Episodes

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Boys and Girls Club of Skagit County
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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.

Monday Feb 03, 2025
Wisdom Teachings from The Twilight Zone
Monday Feb 03, 2025
Monday Feb 03, 2025
February 2, 2025
Joseph Bednarik
The Twilight Zone—a revolutionary television program from the early 1960s—was created by Rod Serling, who also happened to be a Unitarian. This Sunday we collectively search for truth and meaning in a “wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination.”

Sunday Jan 26, 2025
Skagit Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Services
Sunday Jan 26, 2025
Sunday Jan 26, 2025
January 26, 2025
Heidi Roy, Executive Director
DVSAS provides free and confidential assistance for victims of domestic violence, including stalking, elder abuse, and sexual harassment. Services include crisis intervention, emergency shelter, advocacy-based counseling, legal, medical and social services advocacy, support groups, children’s advocacy and community education and prevention. Their mission aligns with our UU values of equity and justice.

Monday Jan 20, 2025
UU Stories of Transformation
Monday Jan 20, 2025
Monday Jan 20, 2025
January 19, 2025
Revs. Hoover & Edington
"It takes a lot of courage to stand up for your rights, to be a transformer. We will always be transformers in our country, within our state. People who will stand up and organize, simply because it is the right and true thing to do. Hopefully they, and you, will inspire others to join in doing so."