Pacific Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

PUUF Potluck Sunday
2025-10-05 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 770 11th St., Astoria, OR, 97103, United States
On the Sundays when Rev. Mira speaks, we have a potluck. Please bring your favorite dish to share with all. Regardless, feel free to partake. This is a good time to get acquainted with our beloved minister, Rev. Mira Kepler.

Humanist Discussion Group. Topic: To be announced.
2025-10-06 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-10-13 10:00 - 12:00
Come join us for our online Zoom meeting Humanist Discussion!

Topic: To be announced.
Humanist Discussions is an opportunity to share your insights and ideas about topics which pertain to the human condition. Come with your thoughts, free of concern about how they may be received.
Please contact Tod Lundy to be put on the distribution list for information on the topics and Zoom invitations to participate in the discussions.

Astoria Happy Hour @ The Inferno
2025-10-07 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-10-14 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-10-21 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-10-28 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-11-04 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-11-11 17:00 - 18:00 | The Inferno, 77 11th St., Astoria, OR, 97103
Join your fellow PUUFers for a drink and a chat:

The Inferno
77 11th St., Suite G, Astoria, OR

Weekly Meditation Group
2025-10-09 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-10-16 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-10-23 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-10-30 18:00 - 19:30
Contact Dave Ambrose for location information.

Led by Ian Kepler, a social worker and therapist with ten years of meditation experience in the Zen Buddhist tradition. Join us for an evening of meditation that will include instruction, sitting, and reflection. The group is designed with beginners in mind and more experience is also welcome.

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

UU Sponsored Game Night @ The Lower Columbia Q Center
2025-10-09 18:00 - 20:00 | Lower Columbia Q Center, 171 Bond Street, Astoria, OR, United States
Come join PUUF at the Q Center for Games, Food, and Fun!

(F) un Church
2025-10-12 12:00 | First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 770 11th St., Astoria, OR, 97103, United States
Yes, church should be fun! But what if our monthly theme is Death? Explore the death theme with one of these activities provided by our CUUPs members: write your own obituary (Dave Ambrose), build a memory altar (Kelli Mack), or a discussion. Our featured photo is an altar commemorating a loved one which is Mexican custom celebrating the Day of the Dead. Laura Janes is our lay leader this week.

This week we are meeting in the Fellowship Hall of the First Presbyterian Church of Astoria. The Fellowship Hall is up the hill and on the corner of Irving and 11th St. 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.

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

CUUPS Meetup @ Peter Pan Market.
2025-10-12 13:00 - 14:30 | Peter Pan Market, 712 Niagra Ave, Astoria, OR, United States
Come join the Pagan contingent of the Pacific Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Astoria for good conversation. Do you have questions about paganism? This is a good opportunity to get them answered. However, if you just want to hang out with a friendly group of people for great conversation, that’s ok too. All are welcome. This event actually starts at 1:15 p.m., so if you arrive at 1:00 p.m., just wait. People will arrive soon.

Indigenous People's Day
2025-10-13
Click here for background on Indigenous People’s Day.

How a Remembered Prayer from Childhood Saved My Life
2025-10-19 12:00 - 13:00 | First Presbyterian Church of Astoria, 1103 Grand Ave., Astoria, United States
When Karl Hauer went hunting years ago, he expected to meet a deer and shoot it, not get shot and meet God. That shot upended his life and set him on he would have never experienced otherwise. A native Astorian, Karl has traded anger and guns for paint brushes, paint and conversations with God.
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.

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

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

Humanist Discussion Group. Topics: (1)What is "Human Nature" and (2) AI in Education.
2025-10-20 10:00 - 12:00
Come join us for our online Zoom meeting Humanist Discussion!

Topics:
(1) What is meant by “Human Nature”? To what extent is human nature dependent on instincts and how do they influence human life historically and currently?
(2) Human Nature AI in Education.
Humanist Discussions is an opportunity to share your insights and ideas about topics which pertain to the human condition. Come with your thoughts, free of concern about how they may be received.
Please contact Tod Lundy to be put on the distribution list for information on the topics and Zoom invitations to participate in the discussions.

Samhain Ritual - Pulling Back the Veil
2025-10-26 12:00 - 13:00 | First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 770 11th St., Astoria, OR, 97103, United States
Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic?
Have you or your family ever seen a spook, spectre or ghost?
If the answer is “yes,” then don’t wait another minute. Pick up the phone and call the professionals…
Or, since there really are no professional Ghostbusters, join us for our CUUPs Samhain ritual and share your story.
We’re ready to believe you.
We will be gathering to share personal experiences with the ghostly and the otherworldly. We will discuss what might be out there. And we will save space on the altar for photos and memorabilia of departed loved ones, so feel free to bring a memory as well.
This ritual will be conducted as part of the regular service of the Pacific Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (PUUF) and will be held in the fellowship hall, located at the corner of Harrison Avenue and 11th Street, Astoria. Stay for coffee hour after at 1:00 PM.
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.

