Reverend Kit Ketcham Meeting with the four coffee klatches over the past several months and listening to their thoughts and ideas, I've learned quite a bit that I'd like to share with you today.  We'll have time at the end of the homily for some discussion.

Jan. 15 – Arline LaMear ~ “The Poor People’s Campaign” The Poor People’s Campaign, or Poor People’s March on Washington, was a 1968 effort to gain economic justice for poor people in the U.S. It was organized by Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and carried out under the leadership … Continued

Art Service led by Laura J and Meredith. PUUF visual artists will share their works, which demonstrate our Unitarian Universalist Principles. You will be introduced to some of the many wonderful artists in our fellowship such as Laura, Dave, Cicely, and Kerry and their fields of art.   ~Open hearts, open minds, room for all … Continued

Our speaker via Zoom, Ruth Lindemann lived through “Kristalnacht”, She has graciously agreed to speak to us about the events leading up to “Kristalnacht”, the event itself and what happened afterwards.  This is a “must hear” event, so please tell your friends about it.  If you want to hear her story ahead of time, her … Continued

Dave Ambrose   We all meet people who inspire us to be better people and do better things.  Dave Ambrose will introduce us to 3 people he has met in his travels and relate how their faith and UU principles have similarities.  The 3 people who have devoted their lives to serving others are two … Continued

Rev. Kit Ketcham will share how Unitarian Universalists learned to love our neighbors as ourselves: a revealing history. The service will be followed by our second Sunday 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 … Continued

Frank E and Laura G have long been advocates for fundamental reform of the US healthcare system. Laura will talk about our current non-system, which fails all of us on so many levels. Frank will talk about what it means for Oregon since passage of Measure 111 in 2022 made Oregon the first state in … Continued

We can probably recite the 7 Principles, but do we know them by heart? Are our Principles just worthy aspirations divorced from everyday life, or do our hearts call us to live our values of justice, equity, interdependence, generosity, transformation, pluralism and love every day? Drawing upon a sermon written by Rev. Leslie Becknell Marx … Continued

Meredith first learned of International Women's Day in Russia in 1990. She honors this day by reflecting on the status of women in 2023, the progress that has been made toward women's equality over the past 30 years, the setbacks we have recently faced, and her continuous hope for the future. ~Open hearts, open minds, … Continued

Reverend Kit Ketcham You often hear that Unitarian Universalists don't believe in anything, but that is not true. We don't have a creed or dogma. We don't have a profession of faith. What we have is covenant. ~Open hearts, open minds, room for all theologies, including yours~   We are meeting in person at the … Continued

Our national mythos says we are a nation conceived in liberty, and that, after a few hiccups, Americans are free and equal. But slavery was a foundational institution, and its aftereffects echo through the inadequacies and inequities of our economy and body politic today. ~Open hearts, open minds, room for all theologies, including yours~   … Continued