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ENLIGHTEN Kitsap presents Carol J. Williams: Dispatches from Moscow-Spies and Lies on Friday, September 18.
The Autumnal Equinox approaches and will be celebrated with ritual, drumming, and food! Saturday, September 19 in the Sanctuary bring an intention to acknowledge the balance of day & night for the equinox along with a savory or sweet dish to share...and drums, if you have any!
In a time of great unraveling and division, how might we weave a tapestry of community and belonging? Come join us as we weave Earth elements into a nature loom. May this collective ritual foster community and belonging through the warp and weft of life.
Are you new to KUUF and wonder what Unitarian Universalism is all about? Do you want to know more about this Fellowship? Do you want to know how and when to become a member and what that means for you? If you have questions about KUUF, this is the time and place to ask them!
The Autumnal Equinox is upon us! How can we celebrate this harvest season of gratitude and abundance? During this time of equal parts day and night, how do we find our balance? Want to talk about Pagan and Earth-centered spirituality? Meet, mingle and make merry at this gathering!
The September Social Justice Committee Meeting is scheduled for Sunday, September 20th from 11:45 am - 12:45 pm in the Admin Room. We'll be discussing upcoming October 17th No Kings locations and other advocacy opportunities. Anyone is welcome to attend and participate.
This course is for everyone from novices on trans identity to those with decades of life experience. Rather than simply offering a “trans 101,” this class pushes participants to the next level of congregational welcome, relationship-building, and skills-building. It counters mainstream narratives about who trans people are. supports understanding of non-binary identities, and employs a deeply intersectional approach.
Do you know how to use a screwdriver, paintbrush or hammer? Or just want to help out? Then come join us for Fellowship Fix Up Friday!
This course is for everyone from novices on trans identity to those with decades of life experience. Rather than simply offering a “trans 101,” this class pushes participants to the next level of congregational welcome, relationship-building, and skills-building. It counters mainstream narratives about who trans people are. supports understanding of non-binary identities, and employs a deeply intersectional approach.
This course is for everyone from novices on trans identity to those with decades of life experience. Rather than simply offering a “trans 101,” this class pushes participants to the next level of congregational welcome, relationship-building, and skills-building. It counters mainstream narratives about who trans people are. supports understanding of non-binary identities, and employs a deeply intersectional approach.
“Writing is a long-loved path to personal insight, spiritual discernment and self-expression. By bringing the practice of writing to the exploration of monthly themes, the hope is to provide participants not only with another channel of self-discovery, but also with the gift of being witnessed in a new and precious way.”
This course is for everyone from novices on trans identity to those with decades of life experience. Rather than simply offering a “trans 101,” this class pushes participants to the next level of congregational welcome, relationship-building, and skills-building. It counters mainstream narratives about who trans people are. supports understanding of non-binary identities, and employs a deeply intersectional approach.
Participants are given monthly packets which provide background about the spiritual practice, tease out how the practice speaks to universal hungers, and offers options about how participants can engage the practice in their own life. Care is given to avoid cultural misappropriation. Group members pick one of the options and do it prior to their facilitated group meeting. Packets also contain reflection questions for participants to debrief their experience personally and with their groups.
While it’s called Creativity Matters, these are not “art groups”. Participants are given project-based packets, built around a monthly theme. For Creativity Matters this packet contains creative exercises for group members to work on prior to their group meeting. During the group meeting there is sharing and reflection.
This course is for everyone from novices on trans identity to those with decades of life experience. Rather than simply offering a “trans 101,” this class pushes participants to the next level of congregational welcome, relationship-building, and skills-building. It counters mainstream narratives about who trans people are. supports understanding of non-binary identities, and employs a deeply intersectional approach.
While it’s called Creativity Matters, these are not “art groups”. Participants are given project-based packets, built around a monthly theme. For Creativity Matters this packet contains creative exercises for group members to work on prior to their group meeting. During the group meeting there is sharing and reflection.
This course is for everyone from novices on trans identity to those with decades of life experience. Rather than simply offering a “trans 101,” this class pushes participants to the next level of congregational welcome, relationship-building, and skills-building. It counters mainstream narratives about who trans people are. supports understanding of non-binary identities, and employs a deeply intersectional approach.