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

CUUPS Meetup @ Necessary Magic
2025-10-26 14:00 - 15:30 | Necessary Magic, 333 10th St., Astoria, OR, 97103, United States
Come join the Pagan contingent of the Pacific Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Astoria for good conversation. Do you have questions about paganism? This is a good opportunity to get them answered. However, if you just want to hang out with a friendly group of people for great conversation, that’s ok too. All are welcome.

Humanist Discussion Group. Topic: Open Discussion.
2025-10-27 10:00 - 12:00
Come join us for our online Zoom meeting Humanist Discussion!

Topic: On the last Monday of the month we open it up to topics of interest to participants. .
Humanist Discussions is an opportunity to share your insights and ideas about topics which pertain to the human condition. Come with your thoughts, free of concern about how they may be received.
Please contact Tod Lundy to be put on the distribution list for information on the topics and Zoom invitations to participate in the discussions.

American Indian and Alaska Native Month
2025-11-01 - 2025-11-30
For information regarding this observance click here

PUUF Board of Trustees Meeting
2025-11-02 10:00 - 11:00 | First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 770 11th St., Astoria, OR, 97103, United States
If you have anything you wish to bring up to the board, join us on Zoom! The board meets in the parlor adjacent to the fellowhsip hall.
Contact Steve Peterson at President@pacuuf.org for Zoom link.

Dia de Los Muertos
2025-11-02 12:00 - 13:00 | First Presbyterian Church of Astoria, 1103 Grand Ave., Astoria, United States
Adriana Guerrero will deliver a presentation about Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead).
During Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, the veil between the living and the dead is believed to thin, allowing souls to briefly return to the world of the living to be with their families. This is a spiritual connection that celebrates life and death as a continuous cycle, rather than focusing solely on loss. This sweet celebration honors loved ones by celebrating their lives and memories, so that they are never truly gone. Adriana will discuss how we, the living, honor the dead through traditions like creating ofrendas with our deceased loved one’s favorite foods and items, and visiting gravesites to offer prayers and gifts.

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.
Child care is available.

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

Humanist Discussion Group. Topic: The Rise of Human Civilization
2025-11-03 10:00 - 12:00
Come join us for our online Zoom meeting Humanist Discussion!

Topic: The Rise and Fall of Civilizations
We will be looking at the rise and fall of dominant states in history to ascertain if the current trends in our country (USA) portend an imminent collapse.
Please do some research
Humanist Discussions is an opportunity to share your insights and ideas about topics which pertain to the human condition. Come with your thoughts, free of concern about how they may be received.
Please contact Tod Lundy to be put on the distribution list for information on the topics and Zoom invitations to participate in the discussions.

Weekly Meditation Group.
2025-11-06 18:00 - 19:30
Contact Dave Ambrose for location information.

Led by Ian Kepler, a social worker and therapist with ten years of meditation experience in the Zen Buddhist tradition. Join us for an evening of meditation that will include instruction, sitting, and reflection. The group is designed with beginners in mind and more experience is also welcome.
We are studying a book titled “No Time to Lose” by Pema Chodron. We have a couple of books available.

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

Combating the Epidemic of Veteran Suicide/Rogue Cell
2025-11-09 12:00 - 13:00 | First Presbyterian Church of Astoria, 1103 Grand Ave., Astoria, United States
Combating the Epidemic of Veteran Suicide

Sean Davis and his friend Brad Pietzyk are both veterans who are deeply concerned about the prevalence of veteran suicide. They founded Rogue Cell, an organization of combat veterans whose main goal is to stop veteran suicide in rural Oregon. Their mission statement reads: “We are dedicated to combating isolation and reducing veteran suicide through fostering meaningful relationships, providing vital resources and empowering individuals to navigate life’s challenges together. With a foundation rooted in respect, integrity and service, we work to ensure every veteran feels valued, supported and inspired to thrive.” You will be moved and inspired by Sean’s message.
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.

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

CUUPS Meetup @ Peter Pan Market
2025-11-09 13:00 - 14:30 | Peter Pan Market, 712 Niagra Ave, Astoria, OR, United States

Humanist Discussion Group. Topic: SNAP Benefits and 2025 Election Results
2025-11-10 10:00 - 12:00
Come join us for our online Zoom meeting Humanist Discussion!

Topic: SNAP Benefits and 2025 Election Results
Humanist Discussions is an opportunity to share your insights and ideas about topics which pertain to the human condition. Come with your thoughts, free of concern about how they may be received.
Please contact Tod Lundy to be put on the distribution list for information on the topics and Zoom invitations to participate in the discussions.
