This Month

Embodying Resilience

We tend to think of “resilience” as a psychological capacity but as our fellowship will explore this February, resilience has a spiritual side as well:

“Spiritual resilience involves the capacity to engage our internal resources, including beliefs, strengths, and values, and also engage with external resources to support our sense of self, meaning, and purpose when we’re faced with life’s challenges and adversities. Spiritual resilience can help you recharge your heart, mind, and inner self. No matter our background, we all have beliefs we lean on during adverse circumstances. Spiritual resilience can strengthen our humanity inside and out, it’s like an invisible set of sails that can help us remain upright or regain a sense of balance in life’s calms and storms.”

IIene Berns-Zare

“Not all religions or spiritual belief systems are helpful for radical resilience. Any religion or spiritual belief system that is judgmental, punitive, rigid, or exclusive is a potential obstacle to resilience. The kind of spirituality that serves as a radical resilience skill respects the dignity of every human being; understands that all beings, the environment, and the universe are interconnected; views the Higher Power as loving; and holds honesty, self-awareness, compassion, forgiveness, reconciliation, openness, acceptance, and healing as core values…Whenever we seek to understand how we can best live our lives with meaning and purpose, through prayer, meditation, or another practice of spiritual discernment, and we pay attention with an open mind to what comes to us in response to that practice, we’re engaging with our spirituality as a radical resilience skill. Over time, engagement with spirituality in this way is transformative. It changes the way we understand ourselves. It opens our hearts to an awareness of gratitude and leads us into greater compassion and a sense of connection with others.”  

Alice Updike Scannell

As we seek to navigate the challenging times we now face, we can benefit from a spiritual community to enhance our resilience. Please join us in February for this vital connection. 

Victor Ashear Worship Chair

    Social Justice Chair and Coordinator for January Worship

“Embodying Resilience“

  •  “You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.” – Mahatma Gandhi
  • “Your silence will not protect you.” – Audre Lorde
  • Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. – Mark Twain

Every Person is Worthy of Love

In the midst of the anger and frustration is hope—hope that we are here, hope that a loving world is indeed possible, hope in the faith that love can and will triumph over hate.

I know that every person is worthy of love. With the faith that every person is worthy of love we will continue to work and strive for a more just world where the disenfranchised have representation, where the broken are held in care and where siblings of all backgrounds are welcome.

We do not pray for miracle changes in policy and leadership. We do not pray for miracles because we are the miracles. We are the force of the divine in the world, we are the holy wind of change promoting more love and more justice. Instead, we pray that our words take root; we pray that our actions create a more just, more loving and more equitable world.

Notice the people to your left and right. Notice also yourself, yours hands and feet. You are experiencing the divine, embodied. Not only do we pray, we also are the answers to our prayers.

We are the force of the holy responding to our own desperation and hope. You are that divine force of goodness and justice we have been waiting for.

May we all remember, today and forward into this trying year and the years to come: You worthy of love. At all times and despite actions or words from others, you are worthy of love. And, you are responsible for promoting the justice you seek in the world. You are the love we are praying for.

Rev. Andrew l. Webber

“Justice is at the core of our faith.” We have added a Social Justice page to our site menu. See our latest ideas, actions, and projects for justice. Ideas to make the world a better place for all.

All are Welcome

We meet every Sunday at 10:00 am at 1950 East Brundage Lane.

You are invited to Sunday Morning Service to see if you belong with us.

More information see below

 

Events in January

Click on the Bold titles below for more information

Local Events

Interfaith

  • Imbolc (Pagan/Wiccan) – Feb. 1 & 2
  • Nirvana Day/Parinirvana Day -Buddha’s entry into Nirvana (Buddhist) – celebrated on Feb. 8 by some but by most on the 15 February. 
  • Tu BI Shevat (Jewish) – Feb. 1-2, 2026 (more here)
  • Ramadan (Islam) – Feb. 17 –  March 19, 2026   (more here and here)
  • Ash Wednesday (Christian) – Feb. 18, 2026  (more here)
  • Lent (Christian) – Feb. 18 – April 2, 2026

Unitarian Universalist

  • Fannie Barrier Williams’ birthday – Feb. 12 (1855)
  • Susan B. Anthony’s birthday – Feb. 15 (1820) (more here; On her complex relationship to racism: here &  here)
  • Thirty Days of Love – Side with Love Campaign – Jan.15 – Feb.14
  • Stewardship Season (in some congregations)

National Holidays & Cultural

For Fun and On the Fringe

For the Curious

We invite you to explore this site and learn more about who we are.  On this site, you can learn What to Expect in Worship, you can read our About Us page, our Mission, Vision & Covenant page and our Beliefs page.

Services are held at 10 AM every Sunday, at 1950 East Brundage Lane, Sheridan, Wyoming. We hope you’ll stay for coffee, treats and conversation after service. On the fourth Sunday of each month, we’ll also have a potluck; even if you don’t bring a dish, we would love to share lunch.

For weekly program listings, see: Upcoming Worship Services.  For past service presentations written by fellowship members see: Presentations from Past Services The meditation group meets every Sunday at 7 PM at the same place. For details see: Meditation Group.

If you are interested in becoming a member please see our Membership page For contact information or to join our email list see: Contacts