When the Spirit Says Do: Supporting KUUF’s Beloved Community is the theme for our November 2026 auction (bidding opens on Saturday, October 31 and runs through early evening on Sunday, November 8).
“Writing is a long-loved path to personal insight, spiritual discernment and self-expression. By bringing the practice of writing to the exploration of monthly themes, the hope is to provide participants not only with another channel of self-discovery, but also with the gift of being witnessed in a new and precious way.”
Participants are given monthly packets which provide background about the spiritual practice, tease out how the practice speaks to universal hungers, and offers options about how participants can engage the practice in their own life. Care is given to avoid cultural misappropriation. Group members pick one of the options and do it prior to their facilitated group meeting. Packets also contain reflection questions for participants to debrief their experience personally and with their groups.
While it’s called Creativity Matters, these are not “art groups”. Participants are given project-based packets, built around a monthly theme. For Creativity Matters this packet contains creative exercises for group members to work on prior to their group meeting. During the group meeting there is sharing and reflection.
While it’s called Creativity Matters, these are not “art groups”. Participants are given project-based packets, built around a monthly theme. For Creativity Matters this packet contains creative exercises for group members to work on prior to their group meeting. During the group meeting there is sharing and reflection.
“Writing is a long-loved path to personal insight, spiritual discernment and self-expression. By bringing the practice of writing to the exploration of monthly themes, the hope is to provide participants not only with another channel of self-discovery, but also with the gift of being witnessed in a new and precious way.”
Participants are given monthly packets which provide background about the spiritual practice, tease out how the practice speaks to universal hungers, and offers options about how participants can engage the practice in their own life. Care is given to avoid cultural misappropriation. Group members pick one of the options and do it prior to their facilitated group meeting. Packets also contain reflection questions for participants to debrief their experience personally and with their groups.
While it’s called Creativity Matters, these are not “art groups”. Participants are given project-based packets, built around a monthly theme. For Creativity Matters this packet contains creative exercises for group members to work on prior to their group meeting. During the group meeting there is sharing and reflection.
While it’s called Creativity Matters, these are not “art groups”. Participants are given project-based packets, built around a monthly theme. For Creativity Matters this packet contains creative exercises for group members to work on prior to their group meeting. During the group meeting there is sharing and reflection.
“Writing is a long-loved path to personal insight, spiritual discernment and self-expression. By bringing the practice of writing to the exploration of monthly themes, the hope is to provide participants not only with another channel of self-discovery, but also with the gift of being witnessed in a new and precious way.”
Participants are given monthly packets which provide background about the spiritual practice, tease out how the practice speaks to universal hungers, and offers options about how participants can engage the practice in their own life. Care is given to avoid cultural misappropriation. Group members pick one of the options and do it prior to their facilitated group meeting. Packets also contain reflection questions for participants to debrief their experience personally and with their groups.
While it’s called Creativity Matters, these are not “art groups”. Participants are given project-based packets, built around a monthly theme. For Creativity Matters this packet contains creative exercises for group members to work on prior to their group meeting. During the group meeting there is sharing and reflection.
While it’s called Creativity Matters, these are not “art groups”. Participants are given project-based packets, built around a monthly theme. For Creativity Matters this packet contains creative exercises for group members to work on prior to their group meeting. During the group meeting there is sharing and reflection.
“Writing is a long-loved path to personal insight, spiritual discernment and self-expression. By bringing the practice of writing to the exploration of monthly themes, the hope is to provide participants not only with another channel of self-discovery, but also with the gift of being witnessed in a new and precious way.”
Participants are given monthly packets which provide background about the spiritual practice, tease out how the practice speaks to universal hungers, and offers options about how participants can engage the practice in their own life. Care is given to avoid cultural misappropriation. Group members pick one of the options and do it prior to their facilitated group meeting. Packets also contain reflection questions for participants to debrief their experience personally and with their groups.
While it’s called Creativity Matters, these are not “art groups”. Participants are given project-based packets, built around a monthly theme. For Creativity Matters this packet contains creative exercises for group members to work on prior to their group meeting. During the group meeting there is sharing and reflection.
