Pacific Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

Militarism & Democracy
2024-04-28 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
David Delk

America, the empire, spends hundreds of millions of dollars each year promoting preparation for war and for conducting wars around the world. David will examine the host of human needs which lack adequate funds to develop solutions for, like housing, childcare, student debt and the climate crisis as a result.
David Delk is a former member of PUUF and is now a member of 1st U/Portland. He has spent decades working to enact limits on campaign contributions in Oregon. He is currently on the board of the OR UU Voices for Justice, and he has now also joined the board of UUs for a Just Economic Community (UUJEC).

~Open hearts, open minds, room for all theologies, including yours~

We are meeting in person at the First Presbyterian Church of Astoria. The service will also be live-satreamed via Zoom for those who are not comfortable attending in person. Masks are now optional but strongly advised. If you are not feeling well, please wear a mask, or attend via Zoom.

Religious Education for Children will occur during the regular service.
Contact Adriana at Puufreligioused@Pacuuf.org for more information.

Join us for Coffee Hour after the service in Fellowship Hall!

Pacific CUUPs Beltane Ritual
2024-05-05 12:00 - 14:00
Pacific CUUPs
Come join Pacific CUUPs for Beltane, sometimes called May Day, as we celebrate what the Celts celebrated as the start of summer. We will honor the Celtic god of light and fire, Bel, as well as other deities related to fertility and cleansing.

~Open hearts, open minds, room for all theologies, including yours~

We are meeting in person at the First Presbyterian Church of Astoria. The service will also be live-satreamed via Zoom for those who are not comfortable attending in person. Masks are now optional but strongly advised. If you are not feeling well, please wear a mask, or attend via Zoom.

Religious Education for Children will occur during the regular service.
Contact Adriana at Puufreligioused@Pacuuf.org for more information.

Join us for Coffee Hour after the service in Fellowship Hall!

The Story is Love
2024-05-12 12:00 - 14:00
Reverend Mira Kepler

At the center of the proposed new articulation of UU values is “Love” – a fierce and resilient love, courageous and accountable – a love that transcends all boxes. How can this value of love ground us and guide us across the choppy waters of life?

~Open hearts, open minds, room for all theologies, including yours~

We are meeting in person at the First Presbyterian Church of Astoria. The service will also be live-streamed via Zoom for those who are not comfortable attending in person. Masks are now optional but strongly advised. If you are not feeling well, please wear a mask, or attend via Zoom.

Religious Education for Children will occur during the regular service.
Contact Adriana at Puufreligioused@Pacuuf.org for more information.

Join us for our Potluck after the service in Fellowship Hall!

Rivers
2024-05-19 12:00 - 14:00
Jennifer Goodenberger and the PUUF Choir present a musical service.

~Open hearts, open minds, room for all theologies, including yours~

We are meeting in person at the First Presbyterian Church of Astoria. The service will also be live-streamed via Zoom for those who are not comfortable attending in person. Masks are now optional but strongly advised. If you are not feeling well, please wear a mask, or attend via Zoom.

Religious Education for Children will occur during the regular service.
Contact Adriana at Puufreligioused@Pacuuf.org for more information.

Join us for Coffee Hour after the service in Fellowship Hall!

The Change We Hope to Bring (video sermon)
2024-05-26 12:00 - 14:00
Rev. Phil Lund
Outreach means much more than leaving literature about Unitarian Universalism around town. In fact, UUA’s Outreach Director Carey MacDonald said in a blog: “When you talk about what your congregation offers, think ‘join our cause’ instead of ‘join our club.’ Show what your congregation does, how it helps people live better lives and make a better world, instead of only talking about what a great community you offer.” PUUF is building our beloved community, so how can we reach out beyond our doors? Reverend Lund preaches in this video sermon.

~Open hearts, open minds, room for all theologies, including yours~

We are meeting in person at the First Presbyterian Church of Astoria. The service will also be live-streamed via Zoom for those who are not comfortable attending in person. Masks are now optional but strongly advised. If you are not feeling well, please wear a mask, or attend via Zoom.

Religious Education for Children will occur during the regular service.
Contact Adriana at Puufreligioused@Pacuuf.org for more information.

Join us for Coffee Hour after the service in Fellowship Hall!

Perspectives of Queer Identity
2024-06-02 12:00 - 14:00
Sean Minogue and Adriana Guerrero
On June 2nd, PUUF will host three community members to share experiences and answer questions about our LGBTQIA Coastal community, their safety, what we should know and how we can best support our queer friends and family. Lindsay Gilinsky, Benedetto DeFrancisco and Tessa Scheller will be our panel members. We will have a fun time for all ages with a silly story about finding your own way and lovely songs to celebrate Pride and togetherness.

