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Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Willamette Falls

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Join us! #Juneteenth #freedomday #unitarianuniversalism #uufaith #unitarianuniversalist #uucwf

May 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM Everybody can reply

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First Unitarian Universalist Church of New Orleans

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🌞Good Morning🌞
#uuSunday #uuFaith #UnitarianUniversalist

First Unitarian Universalist Church of New Orleans @firstuuneworleans.bsky.social · Jul 4

Soap Box Sunday is held on the Sunday closest to July 4th and is an opportunity to exercise our Unitarian Universalist 5th Principle (the right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations & in society at large) and our American rights of free speech. #uuSunday

Sunday Worship Service
July 6, 2025 at 10:30 am
Coffee/Social Hour to follow
All are welcome!
Soap Box Sunday
Worship Leader: Beverly Rainbolt
Worship Associates: Margot Anderson and Ann Maclaine

Soap Box Sunday is held on the Sunday closest to July 4th and is an opportunity to exercise our Unitarian Universalist 5th Principle (the right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large) and our American rights of free speech. During this service, everyone is encouraged to literally stand on the soapbox (if willing and able) to speak on any topic for two minutes.

Live-streaming has returned! To view this service LIVE go to the FUUNO webpage at https://www.firstuuno.org/home and click on the YouTube link. To view previous Sunday Worship Services, go to the Service Archive link under "Faith" on the menu bar or go directly to our FUUNO YouTube channel.

**Covid Safety: masks are available and may be worn at each attendee's discretion as needed.

Looking forward:

Sunday, July 13: Reflections on Reflections with Worship Leader: Ann Maclaine

July 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM Everybody can reply

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Robin Edgar

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I think your opinion matters, & I think your expressed opinion that #UnitarianUniversalism is a fake non-religious "religion" that give itself "a phony patina of religion" has considerable validity.

I wish it wasn't true, but #UUism is looking increasingly like a #FakeReligion these days.

#UUfaith

August 31, 2025 at 11:13 PM Everybody can reply

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Taproot: A National BIPOC Gathering

First Unitarian Universalist Church of New Orleans

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TONIGHT at 7central, Taproot Gathering for BIPOC UUs #uuFaith #UnitarianUniversalist

Central East Region of the UUA @ceruua.bsky.social · May 13

BIPOC UUs are invited to join us for the monthly Taproot gathering May 14th at 8 pm ET. Registration is required.

The work of spiritual community is complicated in the 21st century. This is a space for BIPoC leaders to gather and network.

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May 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM Everybody can reply

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Robin Edgar

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It's a shame the #UnitarianUniversalist "religion" destroyed its credibility as an opposer of #BlasphemyLaws thanks to the #UUA threatening me with prosecution for #BlasphemousLibel for blogging about #UUpedophiles & #UUrapists...

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#UUism #UUfaith #LawSky

August 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM Everybody can reply

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Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Willamette Falls

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The #uucwf annual auction is coming up soon! This Saturday evening the website goes LIVE. Register, look at what items are available and start bidding! #unitarian #uufaith #uuchurch #oregoncity

ALT: a man is dancing on a dance floor in front of a crowd in a club .

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April 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM Everybody can reply

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Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Willamette Falls

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Today's sermon on "Woke" was so inspiring and interactive. Will you Stand Up for Me? I'll Stand Up for You. #uucwf #unitarianuniversalist #uufaith

March 3, 2025 at 3:09 AM Everybody can reply

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Robin Edgar

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What is this "higher authority" that #OrangeCounty #UnitarianUniversalist minister Rev. Jason Cook & other U*Us are trying to appeal to?

God?

The last time I checked, atheist controlled #UUA "Welcoming Congregations" aren't all that welcoming to God believing people.

#UUism #UUproblems #UUfaith

July 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM Everybody can reply

Do Unitarian Universalists Hold Such Despicable Crimes As Pedophilia And Rape To Be Sacred And*Or Holy To Unitarian*Universalism aka The U*U Movement?

Robin Edgar

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Apparently not. . .

emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2015/10/unit...

#UnitarianUniversalism #UnitarianUniversalist #Unitarian #Unitarians #UUA #UUism #ClergySexAbuse #CSA #ChildSexAbuse #CoverUp #LegalBullying #BlasphemyLaw #BlasphemousLibel #UUfaith #UUtheology #UUproblems #UUsky #UUbluesky #Faithify

Just asking the UUA's Canadian attorney, Stikeman Elliott Barristers & Solicitors litigation lawyer Maitre Marc-André Coulombe , and the...

