The Salina Unitarian Universalist Fellowship is affiliated with the national Unitarian Universalist Association as well as the Prairie Star District of the UUA.
Our Mission Statement
To provide a place for personal spiritual growth within an open and affirming community, promoting peace, reason, and the transformation of our world.
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This twelve-minute video shares important background information and inspirational messages about our religion including our history, theology, worship experience, religious education, social justice, and inclusiveness.
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What we affirm and promote:
- The inherent worth and dignity of every person.
- Justice, equity, and compassion in human relations.
- Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth.
- A free and responsible search for truth and meaning.
- The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our fellowship and in society at large.
- The goal of the world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all.
- Respect for the interdependent web of all existence, of which we are a part.
- Spiritual teachings of earth-centered traditions which celebrate the sacred circle of life and instruct us to live in harmony with the rhythms of nature.
The living tradition we share draws from many sources:
- Direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and an openness to the forces which create and uphold life.
- Words and deeds of prophetic women and men which challenge us to confront powers and structures of evil with justice, compassion, and the transforming power of love.
- Wisdom from the world's religions which inspires us in our ethical and spiritual life.
- Jewish and Christian teachings which call us to respond to God's love by loving our neighbors as ourselves.
- Humanist teachings which counsel us to heed the guidance of reason and the results of science and warn us against idolatries of the mind and spirit.
- Spiritual teachings of earth-centered traditions which celebrate the sacred circle of life and instruct us to live in harmony with the rhythms of nature.
Each week we open our Sunday service by lighting a chalice and repeating these words together:
- Love is the doctrine of this church;
The quest for truth is its sacrament,
And service is its prayer.
To dwell together in peace,
To seek knowledge in freedom,
To serve humanity in fellowship,
To the end that all souls shall grow
into harmony with the divine:
Thus we do covenant with one another.
- -L. Griswold Williams
We close each Sunday's service with the following:
- Mend a quarrel.
Search out a forgotten friend.
Dismiss a suspicion and replace it with trust.
Encourage someone who has lost faith.
Keep a promise.
Forget an old grudge.
Examine your demands on others and reduce them.
Fight for a principle.
Overcome an old fear.
Take time to appreciate nature.
Tell someone you love him or her.
Tell them again, ... and again, ... and again.
- -Author Unknown
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