UU Community Church of Washington County's Podcast

This Sunday, join us as we explore the radical power of loving ourselves in a world that often thrives on our self-doubt. Together, we’ll reflect on how nurturing compassion for our own bodies, minds, and spirits can ripple outward—challenging injustice, dismantling harmful narratives, and creating space for collective healing. Self-love is not vanity or escape—it’s resistance, resilience, and a sacred commitment to our shared humanity.

The most important part of our religious education curriculum for children, youth, and adults is our church community, our congregation, our church building, and everyone in it or connected to it in person or virtually.  Who we are is what we teach.  How we respond to and support one another, and how we embody our principles, sources, and values, communicates our curriculum to learners of all ages.

Have you found yourself exhausted of late?  Are you finding it difficult to relate to those with different views, or even to foster your close relationships?  We’re going to explore the importance of self-care—connecting with yourself and what you need—and how it can help improve your well-being and ability to have empathy for others.

Affirming the inherent dignity and worth of every person is the 1st principle of UUism, but how do we live that principle?  What does it mean to really affirm another person’s humanity and inherent dignity?  How do we act like we truly see everyone as inherently worthy?  Understanding how the mutual struggle for our rights and autonomy and the need to learn how to trust each other is central to answering these questions.

When we hear the title of Mystic, we tend to think of gurus, solitary monks or enlightened spiritual leaders, but a mystic is simply someone who is seeking to find the sacred in ordinary life events.  Using Mirabai Starr’s teachings, let’s look at the things we are already doing and ways we can simply increase our awareness of the sacred in our mundane everyday lives.

Without dogma, we may seem spiritually untethered.  But our freedom to believe compels us daily to seek deeper meaning for ourselves and our community.  Join us as we explore becoming more than what we don’t choose to believe.  And come meet Delores Doctrinaire.

Disability allyship reflects the worth and dignity of every person, while disability activism allows us to put our UU values in action in a society that frequently devalues disabled people even in a post-ADA world.  Come learn how you can join a rich tradition of allies and activists.

If there is water filling half of a glass, do you see it as half full, or half empty?  Whichever way you see it, what's the matter with the empty space?  Maybe that's where the magic is... in the space that has room to be filled.  Come to this special worship service to hear Reverend Lauren's final sermon.  Let's celebrate a year together, and honor the magical potential of what's ahead. 

The sun is at its highest point in the sky and the longest, hottest days of the year greet us.  Ancient peoples celebrated this day as part of a sacred cycle of the continuing rise and fall of power.  These are long days, but they will shorten – and then lengthen again.  Let’s explore what this sacred cycle can teach us now.

Mother's Day can be a complicated holiday, and mean many different things for each one of us.  In fact, every individual likely has numerous experiences and vantage points of mothering in their lives.  However, one thing is true: we all have mothers in our bones.  On this Mother's Day, we will explore the different aspects of mothering, for the word "mother" is both a noun and a verb.  And, we will take a moment to honor the Great Mother archetype that exists within each one of us, and is often connected to Earth which sustains us all.