~Open hearts, open minds, room for all theologies, including yours~

We are meeting in person at the First Presbyterian Church of Astoria. The service will also be live-streamed via Zoom for those who are not comfortable attending in person. Masks are now optional but strongly advised. If you are not feeling well, please wear a mask, or attend via Zoom.

Religious Education for Children will occur during the regular service.
Contact Adriana at Puufreligioused@Pacuuf.org for more information.

Join us for Coffee Hour after the service in Fellowship Hall!

Prophetic Power and The Work for Justice
2024-06-07 12:00 - 14:00, 2024-06-16 12:00 - 14:00
Rev. Carol McKinley
The longing for justice, equity, and peace is not new; ancient peoples expressed their hopes in myths, songs and stories. Prophets who warned of looming catastrophes were shunned, much as today’s prophets whose warnings of environmental and social dangers are ignored or belittled. How do we open ourselves to hear their truths and have the courage to act?
The Reverend Carol McKinley, the affiliated community minister with the Olympia UU Congregation, received her MDiv from Seattle University’s School of Theology and Ministry in 2004. She served as coordinator of Washington UU Voices for Justice, a statewide legislative advocacy network.

~Open hearts, open minds, room for all theologies, including yours~

We are meeting in person at the First Presbyterian Church of Astoria. The service will also be live-streamed via Zoom for those who are not comfortable attending in person. Masks are now optional but strongly advised. If you are not feeling well, please wear a mask, or attend via Zoom.

Religious Education for Children will occur during the regular service.
Contact Adriana at Puufreligioused@Pacuuf.org for more information.

Join us for Coffee Hour after the service in Fellowship Hall!

Flower Ceremony
2024-06-09 12:00 - 14:00
Reverend Mira Kepler

Join Rev. Mira and the entire congregation for the beloved ritual of Flower Communion. Please bring a fresh flower to add to the altar, and you’ll go home with a different one. Please hold in your heart the question, “How can I practice seeing beauty where I least expect it?”
The Annual Membership Meeting and voting for the new Board of Trustees will follow the service. After that, join the potluck in Fellowship Hall.

~Open hearts, open minds, room for all theologies, including yours~

We are meeting in person at the First Presbyterian Church of Astoria. The service will also be live-streamed via Zoom for those who are not comfortable attending in person. Masks are now optional but strongly advised. If you are not feeling well, please wear a mask, or attend via Zoom.

Religious Education for Children will occur during the regular service.
Contact Adriana at Puufreligioused@Pacuuf.org for more information.

Join us for our Potluck after the service in Fellowship Hall!

Pacific CUUPagans Summer Solstice/Litha Ritual
2024-06-23 12:00 - 14:00
Come join Pacific CUUPs for our Litha/Midsummer Ritual as we walk the labyrinth at Columbia Memorial Hospital to connect to the sacred center! We will honor and make offerings to sun deities, the longest day, and walk the labyrinth in meditation, reconnecting with the Earth, ourselves, and all things in the sacred web of life.

~Open hearts, open minds, room for all theologies, including yours~

We are NOT meeting at the Presbyterian Church! We will be meeting at the CMH Labyrinth Park (between the ER and Cancer Center). There are picnic tables, but we won’t have the same kind of coffee hour. If you want to bring a fingerfood snack or a drink to share, please be sure to bring paper plates and cups and a garbage bags. Pack it in, Pack it out. Thank you!

Weaving Our Lives
2024-06-30 10:00 - 13:00
Sunday Worship for UUA GA

We are all tangled up together in a great web of life that is woven with beauty and hardship, love and loss, thriving and struggle. How do we tend well to the weaving so that all of us are held in care?
The Sunday Worship service from the 2024 UUA General Assembly will be on video, but include live elements from our own fellowship.

We have been invited by the Presbyterians to come to their “Kirkin’ O’ the Tartan” service, complete with bagpipe processional, next Sunday at 10:00 AM, and then join them for coffee hour and potluck in Fellowship Hall from 11:00 to 12:00. Our regular service will start in the sanctuary at noon. Wear your tartan, if you have one, and bring something for the potluck.

~Open hearts, open minds, room for all theologies, including yours~

We are meeting in person at the First Presbyterian Church of Astoria. The service will also be live-streamed via Zoom for those who are not comfortable attending in person. Masks are now optional but strongly advised. If you are not feeling well, please wear a mask, or attend via Zoom.

Religious Education for Children will occur during the regular service.
Contact Adriana at Puufreligioused@Pacuuf.org for more information.