While it’s called Creativity Matters, these are not “art groups”. Participants are given project-based packets, built around a monthly theme. For Creativity Matters this packet contains creative exercises for group members to work on prior to their group meeting. During the group meeting there is sharing and reflection.
“Writing is a long-loved path to personal insight, spiritual discernment and self-expression. By bringing the practice of writing to the exploration of monthly themes, the hope is to provide participants not only with another channel of self-discovery, but also with the gift of being witnessed in a new and precious way.”
Participants are given monthly packets which provide background about the spiritual practice, tease out how the practice speaks to universal hungers, and offers options about how participants can engage the practice in their own life. Care is given to avoid cultural misappropriation. Group members pick one of the options and do it prior to their facilitated group meeting. Packets also contain reflection questions for participants to debrief their experience personally and with their groups.
While it’s called Creativity Matters, these are not “art groups”. Participants are given project-based packets, built around a monthly theme. For Creativity Matters this packet contains creative exercises for group members to work on prior to their group meeting. During the group meeting there is sharing and reflection.
While it’s called Creativity Matters, these are not “art groups”. Participants are given project-based packets, built around a monthly theme. For Creativity Matters this packet contains creative exercises for group members to work on prior to their group meeting. During the group meeting there is sharing and reflection.
While it’s called Creativity Matters, these are not “art groups”. Participants are given project-based packets, built around a monthly theme. For Creativity Matters this packet contains creative exercises for group members to work on prior to their group meeting. During the group meeting there is sharing and reflection.
“Writing is a long-loved path to personal insight, spiritual discernment and self-expression. By bringing the practice of writing to the exploration of monthly themes, the hope is to provide participants not only with another channel of self-discovery, but also with the gift of being witnessed in a new and precious way.”
“Writing is a long-loved path to personal insight, spiritual discernment and self-expression. By bringing the practice of writing to the exploration of monthly themes, the hope is to provide participants not only with another channel of self-discovery, but also with the gift of being witnessed in a new and precious way.”
Participants are given monthly packets which provide background about the spiritual practice, tease out how the practice speaks to universal hungers, and offers options about how participants can engage the practice in their own life. Care is given to avoid cultural misappropriation. Group members pick one of the options and do it prior to their facilitated group meeting. Packets also contain reflection questions for participants to debrief their experience personally and with their groups.
While it’s called Creativity Matters, these are not “art groups”. Participants are given project-based packets, built around a monthly theme. For Creativity Matters this packet contains creative exercises for group members to work on prior to their group meeting. During the group meeting there is sharing and reflection.
While it’s called Creativity Matters, these are not “art groups”. Participants are given project-based packets, built around a monthly theme. For Creativity Matters this packet contains creative exercises for group members to work on prior to their group meeting. During the group meeting there is sharing and reflection.
“Writing is a long-loved path to personal insight, spiritual discernment and self-expression. By bringing the practice of writing to the exploration of monthly themes, the hope is to provide participants not only with another channel of self-discovery, but also with the gift of being witnessed in a new and precious way.”
Participants are given monthly packets which provide background about the spiritual practice, tease out how the practice speaks to universal hungers, and offers options about how participants can engage the practice in their own life. Care is given to avoid cultural misappropriation. Group members pick one of the options and do it prior to their facilitated group meeting. Packets also contain reflection questions for participants to debrief their experience personally and with their groups.
While it’s called Creativity Matters, these are not “art groups”. Participants are given project-based packets, built around a monthly theme. For Creativity Matters this packet contains creative exercises for group members to work on prior to their group meeting. During the group meeting there is sharing and reflection.
While it’s called Creativity Matters, these are not “art groups”. Participants are given project-based packets, built around a monthly theme. For Creativity Matters this packet contains creative exercises for group members to work on prior to their group meeting. During the group meeting there is sharing and reflection.
“Writing is a long-loved path to personal insight, spiritual discernment and self-expression. By bringing the practice of writing to the exploration of monthly themes, the hope is to provide participants not only with another channel of self-discovery, but also with the gift of being witnessed in a new and precious way.”
