Our UUUtica faith community aspires to work toward a future woven with intention and hope. How do we renew our hope as it falters in the realities around us?

We cannot create peace and justice from acts of violence. Yet nonviolent practice includes great compassion and courage. Rev Karen shares lessons learned from study of and participation in nonviolent direct action. 

Renewal, Regeneration, Rebirth are words aligned with one of the Unitarian Universalist understandings of Easter Resurrection. We learn and celebrate the role that embracing deep renewal can play for our bodies, minds and spirits from different cultures.

As People of the United States, we live in the belly of culture that has been built on systematically hurting whole groups of people and earth. Where can we go with that understanding? What are some of the ways individuals and organizations move toward healing … read more.

Religions have used guilt for centuries to cause people to comply – much to the destruction of free spirits. Too often we inflict guilt on ourselves through regrets and shame which effectively bends our behavior and our hearts. We’ll talk about whether guilt can ever … read more.

Unitarian Universalists claim to cultivate open minds, loving hearts and giving hands or a more loving and just world. What does it take to move our collective dreams and yearnings into active care and turning dreams into realities? “Fire in the Belly” is a powerful … read more.

Unitarian Universalism welcomes a diversity of life- experiences, focuses on building community, and encourages differences in truth and meaning. With this variety, are there possible common threads to claim as UU identities?

Rev. Karen shares two thoughts about rebuilding capacity after heart surgery. The first is to “Breathe. Now breathe deeper, even if it hurts.” The second comes under the category of “Say it and hopefully I’ll come to believe it.”  Another exercise in Unitarian Universalist faith … read more.

Traditions celebrated at Christmas Eve and all holidays and Holy Days can ignite shared meaning, kindle hope, and reawaken dreams. This celebration of Christmas creates a loving space for the many ways we care for one another and ourselves through life’s darker seasons. Come celebrate our candle light … read more.

The Saturday before this service the Unitarian Universalist Church of Utica joins more than 350 other UU congregations in workshops and projects to heal climate in partnership with those most impacted by climate change. This Sunday service acknowledges how difficult the current reality is as … read more.