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December 29, 2024 at 3:33 AM Everybody can reply

First Unitarian Universalist Church of New Orleans

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Join us Saturday 4/12 at 11am for The Gillespie-Senter
Memorial Community Breakfast
2025 session: Considering the First 100 Days
A Progressive Community Roundtable
in the Fellowship Hall at Rayne Memorial uptown #uuSky #NOLAsky #NOLAtwitter #uuBlueSky #uuFaith #UnitarianUniversalist

The Gillespie-Senter
Memorial Community Breakfast
Saturday April 12th, 2025 session:

Considering the First 100 Days

A Progressive Community Roundtable

SATURDAY APRIL 12, 2025 / 11:00am*
First Unitarian Universalist Church at

Rayne Memorial United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 3900 Pitt Street, New Orleans

(One block off of St. Charles Avenue, between General Taylor and Constantinople, with entry via the green awning; Alternate Wheelchair accessible entry within same block)

According to NPR's Tamara Keith: "The idea of measuring an American president by the accomplishments of his first 100 days in office goes back to 1933 and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's dash to staunch a banking crisis and pull America out of the Great Depression." [URL]: https://www.npr.org/2017/04/29/525810758/the-first-100-days-a-standard-that-not-even-roosevelt-achieved

Come and join in with ideas of shared solidarity and mutual aid as we approach the first 100 days of the current American presidency.

*Coffee, tea, and pastries and Progressive socializing earlier
10:45am: Coffee, tea, breakfast pastries

11:00am: Brief personal introductions

11:05am: Keynote Presentation

12:05pm-12:30pm: Progressive Community Announcements

For more information, contact Brad Ott at bradott@bellsouth.net or (504) 810-3919
Like our Facebook page [URL]: https://www.facebook.com/GillespieBreakfast/
The Gillespie-Senter Memorial Community Breakfast has been a project of the
First Unitarian Universalist Church Social Justice Team since May 1983

April 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM Everybody can reply

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Rev. Phoenix Bell-Shelton

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This #GivingTuesday can help make my ordination a reality! Your support will fund essential technology, cover travel for worship leaders, and ensure fair compensation. Let's celebrate justice and equity together! #Ordination2025 #RadicalLove #UUFaith

December 2, 2024 at 12:27 AM Everybody can reply

Robin Edgar

@robinedgar59.bsky.social

Rev. Mann‬,

Can you please explain to me how Love is at the Center of the #UUtheology which pretended that my blog posts about #ChildSexAbuse committed by pedophile*rapist U*Us constitutes #BlasphemousLibel?

emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2015/10/unit...

#UUfaith #UUA #ClergySexAbuse #BlasphemyLaw

Do Unitarian Universalists Hold Such Despicable Crimes As Pedophilia And Rape To Be Sacred And*Or Holy To Unitarian*Universalism aka The U*U Movement?

Just asking the UUA's Canadian attorney, Stikeman Elliott Barristers & Solicitors litigation lawyer Maitre Marc-André Coulombe , and the...

emersonavenger.blogspot.com

April 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM Everybody can reply

srgryffin.bsky.social

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Sharing from my church’s post:

Absolutely not

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

#uuvalues
#uufaith
#transrights
#transrightsarehumanrights
#oakcliff
#dallaschurch
#unitarianuniversalist
#unitarianuniversalism
#lgbtq

March 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM Everybody can reply

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First Unitarian Universalist Church of New Orleans

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Sunday Worship Service
June 15 10:30
A Father’s Day Gift for Everyone: Words and Music That Promote Compassionate and Collaborative Fathering
#uuSunday #uuFaith #UnitarianUniversalist

Sunday Worship Service
June 15, 2025 at 10:30 am
Coffee/Social Hour to follow
All are welcome!
A Father’s Day Gift for Everyone: Words and Music That Promote Compassionate and Collaborative Fathering
Worship Leader: Michael Martin
Worship Associate: Henry German-McCarthy

News reports regularly remind us: (1) that we live in a cruel and oppressive world, from domestic violence and school shootings to international wars of genocide; and (2) that the vast majority of that cruelty and murder is committed by men. Yet, many cultural and lyrical representations of fatherhood present a different story than these horrendous acts. In a powerful sermon from our pulpit in March, Alison McCrary spoke these words to encourage us to see and embrace hope, especially in times of darkness and demoralization: “What we choose to emphasize will determine our lives and give us the energy to act.” For this Father’s Day service, we plan to resist the darkness by shining a light on hopeful ways of promoting a male culture of compassion and collaboration.

How might literary and musical representations of fatherhood provide a window into mutual engagement between children and their fathers or those who serve that role? Let’s nurture fatherhood and male identity to be affirmative, transformational parts of the human experience.

Live-streaming has returned! To view this service LIVE go to the FUUNO webpage at https://www.firstuuno.org/home and click on the YouTube link. To view previous Sunday Worship Services, go to the Service Archive link under "Faith" on the menu bar or go directly to our FUUNO YouTube channel.

