Featuring Rev. Barbara Prose

Celebrant Elaine Castles
Music by Bonnie and Dick Withers

Come at 9 am for All Ages Popup Choir!

Are you a Universalist? I haven’t heard too many of you claim a Universalist identity here in the Gorge. Perhaps because, as the saying goes, “If you are a Universalist, you better make friends with your enemies now, because you’re going to be spending eternity with them soon!” A theology of radical inclusion, Universalism has always been expressed and repressed in Christian circles since the beginning of Christianity.   

Whatever you think happens after you die, in a faith as free as ours, we each have a responsibility to articulate as best we can, what we hold as our highest values, and why. With the religious freedom we cherish comes the responsibility to study, debate, even argue, and then finally decide, define and declare where we stand.

My hunch, whether you were raised in a Christian tradition or not, is that we are all Universalists. See you on Sunday and let me know what you think!

With love beyond belief, Barbara

This is the second, in a four-part sermon series, in which we will explore the roots of our liberal religious tradition. We started in May with Humanism. Moving in June to Universalism.  Celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday by exploring Unitarianism in July and finish the series in August, with Unitarian Universalism.  There will be time for discussion afterwards, downstairs, as part of our Get To Know Us monthly gathering, happening every First and Third Sunday from 12-1 pm.