Hello, I’m Barb Freeman. You’ve probably seen me on Zoom. It was with surprise and delight that I found the UU church. Imagine, a group of thinking, accepting people, who did not offer their truth, but held out ways for me to explore alone and with others what truth might be. The UU church is … Continue reading Barbara Freeman

I am vying with several others for being active in the Utica Unitarian Universalist Church for the longest time. We started attending the yellow-brick church on Oneida Square in 1960 when we moved to Utica. In my early years I attended an Episcopal church hear Chicago, later joining a Presbyterian Church in my teens. During … Continue reading Sally Carman

We first attended a Sunday worship service at UU Utica in February of 2017. We immediately felt that we had found a welcoming community that values diversity; a congregation with open-minded and open-hearted people where we can be just as we are. For us, our church community is a safe space rooted in respect and … Continue reading John Camilleri and Jerry Reed