Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon

Together, we find meaning, celebrate life, and serve the spirit of love and justice in our world.

When the Word for Tree Was Landholder

with Ellen Waterston, Oregon Poet Laureate
Sunday, July 20th, 2025 at 10 a.m.

Join in contemplating and celebrating all things words -- their origins, power, color, meaning, and musicality, their evolution and life span; their exotic configuration into languages. What do the modifications, abuses, and losses signal about our capacity for relationship to place and one another?

Award-winning poet and author Ellen Waterston has dedicated herself to writing and advocating for the literary arts in the high desert region of Oregon, all the while continuing to write poetry and nonfiction works that have evolved into essential reading about Oregon and the West. She has published four poetry and five literary nonfiction titles, including We Could Die Doing This (2024) and Walking the High Desert (2020). She is the founder of the Writing Ranch and of the annual Waterston Desert Writing Prize. In 2024 Waterston received Soapstone's Bread and Roses Award and Literary Arts Stewart H. Holbrook Award, and was named the eleventh Poet Laureate of Oregon. She is currently completing a fifth collection of poetry.


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OUR MINISTER

On Connectedness
by Rev. Scott Rudolph

In 1820 in Boston, Unitarian minister William Ellery Channing said, “Religion, we are told, is a private, personal thing, between the individual and God. His neighbor or the community must not meddle with it… I would maintain that religion is eminently a social principle…

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OUR BELIEFS

Diverse Beliefs, One Fellowship

Unitarian Universalist (UU) congregations draw on elements of a variety of religious traditions, as well as humanitarian and environmental values, for our spiritual inspiration and practice. UUs have a diversity of beliefs, and may identify as humanists, atheists, Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, pagan, something else, or nothing at all. As we celebrate diversity, we also have a set of core beliefs that unite us. 

VISITORS

All People are Welcome

We welcome you with kindness, love, acceptance, and empathy. We welcome you into our community by offering a wide variety of opportunities for spiritual growth and fellowship. We look forward to meeting you!

Religious Exploration for Children and Youth

• Nursery class for ages 3 and under
• Class for PreK-3 grades
• Class for 4-6 grades
• Youth group for 7-12 grades

All ages are always invited to join their families in the worship service.Learn more about Religious Exploration. For additional information, e-mail Director of Religious Exploration, Amy Brock.


Adult Connection

Weekly highlights include:

  • 9 a.m. Sunday, Meditation

  • 10 a.m. Wednesday, Fill Your Cup conversation group

  • 7 p.m. Second Thursday, GEN XYZ Gathering

See Adult Spiritual Development for ongoing programs.