Joy Is Calling – Amanda Aikman & Kathleen Tracy with Lisa Reitzes

Click here to join the livestream of this worship service on Sunday, June 12 at 10:30 am In the midst of crises and suffering, it can be hard to even contemplate being joyful. But joy exists everywhere, in every situation, and if we practice looking for it, we will find it. Amanda and Kathleen have been teaching and singing about joyfulness since 2010. Learn a few easy practices to help you notice and name the joyful spots in your day. Fight back against doom and gloom! Make the world a little more hopeful! Our service are now multi-platform, both in

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The Art of Being Delighted – Ron Hammond with Chris Darnell

Click here to join the livestream of this worship service at 10:30 am on Sunday, May 29. We have a lot to learn from our children.  WSUU member, Ron Hammond, hopes to convince you to be more receptive to “being delighted”. Our service are now multi-platform, both in person in our sanctuary on online via our YouTube Channel.  If you plan to join us in our sanctuary please read our COVID-19 guidelines. 

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Deep Time – Aisha Hauser with Liz Bucklew

The last two years has impacted people in so many ways, one way that has been unexpectedly is our orientation to time and events. This will be Aisha’s first time preaching in person since the start of the pandemic. She will name the ways our sense of time, connection and community have been affected and how we can move forward to a new and one hopes more equitable paradigm. Click here to join the livestream of this worship service at 10:30 am on Sunday May 22.

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Embracing Theological Uncertainty – Keo Capistany with Lisa Reitzes

UUs believe in holy doubt against the fateful certainties of dogmatic believers and unbelievers. Our theological ignorance makes no difference in our lives.’ Click here to join the livestream of this worship service at 10:30 am on Sunday, May 15. Our service are now multi-platform, both in person in our sanctuary on online via our YouTube Channel.  If you plan to join us in our sanctuary please read our COVID-19 guidelines. 

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Sacred Mother Earth, Rivers Flow to the Sea – Rev. Kari Kopnick with Liz Bucklew

There are seasons when we are frozen in a glacier and then we melt and we are carried across the desert, up in a cloud, always flowing, always held by the sacred mother earth. It’s about believing and trusting and getting to the sea and then begin again. Click here to join the livestream of this worship service at 10:30 am on Sunday, May 8. Our worship services are now multi-platform, in person in our sanctuary and streaming on our YouTube Channel.  If you wish to attend in person please read our full COVID-19 Guidelines.

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May Day: Nature in Music and Readings – Chris Darnell

How does Nature inspire you? Join fellow Westside members and friends for a morning of music and poetry to honor May Day. Click here to join the livestream of this worship service on Sunday, May 1 at 10:30 am.  This worship service will be multi-platform (in person and online).  If you are joining us in the sanctuary please read our COVID -19 Guidelines. 

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Cleaning Our Energy – Rev. Joe Rettenmaier with Larry Brennan

Now more than ever, Earth needs us to rapidly clean up our sources of energy. Join us for a journey through insights and wisdom that can inspire us to clean up our spiritual energy as well, for the sake of all life on Earth. Our services are now multi-platform! Join us in person in our sanctuary (following our new COVID-19 Guidelines) or online via our YouTube Channel. Click here to join the livestream of this worship service at 10:30 am on Sunday, April 24.

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Rebirth: A Musical Spring Cleaning – Scott Farrell with Mia Shaughnessy

This year, Easter Sunday falls on the same week as Earth day! Let us cleanse our hearts and spirits of the heaviness from winter, and celebrate the rebirth that spring time offers us with joyful music. Join Scott Ferrell, our music director, the Westside Strummers, and a plethora of musicians from our community either in our sanctuary or online to soak up the good vibrations. Our services are now multi-platform! Join us in person in our sanctuary (following our new COVID-19 Guidelines) or online via our YouTube Channel. Click here to join the livestream of this worship service at 10:30

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Our Separate Fires Will Kindle One Flame – featuring the Worship Team and Rainier Reunion

Click here to join the livestream of this worship service at 10:30 am on Sunday, April 10th. Inspired by the hymn, “Gather the Spirit,” the Worship Team and Rainier Reunion will present Westside’s return to hybrid worship, with some members and friends assembling in the Sanctuary and others joining connecting remotely by live stream.  At this time of congregational transition, we’ll celebrate our love of gathering and reconnecting through words and song, and will honor the beginning of the Passover. This service will be our return to hybrid worship.  We will gather both in the sanctuary and online via the

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