Christmas Eve Service
Join us on Zoom for an online version of our traditional UU Christmas Eve service, with stillness, readings, candles and carols.
There is no recording for this service.
Topic: Community
Our UU Family Holiday
Description: Join us for a celebration of the seasonal holidays as Summit families share how they celebrate during the darkest time of the year. Together we will explore and witness as our children, youth, and adults offer the gift of their stories of celebrations that are part … read more.
Half as Wise and Twice as Effective
Twenty years ago, when I started working with refugees, I believed in the saying “Give a man a fish, feed him for a day—teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime”. I’ve come to understand that the problem is not a need for … read more.
Tallying Up
No matter what the results of election day, our world will look different today than it did last week. We will gather together to be with one another, to reflect on where we are, and to plan for what is next.
Where the Heart Is
Our Fellowship has been in our Cottonwood Ave home for seventeen years. This Sunday’s service will be the culmination and celebration of our campaign to pay down the mortgage on our home, so that we can devote our annual budget to the ministries that will … read more.
Like Bread, Not Stone: Love, Kindness, and Justice
Even though we are separated from each other, the community we build daily sustains us and brings us possibility. What can we learn about crafting that community from Ursula Le Guin, M. Scott Peck, and knitting socks? … read more.
Voting as a Spiritual Act
If we, as members of the Summit Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, believe in the need to create a more just and compassionate world; if we believe that all of us are part of an interconnected web of life, should we not also understand that even the … read more.
The New Normal
September 20
Americans, and Unitarian Universalists, tend to love the idea of choice, and cherish the right to choose freely. But most choices we make every day don’t involve much thoughtful decision-making. Mostly, we do what we are used to doing…what is normal. And when something … read more.
Ingathering
We may not be physically gathering together, but we are nevertheless starting a new season of the church year. Through ritual, music, and words, we will mark the gathering of our spirits at the end of summer.
Better Angels of Our Nature
Using a phrase from President Abraham Lincoln’s Inaugural Address in 1861, Rev. Owen-Towle will turn to our Unitarian Universalism as a religion of “ever-evolving love” for grounding and guidance during this time of a raging pandemic and savage racism.
Rev. Owen-Towle was ordained in 1967 and … read more.