Free Church Unitarian of Blaine, Washington

About Unitarian Universalists

The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is a religious organization that combines two traditions: the Universalists, who organized in 1793, and the Unitarians, who organized in 1825. They consolidated into the UUA in 1961. Both groups trace their roots in North America to the early Massachusetts settlers and to the founders of the Republic. Overseas, their heritages reach back centuries to pioneers in Transylvania, Holland, Poland and England.

Each of the 1,041 congregations in the United States, Canada, and overseas are democratic in polity and operation; they govern themselves. They unite in the Association to provide services that individual congregations cannot provide for themselves. Each congregation is associated with one of the UUA’s 20 districts. We are members of the Pacific Norhwest District (PNWD).

Unitarian Universalism is a liberal religion with Jewish-Christian roots. It has no creed. It affirms the worth of human beings, advocates freedom of belief and the search for advancing truth, and tries to provide a warm, open, supportive community for people who believe that ethical living is the supreme witness of religion.

* The Inherent Worth and Dignity of Every Person

* Justice, Equality and Compassion in Human Relations

* A Free and Responsible Search for Truth and Meaning

* The Goal of World Community with Peace, Liberty and Justice for All

* Respect for the Interdependent Web of All Existence of which we are a Part

* Acceptance of One Another and Encouragement to Spiritual Growth in Our Congregation

* The Rights of Conscience and the Use of the Democratic Process within
Our Congregation and the Society at Large

*Spirititual teachings of earth-centered traditions, which celebrate the sacred
circle of life and instruct us to live in harmony with the rhythms of nature."

*Direct Experience of transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and an openness to the forces that create and uphold life;

*Words and deeds of prophetic women and men which challenge us to confront powers and structures of evil with justice, compassion, and the treansforming power of love;

*Wisdom from the world’s religions which inspires us in our ethical and spiritual life;

*Jewish and Christian teachings which call us to respond to God’s love by loving our neighbors as ourselves;

*Humanist teachings which counsel us to heed the guidance of reason and the results of science, and warn us against idolatries of the mind and spirit.