Join us for Coffee Hour BEFORE the service in Fellowship Hall!

Soapbox Sunday
2024-07-07 12:00 - 14:00
Arline LaMear

A soapbox is a raised platform on which one stands to make an impromptu speech, often about a political subject. The term originates from the days when speakers would elevate themselves by standing on a wooden crate originally used for shipment of soap, or other dry goods, from a manufacturer to a retail store.
Come listen to those who have something they want to say that they want all to hear.

~Open hearts, open minds, room for all theologies, including yours~

We are meeting in person at the First Presbyterian Church of Astoria. The service will also be live-streamed via Zoom for those who are not comfortable attending in person. Masks are now optional but strongly advised. If you are not feeling well, please wear a mask, or attend via Zoom.

Religious Education for Children will occur during the regular service.
Contact Adriana at Puufreligioused@Pacuuf.org for more information.

Join us for Coffee Hour after the service in Fellowship Hall!

Song of Summer
2024-07-14 12:00 - 14:00
Reverend Mira Kepler

These long warm days call us to relish the sun and sand, rivers and forests. Yearnings for both adventure and rest, learning and play, community and independence. What does summer offer to our spiritual lives and the life of our PUUF community?

~Open hearts, open minds, room for all theologies, including yours~

We are meeting in person at the First Presbyterian Church of Astoria. The service will also be live-streamed via Zoom for those who are not comfortable attending in person. Masks are now optional but strongly advised. If you are not feeling well, please wear a mask, or attend via Zoom.

Religious Education for Children will occur during the regular service.
Contact Adriana at Puufreligioused@Pacuuf.org for more information.

Join us for our Potluck after the service in Fellowship Hall!

Picnic at Fort Stevens
2024-07-21 12:00 - 14:00, 2024-08-18 12:00 - 14:00
Do not come to the Presbyterian Church sanctuary. There is no Zoom service this week.

Do come to Ft Stevens Shelter A

Bring a dish for a potluck picnic at Coffenbury Lake in Fort Stevens State Park, Shelter A (same location as last year). Bring any other picnic fun – games, music, etc. Come enjoy social time with our PUUF Family!
There is a fee to park unless you have a State Park pass.

~Open hearts, open minds, room for all theologies, including yours~

The Signals We Give
2024-07-28 12:00 - 14:00
Reverend Sharon K. Dittmar

In his poem, “A Ritual to Read to One Another,” William E. Stafford clarifies why humans must communicate with one another, and to do so well and clearly. Many of us are still struggling with grief and anxiety after both the election of 2016 and COVID 19. In a time of stress how are we listening to and hearing one another?
Reverend Sharon K. Dittmar is Congregational Life Field Staff with the MidAmerica Region of the UUA. Her sermon will be read by lay leader Laura Gordon, along with a short video by Andrea Gibson.

~Open hearts, open minds, room for all theologies, including yours~

We are meeting in person at the First Presbyterian Church of Astoria. The service will also be live-streamed via Zoom for those who are not comfortable attending in person. Masks are now optional but strongly advised. If you are not feeling well, please wear a mask, or attend via Zoom.

Religious Education for Children will occur during the regular service.
Contact Adriana at Puufreligioused@Pacuuf.org for more information.

Join us for Coffee Hour after the service in Fellowship Hall!

“What Are You Doing Here?”
2024-08-04 12:00 - 14:00
Laura Janes
A lively discussion by members of the Fellowship describing how they came to Unitarian Universalism, how they interact with our Fellowship and what those connections, beliefs and experiences bring to their lives.

~Open hearts, open minds, room for all theologies, including yours~

We are meeting in person at the First Presbyterian Church of Astoria. The service will also be live-streamed via Zoom for those who are not comfortable attending in person. Masks are now optional but strongly advised. If you are not feeling well, please wear a mask, or attend via Zoom.

Religious Education for Children will occur during the regular service.
Contact Adriana at Puufreligioused@Pacuuf.org for more information.

Join us for Coffee Hour after the service in Fellowship Hall!

Sacred Vessels
2024-08-11 12:00 - 13:00
Reverend Mira Kepler

Our bodies carry us through this life and are the means to experiencing the world. How can we bring more depth and love to our embodiment as a spiritual practice in this community?

~Open hearts, open minds, room for all theologies, including yours~

We are meeting in person at the First Presbyterian Church of Astoria. The service will also be live-streamed via Zoom for those who are not comfortable attending in person. Masks are now optional but strongly advised. If you are not feeling well, please wear a mask, or attend via Zoom.

Religious Education for Children will occur during the regular service.
Contact Adriana at Puufreligioused@Pacuuf.org for more information.

