Summer has arrived in full bloom, and the Pagosa Unitarian Universalist (UU) Fellowship will gather for an annual fellowship picnic this Sunday. We invite those interested in attending to email us at info@pagosauu.org for directions.
We are an inclusive faith community working toward a beloved community centered in love.
Following is a calendar of upcoming services and gatherings.
Our summer schedule varies some as we connect to the earth and the outdoors. Typically, we hold worship services the first and third Sundays of each month beginning at 10:30 a.m. The second and fourth Sunday are dedicated to growing our spirits and doing good — Going Deeper sharing circle and Action Sunday have allowed our community to deepen their own spiritual path while sharing in a safe, small-group setting.
July 6, 11 a.m.: Fellowship picnic off-site at the home of one of our members. There will be food, song and community, which means laughter, joy and connection. We will honor the seasonal shift into summer. All are welcome.
July 13: Our regularly scheduled Going Deeper Sharing Circle will take a break this week as many of the fellowship members will attend a UU Durango Fellowship worship morning on the Pine River.
We will carpool from the fellowship about 9 a.m. If interested, you can email us or simply meet to carpool.
July 20: “Turning Inward to Expand our Welcome” with guest speaker Anna Royer.
The Sunday service will be at 10:30 a.m.
Creating the beloved community is work that is both individual and collective, and both inward and outward facing. Let’s build on the public, celebratory work of Pride Month by turning inward to question our own assumptions, stereotypes and implicit bias. We will hold the question, “How do we do the internal work necessary to create welcoming spaces for people who hold transgender, nonbinary and gender expansive identities?”
As a cisgender woman striving to be an ally, Royer will share personal stories of learning about diverse gender identities, ways we can educate ourselves and hold ourselves accountable to creating welcoming community and draw connections between this work and our UU values.
Royer speaks not as an expert, but as a fellow spiritual traveler committed to social justice and the inherent worth and dignity of every person. She has lived in southwest Colorado for 20 years, supporting youth as a professional social worker and as a volunteer in school, nonprofit and UU congregational settings. This role includes the recurring privilege of listening to youth share their authentic selves, and she honors them as her primary teachers in learning about diverse gender identities. We welcome Royer back in our midst, as a previous friend and attendee of Pagosa UU.
July 27, 10:30 a.m.: Action Sunday.
Join us for Action Sunday. Our practice of doing good will focus on last week’s service as we explore further work toward our Welcoming Congregation renewal.
Join us for any of our programs. We are located at Unit B-15 of the Greenbriar Plaza, 301 N. Pagosa Blvd., on the north side facing the Pagosa Peak.
We offer Zoom streaming of our service, and a link to join online can be found at PagosaUU.org, where you will find our current newsletter with information about our programs.
Pagosa UU Fellowship is a Welcoming Congregation; we believe that all of who you are is sacred, and all of who you are is welcome. Find out more at https://www.uua.org/lgbtq.
