1 Benevolent St.
Providence, RI 02906
Phone: 401-421-7970
Fax: 401-276-4291 Map & Directions
newcomers welcome
From the light of days remembered burns a beacon bright and clear,
Guiding hands and hearts and spirits into faith set free from fear.
When the fire of commitment sets our mind and soul ablaze,
When our hunger and our passion meet to call us on our way,
When we live with deep assurance of the flame that burns within,
Then our promise finds fulfillment and our future can begin.
Jason Shelton
Unitarian Universalism is a way of covenant. What binds us are promises of relationship and justice
rather than statements of creed. Our confidence is that in our willingness to be present to each other, to walk together, to treat each other with kindness and generosity, that we can find what we need to grow deep, to raise healthy families, to be better people for this world.
We invite you to gather with us in the many ways of body, mind, and spirit. The most obvious is our Sunday worship, where we explore that “worth” in life which lies at the heart of the word. Our way is also about growing in wisdom, so the faith development programs we share for our multigenerational community are equally important, each informing the other, and all informing a way of life. Join us on spiritual pathways for children, youth and adults where we learn and teach what it means to be a loving faith community.
The most current Resource Book (see links listed to the left) describes many of the programs and activities we’ve planned for this year. We hope you will find your way to those opportunities that connect you to this faith community and feed your fire of commitment.
We look forward to sharing this year of promise, and this walk, together.
The Reverend James Ishmael Ford, Minister
Cathy Seggel, Director of Religious Education
Our Living Tradition
The living tradition we share draws from
many sources:
Direct experience of that transcending mystery
and wonder, affirmed in all cultures,
which moves us to a renewal of the spirit
and an openness to the forces which create
and uphold life.
Words of prophetic women and men which
challenge us to confront powers and structures
of evil with justice, compassion, and
the transforming power of love.
Wisdom from the world’s religions which
inspires us in our ethical and spiritual life.
Jewish and Christian teachings which call
us to respond to God’s love by loving our
neighbors as ourselves.
Humanist teachings which counsel us to
heed the guidance of reason and the results
of science and warn us against idolatries of
the mind and spirit.
Spiritual teachings of Earth-centered traditions
which celebrate the sacred circle of
life and instruct us to live in harmony with
the rhythm of nature.
Purposes
The Unitarian Universalist Association shall
devote its resources to and exercise its corporate
powers for religious, educational
and humanitarian purposes. The primary
purpose of the Association is to serve the
needs of its member congregations, extend
and strengthen Unitarian Universalist institutions,
and implement its principles.
