We’ll explore a world haunted by capitalism and the socialist movements haunting it back. After all, our liberal religion emerged from the Christian story of Jesus, a revolutionary zombie who rose from the dead to bring all to Life. Together, we’ll gather as ghosts, ghouls, zombies, witches, and other gothic troublemakers to ask: What if … Continue reading Be the Specter You Wish to See in the World

“There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen” – V.I. Lenin. This service draws on the history and lessons of Black August, ancient flood myths, and harvest traditions to explore liberation as patient cultivation rather than sudden arrival; a freedom planted by generations, gathered collectively, and never grown alone. Gregory … Continue reading The Beloved Harvest: Seeds of Solidarity, Fields of Liberation

What does it mean for a faith community to move beyond reform and into transformation? In a world shaped by punishment, surveillance, and family separation, abolition calls us to imagine something more radical than band-aid fixes to broken systems; abolition calls us to build entirely new ways of living together. We will consider how churches … Continue reading Becoming an Abolitionist Church

NOTE: Sunday services now start half an hour later at 11am A Feminist Faith for the Common Good explores how faith communities have challenged systems of patriarchy, domination, and exclusion while nurturing more just and compassionate ways of living together. Rooted in the feminist notion that liberation is collective, this worship gathering calls us to … Continue reading A Feminist Faith for the Common Good

Our faith has always held that love is a verb but what if we understood love as an organizing force, one that moves people from isolated feeling into collective power capable of transforming the systems that shape our lives. Rooted in our Unitarian Universalist tradition and the lived experience of working people, we will lift … Continue reading Organized Love, Organized Power

How do we understand our Unitarian Universalist shared values in a world where billionaires hoard wealth at the expense of the many, where ICE detains and disappears people while tearing apart families, and where fossil fuel lobbyists dominate the UN’s biggest climate conference? How do we build a world where our values actually shape society? … Continue reading The Theology of JETPIG (Our Shared Values)

Unitarian Universalism began as a theological commitment to God’s all encompassing loving grace. Faithfulness today requires turning ideals of universal love into universal housing, healthcare, education, and so much more. Our theology is proven by the world it helps create. Gregory Stevens (they/he)Gregory is a former Baptist preacher, long time labor organizer, and interfaith communityactivist. … Continue reading Universalism is Faith in Action