**Covid Safety: masks are available and may be worn at each attendee's discretion as needed.

Looking forward:

Sunday, June 22: Pride Stories: Community Power with Worship Leaders: TBA

June 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM Everybody can reply

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Do Unitarian Universalists Hold Such Despicable Crimes As Pedophilia And Rape To Be Sacred And*Or Holy To Unitarian*Universalism aka The U*U Movement?

Robin Edgar

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Most ironically, #UnitarianUniversalists somewhat inadvertently deemed #UUpedophiles & #UUrapists to be sacred beings when they threatened me with prosecution for #BlasphemousLibel for blogging about them. 🤣😇

emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2015/10/unit...

#UUism #ChildSexAbuse #UUfaith #UUtheology

Just asking the UUA's Canadian attorney, Stikeman Elliott Barristers & Solicitors litigation lawyer Maitre Marc-André Coulombe , and the...

emersonavenger.blogspot.com

July 14, 2025 at 11:20 PM Everybody can reply

Robin Edgar

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Since you asked. . .

Here's 1 way I relate to #UnitarianUniversalists who demonstrate "values" that are offensive & fundamentally different from my own.

emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2015/10/unit...

#UnitarianUniversalism #UUism #UUA #UUfaith #UUprinciples #UUvalues #CAPM #CAPmonth #SAAM #SAAM2025

April 12, 2025 at 8:26 AM Everybody can reply

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Muunies: Has the Unitarian Universalist Association become a Mind Control Cult? - Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane

Rev. Phoenix Bell-Shelton

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I'm getting ordained January 25, 2025, at 1:00 PM (in person and online) with a reception following. Hosted by the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta, 2650 N. Druid Hills Road NE, Atlanta, GA. Learn more, RSVP anf give at at: soulfuluufeenix.com/ordination
#UUFaith #Ministry

November 11, 2024 at 7:50 PM Everybody can reply

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Robin Edgar

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This is quite ironic in that the #UnitarianUniversalist "church", which can no longer be considered to be a Christian church, has long been known as "The Religious Arm of the #DemocraticParty" and "The Church of #TheFarLeft".

uuspokane.org/services/muu...

#UnitarianUniversalism #UUism
#UUfaith

Cult expert Steve Hassan defines a cult as any group that uses undue influence to control the minds of others—what they think, say, and do. In this sermon, we’ll consider whether the leadership at the...

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March 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM Everybody can reply

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Robin Edgar

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In related news, the #UnitarianUniversalist "religion" seems to believe freedom of religious belief includes believing that my blog posts about #ChildSexAbuse committed by #UUAclergy constitute #BlasphemousLibel against #UUism. 🤣😇

emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2014/02/blas...

#CAPM #UU #UUA #UUfaith

April 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM Everybody can reply

Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Willamette Falls

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The #uucwf auction is coming up! Get your tickets soon, look at the offerings and help support this amazing community! #unitarian #uufaith #unitarianuniversalist #liberalfaith

April 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM Everybody can reply

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Robin Edgar

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Yes, the #UUA actually said:

"You're unfounded & vicious allegations to the effect that ministers of the Association engage in such despicable crimes as pedophilia & rape" are SO defamatory that they constitute #BlasphemousLibel against #UUism.

emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2014/02/blas...

#UUfaith

October 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM Everybody can reply

First Unitarian Universalist Church of New Orleans

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Sunday Worship Service
October 12 10:30am
Breathwork (Pt. 2)
with Rev. Sara Green
In a time of genocide, fascism, and late-stage capitalism, we will engage breath as a sacred force for resistance, renewal, and resilience.
#uuSunday #uuFaith #UnitarianUniversalist #uuSky

Sunday Worship Service
October 12, 2025 at 10:30 am
Coffee/Social Hour to follow
All are welcome!
Breathwork (Pt. 2)
Worship Leader: Rev. Sara Green
Worship Associate: Margot Anderson

The second of a three part sermon series exploring the theological, spiritual, and political dimensions of breath as depicted in sacred texts while integrating breathwork practices for personal and collective transformation. In a time of genocide, fascism, and late-stage capitalism, we will engage breath as a sacred force for resistance, renewal, and resilience.

Live-streaming has returned! To view this service LIVE go to the FUUNO webpage at https://www.firstuuno.org/home and click on the YouTube link. To view previous Sunday Worship Services, go to the Service Archive link under "Faith" on the menu bar or go directly to our FUUNO YouTube channel.

**Covid Safety: masks are available and may be worn at each attendee's discretion as needed.

Looking forward:
Sunday, October 19th: Poetry of Generosity with Worship Leaders: Beverly Rainbolt and Barrett Smith

October 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM Everybody can reply

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