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Fill Your Soul

In normal times, we would welcome you back from summer through our water ritual. This year, we will use water imagery for online worship, inviting you to refill your soul with its healing powers. Like the rain, let the waters of this service bring you … read more.

Sowing the Seeds of Belonging and Freedom

Reflections on why reconnection to the earth is essential to building a more harmonious existence for all. Erin Corrigan grew up in Remsen, NY and graduated from Clarkson University in 2014 with a degree in Environmental Science.  She  spent the past several years traveling the world, learning and working on … read more.

Resiliency, Love and Community

Mike Ballman is the Pastor of both Cornerstone Community Church and Plymouth Bethesda Church and the founder and director of the Oneida Square Project – all located on Plant Street in Oneida Square in Utica.

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Principled Faith

Unitarian Universalism has no creed, no set of beliefs that we share. We are connected by our Principles and Purposes. This Sunday, let’s get a 30,000 ft view of these seven statements. In the coming year, we’ll consider each in depth, as well as the … read more.

Know Your Place

When it comes to racial justice, what does it mean to “know your place”? Some see it as a phrase with an oppressive and violent racially-charged history. Others seek to know their place so they might be better engaged and connected in the work of … read more.

Home with Hosea

Hosea Ballou (1771-1852) was a Universalist minister and theologian who was highly influential in the development of American Universalism. What might we learn from him that can inform our faith and lives today? 

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The Writing on Your Wall

In these strange days of COVID-19 we have been invited into many homes for online interview of people.  Invariably the settings are either in their kitchens or in front of their bookcases. When in front of bookcases I find myself drifting away from what they … read more.

Spiritual, Not Political

Join us to explore the ways in which political and activist action are based in Unitarian Universalist theology and spirituality.

10:30AM, Sunday, June 21, 2020 “Lighting Your Internal Fire” UUUtica Worship Committee
Join together on this summer solstice, the longest day of the year, to think about what lights … read more.

Just This Moment

In this digital age, as we photograph, record, and post so many of our experiences to the internet, it is getting more difficult for pieces of our lives and our souls to exist only in their singular moment. Where and how do meaning and spirituality … read more.