Rise of the Nones: Challenge for our Society or Opportunity for Unitarians?
by Terry Anderson | December 28, 2025 | NAUA Academy, News | 0 Comments
This December 2025 NAUA Academy session features a presentation and a lively discussion on the opportunities and challenges from the Arising of the Nones. Joyce Francis leads the discussion, presents efforts of the New Salish Sea Congregation and our own stories of...
NAUA Board of Trustees Adopts and Affirms Code of Conduct
by Joanne Krettek | December 20, 2025 | News | 0 Comments
To model respectful communication and avoid future misunderstandings, NAUA Board Trustees felt it was important to create, adopt and affirm a code of conduct moving forward. Thank you to trustee Jan Anderson for creating the initial draft, which was slightly modified...
Solstice 2025 Celebration Saturday Worship
by Terry Anderson | December 19, 2025 | News, Worship Service | 0 Comments
This moving video of the 2025 Holiday Reflections of the Season features greetings, best wishes, poems and readings from NAUA leaders across the continent. Not be missed!!
October 18, NAUA Worship Service, “Welcoming the Stranger”
by Lincoln Baxter | November 3, 2025 | News, Worship Service, Worship Services | 0 Comments
Rev. Alex Holt, a longtime Unitarian minister, led the October 18th NAUA Service. His theme was "Welcoming the Stranger." It is said we are a hopelessly divided country and perhaps we should secede to make us more unified. Really? Can we as liberal religious...
NAUA Elects New Board Trustees and Thanks Outgoing Trustees for Dedicated Service
by Joanne Krettek | October 13, 2025 | News | 0 Comments
The Board of Trustees of the North American Unitarian Association is pleased to announce the addition of four new Trustees who will each serve three year terms: Bobbe Gaines Baggio Lincoln Baxter Roy Dickerson Mark Reimers More information on each of these individuals...
2025 NAUA Annual Meeting Resources
by Joanne Krettek | September 28, 2025 | News | 0 Comments
Please attend the 2025 Annual Meeting even if you are unable to attend other Summit sessions. There is no cost to join the Annual Meeting. However, your presence is important for establishing a quorum and also for voicing your preferences by sharing your comments...
2025 NAUA Annual Summit Resources
by Joanne Krettek | September 27, 2025 | News | 0 Comments
We are pleased to announce that over 100 individuals and families have signed up to attend this year's Summit, scheduled for Tuesday, September 30th through Sunday, October 5th. Here are some useful resources that will help you navigate the Summit Zoom Events...
JD Stillwater: One Song – the Science of Oneness
by Terry Anderson | September 24, 2025 | News, Worship Service, Worship Services | 0 Comments
For millennia mystics and poets have told us that “All is one” and yet we feel ourselves surrounded by separation, antagonism, and isolation! With help from some intrepid dung beetles, science ambassador JD Stillwater takes us on a tour of findings from mainstream...
The Bee Way to Navigate the NAUA Summit
by Terry Anderson | August 29, 2025 | News, Summit | 0 Comments
I hope you are looking forward to participating in 2025 NAUA Summit- this year hosted on the new Zoom Events portal. This post is meant to help you navigate through this environment – using a Bee analogy. I used to keep a few colonies of bees and have just finished a...
Three-Year NAUA Strategic Plan Unveiled
by Joanne Krettek | August 24, 2025 | News | 0 Comments
One of the key priorities of the NAUA Board of Trustees this year has been the creation of a Three-Year Strategic Plan for our fledgling organization. The now completed plan outlines goals and objectives, along with tentative deadlines, for ensuring long-term growth,...
Climate Consciousness – Aug. 2025 Monthly Service
by Terry Anderson | August 19, 2025 | Worship Service, Worship Services | 0 Comments
August's worship service will explore our relationship with the environment and climate change as a moral and spiritual imperative. Gail Sandlin will lead the August NAUA Service. She will explore our relationship with the environment and climate change as a moral and...
July 19, 2025 Service -Yin and Yang
by Terry Anderson | July 21, 2025 | News, Worship Service, Worship Services | 0 Comments
"As the Yin and Yang symbol illustrates, there is a piece of each in the other, teaching us the importance of empathy and understanding." The July Service will be conducted by NAUA's worship team. The theme will be "Yin and Yang: How is it possible to have opposites...
NAUA is Now a Member of the International Association for Religious Freedom
by Joanne Krettek | June 29, 2025 | News | 0 Comments
On June 15th the North American Unitarian Association (NAUA) became a member of the International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF). This is an important milestone for NAUA as membership in IARF represents recognition of NAUA as a member of the world-wide...
June 21, 2025 – Two Views on the Nature of Nature by Dr. Gary Nelson
by Terry Anderson | June 21, 2025 | News, Worship Service, Worship Services | 0 Comments
The June Sunday Service brings together the scientific view of nature, along with the mystical and spiritual view, with a sermon by Dr. Gary Nelson. Dr. Nelson's training in electrical engineering and applied mathematics encouraged views of the cosmos as mindless,...
Mythology Then and Now: How can it inform our future?
by Joanne Krettek | May 31, 2025 | News | 0 Comments
The NAUA International Alliance hosted a 5-month educational series on Mythology, It was led by Margarete (Marga) Hanna from January through May 2025, with support from Stephen Polmar, John Eichrodt, and Wayne Hanna. We asked Marga to summarize the series for those...