift their memory and to acknowledge our place amongst them in the living stream of time. Click here to join the livestream of this service at 10:30 am on Sunday, October 27.

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08/26/2024 by Shannon Day

“On Accountability” Rev Carter Smith with Rick Taylor

Event Start Date:11/15/2025Event End Date:11/15/2025Event Venue:In recent years, our culture has been evolving new ways to talk about justice and accountability in community settings. This service will explore ideas of what accountability might mean in our context, drawing from the wisdom of Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg’s On Repentance and Repair. The worship theme for October is Accountability. Click here to join the livestream of this service at 10:30 am on Sunday, October 13th.

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08/26/2024 by Shannon Day

“With Souls that Make Our Souls Wiser” Rev. Carter Smith with Lisa Reitzes

Event Start Date:11/15/2025Event End Date:11/15/2025Event Venue:This month, as we explore themes around joining together in community, let us take time to honor the individuality alive within our interdependence. As a non-creedal faith community, how do we productively engage difference while keeping our love at the center? How do we encourage one another’s spiritual growth while honoring the unique journey that each of us is on? The worship theme for September is Encounter. Click here to join the livestream of this service at 10:30 on Sunday, September 22nd.

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08/11/2024 by Shannon Day

Ingathering Sunday: At the Confluence of Our Lives – Rev. Carter Smith

Event Start Date:11/15/2025Event End Date:11/15/2025Event Venue:Join us for our annual Ingathering service, where we celebrate this community as a place where the separate streams of our lives begin to flow together, a Confluence. You are invited to bring a small sample of water collected over the summer for Water Communion, a beloved UU tradition. Let us take this time to reconnect with one another, to mingle our separate waters and imagine where our journey together might carry us.

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