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We are living in unprecedented times. This was the case even before the coronavirus hit, but it’s even more true now. Big change is happening all around us, it’s been happening for a while now, and it’s calling us to ask big questions. Not just practical ones like, how do I keep myself and my … Continue reading Visitor Information

Fitting In or Belonging?

Author Toko-Pa Turner wrote: “Our longing for community is so powerful that it can drive us to join groups, relationships, or systems of belief that give a false impression of belonging. These places of false belonging grant us conditional membership, requiring us to cut parts of ourselves off in order to fit in.” How true! … Continue reading Fitting In or Belonging?

TouchPoints September Wisdom Tale: The First UU Water Communion

A long time ago, in the 1970s, there was a kind and curious woman named Lucile Shuck Longview. She was a Unitarian Universalist and loved her UU church in Lexington, Massachusetts. In 1975, Lucile got to travel to Mexico City as a UU delegate to be part of the United Nations “Women’s Year” assembly. This … Continue reading TouchPoints September Wisdom Tale: The First UU Water Communion

Order of Service

Order of Service September 14, 2025 9:00 AM Love at the Center of Our Belonging Led by Rev. Deborah Bennett Thank you to this morning’s Worship Team Pianist:  Nonetta ShatakhtsianUshers:  Paula GreenwoodTech Host:  Lance Collins Centering Thought: “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within … Continue reading Order of Service

Summer Share the Plate –

Our Summer Share the Plate is: The TOMAQUAG MUSEUM  The Museum seeks to educate all relations (everyone) about Indigenous cultures of the Dawnland (Southern New England). It is Rhode Island’s only museum entirely dedicated to telling the story of the Indigenous peoples of this land. Programs there share Native perspectives on traditional health and wellbeing, … Continue reading Summer Share the Plate –

Imagine…..

Imagine if you were to take each of the minutes you lived in any given day and put them in one of two columns – one for those minutes where you were present in the reality of the moment and the others in a column for those moments where you were lost in your imagination … Continue reading Imagine…..

April Share the Plate

Our April Share the Plate Recipient; Climate Action RI is an action group focused specifically on climate change and what can be done on national, local, and individual levels. Based in Rhode Island, it is a local 350.org affiliate. Climate Action RI is committed to climate and environmental justice across all sectors to foster a … Continue reading April Share the Plate

In This I Trust

After experiencing some time down with illness the past few weeks and knowing we were entering the month to explore the practice of trust, I found myself frequently asking: “what does trust in a situation like this even mean”? Did I “trust” that I would get well? Yes, and yet …  And yet, as I … Continue reading In This I Trust

Every Voice Matters

It is a phrase I find myself repeating often. “Every voice matters.” Now I know what you may be thinking right now. Does every voice matter? Well ok, that’s a fair question when we consider the loud, often violent and harmful voices that are on the main stage of politics right now. For the sake … Continue reading Every Voice Matters