About Us...
Our Mission Statement
Our mission is to unite for religious worship,
to provide a forum for diverse spiritual and intellectual fellowship,
to serve our community,
and to teach and promote the principles and practices of Unitarian Universalism.
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We covenant to walk together:
In LOVE, by nuturing one another's spiritual growth and full humanity.
In RESPECT, by honoring one another's beliefs and intentions, listening without judgement, listening to understand.
In COMPASSION, by being there for one another, in times of joy and sorrow alike.
In HUMOR, by learning to laugh together, have fun together, and joyously celebrating our faith community.
Thus do we covenant with one another in faith and in love.
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Hello! We are the "Come As You Are" church. Bring with you any beliefs, ideas, theological struggles that you may have. Under no circumstances will you be turned away at the door or denied either friendship or membership. For we are indeed "a religious people who have have woven the strands of a rich past into a tapestry for the present".
We are Humanists, Unitarian Christians, Theists, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, Atheists, Agnostics: you name it, and if there are not any of a given religious viewpoint at St. Pauls, then they are off in some other Unitarian Universalist church or fellowship. Come add yours to ours.
And, of course, there are many who do not put their religious stance nor questions into any category: folk who are simply gathering with a group of people who are open-minded and who accept all human beings as their equals, who strive to give respect to every individual and to count the worth of each and every person as valuable as their own. And if you are in a quandry about your spiritual position, welcome! So are many of us.
So, come to St. Paul's and try us on for size.You just might find a group of striving people who value the free mind as much as they value the fellowship of like-minded people.
We are a non-creedal church - we don't tell people what to believe or not to believe. That's their choice. What we teach and preach, in our Sunday school as well as in the sanctuary, is the common sense of living a fruitful and interesting life, respecting other people and daring to speak our minds when other people's dignity is abused. Some people claim to know a whole lot about the mechanics of heaven and hell. We might wish they had a few good ideas about living in peace and harmony on the world we do know.
Hope is the answer in Unitarian Universalism. One of our ninteenth-century preachers told a beginning minister, "Don't give them hell, give them hope." We're still coming from that position.
Our children's Sunday School teaches a child's version of our seven principles and how we can all live by them. The children learn how to respect each other and our wonderful Earth. We teach that environmentalism is a spiritual responsibility. We have many curricula provided by the Unitarian Universalist Association to teach various facets of life and how to live it to the fullest. We don't teach our children theology, we expect parents to be resident theologians. If they want their children taught Christianity, they can teach them at home. In church, we teach life, love, and hope.
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