UU Fellowship of Central Oregon

Welcome!

The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon offers weekly services and programs at 11 AM at the Old Stone Church (157 NW Franklin Avenue, Bend). Child Care and Religious Education are available during regular Sunday services (see the calendar for details). We are a Welcoming Congregation, and we celebrate people of all personal and family lifestyles and sexual orientation. Please visit us soon!

What's New

Please come hear our minister, Reverend Heather Starr speak.

Heather was raised in Portland, Oregon, and in August, 2006, completed a year-long chaplaincy residency at Portland's Providence Hospital. She completed her Master of Divinity degree at Starr King School of Ministry in Berkeley in 2005. Her ministerial internship involved serving two congregations, the First Unitarian Church of Duluth, and the Mesabi UU Church of Virginia, Minnesota, from 2004 to 2005. She is a poet and writer who prior to seminary was a program manager at the Kelly Writers House at the University of Pennsylvania. Her undergraduate degree was taken at Barnard College of Columbia University. Heather was ordained by the UU Fellowship of Central Oregon in Bend on April 29, 2007. She is available by e-mail, phone, and in person (see hours in Newsletter) at her office at 155 NW Irving; you may also contact her to make an appointment.

We have an active religious education program, directed by Sharon Evey. We are excited about the growth of this program to educate and develop these youngest members of our faith community! This year the children are exploring Unitarian Universalist history and UU core principles.

You can contact our Fellowship Administrator, Kathy Day, at the Fellowship phone number or at uufco@yahoo.com.

Please refer to the Events Calendar for current events.

Who We Are:

For people of all ages seeking a liberal spiritual community, UUFCO is a Unitarian-Universalist congregation founded on the principle of freedom of belief, offering fellowship, thought-provoking and spiritually meaningful services and stimulating congregational activities.

Our Ongoing Activities:

Our fellowship provides a variety of opportunities to become active in our congregation:

We offer Sunday Services to enlighten, enrich, and challenge our members, friends, and visitors.
We offer other programs including discussion groups, meditation groups, and other adult and children's religious education.
We offer a variety of social action opportunities to better the lives of our community's inhabitants. In the recent past, our activities have benefitted the Bethlehem Inn, COBRA, and COCAAN.
We offer a variety of volunteer opportunities that enable our members and friends to foster our congregation's health.

Our Greater Community:

We are also part of a much larger spiritual and social community:

We are affiliated with the Pacific Northwest District of the Unitarian Universalist Association, which consists of all of the UU churches in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Alaska. PNWD provides conferences, workshops, curricula, and other resources to its member congregations.
On a national level, we are affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), made up of more than one thousand congregations.

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A Message from our Past Board President:

Greetings!

Please feel free to browse the web site, contact us with questions or requests, and visit one of our Sunday services or other activities. My wife and I were newcomers to the Fellowship in 2002. We found a community that was, and remains, both welcoming and inclusive. You will find those themes throughout the information on this web site.

The UUFCO is a relatively small liberal religious group. Our programs will stimulate your thinking about important religious and social issues. You will also discover opportunities for spiritual enrichment and an active, committed community of members.

Welcome to the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon.

Don Hartsough, Past President (2003-2005)

UUFCO -- P.O. Box 428 -- Bend, OR 97709 -- (541) 385-3908