Our UUCB Covid Task Force recommends that congregants should stay at home if ill and wear a mask if you wish. There is no need for “segregated” seating. The website, “COVID Act Now” shows statistics as of 10/13/23, for Cumberland County: “Community risk level LOW with 1.7 COVID hospital admissions per 100k total admissions, weekly (last time community risk was NOT low was June, 2022, when 282 COVID admissions per 100k were reported weekly.”
Welcome to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick! We look forward to seeing you in our energy-efficient, completely accessible new building.
We are a “Welcoming Congregation” as we work to prevent discrimination against people of differing gender or sexual orientations. Learn more.
When are services?
Services begin at 10:00 a.m. Sunday mornings (except for Christmas Eve and Maundy Thursday).
Religious exploration classes for children and nursery care for children under four years old are provided from September through mid-June. Lay-led summer services begin the latter part of June and continue through July and August.
During the summer there is no childcare or religious exploration, but parents are welcome to use the nursery, which is located immediately behind the sanctuary. A window into the sanctuary and a sound system allow parents and young children to follow the service while allowing the children to play.
What to expect at a service
Although each service is unique, all have the following similar components:
- A time for prayer and meditation
- Sharing of celebrations and concerns
- A sermon
- Hymns
- The offering
Often, we have guest speakers. After the service all are invited to stay for coffee and conversation.
Choosing a church is a very personal matter
To understand our church, it helps to understand beliefs that draw us together. Our core beliefs are:
- Each and every person is important.
- All people should be treated fairly.
- Our church is a place where all people are accepted and where we keep on learning together.
- Each person must be free to search for what is true and right in life.
- All people should have a voice and a vote about the things that concern them.
- We should work for a peaceful, fair and free world.
- We should care for our planet Earth.
Often in UU writings and talks, you’ll hear these core beliefs called “the seven principles.” If you gravitate to these core beliefs in your own life, we may very well be the church for you.
The Principles of the Unitarian Universalist Association
The following materials are from the Unitarian Universalist Association website Unitarian Universalist Association:
We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote
- The inherent worth and dignity of every person;
- Justice, equity and compassion in human relations;
- Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations;
- A free and responsible search for truth and meaning;
- The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large;
- The goal of world community with peace, liberty and justice for all;
- Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.
Sources of Our Living Tradition
The living tradition which we share draws from many sources:
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- 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 and deeds 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 rhythms of nature.
What to Wear
We invite you to wear what you feel comfortable in. On any given Sunday, you will find members in jeans or their Sunday best. Generally, we are considered a casual crowd.