Join us for our Potluck after the service in Fellowship Hall!

Solidarity: Celebrating Labor and Labor Day
2024-08-25 12:00 - 14:00
Laura Gordon

On Labor Day we rest and enjoy the last days of summer. We should not forget that the collective actions of organized labor are responsible for us being able to rest, to have an 8 hour work day and a minimum wage. Rising union membership after WWII lead to an expanding middle class, but the decline of unions since the Regan era contributed to widening wealth inequality. Today, labor unions are finding new solidarity across many sectors, which is certainly a reason to celebrate this Labor Day.

~Open hearts, open minds, room for all theologies, including yours~

We are meeting in person at the First Presbyterian Church of Astoria. The service will also be live-streamed via Zoom for those who are not comfortable attending in person. Masks are now optional but strongly advised. If you are not feeling well, please wear a mask, or attend via Zoom.

Religious Education for Children will occur during the regular service.
Contact Adriana at Puufreligioused@Pacuuf.org for more information.

Join us for Coffee Hour after the service in Fellowship Hall!

No service this week in observance of Labor Day.
2024-09-01

Water Ceremony
2024-09-08 12:00 - 13:00
Rev. Mira Kepler
Water Ceremony, End of Summer, Equinox,

~Open hearts, open minds, room for all theologies, including yours~

We are meeting in person at the First Presbyterian Church of Astoria. The service will also be live-streamed via Zoom for those who are not comfortable attending in person. Masks are now optional but strongly advised. If you are not feeling well, please wear a mask, or attend via Zoom.

Religious Education for Children will occur during the regular service.
Contact Adriana at Puufreligioused@Pacuuf.org for more information.

Join us for Coffee Hour after the service in Fellowship Hall!

Intentional Joy
2024-09-15 12:00 - 13:00
Rev. Carol McKinley
We cannot deny the world’s suffering or the painful parts of our own lives, but affirming our sources of joy can help sustain us as we move through anxious times, reminding us to recognize the presence of good in the world.
The Reverend Carol McKinley, the affiliated community minister with the Olympia UU Congregation, received her MDiv from Seattle University’s School of Theology and Ministry in 2004. She served as coordinator of Washington UU Voices for Justice, a statewide legislative advocacy network.

~Open hearts, open minds, room for all theologies, including yours~

We are meeting in person at the First Presbyterian Church of Astoria. The service will also be live-streamed via Zoom for those who are not comfortable attending in person. Masks are now optional but strongly advised. If you are not feeling well, please wear a mask, or attend via Zoom.

Religious Education for Children will occur during the regular service.
Contact Adriana at Puufreligioused@Pacuuf.org for more information.

Join us for Coffee Hour after the service in Fellowship Hall!

Mabon Harvest Ritual/ Pacific CUUPS
2024-09-22 12:00 - 13:00
Mabon is a festival that marks the autumn equinox and is often celebrated on or around September 21st. It is a time of balance, where day and night are equal, and we give thanks for the abundance of the harvest season. Mabon rituals are primarily centered around balance, so this is a great time to rebalance yourself and look back on your year.

~Open hearts, open minds, room for all theologies, including yours~

We are meeting in person at the First Presbyterian Church of Astoria. The service will also be live-streamed via Zoom for those who are not comfortable attending in person. Masks are now optional but strongly advised. If you are not feeling well, please wear a mask, or attend via Zoom.

Religious Education for Children will occur during the regular service.
Contact Adriana at Puufreligioused@Pacuuf.org for more information.

Join us for Coffee Hour after the service in Fellowship Hall!

Buddhism
2024-09-29 12:00 - 13:00
Ian Kepler

This week we welcome Mr. Ian Kepler who will share his experience of his Buddhist practice.
Ian Kepler is a social worker and therapist with ten years of meditation experience in the Zen Buddhist tradition. He was a resident at Great Vow Zen Monastery for two years and also has experience leading meditation for people in recovery. He leads the weekly PUUF meditation group and is married to Rev. Mira Kepler.

~Open hearts, open minds, room for all theologies, including yours~

We are meeting in person at the First Presbyterian Church of Astoria. The service will also be live-streamed via Zoom for those who are not comfortable attending in person. Masks are now optional but strongly advised. If you are not feeling well, please wear a mask, or attend via Zoom.

Religious Education for Children will occur during the regular service.
Contact Adriana at Puufreligioused@Pacuuf.org for more information.

Join us for our Potluck after the service in Fellowship Hall!

Holding Center
2024-10-06 12:00 - 13:00
Reverend Mira Kepler

With the election looming, many of us get pulled into anxiety, overactivity, or rigid thinking. How can we maintain both openness and integrity in the face of stakes so high?

