All are welcome to a vibrant and joyful Pride service celebrating the beauty of freedom, self-expression, and queer resilience. We’ll gather in community with music, laughter, and color—featuring a Pride flag crafting table, wearable accoutrements, a glitter blessing, and our own Drag & Pride Parade! Leaders from Carteret Community College’s SAGA (Sexuality and Gender Alliance) … Continue reading Pride is Spelled with Freedom and Joy

Can we imagine more healing, more peace, by just rolling rocks around in your hand? How old does a stone need to be for healing properties? Are crystals still growing?

As our values guide us in our daily lives, we all become teachers – gather together to celebrate the teachers of our children, here in this congregation, and in our community. Come with the names of some of your favorite teachers throughout your life.

A deep dive into the history of Unitarianism, Universalism and Unitarian Universalism with the aid of a cat meme or three.

Please bring a flower of your choice, either from your own gardens, or from a field or roadside, and we will build a bouquet of joy together in the annual Flower Ceremony.

A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because her trust is not in the branch but in her own wings.

We know how important trust is in relationships, how do we move with trust when we have been harmed?

If we are willing to embrace the challenge of becoming whole, we cannot embrace it alone—at least, not for long: we need trustworthy relationships to sustain us, tenacious communities of support, to sustain the journey toward an undivided life.

Preemptive Radical Inclusion is not an outcome, but is a doorway to justice. By taking actions in advance which center the needs of those marginalized, you move toward the beloved community.

Being a Welcoming Congregation brings us all closer to the dream of Beloved Community – where are we going?