Unitarian Universalists of the Salish Sea

JOIN US NEXT SATURDAY AT 5:00 FOR A SPECIAL SERVICE

please come if you can and 
welcome Liz James!

On Saturday, April 26, UUSS Worship Circle has invited Liz James, founder of Mirth and Dignity and the UU Hysterical Society, to speak as part of our service entitled "Inherent Mirth and Dignity".  Join us at St. Margarets Cedar Cottage at 1530 E. 22nd Ave.

What do you do when the life you’d imagined for yourself is stuck in committee? Join us for the story of the UU Hysterical Society...The practical joke that accidentally turned into a 230,000 person UU community on Facebook. It’s a story of feeling lost, finding yourself, and UUism-outside-the-box with  UUHS founder, Liz James. 

Also on Sunday, May 4, Liz James will be at Mollie Nye House to lead UUSS in a workshop called  The Church of Our Imagination, a congregational/community development workshop. In it, we will look at strategies for congregational adaptation. This isn’t a “How to use Facebook” style workshop. This is about changing how we think about ourselves. We will talk about what it looks like to get the word out in a viral world, how to re-envision what the “main part” of what we do really is, what streamlined governance and a failure friendly culture can really look like, and more. This is a story heavy workshop, with lots of examples of how UU communities are successfully adapting (as well as some jokes, discussion and a game thrown in).

Check out the Unitarian Universalist Hysterical Society!

This is primarily a humour group, made by Unitarian Universalists (but welcoming everybody!), that arose kind of by accident out of a practical joke in 2015.

They are a special corner of the internet, due largely to the tireless work of a professional mod team that works 24/7 (okay, not really at night) to approve posts, approve members, and watch over threads.

Below is an example of the fun postings you will find there - join the group!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/uuhystericalsoci

Justice News

“Saving Our Planet: Faith in Action 3,” 

A dynamic gathering is taking place on World Earth Day, April 22,2025, at St. Andrew’s Wesley Church. Brought to you by the Foundation for a Path Forward, the Interfaith Climate Alliance, and supported by St. Andrew's Wesley United Church. 

 After our regular Saturday service on June 21, there will an annual big bash held right afterwards.  Stay tuned for more details!

Join Tsleil-Waututh Nation Sacred Trust at their Interfaith Water Ceremony planned for Sunday, 
May 25 at Whey-ah-Wichen / Cates Park. 

Happy Birthday, Jilly!