Episodes

7 days ago
A Text Message from Your Better Angel
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April 20, 2025
Joseph Bednarik
“What’s up, Friend? It’s your BA! Would love to check in to see how things are going. Please give me a call when you’re available! Love yah!” This Easter Sunday we respond to our BA for a heart-to-heart…

Monday Apr 14, 2025
Inherent Mirth and Dignity
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Monday Apr 14, 2025
April 13, 2025
Liz James from UU Hysterical Society
What do you do when the life you’d imagined for yourself is stuck in committee? Join us for the story of the UU Hysterical Society -- the practical joke that accidentally turned into a 230,000 person UU community on Facebook. It’s a story of feeling lost, finding yourself, and UUism-outside-the-box with with UUHS founder Liz James.

Tuesday Apr 08, 2025
How do we respond when life happens?
Tuesday Apr 08, 2025
Tuesday Apr 08, 2025
April 6, 2025
Rev. Barbara Gilday
A death in the family - how do family members respond? An earthquake in New Zealand - how does the community respond? Chaos in our country- how do we respond? Please come with ideas of what we as individuals and communities can do at this moment in our country’s history.

Monday Mar 31, 2025
Boys and Girls Club of Skagit County
Monday Mar 31, 2025
Monday Mar 31, 2025
March 30, 2025
Jen Hutchison
Skagit County provides 7 safe centers for our children, ages 6 to 18, to learn, to be inspired and empowered to become productive adults. Why? Frankly, they’re the only next generation we’ve got. Jen Hutchison, Resource Development Manager, will tell us how it works… and a lot more. A collection for them will follow the service.

Sunday Mar 23, 2025
Freedom as Liberated Love
Sunday Mar 23, 2025
Sunday Mar 23, 2025
March 23, 2025 • 10:30 a.m.
Rev. Reneé Ruchotzke, UUA
The results of the November 2024 election and the inauguration of our new President have shown that many of our neighbors don’t share the same vision of what kind of world we want to live in. Christian Nationalism has been on the rise and democracy is under attack. In this service, we explore how the recently adopted UU Shared Values can help us model a compelling alternative.

Monday Mar 17, 2025
Everyday Depression: Our Potential Ally
Monday Mar 17, 2025
Monday Mar 17, 2025
March 16, 2025
Speaker: Rev. Bruce A. Bode
An exploration of why “everyday depression” comes to us, what it intends, and what meaning it may hold for us.

Sunday Mar 09, 2025
Rumi, Poet & Scholar
Sunday Mar 09, 2025
Sunday Mar 09, 2025
March 9, 2025
Imam Jamal Rahman
In this special presentation, Imam talks about the 13th-century poet and Islamic scholar Rumi. Rumi was a theologian and Sufi mystic born during the Khwarazmian Empire. His works were written mostly in Persian, but occasionally he also used Turkish, Arabic and Greek in his verse.

Sunday Mar 02, 2025
Nuns in North America: Did Hollywood Ever Get it Right?
Sunday Mar 02, 2025
Sunday Mar 02, 2025
March 2, 2025
Sister Linda Riggers, SNJM
You’ve heard of The Nun’s Story, The Singing Nun, Sister Act and Nunsense, not to mention the Bells of St Mary’s, Doubt and The Sound of Music… How close do they come to real life? Sister Linda Riggers (Sally’s sister) will share about how women’s religious orders developed in North America, what’s staying the same and what is changing, how these groups have influenced society and the Catholic church, sand what might be ahead for them. The story of how her own congregation originated, evolved, and is looking to the future will be a point of reference.

Sunday Feb 23, 2025
Welcome Home Skagit
Sunday Feb 23, 2025
Sunday Feb 23, 2025
February 23, 2025
Speaker: Sarah Vogt
Sarah Vogt from Welcome Home Skagit is our speaker. She said the shelters are in great need of NEW packages of men’s and women’s underwear. All sizes are needed! You know what your mama said: “Don’t leave home with dirty undies!” So please pick up a pack or two and bring them to service on Sunday!

Thursday Feb 20, 2025
Wise Choices
Thursday Feb 20, 2025
Thursday Feb 20, 2025
February 16, 2025
Rev. Elaine Strawn
As the proverb goes, we are surely blessed by living in interesting times! But a blessing? Joanna Macy writes of the Great Turning; Rutger Bregman’s research reminds us that humans are evolutionarily decent and friendly. What kind of world will you create, will we create? Together, as we calm our fears, we recognize the deep Wisdom within. Together we develop our awareness and flexibility. And together we become a force for transformation.