Check out out our June newsletter to connect to upcoming events at our Fellowship and in the larger UU community! UUFSM News June 2025

Reflecting on the upcoming World Refugee Day on June 20, Katy Boyd will discuss the UN High Commission on Refugees, its conventions, and its work with refugees around the world. What code of conduct did the U.S actually agree to when it signed onto the conventions regarding refugees? Photo by Wildson Silva on Unsplash   … Continued

  Rev. Bruce Marshall joins us from Silver Spring as our guest speaker this week. Rev. Marshall says, “In this sermon, I would like to offer a ‘spiritual toolbox,’ that is, a set of strategies to reach for in times when we need something to get us through. These tools might not be fancy, but they … Continued

  This Sunday, Gena Wade leads our service and will offer the sermon “What Future(s) Are We Planning For” by the Rev. Karen G. Johnston.  Rev. Johnston thinks about speculative fiction as she considers how we might recognize the inspiration, the reckoning, and the accountability that we have to be good ancestors, not knowing for … Continued

  This Sunday, Jackie Triplett leads our service and will offer the sermon “Building a Cathedral” by Rev. Dr. Sandra Fees. Fees says, “It is important, and yes, it is a spiritual practice to imagine–to hold out an image of that which does not yet exist.  In this way, we can begin to fashion the future … Continued

This Sunday, visiting minister Rev. James Gibbons Walker reflects on what our nurturers have taught us about the memory of and hope for loving care–things that we can cherish in these times. Remote attendees, join at the link below: https://zoom.us/j/97885251657?pwd=OUgwbm9BODh0MGl2bnpOYmJabVllQT09 Meeting ID: 978 8525 1657 Passcode: 884254  

    This Sunday, we will start the May theme of imagination with the sermon “The World our Hearts Know is Possible” by the Rev. Heather Concannon, read by Eva Miller. It discusses our ability to use faith to look beyond this moment and imagine a future where our values are realized. Remote attendees, join … Continued

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This Sunday, we will consider this essential contradiction, two sides of the coin of being human: that we have both the capacity to witness and experience suffering, and also to find and experience joy.  We will hear reflections from essayists Ross Gay and Ann Lamott.  Gena Wade will lead our service. Remote attendees, join at … Continued