Welcome to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Stillwater

We invite you to come in, look around and get a feel for our church. We are a Welcoming Congregation. You will not be pressured into conversation or membership. We welcome you just as you are. Our members, friends, and guests include Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Pagans, humanists, atheists, agnostics, skeptics, seekers, singles, couples, families, heterosexuals, gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people, of different races, ethnic backgrounds, national origins and socio-economic circumstances. As we say at the beginning of the Sunday Service, "Come, Come whoever you are..."

If you're not currently a member of our church - we'd like to take this opportunity to invite you to one of our weekly services and/or group activities. You can view a streamed service on our YouTube Channel. click on this link  https://www.youtube.com/@uuchurchstillwater9753/live

Terry Chaffin

Board President

Sunday Service 

Sunday services begin at 10:30 and conclude before noon. Services are followed by socializing and a potluck smorgasbord, arranged with minimal planning. If you prefer to watch the service online, we share it on YouTube at  https://www.youtube.com/@uuchurchstillwater9753/live. Our live stream does not allow you to see the Trail Markers portion of the service or to interact with others, but everything else is the same.

Sunday, Sept. 6 - Rev. Mark Christian, "Covenant of the Common Good. Part 2: Community"

This will be the second sermon in the series Covenant of the Common Good: ways we can restore, rebuild and strengthen the common good. 

Reverend Mark Christian is a third generation Unitarian Universalist and speaks to us on the fourth Sundays and alternate first Sundays. He has served congregations in OKC and in Las Cruces NM, prior to moving to Stillwater. Before his career in ministry he had a career in radio broadcasting. 

Sunday, Sept. 13 - Rev. Jim Eller, "Belonging: Community and Devotion"

Being a part of a caring community of religious seekers is one of the great gifts of our religious tradition. We get to belong. We are known. We are able to know others. We can learn from each other, and from our shared goals, vision and values we are able to help build something greater than ourselves. This Sunday we will celebrate the gifts of community. 

Rev. Jim Eller is a lifelong UU and a career long UU minister. He has served UU congregations in Kansas City, Tahlequah, Tulsa, Peoria and Washington DC. He was President of the Retired UU Clergy and Partners organization and did pulpit supply preaching in retirement, as well as working as a chaplain at Norman Regional Hospital. 

Sunday, Sept. 20 - Rev. Susan Ross, "Blown Away"

Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) begins at sunset on this evening, which means the Jewish community will have been celebrating Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) during the week before. What gifts does this tradition offer us as we seek to be able to let go of what we carry? 

Reverend Ross, ordained as a United Methodist minister, is our pastoral care minister and speaks on the third and fifth Sundays of the month. She also works for the Stillwater Public Library. 

Sunday, Sept. 27 - Rev. Mark Christian, "The Curiouser Things Are, the Curiouser Things Get"

Reverend Mark Christian is a third generation Unitarian Universalist and speaks to us on the fourth Sundays and alternate first Sundays. He has served congregations in OKC and in Las Cruces NM, prior to moving to Stillwater. Before his career in ministry he had a career in radio broadcasting. 

Announcements & Events

Information about upcoming special events can be found under the "What's Happening" section. See Upcoming Events. 

Congregational Events

Listening Circle - Thursday, Sept. 3 - 24

Continuing Thursdays, Mary Kate Couch and Greg Winnie will be leading a Listening Circle on “The Journey into Wholeheartedness.” Each meeting will begin at 7 pm and will have 6 to 10 members. This 8 week session has already filled. Please let the leaders know if you would be interested in a future session. 

Forum Sunday - Sunday, Sept. 6 - 12:30pm

Please join us on Sunday, September 6th at 12:30 when Subhash Kak will present a forum on a Revolutionary Advance In Genetics. Some memories are stored not in the head but in DNA. These memories, stored in what is called the epigenome, can be transmitted to next generations. It is possible that our dreams are based on inherited memories (perhaps from past lives). It also has implications for aging. (The forum in September will be on the first Sunday when committees usually meet. If you belong to a committee, please check with the chair about your meeting date.) 

UU Sing-Along Connection - Sept. 19 & 20

Tana Del Prete invites all who like to have fun and make music together to join her at the UU Church on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2:30 to 4:00 pm, and Sunday, Sept. 20, at 9:30 am, to practice two songs from our hymnals. We will lead the congregation in a "sing along" for the prelude and offertory in that Sunday's service. Come sing along with a ukulele accompaniment. No prior experience required. Just bring yourself and your energetic UU spirit! 

Children's Program

September 6 -- LEGO ValUUes, Workshop 12 

Value: Transformation. Title: We are always growing and learning. 

September 13 -- LEGO ValUUes, Workshop 13 

Value: Interdependence. Title: Every living creature is part of the web of life and has an important role to play. 

September 20 -- Third Sunday Potluck Service Project 

We make plant-based food to contribute to Potluck 

September 27 -- Fourth Sunday Children’s Music 

We make music together, then share it upstairs during Trailmarkers 

Community Events

National Recovery Month

In September we join others in promoting and supporting new evidence-based treatment and recovery practices, the nation’s strong and proud recovery community, and the dedication of service providers and communities who make recovery in all its forms possible. 

National Literacy Month

September is also National Literacy Month. Literacy empowers and liberates people. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) observes September 8th as International Literacy Day with the 2026 theme “Literacy for people, the planet and prosperity”. Marking the 60th anniversary of the observance, the 2026 event focuses on inclusion, sustainable futures, and economic livelihood, with global celebrations hosted in Mexico on September 8–9, 2026. 

"Connecting the Dots: The History and Rise of Christian Nationalism:

League of Women Voters member Velda Lorenz will present a three part series on the history and rise of Christian Nationalism on Wednesdays in August, September, and October. 

Upcoming Covenant Groups

Information about each of our covenant groups can be found in "Our Gatherings" section.

Pastoral Care

Struggling? Need help? Or maybe you know someone who needs help? Our Care Committee and Rev. Susan Ross, our Pastoral Care Minister, are available to help you with the difficulties you're facing. We're only a phone call away! Please contact us: Rev. Susan Ross: 405-714-0064 or Sandi Schultz (Care Committee chair):  

(405) 743-9490 .

There are times when people aren’t sure if it is appropriate to contact the Pastoral Care Minister, or that they may be interrupting something. Please know that the needs and concerns of the members and friends of this congregation are important to us. That is what the Pastoral Care Minister’s work is all about! The following is a list of occasions when it might be appropriate to contact me:

 1) When you have problems you’d like to discuss, job, children, marriage or anything else where a sympathetic ear might be of help.

2) When you are going into the hospital, or when someone close to you is going in, or when you know of someone else in the church going in.

3) When someone close to you has died or is critically ill.

4) When you are planning on getting married.

5) When it is the middle of the night, and you are in some sort of trouble and you don’t know who else to call.

 6) When you are struggling with fears or doubts about the way things are now.

 7) When you know of needs that the Pastor's Emergency Fund might help meet.