~Open hearts, open minds, room for all theologies, including yours~

We are meeting in person at the First Presbyterian Church of Astoria. The service will also be live-streamed via Zoom for those who are not comfortable attending in person. Masks are now optional but strongly advised. If you are not feeling well, please wear a mask, or attend via Zoom.

Religious Education for Children will occur during the regular service.
Contact Adriana at Puufreligioused@Pacuuf.org for more information.

Join us for our Potluck after the service in Fellowship Hall!

Helping
2024-10-13 12:00 - 13:00 | First Presbyterian Church of Astoria, 1103 Grand Ave., Astoria, United States
Dave Ambrose
Dave Ambrose will speak about the topic of “Helping”. What does it mean to help? What are our limits to helping?
How do we know we are really helping? Lots of questions to start us searching ourselves for how we help.

~Open hearts, open minds, room for all theologies, including yours~

We are meeting in person at the First Presbyterian Church of Astoria. The service will also be live-streamed via Zoom for those who are not comfortable attending in person. Masks are now optional but strongly advised. If you are not feeling well, please wear a mask, or attend via Zoom.

Religious Education for Children will occur during the regular service.
Contact Adriana at Puufreligioused@Pacuuf.org for more information.

Join us for Coffee Hour after the service in Fellowship Hall!

Unchurch or Sunday Recongregation
2024-10-20 12:00 - 13:00
Laura Gordon
“How rare it is, how lovely, this fellowship of those who meet
together” (from Psalm 133). Pacific UU Fellowship meets
each Sunday to join together as a spiritual community. Let’s
explore some new ways to nourish our spirits while sharing
time together. We will have an abbreviated service followed
by a choice of activities to either spark creativity, move the
body, challenge the mind or make a joyful noise.

~Open hearts, open minds, room for all theologies, including yours~

We are meeting in person at the First Presbyterian Church of Astoria. The service will also be live-streamed via Zoom for those who are not comfortable attending in person. Masks are now optional but strongly advised. If you are not feeling well, please wear a mask, or attend via Zoom.

Religious Education for Children will occur during the regular service.
Contact Adriana at Puufreligioused@Pacuuf.org for more information.

Join us for Coffee Hour after the service in Fellowship Hall!

Who Am I?
2024-10-27 12:00 - 13:00
“A sharing led by Laura Janes and joined by fellowship members who will talk about personal journeys as they relate to finding integrity within their current lives and their perception of their purpose in life.”

~Open hearts, open minds, room for all theologies, including yours~

We are meeting in person at the First Presbyterian Church of Astoria. The service will also be live-streamed via Zoom for those who are not comfortable attending in person. Masks are now optional but strongly advised. If you are not feeling well, please wear a mask, or attend via Zoom.

Religious Education for Children will occur during the regular service.
Contact Adriana at Puufreligioused@Pacuuf.org for more information.

Join us for Coffee Hour after the service in Fellowship Hall!

Cape Falcon Marine Reserve
2024-11-03 12:00 - 13:00
Angela Whitlock – North Coast Land Conservancy
Cape Falcon is one of five Marine Reserves in Oregon, managed and monitored by ODFW. It is part of linked habitat from Coast Range forest to rocky intertidal zone to sandy sea bottom, varied parts of the interconnected web of all existence in which we acknowledge our place. The lifeforms it supports are a magical collection, and Angela’s telling will leave you in awe of all the ways life can be.

~Open hearts, open minds, room for all theologies, including yours~

We are meeting in person at the First Presbyterian Church of Astoria. The service will also be live-streamed via Zoom for those who are not comfortable attending in person. Masks are now optional but strongly advised. If you are not feeling well, please wear a mask, or attend via Zoom.

Religious Education for Children will occur during the regular service.
Contact Adriana at Puufreligioused@Pacuuf.org for more information.

Join us for Coffee Hour after the service in Fellowship Hall!

Don't Know Mind
2024-11-10 12:00 - 13:00
Rev. Mira Kepler
Being comfortable with uncertainty – how we can be comfortable living in the present and not knowing what’s to come.
~Open hearts, open minds, room for all theologies, including yours~

We are meeting in person at the First Presbyterian Church of Astoria. The service will also be live-streamed via Zoom for those who are not comfortable attending in person. Masks are now optional but strongly advised. If you are not feeling well, please wear a mask, or attend via Zoom.

Religious Education for Children will occur during the regular service.
Contact Adriana at Puufreligioused@Pacuuf.org for more information.

Join us for Coffee Hour after the service in Fellowship Hall!
