With Independence Day coming up, we celebrate this holiday for the freedom, rights and safety of living the United States. Join us for this interactive service to share with us your thoughts, readings, poems, essays or songs of what America means to you.

Presented by Don Morishita

We Americans rank dead last in religious literacy. When and how did this happen? What can we do about it now?

This Sunday, our visiting minister, Rev. Jenny Peek, shares her thoughts on bringing some religion into the classroom, or otherwise augmenting early and primary education with religious studies. What could possibly go wrong?!

One of the boldest Unitarian Universalist Principles is our 6th Principle — “The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all.” This Sunday join political science professor and MVUUF member Perri Gardner for an exploration of this bold goal. Together we will consider the challenges to a true “world community” and learn about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHRM 1948) which strives to create “peace, liberty, and justice for all.” Finally, we will take action to protect human rights by exploring Amnesty International’s Write for Rights campaign.

Understanding other religions is helpful in opening our minds and hearts to communities of people who may be different from our own religion. Islam is one of the Abrahamic religions and the second largest religion in the world. Yet, it is not widely understood in the United States, with many misconceptions of their beliefs. Join us to learn more about Islam and what it means to be Islam in the United States and in Idaho.

Don Morishita will be the Worship Associate