“Love is the spirit of this fellowship
And service is its prayer.
This is our great covenant:
To dwell together in peace,
To seek the truth in love,
And to help one another, to the end
that all souls shall grow into harmony with the divine.”
The Orcas Island Unitarian Universalist Fellowship generally meets at 11:30 a.m. on the second Sunday of each month, September through June. The service is followed by a finger-food potluck lunch. It is held in Benson Hall at Emmanuel Church, 242 Main St. in Eastsound. All are welcome.
Special services such as Christmas Eve will also be announced below and in the Calendar. OIUUF services may also be held on other Sundays. If a service is scheduled, it will be listed below and in our Calendar.
Members may also choose to attend the service of the San Juan UU Fellowship on other Sundays. The SJUUF meets at 10:00 a.m. (except the first Sunday) at the Mullis Center in Friday Harbor, September through May.
2017-2018 Services scheduled to date (11:30 a.m. unless noted)
- October 8: Water Ceremony. Please bring water that was of significance to you this past year to add to our common bowl.
- November 12: Gratitude, led by Kathryn Marie
- December 10: Good King Wenceslas, led by John Carl
- December 24 (3:30 p.m., Odd Fellows Hall): “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” read by Howard Barbour
- January 14: Martin Luther King Celebration, led by Sharon Abreu
- February 11: Boxing Church, led by Suzanne Olson
- March 11: The Practice of Wearing Skin, led by Susan McBain
- April 8: Annual Poetry Service, led by Suzanne Olson
- May 13: Honoring Mother Earth, led by Debi Gibson
- June 10: Annual Potluck Picnic, Moran State Park
- August 26: Annual meeting and potluck, Eagle Lake. Contact Susan McBain for hours and directions.
ALL ARE WELCOME!