Participants are given monthly packets which provide background about the spiritual practice, tease out how the practice speaks to universal hungers, and offers options about how participants can engage the practice in their own life. Care is given to avoid cultural misappropriation. Group members pick one of the options and do it prior to their facilitated group meeting. Packets also contain reflection questions for participants to debrief their experience personally and with their groups.
While it’s called Creativity Matters, these are not “art groups”. Participants are given project-based packets, built around a monthly theme. For Creativity Matters this packet contains creative exercises for group members to work on prior to their group meeting. During the group meeting there is sharing and reflection.
While it’s called Creativity Matters, these are not “art groups”. Participants are given project-based packets, built around a monthly theme. For Creativity Matters this packet contains creative exercises for group members to work on prior to their group meeting. During the group meeting there is sharing and reflection.
While it’s called Creativity Matters, these are not “art groups”. Participants are given project-based packets, built around a monthly theme. For Creativity Matters this packet contains creative exercises for group members to work on prior to their group meeting. During the group meeting there is sharing and reflection.
While it’s called Creativity Matters, these are not “art groups”. Participants are given project-based packets, built around a monthly theme. For Creativity Matters this packet contains creative exercises for group members to work on prior to their group meeting. During the group meeting there is sharing and reflection.
This course is for everyone from novices on trans identity to those with decades of life experience. Rather than simply offering a “trans 101,” this class pushes participants to the next level of congregational welcome, relationship-building, and skills-building. It counters mainstream narratives about who trans people are. supports understanding of non-binary identities, and employs a deeply intersectional approach.
Join us for our next Learning Forum: Voting as Compassionate Citizens.
How can political actions help build a more compassionate world? Four KUUF members traveled to Washington, DC in July to advocate for just that. Their lobbying efforts included hand delivering letters written by KUUF members and friends. Come and learn about the responses of our Representative Emily Randall and Senators Murray and Cantwell to the requests you wrote in your letters and to our RESULTS requests to promote health education, nutrition, housing and the end of poverty.
Curiosity is that very human trait that fortunately, never leaves us – it never fails to inspire us to seek a deeper understanding of ourselves and of this extravagantly beautiful world. As we exercise our curiosity, what are the moral consequences?
The 9th Season of 2nd Friday Film Series kicks off Sept 11 with the screening of 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 a 2023 film depicting the true story of the expansive growth of a church during the hippie movement of the 1960-70s through leaning how to be welcoming.
Doors open at 6pm
Participants are given monthly packets which provide background about the spiritual practice, tease out how the practice speaks to universal hungers, and offers options about how participants can engage the practice in their own life. Care is given to avoid cultural misappropriation. Group members pick one of the options and do it prior to their facilitated group meeting. Packets also contain reflection questions for participants to debrief their experience personally and with their groups.
This course is for everyone from novices on trans identity to those with decades of life experience. Rather than simply offering a “trans 101,” this class pushes participants to the next level of congregational welcome, relationship-building, and skills-building. It counters mainstream narratives about who trans people are. supports understanding of non-binary identities, and employs a deeply intersectional approach.
The KUUF grief support group meets the first Sunday of the month. The next meeting is Sunday, September 6 at 11:45 am in the Elmore Room.
Religious radical, avant-garde cultural critic, feminist, progressive social theorist, investigative journalist, war correspondent, public intellectual—by any measure, Margaret Fuller was remarkable person. She was a central figure in the Transcendentalist movement that included Ralph Waldo Emerson and many other close friends. And she applied her ideals to an active engagement with social change here in America and political revolution abroad.
The Truth Quest Book Group meets again, via Zoom, on Sunday, September 6 from 8:30 to 9:30 am. The book we chose for this meeting is "The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for an Inspired Life” by Lisa Miller, Ph.D.
You are invited to join us in our next monthly meditation mini retreat on the first Saturday of the month from 11:50 to 2:20pm. We will practice a variety of meditation styles: guided and silent, sitting and walking, and Loving Kindness (metta). The program will be divided into 20 minute meditations, with 5 minute breaks in between. You are welcome to join for all or part of the afternoon.
“Writing is a long-loved path to personal insight, spiritual discernment and self-expression. By bringing the practice of writing to the exploration of monthly themes, the hope is to provide participants not only with another channel of self-discovery, but also with the gift of being witnessed in a new and precious way.”
