10 Higby Rd
Utica, NY 13501
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315-724-3179
office@uuutica.orgAmong the reasons we gather for Unitarian Universalist worship are to be connected and not alone, to make a difference in the world, to grow in truth (especially with our children!) and be inspired, and to give back. That is a complex weave of human … read more.
What does evolution have to do with beauty? More than advocates for natural selection and survival of the fittest might want you to believe. Many evolutionary biologists turned away from Darwin’s theory of sexual selection because it wasn’t driven by health or fitness signaling. Darwin … read more.
Service with our minister, Rev. Karen Brammer. Many Unitarian Universalists would say their spirituality is open to change, or not yet defined. There are multiple ways to explore how our spiritual identities differ and align. This service uses the framework developed in Finding your Spiritual … read more.
We will visit the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Syracuse for their 10:30 AM service with Rev. Jennifer Hamlin-Navias. The service will be entirely on Zoom. UU Utica church will NOT be open that morning.
Service with our minister, Rev. Karen Brammer. “Arise, then, women of this day!” is the first line of the Mother’s Day Proclamation written by poet and social reformer, Julia Ward Howe (also writer of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic”). She published this proclamation, writes … read more.
Beltane, or May Day, is the Great Wedding of the God and Goddess. It is a time for making connections and crossing over thresholds into something new. Join us in an Earth-centered, pagan style ritual to celebrate new life, new beginnings, and creating our own … read more.
We as humans have been separating ourselves from each other and the Earth in modern history.
Perhaps it started with the Industrial Revolution – maybe even before that. We must move to the value, reality, and strength of CONNECTION.
Easter has always been about a new hope, a new beginning, new life especially expressed all around us in the season of Spring. How might we throw off the blanket of winter, the past, old habits and discover new possibilities, new perspectives? Join Rev. Janet … read more.
What is the connection between the particular and the universal? Rabbi Bair will explore the interplay between “roots and wings” when it comes to authentic spiritual expression and the universal impulse in Jewish texts and thought, focusing on the holiday of Passover as both deeply connected to … read more.
Somnambulist or not, sleepwalking is a dangerous reality for most people. Too much is done without an awareness of what we are doing. How do we differentiate between culture, habit, and awareness? How does one become more mindful without that mindfulness itself shutting off awareness? … read more.
