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All faiths are welcome, small group of 4000+ members, for religious discussions and general chats.
Official Discord: https://discord.gg/theology
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Or how does a UU church deal with members who choose not to get vaccinated?
Thank you to everyone that suggested I go. I did email them and got two responses saying to wear my mask and that I was welcome to come.
Itβs a very small group of people that are a little older. They donβt have a minister so they take turns doing the service. Todays was on the history of Valentineβs Day and love. It was so wonderful.
It was everything I wanted it to be and I will be going back!
I have a lot of anxiety and Iβm wondering if itβs really ok to just show up on Sunday? Should I email or call before the first time I go? I donβt know how active it is or whatβs expected of me. Iβm sure Iβm over thinking this lol.
I watch a service from the town over online so I have a little bit of knowledge. But I really want to go to a service in person. I donβt know what Iβm really looking for. Maybe some reassurance or stories from your first time at a service?
I'm more aligned with UU than I am with liberal Christianity, and I should probably be able to find my home there, but I just cannot with my local church. Maybe I'm stuck in the past - they had a great, challenging, interesting minister years ago (he retired). I attended yesterday, the current minister tends to "scold" the congregation for all the things they aren't doing well enough (having their own beliefs, not being covenental enough, not respecting "God language" and Christianity enough, posing the possible risk that we won't do what minister wants us to do next with sufficient seriousness and reverence ). I really don't need to spend my Sunday socially distanced, in a mask, scolded, and then hustled out (because no coffee hour and no socializing permitted at this time). I'm also now wondering if minister really does respect humanists and others who aren't of minister's particular "pro-God-talk" mindset. What will we be "corrected" for next?
I want UU to survive, I think that it offers something that we need and cannot usually get elsewhere, but sometimes I look at individual churches and wonder how that will be possible.