The SUUF Podcast

July 26, 2026

Speaker: Dundas Winn

Abiogenesis is the idea that life arose from nonlife more than 3.5 billion years ago on mother earth. Life forms were very simple and gradually became complex. On the other hand, Biogenesis, is life derived from reproduction of other life. The two ideas are quite different. Yet, they both might have occurred back then. Some research has been done to define them. So, what came first: the chicken or the egg? Yellow Stone National Park will be visited in a quest for answers.

July 5, 2026

Katie Posey

An intro into forest therapy. Guiding people back into their sacred relationship with the Earth, with all her beings, and with themselves.

June 28, 2026

Chanda Stone

Bring your children and come to hear from the Executive Director of the Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. This will be a hands-on, activity-filled service, especially geared to our children! It will be filled with songs and tales about our animal and bird friends. We are ending the official 2025-2026 Church Year with a special offering, so please come whether young or maturing!

June 14, 2026

Hannah Smith

This talk is about how insights from interpersonal neurobiology can help us learn to regulate, respond to, and rebuild a thriving community.

Hannah Smith, MA LMHC CGP (She/Her) is owner, educator and consultant, of Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB)/Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT). She is a specialist neurodivergent mapping as well as practical neuroscience and trauma. She will explore the modalities of interpersonal neurobiology and pain reprocessing therapy.

June 7, 2026

Mikey Murdock

Travel in time as Mikey takes us through his personal journey of growth with SUUF friends and members, traveling from the early days at Eagles Hall in West Mount Vernon, to Vasa Hall, Burlington Little School, and to our present location at Diversity Hall. Learn how SUUF has been his evolutionary passport to personal development, inspiring him to be a better version of himself.

May 31, 2026

Julia Hurd

As a steering committee member of No More Bombs, a local group of peace activists advocating for global nuclear disarmament, I will explore a bit of how nuclear weapons are the greatest threat to humanity and life on earth. I will talk about Skagit County’s long history against nuclear weapons, (and nuclear power), a bit about our state’s heavy yet little known involvement in the nuclear industry, as well as our national history, including one of the greatest political movements that managed to eliminate 80% of the world’s stockpile, where we’re at today, and what can be done. Especially as relevant to a faith-based community that believes in justice and transformation doing “faithful work in a hurting world."

May 24, 2026

Kay Knott & Danielle Riley

The CBIC building is an extension of Mount Baker Presbyterian Church. It’s a drop-in center for folks to access lots of services like laundry, showers, rides to essential appointments, some food, toiletries, and peer advocacy for all of their needs.

CBIC partners with Didgwalic Wellness Center of the Swinomish tribe to offer medically assisted drug treatment, mental health treatment, and rides to other associated services.

May 10, 2026

Jamal Rahman

Jamal will glean wisdom from Sufism, Buddhism and Taoism to help us heal and transform our suffering in times of affliction.

May 3, 2026

Lenore Bajare-Dukes
Congregational Life Staff, Central East Region

How do we know what to do when the stories that showed us how to live no longer serve us? Or, what happens when a garden bucket breaks? Wander down a path of healing, imagination, and wild hope with Lenore Bajare-Dukes.

Heather Milliren
Skagit County (P2P) Program Manager

SPARC is committed to laying a foundation for a child’s lifelong success by providing accessible and comprehensive early intervention, education, therapy, and family support services for children with developmental delays, disabilities, or complex health conditions. We envision a community where everyone is understood, supported, loved, and accepted for exactly who they are. SPARC has been serving Skagit County families since 1964. Skagit County Parent to Parent offers emotional support, resources, educational seminars, social and recreational events for Skagit County families whose children have developmental disabilities or ongoing health care needs across the lifespan. Skagit County P2P has been serving Skagit County since 1993.