This week we focus on our 3S’s by creating care packages to share with our houseless
community members, reading Last Stop on Market Street, and taking part in a Paper Airplane Letter delivery activity.
The Worship Committee invites everyone to join us on Sunday, August 30 for our Late Summer Brunch and Blessing of the Backpack. This is NOT a potluck...the Worship Committee wants you to be our guests.
This will be an all-ages service (no children's program or childcare).
Please join us on Friday, August 28th at 6pm for the next Family Friendly Film at KUUF! This is an all ages event - everyone is welcome! This month's selection is "Moana 2 (2024); a story of self-evolution, community connection, and embracing the unknown. If you would like to bring dinner and/or snacks, please note that the kitchen will be closed so we ask that you bring items that are already prepared.
Join us on the 4th Friday of the month for a LGBTQIA+ social potluck in the main sanctuary building from 6 to 8 pm. Come as enjoy a relaxed evening of conversation and food. We encourage people to bring their own dishes and silverware so that we can reduce the amount of trash we create and the amount of cleanup we need to do.
This week we focus on our 3S’s by creating posters that remind us to stay centered, taking part in a centering meditation, and creating laying Catch the Compliment.
Our guest speaker on August 23 will be our own KUUF Choir Director, Alena Hemingway. She has been a part of KUUF since she was 8 years old. She considers herself a lifelong UU. She feels very fortunate for this place and the people who have shaped her life in such beautiful ways.
She will be speaking on the topic: Why Do We Write Songs? and will use our new UU on-line hymnal, Sing Out Loud as a source. Throughout the service we will introduce you to the new on-line hymnal, and UUAs vision for it. We will be using this source more often starting in September.
This Sunday, as you shop the Farmers’ Market for delicious produce, check out the excess kitchen and Lost and Found items displayed on the breezeway.
If you see a pot or bowl or plate or knife that is yours, please take it home!
If you see an item that you want, take that home too!
You are invited to attend the last KUUF Musical BBQ at the Wilsons' home in Olalla on Saturday, August 22 from 12:30 to 4:00 pm! The KUUF Sax Quartet will play, as will other musicians in our Fellowship community. A terrific hamburger, hot dog, veggie burger, salads, beans, watermelon and dessert BBQ lunch will accompany the music!
Sarah van Gelder, YES! magazine founding editor, Suquamish Foundation board member, and former member of the Bremerton Race Equity Advisory Board will be the August 21 speaker for ENLIGHTEN. Understanding our diverse histories, righting old wrongs, and showing up for our neighbors could be the first steps in getting along - not just politely, but well.
Join us on Friday, August 21, from 5:00–7:00 p.m. for an evening of outdoor fun and games!
Are you new to KUUF and wonder what Unitarian Universalism is all about? Do you want to know more about this Fellowship? Do you want to know how and when to become a member and what that means for you? If you have questions about KUUF, this is the time and place to ask them!
The Social Justice Committee will have just one meeting this month. It is 11:45-12:45pm, Sunday in the Admin Room. If you are new to KUUF come check us out. You don't have to be a member to attend. We welcome everyone. Hope to see you there.
The harvest is upon us! Are you celebrating the season? Do you feel close to the abundant Earth? Want to talk about Pagan and Earth-centered spirituality? Meet, mingle, and make merry at this gathering!
This week we focus on our 3S’s by taste testing fair trade chocolates, taking part in a chocolate meditation, and play nature connected games.
What do Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, Howard Thurman, Rosa Parks, John Lewis, Thich Nhat Hanh and other great spiritual activist leaders have in common? They were “Universe Disturbers” in the best sense. Living in challenging times, these activists sustained and inspired others by their spiritual practices to work for justice, inclusion, equality and freedom. This message offers seven simple yet surprisingly effective spiritual practices they used with some self care tips accessible to all who advocate, hope and pray for a better world.
This Sunday, as you shop the Farmers’ Market for delicious produce, check out the excess kitchen and Lost and Found items displayed on the breezeway.
If you see a pot or bowl or plate or knife that is yours, please take it home!
If you see an item that you want, take that home too!
