Sara will present “What is UU Wellspring?” Sara has facilitated the UUBRidge program for the past two years. Some of this year’s participants in the UUBRidge Wellspring program, called “Sources,” will briefly discuss their experiences. We will discuss what will be offered in the coming year for UU Wellspring.

Meditation has been a human practice for thousands of years, yet many people are intimidated by their impression that it’s difficult. After briefly introducing the concept of meditation, its motivation, why people think it’s hard, and the range of meditation practices, the bulk of the session will concentrate on instruction in two simple meditation techniques, […]

The speakers attended the 62nd annual General Assembly (GA) of the Unitarian Universalist Association, held June 21-25 in Pittsburgh, PA, representing UUBRidge as its delegates. Much important business was done.  The GA elected a new president and voted by a wide margin to advance the Article II Study Commission report for another year of discussion […]

This will be our last Sunday together, a momentous occasion for all of us. Since its founding, UUBRidge has had only one other minister for one year. Finding and adjusting to new ministries is a common experience for older churches, and as the years pass UUBRidge will learn this skill as well. Unlike times when […]

UUBRidge will again observe this annual ritual which renews our sense of community as a congregation. Please plan to bring a small amount of water that represents something of your spiritual journey and lived experiences in the past year. These will be shared during the service.

A conversation on the historical legacy of indigenous people of the upper Rappahannock watershed, the Mannahoac tribe,  and the relevance of this unfolding story to the modern quest for Peace and Conservation.  David Caprara of Fredericksburg, advisor to Global Peace Foundation and former head of VISTA volunteers and VA Department of Housing and Community Development, along […]

This is a re-reading of a meaningful sermon (by Ralph Stutzman) that Emery Lazar and his late wife Rita shared with our UU community a number of years ago.  He felt that it merited another hearing.

Since the turn of the century, books on happiness and well-being have been a publishing phenomenon; organizations promoting happiness have appeared; a school of psychology devoted to human flourishing was founded; Bhutan pioneered the concept of “gross national happiness.” Happiness is essential, it’s true. But can humans pursue happiness in consonance with caring for the […]

Unitarian Universalists tend to be known as civil rights activists. Members of UUBRidge joined hundreds of people from UU and other Virginia congregations in the 2023 “Day for All People” advocacy day in Richmond, sponsored by the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy (VICPP). The four 2023 advocacy priorities of VICPP will be shared, along […]

People want to be religious, says scholar Karen Armstrong; we should help make religion a force for harmony. She asks the TED community to help build a Charter for Compassion — to restore the Golden Rule as the central global religious doctrine.